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Willis is on [?] [?] [?] [OBSTRUCTED TEXT] Mr Owen at [?] and [?] [OBSTRUCTED TEXT] for a month or more, he will [?] make ready for Florida before long, I do dread to have him go, and yet I am glad to have with Herbert,,. Calista and family are well, she said she would like you to write to him once in a while, [sic.] Herbert [?] well and in good spirits [?] [OBSTRUCTED TEXT] [?] doing business [?] [OBSTRUCTED TEXT] Commission [?], [OBSTRUCTED TEXT] [anxious?] to see Willis, his [OBSTRUCTED TEXT] El Paso, Texas, When [Willis?] [OBSTRUCTED TEXT] have [?] [?] [Lorain?] he [OBSTRUCTED TEXT] us a coal house, and we [OBSTRUCTED TEXT] [?] tons of coal in it, [and?] [OBSTRUCTED TEXT] get [nine?] cords of cut [?] [OBSTRUCTED TEXT] so I think we will keep [?] [?] got a grate for the cook stove and Willis [?] [?] and got one made for Mothers stove