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basement & after a
while I quit & went
down in the empty
room & played catch
& came home to catch
only Ma, Don & me had
supper pa & louise
went up to church social

Mar. 28, 1917.
Cold, This afternoon
after school Bud,
Peanut, yatskey, Hambone
Punkin, Billy & Georgey
& me played ball.
Buddy was on 3rd Base
& was coming home
and Yatskey was pitching
& I was catching &
he threw the ball to
me and it hit bud
on the head & Bounced
up in the air & he never
knew it till it fell
down & he wondered
where it came from
He looked funny when
he learned the truth
He always was thickheaded
in certain respects

Mar. 29, 1917
Warmer today. Peanut
Yatskey Hambone Hearty
& George & me played
ball tonight lots of fun
The rudds are the queerest
family. Bill Rudd got the
craze of making cider
& I got a big quart bottle
& went up there & he
was filling a jug but I
moved it & filled my
quart bottle & corked
it up & put it in
my waist & he never
knew the diff. Mr. Rudd
went out carefully &
picked ten bu. of crab-
apples because the were
selling at an awful