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but I presume that duties
are equalised in some way,
and I hope the Trustees will
divide [?] as a bonus
the salary that would have
been paid to me meanwhile,
if I had been on the ground.

What a season! -
a driving snow-storm to-day,
and the old snow not yet
wholly gone.

With best regards to
Pres. Welch, I am
Yours sincerely
H. W. Parker