drawing of man in chair with doll or child at his feet and mouse under chair 2nd 2 Mortgage of 250.00 on it. I have
about 500.00 worth of other property. that is all I have. The firm of Reid Foster is held for the amt of about 4000.00 that
is to be divided by 3 of us. when Sarah I come to settle up there may not be much for me to pay as the improvements what I
have paid her may bal up. If we should have fair crop in Kansas next year and will go to 10.00 per acre then as a good portion
of the land held and 10.00 now with out any improvements. some farms one ranch of 4000 acres changed hands at 10- per acres
by a Chicago firm for a horse ranch. what I would like is to keep about 50 or 60 head of the best mares give a mortgage on
1/2 of the land my house the horses for a term of years, say about 5000 t0 6000.00 any one can see there would blot no risk
to run as the land would be getting more valuable the increase of the horses 01292