Oct. 7-13
At church and hear Mr. Meade....We are all in the depths of woe when Sue, Bully and John leave us Sunday
evening. They spend the night with Cousin Isabella [and] go off on the early train. I'm truly glad that John has
got work but it is a hard trial giving up Sue and Bully. Dear little fellow, he is indeed a gleam of sunshine in our
broken house. Ah, well, we must believe it is all for the best. She has been with us now over three years. Cousin
Howel and Sarah and Alice with us Tuesday. I enjoy cousin Sarah. Made my Mexican pickles this week. So
much rainy cloudy weather ....