Martinez, May 10, 1912Dear William Trout,In trying to clear away the huge talus of letters a year high accumulated while I was in South America & Africa I find your long interesting letter of March 15th full of good news. I\u27m always glad to hear from you. Friends get closer & dearer the farther they travel on life\u27s journey. It\u27s fine to see how youthful your heart remains & wide & farreaching your sympathy with everybody & everything. Such people never grow old. I only regret your being held so long in mechanical bread winning harness instead of making enough by middle age & spending the better half of life in studying God\u27s works as I wanted you to do long ago. The marvel is that in the din & rattle of mills you have done so w...