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letterhead DARROW, BAILY & SISSMAN LAWYERS 1202 ASHLAND BLOCK CHICAGO TELEPHONES CENTRAL 925 AUTOMATIC 44139 CLARENCE S. DARROW JACOB L. BAILY PETER SISSMAN

Jan 4 [1914]

My Dear Wood, [C.E.S. Wood]

    Just received your letter & was glad to hear from you.   It is some satisfaction to know that the case has been dismissed and I shall always appreciate all you did and your friendship & devotion to me when I needed friends.   I am lecturing some - writing some practicing law some.   For my trouble there I got about $8000, from my friends which I shall pay the first thing I do or nearly so, they were in the main people like you who would never want it if I could not do it, but I can & will.   I have however my interest in the jar plant in Colorado which I could not sell & which my son & I own.  at Greeley Colorado - This is now doing well & I think in an other year will support me moderately and may be I can make a living even without practicing law.  So what I must do is to settle in my own mind when and how I want to live - The Pacific coast around San Francisco appeals to me more & more & my old