Dear sir
The landlord of the hotel, in
which, I was clerking, sold out
to another man, and the other
man gave my position to one of
his sons. I was then offered a place
in a restaurant but at such a
small salary, that I concluded
I would go to Cincinnati and
see if I could not do better, but
as I was not successfull in
obtaining employment, I came
barck here and accepted the place
in the restaurant. When I left I
told the postmaster to forward my
mail to Cincinnati until further
orders, but when I returned, I found
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out that you had answered
my letter, but it had
been sent back to you; the reason
of this, ^was^ that soon after I left,
the postmaster was to taken sick,
and his brother from Dayton came
to ^attend to^ the postoffice for him, and
as he did not know me, nor
where I had gone, when your letter
came he sent it back. I did not
find out my misfortune until
my return, and was most extreme-
ly sorry at what had occurred,
I shall now impose on your good
nature by earnestly entreating
you to send the letter back
at my expense, and will enclose
stamp for same, as I am extremely
anxious to seeit it. If you will
accomodate me thus far, you will
greatly of oblige