for awhile. Dick Quint and Aunt Hattie arrived there to-day. I got home before dark., Marj. was just out feeding the chickens ansd colledcting the eggs, we got a total of 40 to-day. I have felt the cold to-day more than any day the winter I think. The mercury was 9 below zero this morning. Roy siad and that there was a north-weeast breeze all day that was intemsely chilling. It is freezing hard to-night but the wind has gone down. Marj. and I sat up till after midnight reading and I stayed awake nearly the bwhole time, which i considered remarkable accomplishment, and whcih Marj. attributes to the fact that she promised me I could have. a smoke if I kept awake long enough to read one chapter.

Thursday January 27th