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DESKAIDE * THE SILENT SECRETARY * 1942
August
18
Tuesday
I finished chapter XVII in German [[crossed-out]]text[[/crossed-out]] Have 3 more to do. 
Fair [[illegible]] warm but not hot. In the morning
I went to store, stopped at Edna Fermer's[[?]] beauty shop to see about
my permanent she is nice + has no [[crossed-out]]attenden[[/crossed-out]] helpers. My appointment
is OOh-Boy at 1:00P.M on the
29 Sat. Lasts about 2 or 3 hrs. On [[?]] the 
afternoon Mabel + I went to the 
pond, swam once but long-it 
was warm[[?]] (swam under water a 
lot) + came out + sunned +
Mabel + I played with a ball - two
boys got our ball + Mabel's 
towel but we got them back
+ went home + got home
around 6:00 + ate supper alone
Got a nickel fudge walnut
cone Mabel got a dime chocolate
one. Went to bed. Was tired
(8:30)
"He who suffers calamities, suffers them twice over" - Porteus

DESKAIDE * THE SILENT SECRETARY * 1942

AUGUST
19
WEDNESDAY

Fair + warm. In the morning I
went to the store, did German +
housework + went over with
Amy ([[crossed-out]]can[[?]][[/crossed-out]] taking over some of our pears) + ate breakfast (11:30.)
there ([[crossed-out]][[illegible]][[/crossed-out]] I ate[[?]] slices of toast, jelly doughnut, etc[[?]] I + came home in time for dinner. Amy's picture is 
done + she is going to frame it! Grandma's is done + I think Dad's is too. In the afternoon I went over to see 
Isabel, [[crossed-out]][[illegible]][[/crossed-out]] Mary, [[crossed-out]][[their]][[/crossed-out]]Isabel's older (20) sister Natalie + (Mary's her cousin)
went down town with Isabel
on her errands (some[[?]]) + came 
back read magazines some + 
went home, had supper +
went to bed at 9:00. I started 
Chapter XIII today [[illegible]]! Mother + Amy + [[illegible]] + [[illegible]] went on a drive to see a friend near Blue Hill + got home after I was asleep at 10:00 (about)
"Examine what is said, not him who speaks"- Arabian Proverb