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more advantagious to her own benefits I took the necessary steps sometime ago to place my portion of the Estate beyond the reach of my heirs executors or assigns, as long as mother lives, by deeding to her, during her lifetime for her use and benefit all my right title and interest in the Estate. For should I become involved or die involved, my creditors could come upon my portion of the property for my debts? and as soon as I can hear from home, and obtain the necessary information particularising the property, the deed will be forwarded to mother to be placed on record, in the proper office. I wish I had 30? times as much to give her. I would die just that much the better contented. For I have a profession that has not failed to yield me a support as yet, and when it does I have a pair of hands which are as able to work, as they were three years ago. We have invested some means in loosing operations in the way of mining, but the one we are engaged in at present I hope will more than remunerate us for what we have lost, though all mining operations are more or less uncertain. Our Practice last year amounted to about $12,000 a good deal of which of course we will not collect