My advice to Orion (strenuously expressed) was to drop his book utterly, & give his undivided attention to his newspaper work. If he does his whole duty by the latter, he will require all his odd time to rest in. No reporter will long remain useful who fritters away his resting time in writing on a book. At Orion’s time of life, a very little over-work will be mighty bad for him.

Now the minute he has at last gone to earning a living, do you want him to go to planning a holiday? Let the holiday alone—it will take care of itself when the proper time comes. If Orion leaves his post for a holiday before he has become indispensalble to the Gate City, he will run a sharp risk of finding that the Gate City prefers his successor.

Better wait, & let things take their natural course.

They are yelling for me to come to dinner.

All send love.