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[[pencil drawings in upper left of top page]]

[[Beginning of Bottom Page]]
9[[circled]]
Nov. - Finished two for Feb.- March
Working on playing cards. (after long delay in Smart making up his mind).--
Dec. Left playing cards, half completed and plunged immediately on pics for. April and May.-working as in war-time day & night. Couldn't understand the rush!--
Dec. 15 Delivered April and May.
Dec. 20 Finish and delivered playing cards and showed pencil outlines for June For the first time since May 1945 Smart dropped the Mask of Pretense and set me straight about real meaning of contract.--curtains!--

I Fiduciary. leave it to me.
Promises on coming contract
  "     work ahead long vacation

Reid - so now you know what really happened in Smart's office in re contract. It is all there, specially page 8-9-10. Why the S.O.B. decided to cheat me no one knows-[[underlined]] but I do!! [[/underlined]] I'd succeeded, too fast for Esq' and the publisher & Rat Smart couldnt "Take it!!!