From Aunt Wilda

Aunt Wilda refreshed my memory about some things and added a little story from the lock house. I had forgotten the dog's name and about the geese.

The picture of the lock house is a good likeness, but the basement door was on the side, close to the back of the house. Where you have the chicken coup was a tool shed that looks just like you have the chicken coup, and the chicken coup was directly next to it. Do you remember how when we would open the door in the morning to the chicken coup, they would come flying out and the ducks and geese would head right for the water? The poor little dog Dazy would see them coming and head right into her little house.

One day Mother was cleaning house and she said we could play on the ice but not to go near the locks, because the ice was soft there. She said she couldn't watch us because she had a lot to do, but she would trust us to listen. So Lois and I went out to play on the ice. We were running and taking long slides. Well, one of my slides was too long and right through the ice I went. Lois came as close as she could and pulled me out. The first thing I could think of was to say "don't tell Mother, please Lois, don't tell Mother." Lois said, " I have to silly, your clothes are all wet." WELL, SHE TOLD.