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he is now & realizes it. Miss O'Brine looks down on him. she laughs & makes fun of poor Jims blunders. & he is sensitive. she looks down on Miss Ray because she is not a graduate nurse. & says to me if the Dr would get one in her place, it would be a little responsibility off her shoulders. its [[it's]] 4 O'clock & no rain yet so the game may go on. Louie Dykeman has raised over thirty bu [[bushels]] of potatoes & I am going to see if he will sell me some & bring me up some more apples. he is going to put on the glass door to the porch. I am sure you are enjoying this day off to some place if pleasant, it must be for your good to go to your haunts & not have Aunty to cart around. do you ever hear from her? she was such a dead weight. its a pity to be so heavy. Mrs [[B...ntine?]] is going to give out. she did not go to church to da[[y?]] Gertrude was doing the house work. she is our age [[?]]  Pa misses his paper. he is down here trying to turn off the light before [[?]] the table cleared off. she has been very lonesome to day its so [[?]] & she does not know any one, so cant get out for any change [[?]] she was more for the out doors   I go out to get the [[?]] every day. the little trees are a healthy color. I am sure they are going to live. so later on you may enjoy their fruit. [[George MC'Garvey?]] has some little ones coming on two years geoth Ma.

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