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Puerto Rico #8

came home and said that the barometer had swung over to Fair. 
Partly on the strength of the above I went town to do some much needed shopping & I got caught in several lovely downpours. I bought much needed stockings & petticoat, and looked for a sweater but I could find none. I did my shopping at Kleins as it seems to be more up to date than Podins and it carries brands of lingerie which I'm accustomed to wear.
I went into Waldrop's to have a look at the tiles done by Mr Davis out of St John's. They had 3 of his there. One was a St Thomas street which I did not care for; another was a stairway which looked like the 1829 to me; another was 2 old black women sitting in front of a gate, and they have the fish baskets with them. I was told that he has only 6 or 8 subjects but that each tile has to be made separately. The asked $7.50 a piece for them. 
While in Waldrop's I bought an "Amazing Stories" for Dick and a copy of that new gem of a magazine called "Coronet." This was the January 1937 issue (Vol 1 no3)
I also went to the Post Office where there
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were some Christmas cards for us - and a letter from Teddy telling us what her plans are for the futur. 
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Today is our 2nd wedding anniversary! The day is still rainy, but we've decided to thumb our nose at the weather and go to Mayaguez tomorrow. 
My flower man came this morning and I bought a dozen roses from him - it gives me something cheery to look at this dull & dreary day. One dozen roses cost 25¢
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Today it actually cleared up a little, enough for me to get to town in the morning and do a little shopping. We had lunch at the Tavern and at 12:30 went down to the San Juan station to get the train. 
The trains are dinky little narrow gague [[insertion]] gauge [[/insertion]] things of about 5 cars & engine. There is a first and second class but really not much difference in the looks of the cars. We bought a $5 ^ [[insertion]] book [[/insertion]] of cupons which entitle us to so many kilometers of ride. I believe we figured that it is about 1¢ a mile. The train was not crowded when we left San Juan but at Talleres, a big mob of people got on and the car was