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being true to himself -- his better nature. This he constantly
betrays, and this contrarity puzzles me, I cannot understand
it. Why should any one wish to [offens?] worse than he is!
Not that I know of anything really bad in George.
He has a careless, easy, but spirited manner; such as
we might suppose any one would acquire in a place
like California -- is very polite, especially to ladies
but to his tongue he gives the fullest license. He evidently
likes to create a sensation, to be the laugh, the wonder
and the talk; and he gains his object but somewhat
at the expense of his reputation. It is most laughable
to sit and listen to some of his preposterous stories,
which he is safe in telling because he knows that
nobody will believe them, at the same time they
are told in [such, scratched out] an off-hand, witty way that [illegible]
then from being merily absurd, and the interest
is so well kept up that we do not tire of them

We were speaking of charity this afternoon, when he
remarked that feeling he had so many faults of his
own he always threw the look of charity over those
of others in hopes they would do the same by him.
I thought it a very good idea.

In the evening cousin Hugh called for Carrie, and Sarah
and I went with Nat to Lyceum. George H & Alexander
Culbert gave us seats with them and their ladies (sisters of course) It made
it very pleasant for us all to sit together, we also returned together
and all stopped in at our house for about half an hour.

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[illegible?] never went to this city this evening with his cousin Mr. Ferandoin? and as a
[illegible?[ consequences poor Joseph had to attend the lectures alone. He tried to make
ammends for if by walking with me. He came in with the rest but remained
some time after they left. He says that Sam was nearly frozen to death while
riding last week and suffered much while reviving. He was saved by his uncle who
was with him. As for himself he was wholly unconcious of
his danger. [Trie?] it was discovered by his friends

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