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has failed terribly. Indeed, Edith, he
totters when he walks and is so
stooped. He says his life is broken and he
is too old to mend. I talked Calif. till
I was black in the face and he is so
anxious to go out there. I told him it
would add 10 years to his life and he
said he would love to go if it would as
he would love to stay with his family a
while longer. Aunt Laura is so worried
about him. Got a letter from Maude
saying Joe was talking of going East,
[all the long ?], but she wasn't saying
anything, just letting him do
as he wants to. She says Joe doesn't
want to come on account of the
breaking away again. Aunt Laura