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in some village this year & next be selling what horses & cattle we have having besides the proceeds of our farm, & perhaps it will be best for us to do so, for life is very uncertain shall leave this matter with you only I feel that I have a right to insist that if possibly we shall so arrange our matters that you & I shall live together as much as possible. When you said if you were to select a home you should not select it on the prairie it is possible you had taken all these things into consideration, & saw the way clear for a better one. If so you will of course point it out to me & I shall very gladly cooperate with you in obtaining it. I do not prefer or wish to live there unless it is the best thing we can do. I want to live with you & I want to live where you are contented & happy. Have I worded myself so that you fully understand me. Were I to select a home I should not select the prairie unless I was convinced that it was the best I could do for those I loved & who made my home pleasant. Thinking as I have in times past that our reac I have tried to love it & be contented & happy their & to have you love it. It may be that I have been mistaken in this matter. If so I shall be gladly avail myself of a better home if it is obtainable. But facts

(along the side of page) are stubborn things & we have to deal with them to take them as they are. I am sorry that we and situate as we all for your sake & yet I feel that we [?] to be thankful that we are as well situated as we are.