Tuesday November 24th

I spent the day puttering around doing chores, fooling with the chickens, and picking up cider apples. I had to make a couple of troughs for the chickens. I was surprised to find that there were still thirteen brown leghorns at large as I have twenty five shut up and I never could count more than thirty, that brings the total up to thirty eight and as I only had about forty three grow big enough to feather out well, I haven't lost as many since as I feared. The next problem is to catch them as I can't locate their roosting place. Ina was here washing all day and I drove her home to-night. Mr. & Mrs. Lampkin came over this evening. Still frozen up. Cold north west wind

Wednesday November 25th

I did up the chores this morning and then felt so tough that I came in and lay down. Harry B. told me a story that he made up and I went to sleep and stayed there until noon. I then got up had some dinner and felt better. It was cloudy and snowing this morning when I lay down but at noon the sun was shining and it was much milder. I wanted to go down and get some grit and feed for the chickens so Marj. said as it was such a lovely day she would like to go down to the Bagley's. We got away soon after two and I left them all at the Bagley's and then went down to Billy Lang's but his place was locked so I went on over home to get some wheat and there was no one around the house there so I went out to the field back of the orchard where Frank was cleaning out ditches and he said Dad. & Enah were both down town.

I got my wheat and got home at noon. Mary & Nellie were out next by Willie Shaundis's fence so I had to put them in and as Mary ran up towards the house and then she & Nellie both ran down into the gully I had a lively time pursuing the, I finally got them all safely into the stable & also fed the chickens and put some more corn in the {illigable} so I was here for half and hour before I started back to twon for the family. I stopped in at the farm on my way in and Dad gave me forty five dollars of the money he got from land for the {illegible}. I didn't know she had gone yet. He gave me some of the letters of Mrs. Phelps to send and said he got a card today saying everything was satisfactory and he hoped to get before the judge in about a fortnight. Ms. Dakkon has been saying all day that he hoped to wind it up the first of December but like the {breeze?} that anchors the rainbow, it seems to be able to keep just beyond our grasp, but I suppose that meerly adds to the interest and enhances the dime-novel effect