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DEAR MR. BAYARD, -- I have been thinking since I saw you. I have health, and a summer. What can I do to help your work? I haven't a particle of experience, and not much enthusiasm. But I am ready to try, if you are willing to try me. I don't think I'm adapted to drunkards. I don't know which of us would be more scared. He would probably run for the nearest grogshop to get rid of me. Aren't there some old ladies who bother you to death, whom you could turn over to me?
Yours sincerely,