m three instalments.This will enable the readers,if such there be,to digest 
one part before taokling another^,and , so far as I can see,will answer all 
practical purposes. 
It will be interesting to see and study yofer new man,and ascertain what 
particular vice or vices he affects.The description you give of him reads too 
well for oomplete credence,especially in the case of one who claims to be a 
New England farmer. B’or the breed is one not without gui le >a ithough with its 
share of human virtues.The first important trial of his character will oome 
when you order him to pack a barrel of apples and ship it to me.The chances 
are that this test will finish his claims to honesty f unless you are standing 
over him with a big clulp.There are a number of others that readily suggest 
themselves but this is first and supreme.fighty five pereant of the farmers of 
my acquaintance will drop out as the result of fchi . pis experiment .which is 
as effective as it is economical.The age of the aauhgter is reassuring,as her 
tender age will make me comparatively safe from her allurement*. Were ghe eight¬ 
een T should at onoe lodge an emphatic protest.As it is she is old enough to be 
able to shin your favorite peach and apple trees,and will afford you wholesome 
amusement* and exercise in protectin your fruit from her ravages. Altogether the 
outlook for the new experiemnt is most promising. 
There is no doubt of the fact that yoyr autobiography could be made a 
great book.As I said before you have come into acquaintance with a lot of inter- 
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estswwi, known and unknown to the public, who would guve you no end of material 
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for a most fascinating story.With the la^e amount of fact at your disposal and 
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suoh i lative flights as vou are quite oapapl© of while Lng one foot 
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firmly on the ground^vou could produce a volumne of unexcelled interest.And it 
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is well worth thinking of and bearing in mind. 
Sincerely yours 
