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New York, November 25, 1905.

Dear Mr. Pepper:
I am sending you announcement of my picture exhibit, and hope that you will be able to come in. I have some new ones; a good many of them from the country above Santa Fé. To the best of my recollection, which is never very good, as you know, I have not written you since finishing my work in that region. I had a very successful season. Justo was entirely satisfactory. In fact, he was about the best camp man I ever had. One thing I noticed though, he has a good wholesome fear of the indian, and, perhaps, of the rougher Mexican element. On two or three occasions he made a great plea for caution on our part, and at one time washed his hands of the whole affair, begged us not to go into the thing, and that if anything happened and we failed to come out he could not help it. So he said. Poor fellow, he was really quite worried. As you know, there is only one way to get things, and that is -- get them. You have got to put away most of your fear