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Clara Wilson letters, 1866-1894
1869-07-14 Page 2
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& there is not much about them to interest anybody.. You ask me about Barbara I will tell you all I know & that aint much.. You remember when you wer there She had just got back for the second time. Well for awhile things went along tolerable well but her old ways gradualy Returned.. I did not keep house for I knew I couldnot do that so I Boarded till in May.. I left Aurora in December & went to "[Alimooka]" near Johns & him & me went into the grain Busines.. Well we had the most Pleasant Boarding Place there I ever saw.. but still I could not Plese her.. & I tell you I had it Pretty Ruff So I made up my mind I would come out west & get away from all Relations on Both sides in hopes it might be Better.. that seemed to suit her the Best of any thing I had done..
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& there is not much about them to interest anybody.. You ask me about Barbara I will tell you all I know & that aint much.. You remember when you wer there She had just got back for the second time. Well for awhile things went along tolerable well but her old ways gradualy Returned.. I did not keep house for I knew I couldnot do that so I Boarded till in May.. I left Aurora in December & went to "[Alimooka]" near Johns & him & me went into the grain Busines.. Well we had the most Pleasant Boarding Place there I ever saw.. but still I could not Plese her.. & I tell you I had it Pretty Ruff So I made up my mind I would come out west & get away from all Relations on Both sides in hopes it might be Better.. that seemed to suit her the Best of any thing I had done..
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