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The Diary of Young RuHan. 7
Juno 21-Well. gee. it's been long time
since wrote diary for dad. Were IN camp
now and there's so many things TO DO got
M pretty early this morning. All OF us sleep
out on big porch Just like we was outaoors
and when we wake up we can see way on
across tho river and clear over to Muscatlne
maybe It's long ways. After dad caught
the car and went 10 the Office i went out ana
played with my train by the BACK porch.
There's place there that hasn't any grass anu
! make railroad tracks in the dirt and run my
trains all around.
Gee had two or three wrecks n ever thing
but called my wrecker and got EN- h1ed up
again
We had a lot of jello for lunch today and
then | played with my trains some more ana
then Mrs. Kneisley and Virginia come Iheh
mother made some candy. Sister was going to
make it but she didn't SO mother did Me and
Virginia was out in the hammock while mother
made candy -. -
fudge and sent me over to the boys camp and
told Ross if he would bring over The victrola
and come over he could have the fudge, and
ue said what if don't bring the victroIa over,
and / said, well then you don't get the CANDY,
so be Cad. And we played a lot on the victrola
And then Rammy was down TO the river hshin
and Virginia she wanted to watch MN, SO ROSS
took Virginia and Sister ana me DOWN LHeFe
Rammy he threw the cord in the water ana
then pulled it out and he caught TWO Httle
fishes and he threw em back in again.
Then we turned around and we was going
to take a rest and so went down through
the woods and went over to the clay cliffs and
Ross pretty near fell over EN- trying to help
Virginia so she wouldn't fall. Then we went
over to the Watch Tower and we wasn't going
down on the chute and then Virginia and Ross
thought they would go down in the chute boat
and the bell rung and down they went hckety
split and gosh, they hit the water with a awful
i splash, and then the man that stood up IN the
boat rowed it back and then tied a rope on
it and pulled it right back up again. And they
got out.
After awhile we went up the steps to the
Watch Tower where the merry go-round is,
but it wasn't running we couldn't ride.
Then we walked around and finally We come
home. then Virginia and Mrs. kneisley went
home.
Dad come home after that and all had some
thing to eat and had beans and dad said
/ ne Caidn't care much about beans but he had
10 eat EN- anyway. Art come over after il was
dark and Sister made some lemonade and we
drank it and Art stayed long time and finally
he went home after mother told him il was
after 1even O'Clock. But it wasn't after 1even
O'Clock 1t was only ten o'clock l guess maybe
mother was sleepy, that's why she told Art
story. So We all went to bed.
June 22-I got up early again and we had
breakfast and oad hurried to get the We
have to get up earlier while were way out
here cause dad has farther TO go. l played
with my trains some more and then went over
to the boys camp 1 have lot of fun over
there. They let play the victrola m
everthing. Sometimes some of the boys says
bad words but they're pretty nice boys anyway
and like EN-. Dad came home kind of early
tonight. l guess he rode home with Pat and
Art. Pats got a Ford coop that he goes to
work in. He works on the Rock Island arsenal
and he plays ball, too. Art come over again
ments about everything and sometimes they
act like they was mad but l guess they amt
cause Art always comes over.
Mother had cherry custard PIE and, she
brought that out and made some coffee and
give Art some pie and / guess he liked it, but
maybe he didn't cause he give me part of his
pie. Then he said he guessed he'd go home
cause he didn't want to keep mother up if she
was sleepy So he went and we went to bed
again.
June 2S-Gee. when woke up this morning
remembered about us going to the chutes last
night Mother and dad took me over and we
all got in the boat and dad give the man some
money and we sit down and the bell rung and
teen We went so fast pretty near couldn't
get my breath and 1t made my stomach feel
funny and then we hit the water and the
boat jumped up in the air two three times
and the water splashed all and 1 hung
onto dad and mother and then the boat quit
jumping and the man took us back and we rode
back up the hill again. Gee, it was lots of
fun, but didn't want to go down again
Another thing happened while we was going
over there Mother saw garter snake and
she jumped and yelled and hit dad in the ribs
and he said, good gosh, woman what the
what's the matter with you, and she said oh
It's dead, and then he saw the snake And he
SAID something else but couldn't hear it.
Evelyn come out yesterday and STAYED all
mgnt and she was here today, and we swung
IN the hammock and she and Dorothy got in
a hght Of some kind and they wouldn't talk to
eecn other for awhile but they got all right
again Girls is like that mrs. Wilderson come
out about noon. She's a nice lady She
brought mother lot of dishes, and dad saws
gosh we sire need dishes. guess Art thinks
So TOO, cause the other night he said when he
was drinking his lemonade why don't Won GET
some cups with handles on EN-
Tonight knesleys and Virginia come ont
again and We set on the front porch and they
talked and talked and pretty soon mother sent
me over to tell Art to come over SO he did
and every body talked some more and tbrar
my pail and hit Mrs. kheisley on the head and
she told me d get bat the horn if did It
again, and that's funny, think / guess she
"ouIdn hurt me, maybe, cause after awhile
set on her lap little bit. We had some more
lemonade, tonight, too. Virginia and Dorothy
made 1t and it was pretty good
Then dad and the other men was smokip9
cisarets and l wanted to smoke, so they give
me one, and l thought it was fun bur eeot
smoke in my throat and it made me couph l7lo
ever thing and l guess l don't ever want 10 /
smoke any more. Mother says she won't love ;
me II 90, so l won't. Pretty soon Kueislevs
ana virginia went home and after awhile Art
went back over TO his camp Then dad sare
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