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[[underlined]] March 23. [[/underlined]]  Packed my things all on my horse & led[[strikethrough]] d [[/strikethrough]] him & started on the mail route for Darwin, reached the gulch below Lookout at noon, climbed the trail & then up the wagon road to summit of the Argus Mts., then down into & across Coso Valley to Darwin.  Reached Darwin at 8 P.M.  Came 28 miles, walked all the way & had to go slowly with the horse.  It is a hard climb over the range & I am tired.

[[underlined]] March 24 [[/underlined]]  My horse had a good feed & seemed to feel a little better.  Rode him a few miles to start with & then a little while later on but he could hardly stand up under me, so I walked most of the way to Keeler, where I arrived at 5 P.M.
Found the things all right but found there were bills to the amt. of 200 dollars to pay, while I had but 70.  Sent some telegrams for instructions & waited.

[[underlined]] March 25 - [[/underlined]]  Succeeded in getting the things released from freight charges through the kindness of Mr. Wilkinson, who gave a written guarantee [[strikethrough]] of [[/strikethrough]] for the charges.
Made arrangements to pay some of the other bills later & got things cleared up.

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