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St Kitts #6.

After Dick left I went to the Post Office to find out when the mail for the north closes - 9 o'clock to morrow. 
Then at 11 I went to see Mr Lawrence Graves at Barclay's Bank about my money from Dominica. He had had no notice of it at all and he advised me to have payment on the check stopped. He is very nice - brother-in-law of Miss May & Miss Millie Branch - his wife died last January of cancer of the stomach. He has 4 sons and he seems very proud of them. He told me of a story one of them had written in the Cornhill Magazine[[strikethrough]] s [[/strikethrough]].
I went to the library where I took out a month's subscription 1 shilling. I also borrowed one book Agatha Christie "13 Problems". I had a hard time finding the entrance to the library as it is a side door. I had to ask at the Registrar's office and a very nice old gentleman took me thru the courtroom - court was not in session - and showed me the stairs. The library is small, but seems at least on a par with the one in Antigua. 
When I got home Dick was here and 
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it was almost lunch time. We eat lunch at 12 and I think it balances our day much better, what with tea at 4 & dinner at 7. 
I wrote letters in the afternoon. 
[[margin]] Tues Oct 6. [[/margin]]  Tonight we will be here a week. I spent the morning darning. The Lady boat came in and on it two travellers. A Mr. Sullavan who sells machinery and Mr. Howard who sells dry goods. 
Mr. Howard is a Barbadian and he just arrived from Roseau where Mr. Tavernier told him about us. He was just married in June. His sister Dorothy works in Mr. Jesters office, and he tells me that Mr. Jester is being transfered to England. He will be missed in Barbados as he was so very well liked. 
After tea Dick and I walked to Fort [[strikethrough]] James [[/strikethrough]] [[insertion]] Thomas [[/insertion]]. It is a pleasant walk along the sea front. It is one of the nicest built up, and kept sea fronts we have seen in the West Indies. Fort [[strikethrough]] James [[/strikethough]] [[insertion]] Thomas [[/insertion]] was fairly interesting. There were several cannons left and the breastwork were in pretty good condition. Dick says it is about 3/4 of a mile to the Ft.