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         let me know your mind on it or

whether it would be safe to send it in

a letter or not.  the next time that

I see the Honorable R E Fenton I will speak

to him about those documents  yesterday

after review I went on guard so I had

the oportunity of being on guard when the

new year came in  I thought as I was pacing

my beat slowly in the beautiful night

behold what has one short year brought

forth  little did I think last new years

night where where I would be a the preasent

It would take quite a volumn to contain

the thoughts that passed through my mind

that night and I wondered where I should

be next new years eve  I was relieved

from duty at nine oclock this morning

this is the warmest and pleasantest new years

day I ever saw  the roads are dusty

I have not seen mud enough to get in

over shoe since I have been here unless

it was in the brook  the soil here is

dry and looks as red as brick dust