July 22-28
A Sunday at home. Ma very sick all day. The doctor to see her. By Monday she is relieved but in a weak
condition. A note from Susie Brown telling me Mr. Folkes will be at Rugby this week and wants me to be with
them. Ma is too poorly for me to leave her .... [Visitors call.] Ma able to get about the house by the middle of
the week. Read Hawthorne's Scarlet Letter, a strange story. Saturday Sue and I go over to see Mat Woods and
her new baby. It is a girl and was born on Monday the 23rd. Mat is very smart.