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direction of San Francisco.
Where you read in the
paper of the trouble [?] [?]
[?] [?] hereabout don't
be afraid for me, for
most of them are [?]
[?] of the Mexican Central
R. R. south from here, and
are committed on
comparatively defenseless
parties. We are a large
party and well armed.
So have no fear for
me. I am all right
and no doubt will
continue to be so.

From the mess tent
comes the call to breakfast
—? it is the signal that
demands dispatch and
the hubub of breaking
camp is at hand. I think