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85 lines, in ink, on rectos only of 5 sheets of lined stationary of "The Kensington" hotel, held together with a brass clip. 6x9¼.

Written while on a lecture tour in the Great Lakes region and on the very day (though he won't know it until the following day) that Jack's much-anticipated divorce from first wife Bessie became official. The travel plans described here will be be abandoned and the couple will rendezvous in Chicago and be married on the 19th of November - to great scandal and much condemnation in the press. The letter begins: "My Wolf-Girl, No Bierce is not a prostitute. He's honest and sincere - only he's a bit sour and crabbed - and, also, intellectually, he belongs in the past generation. So long as we can get into Chicago no later than Monday morning, Nov. 27th, we're all right to make connections for Tecumseh, Mich. I've stopped to look it up. Take the Rock Island, leave Newton on Sunday afternoon at 1:42 P.M. and arrive at Chicago at 10:35 P.M. . . . " The letter becomes more intimate toward the end with "The more I think of it, the happier I am that we're going on the big water. What's the matter with naming the boat "Lair." It will truly be the lair of the wolf & his She-Wolf - of the girl-wolf & the boy wolf. Dear Wild Mate, I love you. Wolf."