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of course you will do as you like
but the cost of misery & slavery and
this misery again will cost about the
same as holding the [[?]].  We are
getting ready for dinner and when your Ma started the fire there was more smoke
than fire for some time and windows
had to be opened and then more smoke 
finally I went down cellar and forward
paper in the bottom hole, and got things agoing, Meanwhile your Ma stoked the 
ashes. so together we had the fire going good. The family across the street here
just started up their talking [[?]] 
guess it will go the rest of the day 
as usual

Pa

Transcription Notes:
The only thing I could read was "There was more smoke" in the middle of the paragraph.