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- 3 Later cums Mistress Prue to say Sarah's sister be cum, and that she feres the mother be no better, and that she herself will stay the night with them. Whereupon I back with her to see what can be done and taking a nogg'rt of brandie in case they do need it. Did find Sarah verrie worried, she telling me she thinks her mother will die; to which I tell her not to think so, but I fear it may be so. April Ye 7 - Cums Sarah's brother to say her mother be much worse, so I do tell Carter's wiffe what to do, and do go back with him, and do find the poor thing verrie much worse and I liked not her looks, not being able to talk to me. I staying the while, until Mistress Prue comes in, and I home after her saying she will send to me if the poor soul worse. Later comes Sarah's brother to say will I go agen, so I do, to find the poor soul at the last. Mistress Prue and me do wash her pore body and lay her tidie, then me home, taking the two little ones to Carter's wiffe to keep a day or two. Death be a sad thing when little childer be left lonlie. I pray God I may be spared to see my own grow up when they do cum April Ye 12 -1 have not writ in my book sum days now, bein bussie helping Sarah and her sister. We did burrie her mother yesterday. It was verrie cold and did rain most all the time. I fear the childer will miss her much, she bein a good mother to them. It bein John's cottage he will let them stop without any rent, so the sister will look to them, and he will find work for the lad paying him 2 pense a day, which be a good wage for a lad of 10. [More about the secret of Gunn's Cottage next month. Ed.] POINTS TO PONDER (From Reader's Digest) - There are good neighbours wherever you live. - Keep your words soft and tender because tomorrow you may have to eat them. - We have become a generation of people who worship work, who work at play and who play at our worship. JUST FOR FUN (Also from Reader's Digest) - Bumper sticker seen in Maine: "I don't care who's on board, what you love, who you brake for or what you'd rather be doing." -In a letter to the Toronto Globe and Mail, reader James F. Hutchinson astutely observed: "I read with some concern that $200,000 is being spent on a study of straw as a building material. I wish to point out that an exhaustive study, coupled with a practical demonstration, was earned out some years ago. The results were carefully recorded and widely distributed in a book called "The Three Little Pigs." - Breaking up a romantic relationship is like the Mozzarella cheese on a slice of pizza. No matter how far you pull the slice away from your mouth, it just gets thinner and longer but never snaps. - Summarizing a book: "Once you put it down, you cant pick it up." See you soon. Tony Scammell Editor