with clean new fish boxes for seats so when Mr. Harvey arrived with his car and the others of the Port Ryerse faction they thought every thing was now settled for their wishes to be carried out and so it would have been but Col. Smith kicked and said those that wanted to could go but he was going up creek so to avoid any further trouble Mr. Harvey took his car back and we all went up creek. Dad. Brook and another fisherman took us up and called for us again at seven. They left us at the far end of the straight water at Will Smith's place and we had a dandy time. Two or three of us fished before tea but had no luck except Louise Herring who caught a mudcat and threw it back. Col. Smith and Jack Martin built a fire in an old stump and cooked a dandy supper fried eggs and bacon and hot coffee. We all ate enough to kill us. After tea we played Nuts and in May and had a lot of fun. I got yanked all over the place Lewis Woodson was champion he pulled them all but Jack Martin. He pulled Col. Smith over and so did Jack which made the Col. very mad. Mr. Hobbes had a headache but took several pictures of us and one of Miss Cope or her leg while she was lying down behind a log to dry out after her sousing with the waves. At supper the Col. said "Well I got soaked in that launch but I daren't tell you where" and Miss Cope said " Oh I know where, I got it in the same place." Ont the way back the batteries played out and the engineer had to get out and tow us. It was pretty hard work and slow till Lewis got out and helped him row. When we got to town we all but Miss Prest and the Cowdry's went to the picture show and saw Granstork. Lewis and I went home with Miss Bain & Miss Herring and I got home about a quarter past twelve. Tom brought me up the creamcan full of buttermilk to-day and I started feeding fifteen cockerels.

Friday August 25th