sale and I bought considerable stuff including a roller, set of harrows 17.50, hay 7.25, rope, double trees 2.25, high-chair .75, old table .10, patent bed 7.25 and some wood 1.25. Frank backed my note for 6 months. I went down to band-practice to-night and had a pretty good blow. I was the only bass there and we have a lot of heavy new music. Mr. Parks was at Aunty's when I went down. He was there for dinner and spent most of the after noon telling about the estate, and from what Quint told me, his story is more like a page from an Arabian Nights' Entertainment than cold facts & figures pertaining to us. Mr. Parks has no doubt what ever about Dad. being the legal heir and seems to have no doubt about him proving his claim although he says there are seven others in England who think they have a claim and they are wealthy & influential some of them peers. He said a rough estimate of the extent of the capital fund would be two and a half million dollars and that the annual income was about £20,000 after the 35% succession dues were subtracted. He had a book showing how it was all invested and it seems theres a thousand acres or so of land in Ireland and a block of land in the heart of london which is ow undwer a sixty year lease. The leasee has built apartment houses on the land andd they are yielding large rent and when the sic=xty yearss had ==s expoired they will come in to the estate as well as the land. There is also a list of books oictures and plate 13 chests of it nall valued at thoudasands of piunds. There is a list of secut=rities a yard long oincluding shares in the Bank of Ireland, Bank of Enhland, various railway stocks and all manner of municipal & government bonds. We are all more or less excited over it of course but it is such a tremendous sum that we are dazed and don;t begon to realize what it really means, and dsso far can;t believe it is truew although Mr. parks who appears to be very genial and talkative says that he is so sure that Dad. will get it that he is willong to advance him any money he needs now from his privctaee account. Fine but evry cold wind found nellie with a gheig=fer calf when I got home from the sale this after noon

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