[From Andrew Lee]
                                     Eau Claire 8 March [1895]
Dear Brother!
      You  must indeed excuse me for not having answered your
 letter before.    I just came down from the woods last week.
      On account of the warm weather the last week   in  March 
many    camps   quit  working  for   the  winter  and  I  with
several   others  got  a  month's    work   too   little.   [He 
undoubtedly   meant February based on the date of the letter,
and also because the season usually lasted through March.]
      Well then,  therefore no disagreeable memories.  So   you
 ask then: Why don't you make a trip home?
      Because   I want  to wait until I see if there won't be 
better times.
      Yes, you must not beleive that a working man   can  earn
 much money here in America at the present time.    Whether you
beleive me or not, what I earn is barely enough to live on.
      If  I  am not wrong, the indications are that I will be
 working at the sawmill this summer also.
      Karl came down from the woods this week.   He had broken 
his one leg between the hip and the knee,   so he will be unable
to work for several months.
      I have nothing further to write about this time.
      A friendly greeting
                                                 Andrew Lee
                                                 725 Vater str
                                                 Eau Claire
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