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2 of any kind. I guess you must think back to the old days when we were an unbroken family around that old pine table at
home; and remember that I had a place there, in order to keep the flame of family love burning, so far as I am concerned.
Everything goes on calmly and quietly as usual here the only thing which has happened to cause a ripple was the burning of
our slowly repaired and reconstructed church, we feel 3 very sad about it, for it represented a good many free will offerings
of poor people but the church people are bearing it very courageously and look forward to renewed effort. The children are
doing better than ever, in their studies; Ethel, by a little extra exertion, has caught up a class and would, if she were
here, enter the High School after next vacation. Bessie too has been promoted but she is not quite so willing to apply herself
yet, maybe she will by bye Bernice continues to say do original things and amongst them all we