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$-$ DESKAIDE * THE SILENT SECRETARY * 1942 JULY 9 THURSDAY Fair. I sold the blackberries + worked in the morning - got 60¢. I had $6.00 I have $6.60 now. In the afternoon I picked 1 3/4 qt. . I sold the 1 qt.(20¢) + have $6.80 now!! + gave the 3/4 qt. to mother for blackberry shortcake. (we have them very often) Dad begins a course in Spanish (given by Dept. Agriculture) tonight (from 6-8 - gets home at 8:30) In the afternoon I played with Bobby. We go down town tomorrow!!!! We did practically 2 days German so so we won't have to do so much tomorrow. In the field the "for sale" sign is down + the field is being measured!!!! Oh- heck I have always liked that field. I caught Mike Crock there (mouse) [[Printed at bottom of page]] "He is rich who owes nothing"-H.C. BOHN DESKAIDE * THE SILENT SECRETARY * 1942 JULY 10 FRIDAY Fair. In the morning we went down town. Mother did lots of errands at museum, bought voile at W.D. sale, got fish aquarium plants + aquarium mending stuff (leak) Mabel's present - a 79¢ comb + compact set, with rose in center, of blue. I got a lovely red compact set for myself (79¢) like this: round compact, 3 inch diameter (Mabel's is slightly less wide) + 3/8" thick/ Mabel's is thicker) + mirror + puff inside: [[image of compact]] gold rim, red, red leaves in white center. We also got 50¢ bicycle lock. Comb is red in holder, beautifully curved. I also bought 3 candles (10¢ Red, yellow, + blue (colors all way through) I spent 89¢ out of my $6.80. I have $5.91 left. $6.80 - .89 = 5.91 5.91 + .89 = 6.80 Woodward [[tooth rup?]] [[left margin]] I dripped my red candles & made about 1/4 candle. [[/left margin]] "He who considers too much will perform little"=-SCHILLER