Angwin,
April 10,
1893.
My dear Partington,
If you are undertaking to teach my kid (which, unless it is entirely agreeable to you, you must not do) I hope you will regard him as a pupil whose tuition is to be paid for like any other pupil. And you should, I think, name the price. Will you kindly do so?
Another thing. Leigh tells me you paid him for something he did for the Wave. That is not right. While you let him work with you, and under you, his work belongs to you—is a part of yours. I mean the work that he does in your shop for the Wave.
I don't wish to feel that you are bothering with him for nothing—will you not tell me your notion of what I should pay you?
I fancy you'll be on the Examiner pretty soon—if you wish.
With best regards to your family I am sincerely yours, Ambrose Bierce.
Angwin,
April 10,
1893.
My dear Blanche,