Tuesday 10.a.m.

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Sweet little Paddy:

You have just begun your lecture for it is 10 o'clock and you are two hours ahead of me. It is a very clear and lovely morning and I have just finished my breakfast - getting a Challenger breakfast for $ .25 and the waiter threw in marmalade because of my sweet smile. I ordered orange juice, toast and coffee. He charged some rather awful looking English travelers extra

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for their marmalade. It was a good breakfast, too, even the coffee.

How are you little sweetheart? Do you enjoy the Telluride bed? I'm still not accustomed to being alone and so expect to see you around each corner. Last night I helped an old woman to the dining room. She was a timid sour looking creature. She got off at North Platte at 4.45 this morning. She said she didn't need the porter to waken her though. We are traveling along through

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Nebraska I think Oh, the woman didn't know she had to be up at 4 so I showed her the time table. The radio goes all of the time and it is annoying. This is magnificent open country brown and somnolent. I'm a little sorry not to have snow, but still this sunshine is cheery.

Didn't you and I have a perfect little dance on Saturday - just like the last one at the Troika in Washington, Remember? Sometimes we are inspired!! I suppose you couldn't dance so well with another girl even a taller one - of course you could dance cheek to cheek. Now, I'm sorry this letter is

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written because I still want to write more. I guess I'll write again tonight.

Is the audience understanding the resonance business?

Have I endeared myself to you? Mrs. Papish said I'd endeared myself it's all their hearts.

Well, I guess I'll read a little Perhaps I'll sew in a little while.

Good-bye, sweet darling

Love and kisses,

Ava Helen

Did you pack the big printed announcements of your public lecture? I can't remember seeing them.

Tues. 4.p.m.

[added later in LP's handwriting: Nov 9 '37]

[written on stationery from Union Pacific Railroad. In the top right corner: THE OVERLAND ROUTE and a picture of train. In the lower left corner of the first corner is written: UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD All in blue lettering]

Dear Paddy:

I guess I'll write to you again and tell you about my walk at Cheyenne. I walked clear to the Capitol this time and that white building on the right is the Supreme Court and State Library. Our train was in Cheyenne for 70 minutes so I had ample time to take that 25 minute walk.

I suppose you are about ready to go home for your dinner. I think of you all of the time. I have a good notion to get me a whiskey and

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soda. We are in this beautiful country where one can see snow on the far away mountains. You said there was snow on the ground, too, but there isn't. It remains clear and sunny. The Streamliner sailed by at about 2. It looks awfully queer - like a fat speedy caterpillar.

I ate some lunch at 1.15 since I was hungry. I hadn't intended to eat until supper time. I haven't done any work

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yet - just read and look at the scenery. The people are rather queer on this train. It is a very long one with many coaches.

I hope the weather remains good for you. You mustn't get your feet wet.

Do you like being at the Telluride House? Are they good to you? I guess I shan't write to you again today. When I get home I'll have too much to do and so I won't be able to write such long

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letters.

I wonder if James will meet me. I suppose he will. I've read a lot of silly nonsense today. Most of these magazine aren't worth reading. We are passing much of that white alkali which you said was snow! This is a remarkable country.

Good bye. Your girl.

Tuesday night, 12 13.

[11/9/1937]

Dearest little love: I am getting ready to go home now and go to bed. I love you more every day and every month and every year. I think of you going across Utah now and hope that you are happy and not lonesome, but looking forward to seeing the Itzies. Last night when I went home there was a note asking me to call Western Union; which was, however, closed, so that I had to wait until morning to get your telegram telling me that you were rolling along safely to Iowa; and this morning your little letter mailed in Chicago reached me. I told Dr Hughes that you had asked me again to thank him.

Today I have written only fifteen pages, but I have worked all evening on a big table of calculations, and I hope to get more done tomorrow. I got up for breakfast at 8 30 - orange, cereal, eggs, coffee - wrote a few pages and prepared and gave my lecture, had lunch, read the new JACS and JCP and also Kembles book, wrote a few pages, had tea, discussed things with Hoard and others, including an organic graduate student with questions to ask me, had dinner, listened to public speaking by the Telluride boys, and returned to the lab. to work on this table of bond energies. Jack helped me for a while, but left at 9.

I am enclosing a letter from Reba.

Landstenier is coming Nov. 20 to stay over Saturday + Sunday. The Telluride boys have asked him to stay at the house.

My suit returned from the cleaners today. Some of the boys are going to send their laundry with mine next Monday.

I adore you, my own little wife, and I am lonesome and will be happy when we are together again.

Your own loving

Linus