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GORDON & BAILEY,
Attorneys at Law,
OFFICE, 2, 5, 6 & 8 THORPE BLOCK.

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JONATHAN W. GORDON.
LEAON O. BAILEY.

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Indianapolis, Ind, .... 188

Pursue the triumph, and partake the galey."

and so to the [and?]; but my thoughts are humbler
now; and. I accept dust and silence, feeling,
indeed, that it is hard, but accepting hardness
as is [me?t?] for + + + + + +

-"hearts to break and give no sign
Save whitening lips and fading tresses,
Till Death pours out his cordial wine
Slow - dropped from Misery's crushing presses;
and that + + + + + + + +

"If singing breath or echoing chord
To every hidden pang were given,
What endless melodies were poured,
As sad as earth as sweet as heaven".

It may be that there is light on the other side,
for me, and I humbly hope; and there, in
that light, with you, I may cease to regret
the failures of life here.

I am whether in hope of despair, alike
and always your friend.

J.W.Gordon.

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Sen. C. M. Clay,
White - Hall, Ind.