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Altogether we had a very nice holiday. I was lucky to be able to get it, for during the past fortnight, and indeed for a considerable time before, I have been carrying on negotiations with both Russia and Japan, together with side negotiations with Germany, France and England, to try to get the present war stopped. ALTOGETHER WE HAD A VERY NICE HOLIDAY I WAS LUCKY TO BE ABLE TO GET IT FOR DURING THE PAST FORTNIGHT AND INDEED FOR A CONSIDERABLE TIME BEFORE I HAD BEEN CARRYING ON NEGOTIATIONS WITH BOTH RUSSIA AND JAPAN TOGETHER WITH SIDE NEGOTIATIONS WITH GERMANY FRANCE AND ENGLAND TO TRY TO GET THE PRESENT WAR STOPPED
t ourselves, so there was no one around the house to bother us at all. As we found that cleaning dishes took up an awful time we only took two meals a day, which was all we wanted. On Saturday evening I fried two chickens for dinner, while Mother boiled the tea, and we had cherries and wild strawberries, as well as biscuits and cornbread. To my pleasure Mother greatly enjoyed the fried chicken and admitted that what you children had said of the way I fried chicken was all true. In the evening we sat out a long time on the piazza, and then read indoors and then went to bed. Sunday morning we did not get up until nine. Then I fried Mother some beefsteak and some eggs in two frying-pans, and she liked them both very much. We went to church at the dear little church where the Wilmers' father and mother had been married, dined soon after two at "Plain Dealing," and then were driven over to the station to go back to Washington. I rode the big black stallion--Chief--and enjoyed it thoroughly. WITH MILK WE COOKED IN OURSELVES SO THERE WAS NO ONE AROUND THE HOUSE TO BOTHER US AT ALL AS WE FOUND THAT CLEANING DISHES TOOK UP AN AWFUL TIME WE ONLY TOOK TWO MEALS A DAY WHICH WAS ALL WE WANTED ON SATURDAY EVENING I FRIED TWO CHICKENS FOR DINNER WHILE MOTHER BOILED THE TEA AND WE HAD CHERRIES AND WILD STRAWBERRIES AS WELL AS BISCUITS AND CORN BREAD TO MY PLEASURE MOTHER GREATLY ENJOYED THE FRIED CHICKEN AND ADMITTED THAT WHAT YOU CHILDREN HAD SAID OF THE WAY I FRIED CHICKEN WAS ALL TRUE IN THE EVENING WE SAT OUT A LONG TIME ON THE PIAZZA AND THEN READ INDOORS AND THEN WENT TO BED SUNDAY MORNING WE DID NOT GET UP UNTIL NINE THEN I FRIED MOTHER SOME BEEFSTEAK AND SOME EGGS AND TWO FRYING PANS AND SHE LIKED THEM BOTH VERY MUCH WE WENT TO CHURCH AT THE DEAR LITTLE CHURCH WHERE THE WILMER'S FATHER AND MOTHER HAD BEEN MARRIED DINED SOON AFTER TWO AT PLAINDEALING AND THEN WERE DRIVEN OVER TO THE STATION TO GO BACK TO WASHINGTON I RODE THE BIG BLACK STALLION CHIEF AND ENJOYED IT THOROUGHLY
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