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body half an hour afterward; he was dead as
a door-nail & looked fierce, because his face
had turned black & his body dirty-white.
The [they] sewed him up in a sack & took him
to Sacramento.

We got a new team of horses & a new
harness Friday, & they are swell. I don't
have to drive anymore so I have it
easy; Dufour likes to drive them.

Hoping you are having a swell time
& will be careful of yourself, I am
your affectionate brother

Norman Cuthburt Bates.

P.S. Don't look at the writing, I use
a powder-box for a desk.