Emma Have what looks like a contact it states This writing witnesseth that the undersigned J.F. Ivester who is now incarcerated in jail at Bloomfield, Missour, on a charge of feloniously having shot one John Fletcher, does hereby employ J.W.Farris and Geo. Munger as his attorney to defend him against said charge in the circuit court, and does hereby agree with said attorney that in the event said Ivester is put to trial on said charge and is convicted of felonious assault an sent to the pen thereon, then he shall pay to said attorneys as their fee in full the sum of two hundered dollars and in the event from cause except the death of said Ivester prior to the finaldetermination of said cause the undersign is not sent to the pententiary on this charge then he should pay to said attorneys as their fee in full for their service athe trial afore said the sum of three hundered dollars. It is hereby agree that no part of said sum shall be paid except out of the proceeds of the sale of the land now owned by the said Ivester, which said land shall be sold within a reasonable time,due diligence being used to obrtain a fair price tlhere after within a reasonable time from this date. Executed in duplicate at Bloomfield, Mo. this the 11th day of November, 1921 Signed by JF Ivester and both lawyers.