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A LETTER.
"TO M.FRANTZ RISLER, "Engineer of the Compagnie Francaise, "Ismailia, Egypt.
"Frantz, my boy, it is old Sigismond who is writing to you.

If I knew better how to put my ideas on paper, I should have a very long story to tell you.

But this infernal French is too hard, and Sigismond Planus is good for nothing away from his figures.

So I will come to the point at once.
"Affairs in your brother's house are not as they should be.