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YOUR WAY. ALL I KNOW IS THAT I GOT SO MANY REAL ANTIQUES FOR THE A.F. THAT PAUL GRABER WENT DOWN TO THE PENTEGON [[PENTAGON]] TO GET ME FIRED, BUT DIDN'T SUCCEED. NOW SOME OF THIS STUFF WAS PRICELESS AND MONEY WOULD HAVE BEEN MUCH EASIER TO GET AND IT BECAME A MATTER OF PRIDE WITH ME NEVER TO PAY FOR ANYTHING THAT WENT TO THE MUSEUM AND IN SOME CASES THEY EVEN PAID THE FREIGHT.

NOW ALL THIS CHATTER IS AN IDEA. NO IMMEDIATE HURRY, BUT MAYBE SOME TIME THIS EARLY WINTER.

TO COME DOWN TO TEXAS PLAY BALL WITH ALL OF THE RADIO, TV AND NEWS PAPERS ALL OVER THE STATE AND SEE IF WE CAN'T RAISE THE MONEY ON STATE PRIDE, GOD KNOWS THE TEXANS HAVE ENOUGH OF THAT. BE HONEST NOW, YOU NOW [[KNOW]] THEY HAVE SO WHY NOT TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THEIR PRIDE AND GOOD WILL?

I AM SENDING YOU THESE THINGS AND YOU MAY EVEN BE ANNOYED BECAUSE I MUST ASK TO HAVE THEM SENT BACK TO ME AND UNDER ANOTHER COVER I AM SENDING YOU A TAPE I DID NOT LONF [[LONG]] AGO FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF DENVER, AT BOULDER, COL. RUN IT ON A TAPE RECORDER AND YOU WILL SEE HOW KIND THE "MIKE" IS TO MY VOICE. OF COURSE THAT'S JUS [[JUST]] LUCK, BUT WHY NOT TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT TOO?

I AM ALSO INCLOSING [[ENCLOSING]] SOMETHING YOU MIGHT WANT TO USE IN "FLIGHT" AT CURRENT RATES.

AM SURE WE COULD COME TO SOME SORT OF TERMS REGARDING MONEY. YOU CAN TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE FACT THAT I AM OR HAVE GONE CRAZY DOING NOTHING.

BUT DO LET ME HEAR FROM YOU AND PLEASE DON'T WAIT TOO LONG TO RETURN THE INCLOSED [[ENCLOSED]] STUFF AND TAPE, BECAUSE IF THIS DOEN'T [[DOESN'T]] GO WITH YOUR PEOPLE DOWN THERE THEN I HAVE TO GET SOMETHING TO DO IN THE EAST TO KEEP BUSY OR ELSE COMMITT [[COMMIT]] SUICIDE. AND IT IS PERFECTLY OBVIOUS BY NOW THAT I COULD NEVER EARN MY LIVING AS A STENOGRAPHER... CAN'T EVEN SPELL, BUT BROTHER HOW I CAN TALL [[TALK]] ON A MIKE!

LET ME HERE FROM YOU AS SOON AS YOU CAN, PLEASE!

NICE TIME WAS HAD BY ALL AT THE EB PARTY. EH WHAT? AND IN THE MEAN TIME GOD LOVE AND KEEP YOU, I CAN'T.

S'EVER,

BLANCHE STUART SCOTT.