mother about getting work for her father. We did our best to persuade her to write instead but when Marj. asked her if she really thought she could be any help, and she answered "You bet your life," we thought we had better let her go, so I drove her down to catch the nine car and then I went over to Dad's. Ina was here before we left. Dad was busy writing to Aunt Ella when I got there and Enah wrote to Aunt Hattie and invited her over as Mr. Parks said he would sooner pay her fare over here than go to New York himself. We went over to Tuppers before dinner and got a load of hay and put part of it off in the horse stable and part in the barn. This after noon we ran out the ditches in the pea field and then hauled out a load or two of manure on the garden. Frank was ploughing all morning for Proper as Proper drilled in his peas for him yesterday. Frank and I went down town about five. Frank got some seed oats at Billy Langs and I was supposed to meet Azadouhy at the five car but it came in before we got started However we met Quint at the corner and he had