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men, who had no places provided, with the request that I would find places for them, upon the same terms of the others. I found no trouble in doing so, after a day or so. — Mr K. took his man on trial with the understanding that Miss H. would expect $5.00 if he concluded to keep him. I waited a couple of weeks, & sent him a note to the effect that Miss H. was in a hurry. I did not hear from him in a day or two, &, in the mean time, since new appointment, I one day met Mr. K. in Canandaigua & he offered me the money, but upon putting his hand in his pocket found he had no purse. I told him it was as well, for "I could not take the money, that Miss H. had another agent, my sister Louise" — Louise saw him afterwards, twice, & asked him for it, he refused & now he has written to Gen. Howard about it. — Perhaps if Gen. Howard knew that he was hiring a man for $12. per month, when others were willing & anxious to get him [[strikethrough]] for [[/strikethrough]] & give from $15 to $20.- & pay Miss H. her charge, besides, he would understand why Mr K. was so anxious to have his opinion about it. You wrote me, once that I must
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