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was for going up to Lloyds Creek. We did - Had dinner on the Edith & amusing time with Edie & Ralph. [[insertion]] Ralph Dusenberry, Portrait of - [[/insertion]] Fri. [[insertion]] Nov. [[/insertion]] 14 Arthur got [[strikethrough]] some [[/strikethrough]] clams, scallops, and oyesters & we came back to Halesite at 10 A.M. Whitney Scudder came along. A brisk lively morning, engine ran very well. Had oyster stew for lunch, scallops dinner - Finished edge on [[strikethrough]] floor [[/strikethrough]] cocoa matting in P.M. Sat. Nov. [[underlined]] 15 [[/underlined]]. Cleaned stove & galley thoroughly & made curtains for g. portholes. Arthur & I went to Huntington for Sunday marketing. Got Pictorial Review with ills. for "We are Four) very good. Sunday Nov. [[underlined]] 16. Very [[/underlined]] cold, really severe - Read papers, [[overwritten illegible word]] creweled [[/overwritten illegible word]] edges on bath towels, had large chicken dinner - Wind yelling around by night. hail & everything. [[end page]] [[start page]] Mon. Nov. [[underlined]] 17. [[/underlined]] Last night the weather cut loose more & worse. We were both awake & had misgivings - I thought - "If this is just the fall start - winter sample idea - it's an awful place we've picked. Cold - coal gas & ship mate nearly out. Waves thumping against boat & whats more lumber. We found this morning a scow had sunk & today they picked up a young lumber yard off beach - Had a pump in motor boat that pumps 700 gals. per min. Scow rose up & men put timber aboard again. We moved The Mona up about 10 ft. Arthur up at 6 - I at 6.45. Did pen & ink lines on green-lemon painting, & did another of little animal, matchboxes etc - Arthur & I went to glass house for kerosene can at 4.30. Supper & to bed early.