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To Curley. Curley, I'm writing this letter cause for a long time I've been wanting to tell ya somethin'. When we married I knew from the firs' day that you weren't any good for me, from the firs' day of our marriage I disliked you. An' you know why, cause you're nothin' then jus' a dirty ranch man, who can think on'y bout fighting and goin to have a shot offa corn in'a closest bar. Ya'r nothin' better than other ranch workers, who get them 50 bucks at the end offa month an' go to spend alla of 'em in'a brothel or for'a whiskey to get God damn drunk. I cn't see any litt' difference between you and them, an' there's no difference. Every week ya go to a bar an' come back God damn drunk at late night. How do you think I feel then bout you? But ever'thing has a limit. You know, if not my ol' lady I'd have gone to Hollywood an' prolly I coulda find that man who promised me to take me in movie. Yes he sa' that I'm natural, and if not my ol' lady then I'd never be livin' with ya in this God damn place, I coulda been in the movies, an' had nice clothes - all of them nice clothes like they wear. An' I coulda set in them big hotels, an' had pitchers took me. But whatta I got - I've gotta husban', a swell guy. An' alla time I have to listen how he'd "use the ol' one-two to make him go down". And all I can do is jus' to set in your God damn ranch an' talk to a bunch of bindle stiffs.
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