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THE EMPORIA GAZETTE
DAILY AND WEEKLY
W.A. WHITE, EDITOR AND OWNER
W.E. HUGHES, MANAGER
EMPORIA, KANSAS

August 5, 1921.

My dear John Buchan:

It was fine of you to write to me as you did
about the article, which I wrote the day after my
daughter Mary's funeral. I am glad you liked it: Some-
what because Mary was very fond of Mr, Steadfast and
"The Green Mantle." They fulfilled her idea of rattling
good stories. She was up to Conrad, Arnold Bennett,
Shaw and Chesterton, but she took Sherlock Holmes and
The Green Mantle to bed with her.

What a lot of water has gone under the bridge
since we parted there by the Park in the west end of
London, two years ago. I wonder how much has gone into
the sea, and how much has gone into thin air.

Give my kindest regards to Mrs. Buchan.

Sincerely yours,

W.A. White

John Buchan,
Elsfield Manor,
Oxford, England.

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