stefansson-wrangel-09-15-039

My dear V $ -----

Here is a letter from Mrs Allen - since it concerns Ada, I send it to add to your collection.

I have been at work two days and as my day at the office begins at 8.30 and ends at five it doesnt leave me much extra time.

Tomorrow I will move to the Formosa Apartments, 7139 Hollywood Blvd, the same place I was last spring summer when I wrote the first draft of book - as yet I have found no place for Ada

I looked around at the beach one afternoon - but that is all the time I had as I had to go to the office at once, and begin the reading. job. I've written you a number of lettes to Havard Club, all during the boat trip, Ada gets around very well by herself. I tell her place to go and she seems able to find her way about .She has been looking about for housekeeping rooms a any place.

You see the weather has been so wonderful that all the places at the beaches are full up with tourists.

- Larry is on location somewhere in Texas near El Paso I wired him about Ada on the ranch but as I have had no answer, I presume he didnt get

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it.

Jane took me to the ranch - and I interviewed Larry's sister-in-law She was quite cold to the idea and said emphaticaly there was "no place - no accomodation - no beds - no place to eat -- etc," I saw that it wouldn't do for even if Larry said yes she could make it quite unpleasant for Ada and that wouldn't do -

I want the whole trip to be one of pleasure to her and I want her to feel that if it were not for you so much it would not have

been possible

All of my friends in San Francisco were wonderful, we Ada had never seen such wonderful cars - and "so many nice people" -

Strange thing she took quite a fancy to my sister Jean - she told me "that my sister was such a nice lady"

That reminds me Jean had the flu when you were in Long Beach, or she would have gone to have your lecture.

I am at this funny little hotel until tomorrow, If I dont find a better place Ada will have to stay here - it is near me. I am paying $2 1/2 a day for her room but I simply haven't had one minute to look about

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I will make a statement to you of money expended as soon as I can settle down and add.

The fifty dollar check I [illegible] in my checking account as you told me before you left Spokane that you were going to destroy it.

I had to borrow from the bank to pay my expenses - and I counted to that check and got fivty less than I had intended for myself.

That left me the [straight] $200 [t]hat you wired Seattle - for Ada's expenses. The ranch being elemenated makes it more expense for you, tho I suppose they would have charged