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necks were twisted in the period of Dandy's service 

 but no greater calamity occurred. Before anything 

 serious could happen to her owner Dandy broke her 

 neck in a fit of fright at an approaching train. My 

 husband had twice been fooled; because the dealers mis- 

 represented what they sold. Without expert advice, 

 he did not, therefore, buy horses any more. 



The plans for the farmers' houses, which had been 

 drawn by a New York architect, were now ready. 

 All the former carpenters, mechanics and painters who 

 we had among our future farmers, were given prefer- 

 ence for the work. A great many men, too, were sent 

 by Mr. Reichow, then head of the United Hebrew 

 Charities, to do odd jobs, such as clearing woods, pull- 

 ing stumps, building and painting. The plots on which 

 the houses were to be erected were cleared of stumps 

 and leveled in the spring of 1891, and the building 

 of the sixty farm-houses began. All the ordering of 

 the materials for building was done through my hus- 

 band, and here he came across for the first time what 

 he thought was graft. 



When paying the first large check, amounting to a 

 good many thousands of dollars, for the building 

 materials, the owner of the mill told my husband that 

 he was entitled to a certain commission on the deal. 



"Why, I am paid for my work/' he answered. 

 "What does the commission amount to?" 



On being told, he asked the dealer to deduct this 

 sum from the total cost of the materials. During the 



