{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.

{Mon}day October 26th

{I?} went over home this morning about 8 o'clock but Dad. and I didn't get started down for the coal very {word obscured} he had a lot of chores to do. Enah has been down town {word obscured} mothers all night and Frank had to go thrashing at Martins. We went around by the mill {word obscured} a grist and I went to the Planing Mill and got {word obscured} storm sash and took them up to Hall to gla{?} {word obscured} as we were delayed a little down at the coal car {word obscured} McBride was telling us what a time they {word obscured} getting the voter's lists fixed up as they had {word obscured} on Jim Dixon looking after some of it but {word obscured} had stolen Jim's hounds and he was out with {word obscured} constable looking for them and neglecting the {word obscured} it was just noon when we got back to the f{arm?} we put the team in there and Dad. & I had {word obscured} It began to rain just about noon and soon turned {word obscured} snow and snowed hard all the after noon {word obscured} for awhile after dinner to see if it would slacken off but as it didn't I bundled up in Dad's mackinaw and came home with the coal. I had to move a whole pile of the old Sunday school shingles before I could unload the coal then I took the team back home and got Dads chop at the mill I was pretty cold and tired by the time I finally got home to stay. Mrs. James is still alive and the doctor says now she may live for quite awhile yet.