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My Dear Elsie,
  I just got home form your folks. I had to go out and see how the kids are getting along, you know.
   How are you now, Darling? I hope with all my heart that you are feeling much better now than when I left you. Your mother asked me tonite if you were in a lot of pain. I told her that you slept most of the time Tues., and that you were only troubled with sort of a painful pull in your stomach in 15 or 20 min. intervals and they did not last long. Of course, I know that you were in a lot of misery and pain, but I did not want to tell Mom to what extent of pain you really were in, and probably still are, because I just can't allow her to worry so much. Although I did tell her that we can credit the pills and hypos they give you with keeping the pain down. --- Your dad & mother are planning to come out with me to see you Sunday, Sweetie Pie. I am going out to get Kay Sat. afternoon and take her out to my folks. Harriet will take care of Donald Sunday. Mother was down to the wholesale house this P.M. to see me about taking care of Kay. I told her that I thought maybe Harriet may prefer to keep her, but Mother said that you had told her that Kay was inclined to be afraid of Harriet. She felt that you would worry too much if you knew that Kay was staying with Harriet when she is so afraid of her. Well, anyway, when I saw your mother tonite she said that Kay must be afraid of Harriet because she got restless when she saw Harriet getting ready to go home tonite & stuck right by her Grandma. So Mom kept both of them with her. So I told her that Mother came to see me and what she had told me. And I said I could take her out to my folks tonite. But your mother wants Kay to stay till Saturday. Kay sure thinks her Grandma is the whole cheese. she talks to her, tells her when she needs the pottie but she doesn't seem to climb up in her lap though. Donald?? Why you know him; he just attends to his own business - except, of course, when he thinks he wants something that Kay has got. Niether of them made much fuss when I left. Your dad wasn't home. Still campaigning, you know. After I came home from work this afternoon, I picked the cukes, and mowed all the lawn, both front & back. And then I had some bacon and eggs. No, I did not wash the dishes. Instead, I went out to your folks when I got thru eating. I did remember to put your name in the paper. I also advertised some vegetables - 3 days for 25 cents. Sig Quam said that he thinks his wife would want all the pint jars we can spare. I priced him 30 cents. Your mother told me that she would just as soon not take any, because she doubts if she would get to use them. I told Sig that I thought you would just as soon sell all your pints. But then, I don't know, maybe you want to keep a few.
   While I was mowing the front lawn, Sig Sannem stopped to talk with me. He said he signed up to go to Alaska to work on the construction of a Naval Air Base. $95 a week will be his wages. He is leaving for Alaska next week. Mrs Sannem is trying to get work in the cities alright but without any success as yet.
   No one answered my ad tonite. I got a little less than a half bushel of cukes.
   Well, I've run out of news so I'll see what I can dig up for you tomorrow nite, Darling.
   Hoping you get well soon, I love you with all my heart.

                    Love
                         Irvin



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