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"Then I understand," said Mary, "that if we take under the law,

each of us is entitled to sixty-eight and three quarter acres; and

if we take under Mother's proposition we are entitled to eighty-

seven and a half acres"

"No, no, E A," said Kate, the old nicknaht "No, no! Not so! You

take sixty-eight and three quarters under the law Mother's

proposition is made ONLY to the boys, and only on condition that

they settle here and now; because she feels responsible to the theht hundred and seventy-

five dollars, approxi at fifty dollars and acre, six thousand five hundred and

sixty-two dollars and fifty cents, plus their work and taxes, and

minus what Mother will turn in, which will be about, let me see --

It will take a pool of fifty-four thousand dollars to pay each of

us six thousand If Mother raises thirty-five thousand, plus sale

money and notes, it will leave about nineteen thousand for the

boys, which will divide up at nearly two thousand five hundred for

theainst less than a thousand for us That should

be enough to square ht-ive us that er ones, in debt for years, if