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to retrace their steps by the imperitave sentence "Go back" and it seems the gentlemanbird of the species is not addicted to that habit. It was nearly six when we got home. Enah was down at Art Ryersie's with Tiddums the Wicked. Dick has been gone all the after noon and has patronized the church again to-night as he said he would be home to tea if he didn't. Frank has been knocking around the woods all the afternoon. He tried to bargain with Tupper for a guinea cock but he had no success.

It has been sunny to-day but a cold wind. Walt McCall & his retinue came over in his automobile this morning and was agreeably surprised in Dolly. He says he is going to take her up and train her now. He wants Dad to keep his mare for him this summer. Frank Faulkner was over this morning too to see about bringing over his heifer calf to pasture. He brought her over to-night. It froze ice last night and I wrote to Aunty Alice & Uncle Hal to-night.

Monday May 12th

We didn't do any thing much the first part of the morning but Dad. went and cleaned out the ditch in the oat field. I barricaded two of the four little trees which are in the pasture field to protect the from the ravages of Queen. Dad. took Alfred's shovel back and I barricaded the other two trees. Frank starte doff about ine o'clock this morning on his wheel for Dunkin's to return the guinea hen which he had in an old sack omn his back. Just as we were thinking of starting out to look for himto night abut four o'clock he came home with a rooster guinea which sings properly n a bass voice. He had staye dup there for dinner and explored ther country. When he got home we planted a few rows of spuds on the garden.

Jonas cam eover to-night to ask us if we could deliver him his hauy in the morning, he also got some apples. To night we played hide & go seek and then came in and kicke dup such a rumpus that Tiddums couldn't go to sleep, and Enag got mad and said she wouldn't press Dick's pants in time for the dance, but she is pressing them now - and we weren't making such noise and Tiddums diudn't want to go to sleep anyway much. Tapper told Dad. to-daythat he kille dhis pup yesterday and intended to keep Fanny but she followed him down town to-day and he ran over wth the eaggon and killed her, he said the thought he wuld send Blaikie a funeral notice. A week or two ago the Dover council