it and wrote a card to Frank Reid to say I wouldn't need to get any from him. It looks as though this fortume was gradually fading from our ken. They finished the argument on June 2nd butthe judge has reserved his decision fir a week or so which looks as if he was not at all convinced that Dad's claim was good. Wednesday 9th Frank came over this morning before I finished marking out the corn ground and started planting and we finished about four o'clock. Thursday 10th May. Marj. and I went down on the after noon and signed the mortgage at Gibsons and Charlie Quanbury met us there with the money. I spent the rest of the after noon paying debts.

Thursday July 1st