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the other day. they seem to be nice quiet people & one could not ask for better neighbors. I am very much struck on Gertrude, there seems to be something in her manner thats very sweet & innocent. Addie is bolder. & being older has been made more of, she is very ingeneous [[ingenuous]] like all hunches endowed with other traits that she can make use of surer of herself. the mother relies more on her judgement & Gertrude sees she is not always reliable. I think there is a black cloud coming up in the west. showers now are getting quite common. 

I got me a pair of one strap pumps & am breaking them in. the trouble with my feet are, my crooked toes & corns on the end just where the box comes. I have got over being troubled with grown out joints years ago. a shoe without a box I suppose would be the propper [[proper]] thing. Lena last summer gave me two prs one pair was all right, but the other pr was too long & too narrow, but I wore them out, she got them at the factory for herself she spends lots of money on shoes. I have not got any letter from her this week yet she may be with Bernice.
Ma