Dear Annie I have been over here since Sunday morning. Of course you have read all about our ter- rible flood here. I came in answer to a telegram saying my presence was necessary. The necessity however was not of the unfortunate character. Our office is way up high and dry above all danger of floods. But the excitement of the flood had made [crossed out] our [end crossed out] such a demand for our paper that to supply it was impossible. We had been working night