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Stoughton May 21st 1933

Dear Doris,

Our weather has changed. After there very warm day days. Last night the wind went from the South to N East & sent us terrible black clouds. There were thunder showers all around us. But we escaped them. [[strikethrough]] but [[/strikethrough]] it must have rained pretty much all night. The rain was much needed as every thing was fast dying up for want of it. So this full moon after I gave Pa his bath & changed all his clothes. I prepared the ground & set out two dozen of tomato plants which Bobbie Swan sent up the day before. I had planted my beens [[beans]] three days before, so later on after my box of tomatoes I planted grown a little more I mean to plant them. They will come along a little later in the season. Its early yet. Today the sun had not appeared. So our rain will do more good by keeping the things damp. Louie took Saturday afternoon off & the paint had time to dry off before the rain came. Friday afternoon as I was going down St. Evelyn came out on her step on their piazza where she & her mother were sitting, trying to live down the shock of Franks sudden death, & told me to come

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