and started scraping. It worked a little better this morning partly because we worked from the bottom and Tom could hold the scraper in easier going up hill. Charlie Butler came along and told us Marston didn't know "nothing" about building roads and if we had the old system of statute labour the roads would be better than they are now, he thought we should have left this job till June when it would be dry and then scrape the ditch into the road instead of in a pile at the side. I didn't say anything but I felt like telling him that I expected if this June was any thing like other Junes lately we would all be too busy to do road work, and that there would be a hot lot of use piling mucky clay or dry clay either on top of a gravel road, and pretend to think it would improve it. I hurried and got ready after dinner and went down to help get Marj. moved. Ina went home and we left Gay with Mrs. Lampkin's to save me driving down to the Donald's. Dad. was to have come down to help me carry Marj. downstairs and I was afraid he would be there before I was but he didn't get down so Mrs. Lawson and I carried her down by making a cross-hands chair. We then loaded her and Dorothy Mary into the wheel-chair of Mrs. Lawsons and took her over to Aunty's. We met Dad. coming on the way over. He Enah & Harry B were all at Aunty's. Dad. had cut Harry B's hair and made him look like a real boy He was overjoyed to see Marj. Enah went up town and Zeitha came down to practice some Easter music so she & Dad. walked up to the church. I went up and got some groceries and then hung around at Aunty's for the rest of the after noon. Ina was at Mrs. Lampkin's when I called. Beautiful day, wind cold this afternoon.

Saturday April 4th

When Tom. came this morning he aid rthe hills back at Lindsay's were getting hard and rough and thought he had better hook to the grader so we did but just as got back to the Provincial road and back once this gpfore noon owing to several interruptions. Ernie G=urney came out first and told us al about the sake at geo. Davidson's yesterday when jukian & the bailiff closed a chattel mortgage amd sold him out. Then Nate Butler haile dus and told us all he knew about the road. Next we had to pull Billy McBriude's out of a mud-hole for which act of mercy he rewarded us a quarter apievce