740 Watching av. Mainfield H. Fes. 19,1945 Dian Uncle Ben When Horace and l visites you a while ago on am trip to Bar Harbor and Cranberry Island. l asked you if you had ever read the book "Gods Pocket which was the story of Capt. Hadlock's Gandmathis brother?) trip to Europe and his manage to the pretty German girl for whom mother mas named. you said that you had hand of the book but had not re and it. a while ago l bought a why of the book and have been circulating it among my relatives, her and elsewhere. My outer Minimi and her daughter Gutrude; my sister Lena and her family, who still have in Washington. D.C., my consin Many Bunkey who lives in New York City and cousin ani Junes, still in For Rockaway. They have all enjoyed the book, and I have thought that perhaps you and consin Frances and the girl might like to read it; therefore I am mailing it to you now. There is no great hunry about returning it to me. I should think a couple of months would be sufficient for it to go around the family crick Consin Cami wrote me quite lately and mentioned the death of Frances husband, which of course I was sorry had taken place. She has my sympathy. on Dec. 18th last, Myra and I celebrated our 50 th