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he puts it together again, with more or less suc-
cess; but things apparently are never done right.

July 28, 1922 - Friday

Mrs. W. went to the press & elsewhere this a.m.; at my
request she got me another tube of glue & a book of
half anna stamps. She went to Dr. Peacock again
this p.m. Been so busy that both yes. & today had to
take my bath at bedtime. She played some on the
piano before going out; returning she stopped at
the H's for dinner. Both Mrs. G. & Mrs. T. at service
last eve; but not Mrs. H. They killed a small snake near
the ch. The girls sang & there was also a male quartet, &
later some of the boys from our A.B.M. school sang in Eng. A num-
ber of men testified, including 3 Chinese; later one
woman, the nurse, did also. No service tomorrow eve.
Had squabs for dinner, as we do about once a week;
fine lemon pie last eve. Mrs. W. is much larger, but
reminds me greatly in both looks & manner, of Har-
riet Pettus S. If she wants to save herself trouble & ex-
pense she'll have those teeth pulled; I've warned her,
but she does not seem inclined to do so; when I
think of all the suffering I've endured - and all on
account of the stupidity of that Dr. Foster of Greensbo-
ro, N.C., I get quite incoherent. Had letters from Cousin
Mary Paxton & Miss Campbell at noon; got 2 I.J's yes. &
one today; also got a Y.C., Geog & Lit. Dig. No more C.E. till
Sept. Glued on the felts to my 3 brass desk pieces & then
used up the rest on my tray & it's not finished yet, will
take two or 3 more. Messrs. G. & T. & perhaps H., are going to
Amarapura at 7:15 in the a.m. for a service; will go
down by train & expect to return by motor [?]
That is the center of the silk weaving industry & one
of the old capitals; it is only six miles south of here, & the

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tram runs between; think I'll go down some day -
Sat. or Sun. aft. probably.

July 29, 1922 - Saturday

Slept till after 7 this a.m. Mrs. W. not feeling well & neither
am I; she helped me cut pictures a while yes. aft. Played
some again this morn. Woman's meet. at Mrs. H; she
served bought ice-cream & two kinds of cake; about
seventy five - counting the half doz. babies present. On re-
turning wrote about nine cards & one letter to get off on the
next home mail. We were going for an auto ride about
six, but it began to rain; after we'd given it out past all
recall the sprinkle ceased, so was quite disappointed.
I feel I haven't been very friendly to Mrs. W. since she's
been here, but I've had so much to do, & not feeling well
either. Mrs. E. was telling of her 2 trips to the falls out the
Maymyo line - nearly to Lashio; Miss P. of experiences
with tigers in days gone by; must visit some of these
places of scenic & historic interest the 1st chance I get -
but alas! I'm so short of money at present. And still so
many things to buy for the house; I don't know when
I'll be above water again. It certainly will be a relief
to get everything fixed up. I hope I can find out who has
been stealing from me, but I probably never will. I have
to smile when I think of Mrs. DeVore's directions about
caution & keys & the like. The dhoby came with the clean
clothes rather early, so I placed all on a chair in the
sun; put away the empty box my books came in, the
clean lunch cloths, etc; got out another sofa cushion
& sewed on a clean cover; locked trunk pictures are
in; sewed button on belt of clean morning dress; darned
old pr. of brown hose - only have 2 other pr. this hue; &
did several other jobs on this order. Am rather uneasy
about Mr. H., especially when I heard that the M.D. hadn't
removed all her appendix - whoever heard of such -

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he puts it together again, with more or less sec-
cess [success]; but things apparently are never done right.

July 28, 1922 - Friday

Mrs. W. went to the press & elsewhere this a.m.; at my
request she got me another tube of glue & a book of
half anna stamps. She went to Dr. Peacock again
this p.m. Been so busy that both yes. & today had to
take my bath at bedtime. She played some on the
piano before going out; returning she stopped at
the H's for dinner. Both Mrs. G. & Mrs. T. at service
last eve; but not Mrs. H. They killed a small snake near
the ch. The girls sang & there was also a male quartet, &
later some of the boys from our A.B.M. school sang in Eng. A num-
ber [number]of men testified, including 3 Chinese; later one
woman, the nurse, did also. No service tomorrow eve.
Had squabs for dinner, as we do about once a week;
fine lemon pie last eve. Mrs. W. is much larger, but
reminds me greatly in both looks & manner, of Har-
riet p[Harriet] Pettus S. If she wants to save herself trouble & ex-
pense [expense] she'll have those teeth pulled; I've warned her,
but she does not seem inclined to do so; when I
think of all the suffering I've endured - and all on
account of the stupidity of that Dr. Foster of Greensbo-
ro [Greensboro], N.C., I get quite incoherent. Had letters from Cousin
Mary Paxton & Miss Campbell at noon; got 2 I.J's yes. &
one today; also got a Y.C., Geog & Lit. Dig. No more C.E. till
Sept. Glued on the felts to my 3 brass desk pieces & then
used up the rest on my tray & it's not finished yet, will
take two or 3 more. Messrs. G. & T. & perhaps H., are going to
Amarapura at 7:15 in the a.m. for a service; will go
down by train & expect to return by motor [?]
That is the center of the silk weaving industry & one
of the old capitals; it is only six miles south of here, & the

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tram runs between; think I'll go down some day -
Sat. or Sun. aft. probably.

July 29, 1922 - Saturday

Slept till after 7 this a.m. Mrs. W. not feeling well & neither
am I; she helped me cut pictures a while yes. aft. Played
some again this morn. Woman's meet. at Mrs. H; she
served bought ice-cream & two kinds of cake; about
seventy five - counting the half doz. babies present. On re-
turning [returning] wrote about nine cards & one letter to get off on the
next home mail. We were going for an auto ride about
six, but it began to rain; after we'd given it out past all
recall the sprinkle ceased, so was quite disappointed.
I feel I haven't been very friendly to Mrs. W. since she's
been here, but I've had so much to do, & not feeling well
either. Mrs. E. was telling of her 2 trips to the falls out the
[Maymyo?] line - nearly to [Lashio?]; Miss P. of experiences
with tigers in days gone by; must visit some of these
places of scenic & historic interest the 1st chance I get -
but alas! I'm so short of money at present. And still so
many things to buy for the house; I don't know when
I'll be above water again. It certainly will be a relief
to get everything fixed up. I hope I can find out who has
been stealing from me, but I probably never will. I have
to smile when I think of Mrs. DeVore's directions about
caution & keys & the like. The dhoby came with the clean
clothes rather early, so I placed all on a chair in the
sun; put away the empty box my books came in, the
clean lunch cloths, etc; got out another sofa cushion
& sewed on a clean cover; locked trunk pictures are
in; sewed button on belt of clean morning dress; darned
old pr. of brown hose - only have 2 other pr. this hue; &
did several other jobs on this order. Am rather uneasy
about Mr. H., especially when I heard that the M.D. hadn't
removed all her appendix - whoever heard of such -