Anna Marcet Haldeman-Julius to Jane Addams, June 3, 1921

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WESTERN UNION
TELEGRAM

GIRARD KANSAS JUNE 3 1921

MISS JANE ADDAMS
NEW AMSTERDAM SS, SAILING JUNE FOURTH
HOBOKEN HOLLAND AMERICA LINE NEW YORK NY.

HAVE BEEN THINKING OF YOU EVERY DAY THIS LAST WEEK IF MANUEL HAD GIVEN ME YOUR LETTER ABOUT HELEN FIVE HOURS EARLIER I SHOULD CERTAINLY HAVE TURNED UP AT HULL HOUSE TO SAY HELLO TO HER AND GOOD BYE TO YOU BUT BY THE TIME IT REACHED MY HANDS WAS TOO LATE GIVES ME TERRIBLE FEELING TO KNOW OCEAN WILL SOON BE BETWEEN US HAVE LONG LETTER STARTED BUT HAVE BEEN INTERRUPTED SO OFTEN HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO FINISH IT WILL TRY TO HAVE IT FOLLOW YOU [WITHIN] FEW DAYS HAVE THAT STORY YOU HELPED US ON NEARLY DONE, IS A NOVELETTE -- HAVE [KINKS] ALMOST DONE MAIL NEXT WEEK I THINK AND ANOTHER VERY VERY FUNNY STORY BLOCKED YOU WILL SIMPLY ROCK WHEN YOU READ IT AT LAST HAVE BIG IDEA FOR NEW NOVEL WE TALK IT ALL THE TIME. WISH COULD HAVE READ YOU OUTLINE BEFORE YOU SAILED YOU CAN'T THINK WHAT AN INSPIRATION YOUR VISIT WAS. WE ALL LOVE YOU MORE THAN TONGUE CAN TELL AUNTIE DARLING. ONLY MANUEL AND THE CHILDREN ARE AS CLOSE TO MY HEART I KISS YOUR DEAR CHEEKS.

MARCET