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them, destined for short earth lives. the worry of children is terrible & all the comfort we can take hardly offsets the misery we has to go through in trying to raise them. especially if we are built to worry & borrow trouble naturally. my little robins are feeding in their nest I have just put out some crumbs to help the mother bird in feeding them. worms I guess are scarce they eat hungrily every thing I put out. I am sure they appreciated my trying to help them they seem very tame.

Sat morning.

After a terrible warm day we had a tempest about eight in the morning very serene. while it lasted we were both of us scart there was a constant flash & heavy thunder. it lasted three quarters of an hour heavy rain accompanying it. then another before midnight with heavy down pour. so I was unable to get much sleep. Pa comes to me for protection. he is terribly scart during a shower he never liked them & now he cant hide his fear of them. its much cooler today. for the last three days the heat has been intense.

Ma

Transcription Notes:
scart for scared she uses that a lot, Edited: its & for 'and' not + which means plus, changes and corrections,