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Show he ? . um IE1TfiOX IE1TfiOXDear d i Dear Bish Bich ; ' ' Several Se\eral Se eral Seteral \ months month have havecome havecome havecome come and gone since I last sent you youone youone youone one of my rambling lettershleh letters , \\hleh hleh which whichyou \ whichyou \ hlehym ym you : so kindly labelled "Jottmgs Jottmgs "Jottings Jottings "JottmgsFrom "JottingsFrom "JottingsFrom JottingsFrom " From a Prodigal Prod1gal Son , " , " all of which whichfontto whichtentto whichvf-nt-to whichvf nt to \font-to font to tent-to tent \ - - vou you ou under the nom de deplUll1P deplume depluirp plUll1P plume of * ' You Know Me Mc " Away Awayback Awayback Awayback back , early in 1932 19'32 ' I began sending sendingyou sendingyou ! you these tbe'5c tbe5c ' "Jottings Jottings " " as a mere p\s p s pas- pas pastime pis-time pis time ' \ - . time while Iac I \ was \\ac ac ; sojourning scjourn1ng in your yourmidst yourmidst yourmidst II IItime midst It is not for me to say sayI saynether saysnether sayw \\nether nether snether \ nether they thcy evci evel ever fulfilled fulfiUed any anygood anygood anygood I good purpose 01 of not with your I numerous readers Be thatgas that as 38 gas ' it itma itmay itmay ] ma may ) ' , I spent manv many a pleasant pleasanthOUl pleasanthour pleasanthorn hOUl hour lust telling tcIllng some of the thmgs things thmgsthat thingsthat thingsthat that came into mv ntv mind at tht the thetime thetime ' time of \ writing \ ritm . killing k.1l11ng k1l11ng time that thatotherwIse thatotherwise thatotherwise otherwIse \ would \ ould hm have hate e been 1dled idled 1dledI idledaway I ) I\\ay I ay away \ And nothat now no\\ no \ \ that I have fallen fallenby fallenby by the \ vvav way v side , and 'jOUl jOUl your ' oui columns columnsarc columnsarc columnsarc fallenI I I Iby arc filled brimmIngfull brimming brimmIng- - fullV1th full \ with \V1th V1th ne\\s ne s neas neasand nesand newsand \ and viec view view vie\\ vie \ \ c " : of those \ whose ho e pens are arefar arefar arefar far abler than mine mme to entertain entertainthese entertainthese entertainthese areI I these who delight in reading readmg one of ofthe ofthe ofthe the best a \ weekly \ eekly papers published pubhshecl in inUtah inUtah inUtah Utah I have deemed it best to drop dropyou dropyou dropyou you this fare\ fare farewell fareell fareaell \ ' . ell note and bid you youa youa a long farewell farewcll Since all my scnb- scnb scrib- scrib scnbbIings scribblings scnb-blings scnb blings - - bIings blings \ ' were 'acre acre ere sent you under a nom nomde nomde nomde de plume and at mv my own request I Iwas Iwas Iwas was to remain unknown to your yourreaders yourreaders yourreaders readers I have concluded in m thlS this thlSmY thismy thismy mY farewell note to tell them who whothe whothe whothe the WI wiiter iter iteras \ - was \\-as as aas sending in m the 'Jot- 'Jot Jot 'Jottmgs 'Jottings 'Jot Jot 'Jottings ' - tings tmgs ' to vour your columnsNot columnsNot columns Not that I everrote ever \ wrote \\rote rote anything anythingthat anythingthat anythingthat that I was ashamed to father , but butat butat butat at times I drew on mv my 1m3gmatIOn imagination imaginationas 1m3gmatIOnas as an old-timer old timer - in 111 order to make makethings makethings makethings things a little httle more readable as I Ithought Ithought Ithought thought for all the old-timeis old timeis old.tlmels oldtlmels old-timers timers - . of ofyour ofyour ofyour your vicinity vlcimty I certainly class my- my myself myself my myself - self as . < ; s an old-timer old timer old.tfmer oldtfmer . - . , hence I dId dIdnot didnot didnot not stretch the truth but very littleIn littleIn little littleIn In closing permit me to thank youfor you'for you youfor for 'for ' your uniform umform knidnecs knidne s < ; durmg during during1932 1932 33 34 and 35 while you took tookthe tookthe tookthe the time to put in print pnnt the scnb scrib- scrib scribblings scnb-blings scnb blings - - . blmgs blings that appearedeekly appeared \ weekly \\eekly eekly in inyour ! inyour n nI your } our paperi paper , To oro all myoId my old fnends friends fnendsin friendsin friendsin I in the town of Moab I extend a amcst amost amost mcst most hearty gr greeting grceing etng ! and a loving lovingI lovingremembrance lovingremembrance lovingremembrance lovingremembrancet I remembrance .tpeyou tpeyou \t t .t \ . " , , .you you . you all , old and andI andyoung andyoung I oung young : , I learned to admire and re- re respect respect re respect - - spect you all I shall carry you 111 in 111fond infond infond fond remembrance while memory memorylasts memorylasts memorylasts lasts , and I trod on this thorny thornj ' path pathof pathof pathof of life hfe And now that you may know knowm knowm knowmv m\ m mname m \ name along , with vlth aith my good goodfnend goodfriend goodfriend fnend friend Bish BlSh , I shall sign off as as'You as'You asYou ' 'You You ' You Know Me Me"AMASA MeAMASA " AMASA ALDRICH ALDRICHS S L C , Utah . , May 24 , . 1936 |