September 16 Monday – Saranac Lake: Sam wrote to Mrs. Virginia Frazer Boyle in Memphis, Tenn.

They arrived last night, & I have drunk to them & from them “with my heart” & to the holy & pathetic things which they stand for & symbolize, the golden days of a vanished youth. I give you my best thanks for them; & for the darling poem, which is lovely & beautiful, & eloquent with the spirit of those same lost & lamented days.

Sam felt at his age he would never make a trip to Memphis, but invited the Boyle’s to see them, only 25 minutes from Grand Central. They were packing to leave for Elmira [MTP]. See also Feb. 14 entry.