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ter than to go at once on the land, even if there was 
a house on it for her to move into. 
And then again, I know of several cases where 
women are successfully doing just what I advised Mrs. 
Sanford to do, and they are in a fair way to realize, 
in a year or two, a comfortable living from their 
land. Qne teaches in the public schools, another 
conducts a good boarding house, and another a millin- 
ery and fancy goods store. Neither of these could 
have gone on their claims to live, but have fulfilled 
the requirements of the law, and will soon be able to 
prove up and receive their patents from the govern- 
ment, when they will be the owners of good produc- 
tive farms. 
WHAT MRS. SANFORD DID AROUT IT. 
And some readers may want to know what became 
of Mrs. Sanford. Well, on my return to Dakota; 
after some inquiry, I found a relinquishment that 
could be bought for $650. There was a little house 
or “shack” on it and about ten acres of breaking, 
I wrote her about it and she decided to take it. She 
came on as soon as she could make the necessary 
arrangements. I think she was a little disappointed 
and a good deal homesick at first. Kingston did not 
look as she expected ite would, being only a new and 
rather raw-looking prairie town, while the broad, 
rolling prairie, she said, made her feel like being out 
at sea all the time. But now she feels more at home. 
With her little millinery store she keeps fancy goods, 
