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($1,000) which every body in town, that is people, who have invested in real estate here and in other parts of the county say it is a bargain.

Pauline & Ed. say that she (Mrs Watson) has put more than twelve hundred dollars ($1,200) on the property, that is cash, while she has done all the planting and fixing herself.

I asked Ed. this eve. about the property and he said that I had better pay rent until I had enough saved up to build me a house or buy one. Now, mamma do you believe in me paying rent as papa has done all his live. I don't believe in it and that is why I write to you.

Now what I want is