Friday October 6th

Dad's hip has been very lame all day. This morning he ploughed the piece back of the old house which we are going to try to put in garden next year, as it is no good at all where it is and is lovely soil. I cleaned up a little around the yard. Daddy got through about noon. After dinner it began to rain and rained like "cats and dogs" all the after noon. I read "The Old Curiosity Shop" all aft. about and Daddy wrote to Aunty. About half past three he hooked up the little team and got Dick and Frank. He got the cows as he was all wet and I helped milk. He got the lock of the trunk we have worked so much at open to-day. I went to sleep reading to-night but they woke me up to play "Pit". I got even on them by winning two games. {Margin note} Frank found out to-day that he had spent about an hour last night learning the wrong spelling lesson. Just the same as I used too.