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has so far proved so much worse than fruitless to you I do hope hope pray that ere very long times may be better for all.
you did right in this last case. John has been sorry many times he got so much land, but he had money in the bank drawing
ten perc't interest 2000. that on the land was only six perct at that time the stock market took a big tumble the RVZ? had
6000 fat sheep ready to ship that money about everything else went. John thought he would sell the land ( he could have sold
for more than double, twice as much anyway as what he payed for it) but monied friends offered to see him through every one
thought it was too good an investment to throw away. W Brown was there about that time when John wanted to