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1 Sunday 1898 My dear friend. So sorry, your questions about Lodge building have not been answered, but I really could not get to mother. She was down a day or so before your letter reached me and I expected to see her last Sunday but was disappointed & Monday we had a terrible snow storm for this time of year & we did not see the sun during the whole week, was very disagreeable & so chilly. Mother came last night and is still with me. She says father had two lodges made, she saw one made & the other she worked on. Says the slabs were not trimmed at the