Egan admires Jack McMaster's pluck the more now that he knows what traveling in the West means. Archbishop Patrick A. Feehan of Chicago is at Newport, and Father Thomas F. Cashman was out when Egan called. Egan went to Notre Dame to see Mr. Joseph Lyons who had promised him passes to and from Omaha, and whom he missed at Chicago. The hospitality at Notre Dame caused him some delay. He got the passes from James F. Ed wards, and met a secular priest, Father Louis Neyron who lives at Notre Dame. He reported that McMaster's brother who was at New Albany died a Catholic, after many kindnesses to Father Neyron. Father Neyron is nearly ninety-three, but his memory is accurate. Egan saw much of the young American priests, expecially Father Thomas Walsh, at Notre Dame, and he was both edified and and humbled by the spirit of faith at the place, although he feels injudicious advertising has hurt the school very much. He thinks Father Edward Sorin somewhat of a "poseur". He came to Egan several times to ask him to give his best regards to McMaster, who is a great man at Notre Dame. Senator Blum of Iowa told Egan that whenever McMaster writes a political article his Catholic constituents send him marked copies of it. Blum looks like a Jew, but he was taking his Children to the Sacred Heart Convent at Omaha. Egan says hay fever is very prevalent, and he has met a number of victims going to Northern Michigan. Egan's brother-in-law is ill, but not dying, it will take several days to arrange things, but he will hurry. They were expecting Archbishop Patrick W Riordan of San Francisco and Monsignor Germano Btraniero the oblegate, at Notre Dame, but Egan could not wait. Egan dined with Father J.H. Oechtering, one of Bishop Joseph Dwenger's consultants, who, Egan thinks, will help the Freeman. Egan hopes McMaster is well, and says everyone over thirty years old asks about him. He asks McMaster to give his regards to Jack and Mr. Gallagher. :: I-2-g A.L.S. 4pp. 12mo. 10