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sideration to what we would do to get some more 

 money. After several days of argument on the 

 question, we decided to take a run home to see 

 the folks in Wisconsin and then decide on a 

 definite program. We had just about enough 

 money left to get home in first-class fashion now, 

 and we lost no time in buying railroad tickets. 



We spent a week or so of good times among 

 our people and then my brother went to Minne- 

 sota to seek his fortune while I obtained a place 

 as assistant to the State Veterinarian in our 

 home state. 



And for six months both of us gave not a 

 minute to play. Then, by a strange coincidence 

 both of us quit our jobs at the same time and 

 arrived home among the folks on the same day. 



Of course, the folks are of the opinion to this 

 day that this joint home-coming on our part was 

 pre-arranged ; but my brother and I give you our 

 word of honor as good fellows that neither of us 

 knew anything about the other's program until 

 we met there at home. 



However, before night of our first day at home, 

 we had arranged to take another trip into South 

 Dakota as tramp veterinarians, and the end of 

 another week found us once more in Chamber- 

 lain, doing business at my brother's old stand. 



