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13 Pomeworth St., Stoneham January 2, 1931 Dear Folks, I suppose you would like to know what my itinerary was after I left you. I went directly to Doctor Ott's after I got into Boston, and I stayed there until just before supper. Mrs. Ott had bought a presser for neckties, and she was going to try it out after she got through in the afternoon. I helped by washing some of the ties while she pressed. It really worked very well. That whole crowd that made trouble for him before are threatening to frame him again and frame him in good shape. Mrs. Ott doesn't dare to leave him for a minute even, for fear there will be no one to witness what is said if any stranger comes in. One did come the other day, but Mrs. Ott was home, and, unless they lie, there can be nothing come of the visit. That same woman called on another doctor the other day. He recognized her, and told her to get out. The two state policeman who made much of the trouble are Canadian French who have changed their names without legal warrant, as far as can be found out. I don't know whwther [[whether]] they are even naturalized or not. The woman was French too, by the way. It is a great state of affairs when we have to pay the salaries of men and women, not to protect us, but to make trouble for those who are trying to do what they can to help humanity! Mrs. Ott rented her apartment that has been vacant over to a woman and her son, just back from California. The boy is to enter school here. I have been wondering if they are spies by any chance. Boys don't usually enter school this time of the year. They were good-looking people; and, of course, Northeastern has a class entering after Christmas; but I can't imagine people who can afford to pay the rent that Mrs. Ott gets for her apartment wanting to attend Northeastern; nor can I imagine people who summer in Falmouth wanting to do so. I am going to write to Mrs. Ott and suggest the possibility of her being allied with the state police crowd. I went up town the day before New Year's and got enough rayon material to make two slips, one to sew the skirt of the dress Doris gave me to, and the other for a separate slip. I made the one for the dress yesterday. If I do as much today as I did yesterday, I shall get the dress pretty well done, but I don't think that I shall do very much sewing today; I have some writing that I want to do instead. I woke up long before light as usual this morning. I lay for a long time. Then I got up, and before light had a little closet at the end of the sink, that I have been wanting to clean before putting away my new lot of potatoes, all cleaned before light. Then I got my breakfast, washed dishes, and swept rugs and mopped floors all before nine o'clock. Now if I don't feel too tired I shall have plenty of time in which to do other things. I have written and mailed Miss Dawson a letter so far. I got you a little piece of cloth to put into the front of your dress. You can do that instead of patchwork for one day. I think that the dress is really worth the work. It is becoming to you too. Doris wrote to me a nice letter. I thought you might like to see what she has to say about Mrs. Cutting. Happy New Year! Lena You can put tucks where piecing crosses, can't you? Mrs. Pettergill gave me a another baby picture and a little double leather frame to put them in.
