CEHBates_July-Dec1920_136c

in by the fire and read. Pretty soon
we heard mice gnawing in the
wood but we were very brave
little girls and sat perfectly still.
Some girls would have jumped
up on chairs and screamed.

Then our visitor Mr. Skunk came
again. I guess it was the same
one we had the other night. Our
fire kept getting lower and as
the wood was almost gone, [getting down all
the time - crossed out] we sat there and froze.
Yet we didn't want to go to bed.
We stayed up and waited for
Mabel to come home which was
after midnight. When we finally
got into bed it was 1: AM.

Well, my cousins came
yesterday. They only stayed a little
while as they had to get the six
train back to Los Gatos and they
didn't get to our house until
five thirty.