After lunch most of our time was taken up with packing, and at about three o'clock we went to escort mamma to the train.

We got on board the train with her and stayed with her about five minutes and then we said good-bye to her and the train started for Hartford.

It was the first time I had ever beene away from home without mamma in my life, although I was 13 yrs.

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Papa and I drove back to the hotel and got Major Pond and then went to see the Brooklyn Bridge we went across it to Brooklyn on the cars and then walked back across it from Brooklyn to New York.

We enjoyed looking at the beautiful scenery and we could see the bridge moove under the intense heat of the sun.