"Wm. Conniston, Jr.,
"Rattlesnake Valley.
"Come home. Leave that work alone. Start minute you get this. Wiring you thousand dollars Crawfordsville. Corliss will advance all you want in New York. Do as I command immediately or I disinherit you.
"Wm. Conniston, Sr."
"Wm. Conniston, Jr.,
"Rattlesnake Valley.
"At your father's orders have wired thousand to you Crawfordsville.
"Corliss."
"Edw. Corliss,
"New York.