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Ten days I hope such may be the
case I shall give a fair trial if I have the
strength, I have at least got the Leete affairs
settled up and credited you and John Post your
portion of the same it pays the note and
interest in full and a small proffit besides it
has paid well for holding it so long, but
if I haven't had anything but a plesant time
in the matter until I got the Crop off the Ranch
every one of Leets creditors was a trying any
and every way to get hold of something either
mine or his. I thought much about being as wise
as serpents and harmless as a Dove, but actually
felt about the disposition of a fretted Ratnelsnake
and as nervous as an old setting Hen every hour
on the Ranch was questioned and pumped in every
way to find out if they could not possibly learn
something whereby they get five dollars but I
fought my way through and at last have
come out all right, but I will never fight another
one through again under similar circumstances, our
original note was $998.94 and the interest on same amounted
to $484.48, makeing the whole amount $1483.42 giveing cash
$494.47 they proffit on the Grain make $54 more to each of us
but there is a waggon maker who has a little Bill also or
Blacksmith which reduces it to about 30 or $35 I think
I intended to have sent you home this mail
what I owed you but did not get the money on
the first note of $2000 due on the Store yesterday but