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8 highly as the first from you. I think you might give poor Warah Maggie the same pleasure now that you have comm illegible
. The y? poor women will carry a burden of ill health all the way to the end - in addition to the normal burdens of mothers
which are heavy at best I have wanted to write a few Yellowstone letters conse illegible been goading me unmercifully as
idle these weeks. fit what illegible writing drawing nice album pages for Heaven knows how many of these sentimental nieces
home letters all this introduction to nearly every man women child in Portage 7,000 or so. Leaders all in the adjucent country
the speaches lectures illegible on Alaska California resources embossed letterhead 5 of course I had to give him a teen
present. I found that the firm of Parry Muir still owed me 800. interest for ten years making altogether about 1600. As he
showed me a note bearing interest at 10 per cent. then drew me 560,00 interest gave back half of it to David as I did not
wish to charge him anything for the use of the money, but Parry only. Therefore I have received 280,00 which will be enough
to bring Anna I home. I have not been compelled to draw on Upham at all. The 800 is still left with the firm is safe enough
I embossed letterhead 9 etc all the long talks to mother the girls the store keeper I have not yet written the first
page of manuscript but I shall lock the door tomorrow write something about neat painters operating old fountain head illegible
rivers rights or illegible bright or dull. Just for peace of mind if nothing more I have the very prettiest baby picture for
Wanda that I ever saw. I am afraid to trust it to the mails or I would enclose it in this letter Jeannie Neil a second of
third cousin of mine or something of that kind in Scotland. Tell Wanda papa wants to come home very fast to see her I hope
the cars will