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Stoughton June 26th 1929

Dear Doris
  
The rain came last night & it was very welcomed by all. for most of the gardens were drying up, for the showers all seemed to go around us. now we shall survive & the berries will also come along as they should. I am lotting on getting out in Atherton's pasture, if Mrs. Griffin would only come back I would rejoyce [[rejoice]] she was good for going where I wanted to at any time. I don't have anyone that cares for such things now, & if the trust was told it is too hard for me to go very far poor me, guess I must be growing old. The birds are happy there are lots of them flying swiftly by my window as I write this letter. it has been so dry the worms are probably hard for them to find. that old jay had five little baby birds. they built a terrible ragged nest & to see it you would think it would not hold so many. they were very quiet & made no fuss when we were around the pine tree. but that robin was the limit, terrible wild & fussy. I did not pretend to go near the front door, & it seemed good when she moved away with her brood. Lina says our two plates of water she thinks is what calls so many birds. Our oriole comes here they are great grubbers. I think the 

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