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I have made my supper on bread & butter & dandelions. but I eat sugar & vinigar [[vinegar]] on them the same as I do on lettuce it gives them a relish. vinegar is what agrees with me & its good.

Pa is very quiet today he has had nothing to excite him so far. no bon fires, there is a fire alarm run in every day some where, lots of fire in the woods & silent alarms. I will be glad when the green growth puts an end to so many fires.

Myrtie says that Percy has been laid off he thinks he will be wanted again when the business starts up but she has her doubts. He got $20. a week. she said that Alice had poor judgment over the worth of a dollar. Myrtie is going to get work after Alice get [[gets]] back if possible, as she feels mighty poor so she says.

Gladys writes that she is not working & Charley only has been working fifteen days out of the month. so Alice promised the woman that she would come back if they would want her bad enough to send her word. she said it was a horrid place to live the old woman was coarse & hard to get along with. she had a shock & she thought her a half breed Portugese [[Portuguese]]. Alice was game to stay there as long as she did but she realized that times were such & money & good places were scarce so she stayed on it was terrible sometimes.

well I will carry the letter down before night.
Ma