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August 17, 1922 - Thursday

Mary called me at 6, but I was already awake, but still
stretching before getting up; that accomplished I took
things leisurely as I thought I had plenty of time, soon
however, I heard shouting for the durivan (to open
the front gate as I ascertained later) & then the
chugging of a motor driving up to the door - it
was only 20 of 7, & I was not nearly dressed; my
hair was combed, however, & that is always a
big job out of the way. Poor Miss P. had had to
pack up all the lunch, & moreover fixed me a
huge sandwich, which I ate as we drove to the dak
bungalow, near the R.R. station, where they are
stopping; there were 2 bananas for my immediate
use also, but I could only make way with one, as
reserved the other for future use. Arrived we had
to wait on them, as they were still at the table, but we
got off according to schedule at 7:15. It was a lovely
drive, with several wonderful vistas, but as it began
to rain this interfered with our use of kodaks.
We stopped at Whiteways, & here Mr. A. who was ill,
had an accident which delayed us over an hr, & he
had to buy new white duck trousers, have them made
larger, etc. Miss P. & I went to bazaar & bought lettuces
& asparagus, & had an assortment of Shau bags
sent over for their inspection. Then we went to the
rest house, a lovely place, were we found Miss C. on
the portch paying off the gharry wallah, as she was
just back from bazaar. Then came Mrs. Condict
who has recently been operated upon for appendicti-
tis [appendicitist]; Miss Fry who's had a nervous breakdown, Mrs.
Roberts, mother of Mrs. Cummings; Dr. Kelly - who's
had a spell with his heart, we did not see till break-
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setting chairs to the table, opening a jar of peach
preserves, & helping in any way I could , I ran up to
speak to Mrs. C. & of course Polly, for whom I found her hulling sunflower
seed. A cup of hot coffee had helped to brace up Mr. A.,
we went to Miss P's private room to refresh our-
selves, & soon the meal was ready & we all ate with
a relish. We drove around by the lake (artificial)
& club on leaving, carrying roses with us for our
dinner table this eve, as the A's & G's are invited to
partake of our hospitality, & passing wha tthe at-
tendant [attendant] declared was a large cobra crossing the
road, - it was undoubtedly a snake as I saw it
just slipping out of sight among the roadside
weeds & grass. The drive back was enjoyable, & as it
was nearly all down grade, we coasted most of the
way; I got very sleepy & being on the side the conversa-
tion [conversation] did not devolve on me, so I caught several catnaps.
The A's didn't come to dinner - we had a nice one, with
ice cream, which always hits the spot with me, us-
ing [using] my napkins, center & silver spoons. The G's re-
mained [remained] quite late, & I never saw Mrs. G quite so foxy
as she was tonight. Then we stayed down to clear up
somewhat after their departure.

August 18, 1922- Friday

Took the 8th, which was due yes., & 9th S's at noon; told
the 10th I take them when school was out, as they
were to write their prize essay this aft. & I did not
want them to be a moment late for it; the subject
was - The Most Interesting Person I Ever Met. Put
in "The Story of Burbank" just given the eve before by
Mrs. E. at 9a.m. & at 1 p.m. when straightening up after
the girls , discovered it was gone; went over immediate-
ly [immediately] & asked the two teachers & their classes about it, but of
course no one knew anything about it. Wish it had
been most anything else; suppose I'll never hear the last
of it. Miss P. shopped with the Q's this a.m. They bought