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when stepping out in the entry,(forgotten all about it by this time mind you) there was dear Mrs. Wiggin with her head tilted way back on the chair fast asleep, bless her. She started up at my exclamation, and I told her "Why didn't you go straight to my door and knock hard and say "this is Mrs. Wiggin"  "But you weren't in!" "Right there, right there all the time.  I shall have to confess it now, had my door [[cross through]]k[[/strike through]]locked all the time. Never did such a thing in my life before, never!"  Dear old lady "I'm glad you had a nap and how good of you to bring me all these things for my old ladies.

But wasn't that bad luck, just the only time I should lock my door.  But it's back and forth and all night too.  Only a few days ago burrr! right at my head and the middle of the night.  Mercy thinks I, who is this now at this time.  Never heard the

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screen door, which is [[insert]]something[[/insert]] very
unusual for me.  And all the while this bell kept ringing away, I caught up an afgain I have them always handy to drape about me on just such occasions.  Whose there I said!  And will you kindly stop ringing that bell and listen to my voice.

My window looks right out on the piazza and I much prefer to speak that way than go clear out into the entry when I have to light the gas and display myself [[strikethrough]]through[[/strikethrough]] fully through the glass of the door.

I could see this fellow [[strikethrough]]through[[/strikethrough]]fumbling at the bell, when I spoke he did finally stop & said he had a box for Mrs. Pratt and was this the place.  "A box at this hour of the night and ringing the bell like that for mercy sake [[strikethrough]]can't you see it's an old ladies home?"  "W[[/strikethrough]] don't you know we're all old ladies here?  Well no he didn't know?  "I should think he could have seen it to look at the house, what else did he suppose was in that great long building.