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Wednesday 15 July 1914
Another dry hot day the last day
of Miriams visit and Grace is preparing
to return to Kingston leaving Reginald
and Robert here. So she packs
her cans of strawberries. The new
folks work in hay field, mowing,
raking, cocking and drawing
Oh how fearfuly hot. The girls
drive to the p.o. Emma, Margaret,
Miriam and Isabel. no letters
nor papers except one postal
card from Muriel. Then every
kid including Maggie has a
boisterous time playing "high Spy"
and squat tag: audience John,
Voltie, Emma and self. Then we
all proceed to the parlor where
Miriam where Miriam [sic] bare footed
adn bare legged entertains us with
piano music which she certainly can
do; she is a musical wonder. I
never saw anything like the exquisite
touch of her fingers on the keys.
At last Maggie goes home and we all
go to bed.

Thursday 16 July 1914
Another hot day. Voltie drove
to the dock with Grace, Margaret, Isabell
and Miriam enroute for Kingston with
their boxes and suitcases leaving Edith
to get dinner and get along the
best we can but have to take out
a search warrant several times to
find Edith. Sometimes find her at