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20 Chestnut Street,
Stoneham, Mass.,

March 2, 1934.

Dear Mrs. Holmes,

I guess you must be thinking that I am not paying very much attention to you; but I have thought of you and Doris and Mrs. Osborne times enough.

How are you these stormy days any way? It does seem so good to think of you as having that good oil heat this weather.

You wrote of sitting up stairs in the front room since Doris cleaned and fixed up the floor. What did she do to it? She spoke of wanting a linoleum for it, but did not think she would get around to getting it before she went off this time. I thought she was just going to wash it and put down some of the rugs you made, for now. That would make the room comfortable and attractive too for the present I should think.

I thought perhaps I might hear from Doris when she got back to Washington, but to date I haven't. Does she keep up her daily letters to you now? I supose that she is busy, as usual.

I don't just remember what I have told you and what not, but I don't think that I wrote you about Miss Dawson. She was taken to the hospital a week ago last Monday and operated upon the next day. She thinks the trouble was gall stones, but it would not surprise me if it was