if he could have played his part a little longer but when Tom began to kiss his hands, he could stand no more, so with a burst of laughter he picked up his skirts and fled down stairs. Tom was so mad he never spoke to anyone the rest of the day but got bozy eyed on the bottle of gin.

Monday February 16th

Dad. and I went down as soon as we could get ready this morning to get the chicken house down home ready to move Huby hekped us and we got it rraised and up on blocks by noon. While we were at it, who should come alomng, bare headed, and without an overcoat, but Walter, he had come through the house and Aunty Maude had told him where we were, so that accounted for the absence of hat and overcoat, but as we hadn;t theslightest idea that he was within a thousand miles of us, we were quite surprised to see hoim, but this after noon we got a letter from Roy which we should have got on Saturday, saying that Walter was then in Barrie having come down with the body og Mrs.{illegible} father. He got into Toronto Friday night and came up this morning but had to go right back again to-night. He stayed at Huby's to dinner for as he said to walk over here before dinner did not sound too tempting and right after dinner Dad. hooked up Belle and went dowen and got him, he was only here an hour or two and then Dad. drove him down he had to stop in for a minute or two to see Miss Phipps, Cousing Bessie, Clare and