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Beetlngs, first arrlvaLs of rallway tralns, praírie flres, Iand.
prieee, wages-, e4d other valueble lnformatlone, all a.ppear in lts
pages. .Iohn &penee 1s non cleaô, and the diary iE ia the possesslon
of trfr. E.Ghe¡me, of W'askada, to w.b.sm the uriter is much indebted
for allouing hln aceese to lt,
The work of ty¡ring this stud.y wae adùed to the many tasks
inv&lved, i-n caring for a husband and a farnily of growing ehildren.
It entailed., nore than once, the sacrifice of hours of well-earned
sleep- Fqr unde::taking ano eompleting it, the w¡iterrs wife
ded.erves,a rewarð far better th.an ihe vuriter, under his present
finaneial cireumsÊa&ees., aan offer her. If , however, eontinued.
Iove and d^evotion ean repay her, not only for her typi.ng, but
for aceepting for the past four years the s:aerifiees involved, in
being the wife of a student vetoian, she ma¡i rest asgured- that
she wi].l have it.