Story of meeting and Prescott marriage.
"Promised Susan a donkey ride.

Where the deuce does one get donkeys warranted quiet and guaranteed to carry a lady?
_Mem:_ Ask Torn Fletcher.
"_Mem:_ Write to Launebeck about cigars." Why I didn't write straight off to Launebeck about the cigars, instead of "mem-ing" it, may seem a mystery.

It isn't.

It is a comfortable habit of mine.

Once having "mem-ed" an unpleasant thing in my diary, the matter is over.