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to get into it - No more [train? - ... ]
around to see how the town looked and who was
in it - All brick buildings badly wrecked, one burn[ing?]
Vendome Annex (the swell rooms) flat as boards,
and the rest of the hotel deserted - Went out to see
how the Arqués family had fared - Franny is the
same dear girl, and was glad to report no very
serious mishaps - a brother in town worried some
of course. - Well I got a buggy and drove
on to Stanford, and all the way there was that
great sullen red glare under the black hood
of smoke, showing plainly {above the line in the northern sky.

We met a score and more of Autos - all under
full swing - one stopped to ask the road, and
we in turn asked where it was going - it said
"Heavens only knows - until the gasoline gives out
- anything {above the line to get away from that place." They all had
that air at any rate. Got in to the House at
about eleven - all the brothers were reclining on
mattresses in the front hall which was exhibiting more
fortitude than most, who were on the lawns - for the
shakes were coming every hour or two - little ones.

Couldn't sleep much, but rested until five
thirty, when it was time to take the walk to the
depot - to catch the first unsuspecting train - (to be continued)