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a shower passed over in the afternoon. It has been pretty warm but is cool tonight. I have written to Lucy almost entirely about Maurice. Sara had a long letter from her today full of tenderness for him and a strong desire to be at home with us.

Tuesday July 3, 1883. The squall of yesterday was very wide spread and did a great deal of damage. It has been pretty warm today. I went over to the cemetery this morning and cut the grass and attended to the flowers. The morning glories I set out on Maurice's grave are growing nicely. It seems so strange to think of him as in his grave. I thought of dear Gertrude while I was tying up the flowers upon her grave and fancied just how carefully and deftly she would do it. That was a charming feature of her character the patient, careful way in which she did anything she undertook no matter how trivial or unimportant. Downing and I were going over to Mr. Van Akens to finish my study and get started for there but the afternoon looked so unpromising that we turned back. Sent a number of papers containing an account of Maurice's death to Lucys friends whom she had designated.

Wednesday 4th. John McEntee, Girard and I went fishing out behind Glasco bridge. It was a very hot day and closed with a succession of heavy thunder showers all of which we escaped. We caught a nice lot of black bass and one of mine weighed l½ lbs. Got home before dark.

Thursday 5. Very hot with thunder showers. At home all day too hot to do anything but with an uneasy feeling that I ought to be at work. Wrote to Gussie and to Mrs. Taylor.

Friday 6. A beautiful day but very warm with no wind but a fine rich atmosphere. Downing and I went over the creek to the Van Aken house and I finished my study. The river looked beautifully from near Capt. Andersons. On the ferry boat I found a man from Samsonville who was willing to take our little Alderney bull and I gave it to him finding it impossible to sell him. A letter from Miss Nesmith. Wrote to Whittredge asking him if he did not want to go sketching somewhere. I feel like work and am miserable because I am not at work at my art.

Saturday 7. Still very hot but a brisk wind. Directly after dinner Downing and I walked up to the N.S. Station to see Breyer who had come up on a press excursion to go to the hotel Kaaterskill. Saw him and Whitlock and Monroe for a few minutes. Booth returned by the evening train from N.Y. and I met him at the depot. It rained and looked very threatening just before the train was due.

Sunday 8. Rainy and so cold that a fire in the dining room was comfortable all day. The wind was from the north and it rained all day with signs of clearing at evening.

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