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who got burnt in the fire last Sunday died over in the Brockton hospital the next day. she was a very old woman & was working in her kitchen over the ashes & her clothes got on fire. Zebo Smiths widow. too old to live alone they said. I suppose after reading Lenas letter you will know how to manage with the baby Doctor Otts wife is worse than Lena, she is Nova Scocia & Lenas sun rises and sets with her. I could not bear her neither could little Sparkie, so he sat in my lap all the time she stayed. that castor oil I did not approve of, except for extreme cases. as long as you were bound to give it do as you were a mind to I thought. its your child. but I think it too harsh for a little baby. Dr Toomey said so one time. she does not need it either. Dont try to have company now as long as you are nursing her, you get too nervous entertaining them & that effects the baby. the quieter you keep the better she will be. how I wish it wer so I could run in occasionally to see her. too bad its so far away. I must stop to prepare my fish to bake for dinner. glad the baby takes to Pupsie  Ma