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it was he or his bror that had left it. This I did to see what kind of a Demand he would make. He told me that if I would not buy the Watch he desired I would give it him again. I desired him to sit down, he said no he sh would have the watch immediately. I then told him that he must sit down, he should not go away yet. I went into the office leaving the prisr with Mr. Miller who was sitting in the Veranda, engaged in business, and I wrote a note