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She did speak of her once as seeming like one who is [[?]] but usually writes of their wonderful cheerfulness. [?] and how they joked and laughed together about Hattie being full of the dickens & cutting up. Maude always seems to like to turn on the rose [[strikethrough]] clo [[/strikethrough]] colored lights on to everything - and everybody, I could see that it was very hard to take care of them though. They said nothing of Walter suffering at all until the bladder difficulty set in and I did not know until you wrote that he had. I suppose Hattie will go to live with Ralph of course. I feel very sorry for her she will miss him terribly unless her mind is so weakened that she will not realize it fully. It would be better that way. Well Doris write when you can and I hope Sidney will too. This is "one of the times a feller needs a friend" Our friends and neighbors seem to be the kind that are awfully good neighbors and friends when they are in any trouble but when we are they don't know us so well and I'd die before I'd ask a favor of any one who didn't want to do it. If you'd like to hear from us often I'd write often though I don't believe you'd enjoy the kind of letters I'm in the mood to write now and I can't pretend to be what I'm not, I hate inhibitions & repressions. I've had em all my life and I'm tired of them. "Be yourself" is the current slang. Love to you both 
Mary.