BEN DOOLITTLE TO BEVERLEY SANDS
December 29.
DEAR BEVERLEY:
I am with you, brother, to the last root. But don't send any more ferns to anybody—don't try to, for God's sake! I'm with you! J'y suis, J'y reste. (French forever! Boutez en avant, mon French!)
By the way, our advice is that you drop the suit against Phillips & Faulds. They are engaged in a lawsuit and as we look over the distant Louisville battlefield, we can see only the wounded and the dying—and the poor. Would you squeeze a druggist's sponge for live tadpoles? Whatever you got, you wouldn't get tadpoles, not live ones.
Our fee is $50; hadn't you better stop at $50 and think yourself lucky? Monsieur a bien tombé.
Any more fern letters? Don't forget them.
BEN DOOLITTLE.
BEVERLEY SANDS TO BEN DOOLITTLE
December 30.