EXHIBIT 10.6 PAPER WAREHOUSE, INC. 7630 EXCELSIOR BOULEVARD MINNEAPOLIS, MN 55426 September 26, 1997 Brent D. Schlosser Paper Warehouse, Inc. 7630 Excelsior Boulevard Minneapolis, MN 55426 Dear Brent: This letter will confirm that the Compensation...

                                                                  EXHIBIT 10.6


                               PAPER WAREHOUSE, INC.
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                                  September 26, 1997


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Dear Xxxxx:

     This letter will confirm that the Compensation amount listed in paragraph
no. 2.1 of your Employment Agreement should be $150,000 (rather than the
$175,000 that was previously listed).

                              Sincerely,


                              s/ Yale X. Xxxxxxxx
                              Yale X. Xxxxxxxx


Accepted and Agreed to:


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