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ments of six dollars. Twelve dollars went back each 

 month, to pay off the $250 so kindly lent to us, and 

 about eight dollars regularly to my husband's mother. 

 We still had about $35 a month left for our table. 

 We had plenty of wearing apparel, brought with us 

 from Russia, and, considering the cost of living in a 

 small Western town, or rather village, over thirty 

 years ago, we managed to get along quite comfortably. 



Life was very pleasant, and, on the whole, inter- 

 esting in this small college town. We were made wel- 

 come in the college colony, and soon felt at home with 

 our neighbors. That winter my husband suggested to 

 some members of the staff the organization of a club, 

 to be called: "You and I," where once a week the 

 members (everybody eligible) would come together and 

 discuss topics of the day, sometimes having a little 

 music or a sociable. The suggestion was taken up, 

 the club organized, and we spent many a pleasant 

 evening that way. 



On March 18th our third daughter, Nellie, was born, 

 and in May, very dear friends of ours, Mr. and Mrs. 

 Moses Livshis, who had settled as farmers in Kansas, 

 about 180 miles from Topeka, wrote to us, saying they 

 had a large farm on which they were raising cattle. 

 They told us how wonderful their prospects were, and 

 that if my husband wanted to save a little money, it 

 would be a good idea to send his family to the farm. 

 The living would cost next to nothing, as we would 

 have to pay only for the groceries. Anything that the 



