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people in the morning & from then on he calmed down. he said he was to blame for the whole business, for he ought to have known enough to have held his tongue after he had a good nights rest he admitted he had made a mistak [[mistake]]. but he is liable to get at it again. it worked me up & I was most as crazy as he was. I think his mind is growing weaker from time to time. he is so persistant [[[persistent]] you cant do any thing with him he went out of his own accord & spoke to George he asked me if he had better, I said yes. he takes miffs too then gets over them. he is cross & then grows humble. very changeable at times. he eats the chicken & enjoys it on the whole his appetite holds good most all the time. but he grows thin. & looks bad. he does not stop his fretting a minute & wont as long as his mind lasts. only when he is writing his crazy stuff. he asks me how to spell the simplest words. I am writing this & am going to seal it up so he wont get hold of it to read I hear him coming

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