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doctor who she says is more inteligent than the ones who have not had the practice in such cases as he has had. I asked him about pa + he says it may be still more embolism or more pressure brought to bear there. as towards night his nose stopps up + he is constantly snuffing to clear the passage. he says its lucky he still has mind enough to know what he is about. otherwise it would be much worse to care for him. our lamb lasted all the week. to day we are going to have roast pork & carrots for dinner + apple sauce & thick rice pudding she likes pork + cooks it nice + tender. Pa has just come down to say he is gone + I have persuaided him to lie down + covered him up on the lounge with my cape. she is up in her room cleaning up herself + changing her dress. she never fails to do it every afternoon. its a cloudy day. no sun since morning, but warm. he is snuffing his nose it beginning to stop up. he says he is crazy, some thing ails him + makes us all crazy. he wants sympathy. what to do in the matter I fail to know. but hope it wont last forever for his sake as well as ours We have got our clothes on the line. but they hav'nt dried a particle. we wash a little every day + dry them on the porch + in the house. she is tyeing a bed quilt up in her room on her bed. I hear her singing so she is not pious. Pa is staying down stairs + seems more natural now. he has been down most of the afternoon. I hope he goes to sleep to night. he is good natured + likes attention. I hope Sid is getting his car over the ice better its awful here
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