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referred to us for legal action to collect.
This indebtedness is now in the amount.of $10.01. If you
will send us this amount so that we may receive it before May
5, 1966, the matter may be satisfied. However, if we do not
receive satisfaction in full by that date, we will take steps to
collect through the courts.
I am sure you will see the advantage of avoiding a judgment
against you, which as a matter of record would do lasting harm
to your credit rating.
Very truly yours,
Hagthorpe M. Pruitt, Jr.
Attorney at Law
437 Woodlawn Drive
Panduk, Michigan
May 4,1966
Mr. Hagthorpe M. Pruitt, Jr.
Maloney, 'Mahoney, MacNamara and Pruitt
89 Prince Street
Chicago, Illinois
Dear Mr. Pruitt:
You don't know what a pleasure it is to me in this matter to
get a letter from a live human being to whom I can explain the
situation.
This whole matter is silly. I explained it fully in my letters to
the Treasure Book Company. But I might as well have been
trying to explain to the computer that puts out their punch
cards, for all the good it seemed to do. Briefly, what happened
was, I ordered a copy of "Kim," by Rudyard Kipling, for $4.98.
When I opened the package they sent me, I found the book had
only half its pages, but I'd previously mailed a check to pay
them for the book.
I sent the book back to them, asking either for a whole copy
or my money back. Instead, they sent me a copy of
"Kidnapped," by Robert Louis Stevensonwhich I had not
ordered; and for which they have been trying to collect from
me.
Meanwhile, I am still waiting for the money back that they
owe me for the copy of "Kim" that I didn't get. That's the whole
story. Maybe you can help me straighten them out.
Relievedly yours,
Walter A. Child
P.S.: I also sent them back their copy of "Kidnapped," as
soon as I got it, but it hasn't seemed to help. They have never
even acknowledged getting it back.
MALONEY, MAHONEY,
MACNAMARA and PRUITT
Attorneys


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