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1917-12-15 Conger Reynolds to Daphne Goodenough Page 2
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to be in a hotel at all, I reckon. I tried the Willard, the Raleigh, and the Powhatan, all modern, before I came here. The most extraordinary thing happened to me soon after my arrival. I ran squarely into my friend Sandy Sanborn and his wife. I was in a cigar store preparing to telephone to Edgar Markham, who was on The Des Moines Register when I was and is now correspondent of the St. Paul Pioneer Press. Of a sudden I looked up, and there was Sandy buying some cigarettes. I was too dumbfounded to know what I was doing, hardly, but I put on nonchalance, sauntered up behind him, touched him on the arm and inquired, "Comment ca va?" Mrs. Sanborn saw me first. She had never met me, so all I got was a wondering stare. Then Sandy turned around, and just
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to be in a hotel at all, I reckon. I tried the Willard, the Raleigh, and the Powhatan, all modern, before I came here. The most extraordinary thing happened to me soon after my arrival. I ran squarely into my friend Sandy Sanborn and his wife. I was in a cigar store preparing to telephone to Edgar Markham, who was on The Des Moines Register when I was and is now correspondent of the St. Paul Pioneer Press. Of a sudden I looked up, and there was Sandy buying some cigarettes. I was too dumbfounded to know what I was doing, hardly, but I put on nonchalance, sauntered up behind him, touched him on the arm and inquired, "Comment ca va?" Mrs. Sanborn saw me first. She had never met me, so all I got was a wondering stare. Then Sandy turned around, and just
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