9/30 I feel rather piggish just spending it right and left for nothing, when a fellow like that would give his eyes for the chance to go to college. Grinnell Rhodes says that he is ever so fond of me; that Ferdy was blowing once and said something against me, and Gordon jumped right into him--said I was a friend of his, and that Ferdy should not say anything against me in his presence. I tell you, when a fellow is ready to fight for another years after he has seen him, he is a good friend." Mrs.Wentworth's face showed that she too appreciated such a friend. He says our poorest clerks are rich compared with those people. And I'll write him a letter and offer to lend it to him. |