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Miss Murphy says it will take some money to run her and the man that gets her will soon find it out. Those boys have the name of being pretty stingy. Young Frances is trying to get Hazel Winship and her mother favors the case so Pa told Mame and she said she didnt think that Alice Winship was such a fool and also said she would speak to her about it and Mrs Fisher was going to do the same she was only too glad her girl was saved from such a fate. she was scart to pieces while she was down to Washington for fear of that Shay and said that Alice favored it. Georgie Briggs oldest grand child is here for the summer vacation I suppose. The Johnsons have raised on the old house where Dora Brown and Volney Nurse live six dollars each we hear. two old misers all they think of is money. since they drove out Horaces folks they dont have many friends in the neighborhood.
Mrs Dykeman came up Monday and said that she was going to visit down on the cape to be gone the last of the week. she gets lots of rides in Jacks car, his wife is taking her down, they spend one night at Howards I believe. I have washed out my clothes today but now it dont look as if they would get dry it seems more like May weather lots of black clouds are going over. I am raising bread to day and it seems cold I must see if its raising if not I will put it in the oven as my fire is out in the stove. well there is no more to write about so I will say adieu
Ma.