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Saturday 24th Miss Cora Barnes visited Mary she stayed all night she is very plain looking I was dressing when she came the room opens on the porch pop-up placed her in front of the window I hid behind a closet door I dressed with great difficulty.

Sunday 25th miss Barnes spent the day and night Mr Florence called on us twice today he is looking well and strong miss Williams called I was introduced to Mr Moorhead miss Rebecca's father miss Rebecca goes away tomorrow I spent a very pleasant evening with her the two Mrs Sullivan and miss wreckage Mary rob Papa and Mrs Barnes to Mrs. Williams received the letter from day and yesterday or today. Monday 26th To this city with Mr and Mrs storage Mr fuller Mr small and miss Morehead did the last goodbye add storage is house or rather Badgers in Willow St I have known her for one week and I like her she is pretty lively and original I called in at papa's office from there to a M nellies 32 Adelphi St to collect a bill for Papa Mr Nelly not in waited over 6 hours for him saw him at last Jack alive little man very warm day suffered greatly from the heat I passed nearly all the time in the sidewalk walking with Mrs Sullivan in the evening. Tuesday 27th Sev. And will O’gorman down for the summer came with their boat on the Thomas P way too sellersville play baseball and croquettes saw the young ladies next door in the evening

Wednesday 28th sad event happened a young man aged 24 drowned in front of our house I was reading paper in back parlor when a loud knock came at front door who's there misses misses for God's sake come down there's a man drowning iron Hornet rushed to the door we saw a naked boy running towards our bathouse we hurried to the shore nothing to be seen a moment and bubbles came to the surface telling their sad story out in the boat Leo will Hornets and I tried in vain to beach in the evening body washed ashore many men to view it coroner came about 12:30 much sympathy for the dead man his mouth was open his eyes staring and his stomach drawn in as if he had had a cramp Hornet will suggested I kept watch Gus wreckage became sick at stomach and went home.

Thursday 29th

play croquette with the missus Sullivan miss bell hid my hat and it was some time before I could get it. arrival of aunt sue with the children and two girls great compassion now now commence the noise the crowding of many people into small quarters all the children out ------ in the evening with miss storage and miss bell all three dying to see who you can't be the biggest goods I think I succeeded home and and some three on beach more foolishness Mary and miss Pauline out rowing walked with miss storage to bath park-----------. sat on miss badger’s stoop for some time received a letter from U.M. Halderage 

Friday 30th Warm weather for the last three days with miss Pauline nearly the whole day she is a nice girl she is lively and good mannered outgoing in the mannering with miss storage and miss bell Sullivan small space for three by bodies in the evening Mary rob miss bell and miss Pauline Sullivan outgrowing with Rev. will and myself we rode about 3 miles the moonlight on the Bay the still air and the calm water made a beautiful scene.