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2 None of the Chinamen wanted to chop wood and all went off to the city except Timmie Keng and Choy. We took a box of nice
ripe peaches next the fig tree. The little chikens are all rite, and yesterday 8 more little chikens came out from the pampas
grass, they are all black. The wind blew just awfully for several days but Timmie says the grapevines are all lite, heap good
Yesterday we went to Mrs. Haywards and saw the little sweet baby boy, he is five weeks but he was not afraid and went to sleep
in my arms. Mama is so scared about the diptheria that she does not let us go near Martinez. 3 We were all troubled about
the accident to the steamer Queen in the dark night. O dear Papa how glad we are that no one was hurt. I want you to come
home as soon as you can Papa, I am very lonesome without you. I wonder if you saw the moon and the planet Venus night before
last, they shone so bright and looked nearly touching each other in the sky. Yesterday the census man came here and asked
us how old we were and how much land we had and what our names were and many other things. Mr. Kye the railroad man ran away
and no body knows where he is. Little Fido behaves very well since he came over here and is