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4 But mark you I dont know when these things will be written. I can't dash? off things to order on time therefore refuse
to be time tied. As to the Klondike I may possibly go there next summer to see the flrs trees. If I do you shall have the
refusal of any magazine stuff I may write. but you will have to pay well for it. Last summer I wrote three Alaska letters
for the S.F. Examiner an urgent request for which I was paid 50 a column. offered as much more than this as I might think
right to ask - By the way the little Atlantic pays more than the Century - probably too much. Still it shows encouraging appreciation
of my awkward efforts. Mrs M I have run over your new book of poems wonder how you could have found time amid the drudging
of Editorial work to write so many fine things. The way Mrs M devoured? your Slav Tesla rhymes You may imagine. Tell Electric
Tesla that I feel his draw over all the continent, will gladly give way to it whenever I can, now Happy New Year Goodbye.
Ever Yours John Muir