Wednesday August 16th

I chopped up some wood while Daddy went over to see if he could get a roll of wire fence from Mr. Flemming. When he came back he hooked up and he Dick, and I went down to get the wire. Then we went over with it to Coleman's line and ripped down some of the old rail fence and piled it on the rack and Daddy and Dick took it over to the barn to pile it in a convenient place for {th...ing?} wood. It began to rain as they left and they said they would be backproxently with a coat for me as I have to satay, and see that Coleman's cattle did not get in. I sought shelter under a tree and waited patiently for about an hour. It was pouring when they arrived and I was about frozen. It soon cleared off and westarted erected the wire and takd it to a