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had died very suddenly and of course he couldn't dance in the [Polo?] Dance. When she told me, I was absolutely floored, and what to do I did not know. Finally I went in Cousin Helen's and found Mrs. [Ring?] there helping make the men's caps. When I told Cousin Helen about [Anson Fowler?] I thought she would go under. Then we got busy on the phone, but plead as we would, we couldn't corral anyone. Finally we decided to try and get some of the marsovian men to fill out, so had to leave it until to-night. E went over to Stewart Hall about three and I went over later. Were there until about five, then we all went over to the Academy, and I played for rehearsal until after seven o'clock. Found Uncle [Ernest?] here when I returned, + before I finished dinner, Cousin Helen came in, and later we all went over to rehearsal. We tried to get Mr. Fowler from the marsovian dance to help us out, but finally he suggested Mr. Welsh as our eighth man. Mr. Welsh seemed crazy to go in our dance and never have I seen a person pick up a dance so quickly in my life. We had our full number to-night and now it seems as if we
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