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half Irene pared 3 pumkins
to dry. Grace knitting and skiming
milk. Very chilly raw day. Wind North.
Clouds dark, low and rolling along
from North to south ward. Cows
broke in straw stack again last night.
Evening. V and G after discussing
the matter conclude to make
Dignams an evening visit accordingly.
V borrowed F.W.'s buggy and hastily
doing the chores and speedily getting
supper they depart for Dignam's leaving
Maud and I alone to clear the
table and wash the dishes and entertain
ourselves till bed time. At last every
thing is finished, dishes put away, hearth
and floor swept and a cheerful fire burning
brightly in stove. Maud remarking
how warm, cheerful and cosy we were.
Maud reading her lesson to Grandma
while she knit the lace for the Christmas
apron as a gift to Grandma Dixon.
Prince and Tiny are comfortably
snoozing, each on an old rug
which Maud has spread for them.
When rap rap rap upon the door
anounces an unwelcome visitor and
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