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we dressed & called at first the Greiggs & then Hous-
ton's [Houston's]; no one but Mrs. T. at home at the former;
Mrs. G. out at a Chinese service. We had gone to the station when we
1st took the motor to see about down trains – none
for the next 24 hrs. at least; can't say that I'm sorry.

August 3, 1922 – Thursday
E. went with Miss P. this a.m. out to the service for
the sappers & miners – as I did last wk - so she was
up & out early, Had her & Mrs. W. go to the ch. yes. a.m. but
both refused to talk. Late in the aft, changed bedding
etc., in the room adjoining mine & transferred E. &
her things in there as she would have more room
to spread out & be comfortable, returning Mrs. E. &
Miss P's various belongings to them. Two of the pine-
apples [pineapples] which were getting soft, had been donated
to us this morn; so now four more – two each, now
chosen for the G's & H's, & we started out with them
when we left to have dinner with the latter,
stopping by to leave them, & then going on to the G's
to see the Hansons who have arrived, on their way
to R. for the Durbar, where Dr. get a medal for his
recent work in helping the army when one of the
B. princes decided to raid on this side of the Chinese
border. The H's decided to go with us, so we went along
the far st. parallel to the one we took yes., thus enter-
ing [entering] by the front, instead of the rear, door – but it
was dustier walking. After talking things over it
was decided to go by boat if things are not running
tomorrow, & I have my doubts as to the breach, which
was over 2 mi long, being mended by then, as the wa-
ter [water] is still rising, & they don't work rapidly in Burma.
We had a very nice dinner, lovely salad with fine
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store caramels. Then to the meeting. Loaned E. one
my white dresses trimmed in rickrack like I am also
wearing, this a.m.

August 4, 1922 – Friday
No trains - some mail has gotten thru by being carried
across the breach by boat, so the 3 of them leave by the
morn. boat, but as it makes such an early start,
they'll go on board this eve. E. washed & ironed some
of her clothes this morn; as she left most of her bag-
gage [baggage] in R. she ran short on this jaunt when so long
delayed. She has been helping me cut pictures; has
read one novel and browsed among several other
things. I won't let her pay board, preferring her to be my
guest. We all went to meeting W. & Th. eves & the others
this; but I went to the boat with her instead; the Han-
sons [Hansons] hadn't gotten there, but arrived soon after I left.
Let C. have one each of the prints Mrs. H. took the day
we were at Ava. She didn't get her telegram off to Ida so
as it takes 3 days for the boat to reach Prome she left the
message & the money with Mrs. C. to send tomorrow. Began
to sort books in the small book in the library today;
Will keep the top shelf for poetry, and fiction will about
fill the rest, especially as the 10 vol, encyclo. is on the
bottom shelf, together with a lot of [?] notes on past
S.S. lessons. Sorry to see E. leave; hope you enjoy the
river trip; I'm sure I should – shall have to take it some-
time [sometime].