FridayDear Mamma:-
It is a rainy morning and I have been working so steadily on my laboratory directions that it is nearly mail time so I can write only a little.
Yesterday was foggy but it did not rain. We went over to Castine in the morning just to do an errand or two. The captain took the motor-boat with two rowboats trailing behind and we had a pleasant trip. It takes about half an hour to go over.
In the afternoon we went over to see the Fairley's. They haven't a very attractive house in which to stay, but the Bay is quite as attractive there as here. They are boarding now but both Fairley brothers expect to build next summer. The children are nice ones. We met several pleasant people and had tea and chocolate down on the point where one of the new houses is to be. On the way home we found some good red Astrakhans by a deserted house - not yet quite ripe! The blueberries are going by and the blackberries just beginning.
You will be pleased to learn that we go to bed about nine o'clock! This is because our own light is poor and there are so many in the living room that we can't get near that lamp! But neither Elizabeth nor I succeed in sleeping so long - we're both too much used to sitting up longer. However it is good not to have the fowls roar in the morning.
Thank you for Jessee's and Esther's letters. Mrs. Harmon surely came to a sad end - and I suppose as Jessee says she has been more or less off for years. I suppose Mr. Harmon will live with Ada - and perhaps have a little peace, poor man.
I hope you and Miss Dean are getting on well. Be sure you have enough to eat. You'll be glad to see the house open for meals again I guess.
I must stop now if this is to get into the mail and reach you tomorrow. Thank you for the paper. You might send it when convenient for we feel very remote from civilization here and can't buy any papers.
Much love to you -
Abby