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6 place and the mud was so deep as to make it very hard to make any headway at all, and as he had not got things into very
good working order it was pretty bad, and then of course bring obliged to fight it out alone it was harder but he got through
the tug bravely and no doubt will get along finely now I assure you he needs both his legs and his wits to keep everything
going right, there are so many departments to be looked after. Before another rainy season comes he will be ready for it so
that it will not illegible ly affect him. 7 You ask about Father and I have plenty to say about him for Walter and I are
severely perplexed about him, He does not find the employment he anticipated and so is becoming restless again and I really
fear he will go once more to Hamilton, there are no colored people close by excepting those employed by W. and of course they
are busy from the time Father gets up in the morning until nearly his bed time so of course he finds little opportunity to
talk to them and as they were the ones he intended to work among he is discontented, the truth of course is that he