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#2269: Willa Cather to Meta Schaper Cather, September 14 [1941]

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Dear Meta1;

Please let me know how you and Roscoe5 are. It's been a long time that I've had no address, but we are here at last.

When we left Victoria6, Edith7 was feeling very sick. We were held up at Lake Louise8 for five days and had to change our good reservations for whatever we could get. (Old wooden cars, no "air-conditioning," and awfully dirty. Everything on wheels was sent from Vancouver9 to carry the traffic.) Edith had what is called intestinal flu" with high temperature and great exhaustion. A trained nurse at the Chateau10 was a great hep help.

Lovingly, The Practicing Penman11
Mrs. R. C. Cather1, Colusa3, California. NEW YORK2 SEP 14 1941 430PM