{word obscured} {?}ing clouds and would be immediately followed {word obscured} accompanied by driving showers more like {word obscured} than rain. I have sat around the house all {word obscured} {read?}ing, drawing and playing with the kids except {word obscured} {do?}ing the chores and going out every hour or so {word obscured} a basketfull of box-factory wood, with which {word obscured} kept both stoves stoked all day. It makes {word obscured} {qu?}ick hot fire but has to be watched closely {word obscured} replenished frequently. Marj. & Harry B started out {word obscured} four o'clock to go to wee Winnie Shand who has {word obscured} {re?}turned from the Simcoe Hospital. They just got {word obscured} when they met Dad. & Tim so came back with {word obscured} Dad. came over to tell me to go over home first thing {word obscured} morning as there was a load of chestnut coal in. {word obscured} said that Mrs. James is dying having been furiously {word obscured} so that it took four of them to keep her in bed. {word obscured} a cablegram yesterday from Mr. Parks saying that {word obscured} the Master's certificate and only awaits the judge's {word obscured}. Marj. & Harry B. went up to the Shand's when Dad. {word obscured} {a} nd got home about six. Winnie is doing well.

day October 26th