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running North again, upon other line and survey. I must tell you another thing. You know I came here without promising to stay. The agreement was simply that I should come out and go to work, and receive $2.50 per diem while I staid. Upon settlement at the end of July I am allowed $3.00 per diem for the whole time. Moreover I find myself set down from August 1st, for $3.50 per diem. | running North again, upon other line and survey. I must tell you another thing. You know I came here without promising to stay. The agreement was simply that I should come out and go to work, and receive $2.50 per diem while I staid. Upon settlement at the end of July I am allowed $3.00 per diem for the whole time. Moreover I find myself set down from August 1st, for $3.50 per diem. So I begin to think that I can do well out here, if I find that the climate agrees well with me. I find that Southern Illinois has been considered very unhealthy for Eastern men. Part of the time I have thought it was for me. One while I thought I should certainly leave at the end of July. The water I suppose affected me very much at first; I had | ||
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running North again, upon other line and survey. I must tell you another thing. You know I came here without promising to stay. The agreement was simply that I should come out and go to work, and receive $2.50 per diem while I staid. Upon settlement at the end of July I am allowed $3.00 per diem for the whole time. Moreover I find myself set down from August 1st, for $3.50 per diem. So I begin to think that I can do well out here, if I find that the climate agrees well with me. I find that Southern Illinois has been considered very unhealthy for Eastern men. Part of the time I have thought it was for me. One while I thought I should certainly leave at the end of July. The water I suppose affected me very much at first; I had