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2 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.