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to come. ?mtfgggg^!^ou and ask you kindly to bring her some flower seeds of all kinds. Thats the first thing that she ask you. When she sees you, you musn't forget she is always paying you compliments to everyone she would like to see you ( She speaks so well of you to everyone and she would be as happy to
see you as I would) She says it everyday, "When are you going to come to France. Sy dear brother you will pay attention on board the boad not to be too daring never to try to want to climb to the topp of the mass.every evening, to go to bed early, to get on well with the crew, if they kHHfw know you can do the work you must be willing to help them. Let them know that you can help and be willing to do it, like cutting wood, washing dishes, peeling potatoes, being HkidEHX obidient, and always doing what you shoud. My dear parent, you don't deed to be worried to let them come. They will be better off here than in France.
I would like you all to be here. We would all be much better off.
WEXMHuidxfa No one would be happier than I or all of my family. My dear mother father, brothers and sisters, we send you all our best. If we hadn't had
so many misfortunes that we have had we would have sent you more. I would
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like ^pr-pgy^ytrer send you some money so that you could build but sick as I ?'am
s??? there are still two people who owe me 600 franks who left for California
more than 6,000 miles from here so that's lost for me. Without counting more
than 2,000 franks of credit that I still have. I am sorry that I can't help
you more. Try to understand. I don't have the change to be able to do some=
thing good for the counsins.	arrived	here	without	a penny
and I received him as well as I would have received my own brother without
regretting anything. I fed him for 15 dayswhen he arrived without doing anytlmng
and then give him things on credit of 650 franks but he doesn't seem to have the
good idea to work. I think he is a little lazy, and to finish I gave him merchandise
two months ago. He lost 265 frank^that I don't know if I can ever recover.
That's enough of that. Don't tell his family about this. Tell them that he is