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" I \ n mClnth \\ h n rhc· mag.1.d11r.' :trrh· 1 Oll.tn
l H't• lo . ou ar tl h 11 \ i1U how I Jm ro it. and \\h. t
n JU\ I · ... , .tnd at In l 1 h.tV~' plutkNi up !u\nag e>.
1 h :'..: .. lHI1111f r month, it ha-. ~n mnn pu>t inu~
rh.111 1'\ r, and 1 111 ,rJ} \H'~p \\'hc-n it :1rri\ ("·· b.\ .w-.c·
tt t• llo; so nmc..h ,f lh,.. \\'nrk 1 -.IJVuld hc• tl",
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h ... kn• w (?') ''' \\Hu ld Jxo no ~ooJ; '0 \\C
ro c-h.tr1g-,. Ju-. up'n'on •• and \H • n dn· all lhi., wet k,
tnd ,,,. hml' mad• 3 ~lu:.d ... )w". \\'.· havf' < ight Nll
. . tnck up, two m.11l harlf y, and one wheat, ~
torn) 'i hP,tt st.lrlNi
I \\fi~ on lilt.' hindl'r thr.oc
dn .... I -.t week; \\f' fini .. htd nil thf' culling l.t ... t
Frid:w night, n ow ,.. art able t(l h.tn• all horY's
lc,r , trtin •. r\11 till• lMil j, r •r f'd honH·, the "tack ..
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oliJ t.uiJt in thl" M~H k\'rlrd quilt• llt' ,Jr thP. farm.
1 la.11d from h t•lllf' thi;.. IIH rnin~. and thPy ar<'
fins hf'd Hwr<-. \\·,. c;Jt 11l hf' quilt ,, furtnight ) N,
f\'Nl if th,. Wf',llh~>r i::, ~(H»tl.
J 1 h:t ... n 't lw·~' n :u1y
IO(I \' •lrm IH·rr; I'm nol nr,trh .. o I>1 0W il a-.; 1 wa~
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I 11 '1 it a ptm• dt•light to "ll':'ll
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T ha\' nnt u-.NJ f'ith<'r )cl, hut 1 dr• ~.. patt rn, nnrt-, nnd
}I(IW T long ltl ~I) oul in •h·· lif'ld<:, ~rwd:.dlv firo;:t
hing in th rnorni11g-.... wlwn the -.un i-: ~hininjZ
glu i• u h : hut on nl\ lmlf-dn"' I gPt into thr-
ti 11 . out I'm onlr :lllm,~l "'" th~> footpath' now
,. t•. I c r h !pin~ with :1 lond. "till. I 'm thnnk·
rul I r. 111 l iv ' in 1 h cnuntn·,
and not b<' roa.;t('d
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\\',. h.nt" a rommon hMP, and juc:;t now
it', un rro•d with lhn,• · d tillt • \
nl\\.\\" hring M lllll' honH ,, lh 11
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T . . ta~tc tl h:\\'ing- ·111t
L:\Nllswm 1 \N 1
h.l\t lx•tlt ntr.rrlll.lg' to wntc to }Otl to sn,. how
r' much I like• 11, nnd look forward tu itc: 1 omin •
c '"n month. Pc.rh.tp.., it is rath1 r lat" to -;ay hu;
,~.:l.ul T am th.tl \llU hmP n~t n . . ouccd it in .tn) \\av~
t nlw.,~ ~ ••njn_,. th quotat•on<; \OU put in, nul-of.
.., Ull go,cts
l:llt ly goal' :m m\ "J*<·i:llit\ : ju"t now I ,tm in
tJ~ trg-P of l\\tlll)-rtinc .t gn•at man}, &ut "''""r-
tlwJ,....,, thr) .u• 1\lO't rntNlaining ,md .t ~n grv.rt
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" 1 .., nl fnr ,t p.tir of P:tt ll'r on ·~ boot" whi, h
\\t re.· oldY•·rt"•'cl m th<' Jun,. mag., and thP) ar
Wf:'.tring c::pl<'rHiidly."
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" 1 hank:. -.o mmh for lettf'r n·lchP<.I thb morn-
ir;g. Gue..... you '11 !>f. glad when I 'm gone and
utn 't worr.lf )Oll to do my shopping. If )OU on!~
know how grntdu l I am-\\<'11, never mind.
'' .\m evt-r so bu-.;y at tht- farm. We have ju~t
fini ... hf.'d haying, and are now mangold, swtde, and
turnir> hoeing hard: alc;o hav<' three acres of tab·
hagc to plant out during this next thrcr- week~.
th n we start harvr-.t! .wd to crown everything
()ur head carter is ill, and T ha\'f• a sow, c..alf, thh-
\t' ilr', colt, a yearling and a two-) ear-old (th"
Boss i~ handling thf" latl<'r, but I get lh(' fudio);'
to do), all to gN re-udy for a show, and the sow's
c·oat and 6ki11 will fltot (.'<)l.le (')(>an in i>pit' •A .tll
tlw oiling and scrubbing ~"'Very d, J',•c -.till a fortnight ll1 (Wl-:
aw;ty at it, ;-~nd hop<' for th~ hest. She ic; a dt'ar,
.... wt-el thing, dOf'-.n't mind whnt J do to hrr, atHI
talks in hl r grunt and squP~k lang-unge lh<'_ w~ol(
tinw I'm wa~hing hf'r, but sh" ha!. grr-:tl objl·rtiOO.,
to strangt>r" f'ntcri ng hC'r bungalow, and follow~
round llt tlwir h• <•1-. -.mar king h ·r lip<; as 1hou~h
-.lw would like a rbunk, and 1lwn givi'S :t VPfV
'llti,fic'CJ grunt \dwn th~· door has cloS4·d on thP
intrudPr."
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.. \\.f'll , de nr EPt -.IH'f'J>. I took a Ill<~~~
l., tlw"•' t \\'n J.amh...
\ \'ht n t hi'\ Wf'l'l born, t houg ·
I ...... id thf'\ wcrr· the two uglic:.t l.tmb-. I had ~~· 11 1 r
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13, · th,.,r name·' Funny Fm:c and R·• h 1
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