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13 Pomeworth Street, Stoneham, Mass.
July 6, 1931 

Dear Folks,

You see that I am at my old job already. I shall have to work overtime now to make up for loafing for so long a time. 

I am enclosing the bankbook. I paid for July and August, so you won't have to worry now about it, for before it comes due in September, Doris will be home to look out for it. 

It was raining so hard when I came out of the bank that I decided to go directly to the station and not to bother with going to the store to change my shoes, so you can perhaps imagine my surprise when I looked up and saw Jim Capen passing through the men's side. I went out and spoke to him. He was on his way home, but suspected that there was something that I wanted. I finally told him about the shoes. Then when he said that he would be glad to take them over to the house, I told him not to do that on purpose, but to just throw them into the auto, and later into the store, the house or away. He took them and I suspect will be most conscientious about delivering them. He said that he should have been over but that he was working in the factory(?) over Saturday and Sunday.

Ralph was busy talking to a woman when I went in, but he looked up and asked about the tomatoes. He said that his stood up well. He put a covering over them. I guess that yours will come up after this good rain. 

It was raining hard all the way out. Mrs. Pettengill took my umbrella and coat out into her part to dry them for me, and about five o'clock she came up with my supper for me,- an egg and tomato salad, bread and butter, and three cookies, and some "Angel Food" - a kind of rich date and nut cookie, I should say. I had been thinking of going up town after bread, butter, and milk, but after that I decided to wait until to-morrow. The potatoes have great long sprouts on them sticking way out of the bag. I have not looked at the onions. I expect that they have been ambitious too.

If there is any first-class mail comes for me, will you please send it along by way of the front-door post office? I may get a stray one once once in a while. I certainly hope that you will drop me a letter every few days if it is not too much trouble. I hope that you will both keep as quiet and calm as possible. I imagine that Mr. Ring will come over rather often if you give him the least encouragement.
 
I was wondering if Mr. Holmes would like me to do any typing for him. I could make out the bill to the town for his money for him if I knew to whom to make it out. Then he could send it in whenever he saw fit to do so. Would it be made out to "The Town of Stoughton" "The Treasurer of the Town of Stoughton" or how should it be made out?

Mrs. Pettengill has been out to her daughter's in Warren for a visit of a day or two. While she was there, her son-in-law caught a woodchuck that had been devastating his garden, but he was not dead, of course, so her daughter took the gun and shot him, I thought that she was pretty plucky.

Well I have spun on at a great rate about nothing at all, so guess I had better stop now.

Now do please [[strikethrough]] do [[/strikethrough]] be careful, both of you, not to do anything that will get you too tired. You want to be in good condition when Doris comes home. 

GOOD-NIGHT   
Lena 

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