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have got my Ordinance passed at last.
Now begins the work of getting the Department in
full working order. I find I have to do everything,
for unless I see to it, it is not done, and my
duties are multifarious enough, ranging from financial
dispatches to the Secretary of State to drafting account
forms and preparing ledger accounts.

I got Kipling's "Just So Stories" last
week - a delightful work, which amused me
greatly. I gave my copy to the little Lawleys,
and found Sir Arthur on Sunday afternoon
reading it aloud to them. You must
purchase it for the Mhor. The pictures - by
Kipling himself - are the best things of their