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Graham, Anderson, Probst & White
Incorporated
Architects - Engineers
Railway Exchange, Chicago 4
Marvin G. Probst
Edward E. Probst

as handsome a man as I ever saw. The Hagers were
cordial & seemed delighted to have us. We went in
to supper & with six cowboys we sat down to a
dinner of Wild Duck - just the breasts. On the way
up Mitch said, these cowboys are going to give you
a hard time. They are baseball fans but they are
going to show you up & you'll have to get hurt before
they will take you in - being a western fan I
loved these cowboys, they were all heroes to me & I
determined to go through it if possible. Nothing was being said
until a cowboy spoke to me. "How do you like this country?" I
was prepared - so I replied, "if I'd a seen a [Hay?] stack
I would a set fire to it & started waving a handkerchief
for help. They digested & liked it, they knew I meant
the country was so big that I was afraid - after a while the
fore man said "Kinyou ride a horse." Now this was one
I really was prepared for. "I reckon I was the best horseman in
the state of Maryland. They all gulped, I let that sink in
& then I said, I ust rode on Merry-go-rounds.
Now I knew we were going to ride all the next day &
I was trying to get a fairly tame horse. Next morning
Ross threw in chaps & sombreyo into our room & we had