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you come in?" "No" I said, we could not leave the horses. "Have you any wraps?" was the next question. 'I haven't anything" said J. so she handed to John a good thick gossamer which I hurried into as quickly as I could & put my hat in the butter pail & [???] and on we went, the rain &c coming thicker faster our lady had gone to bed, so we did not [??] we dropped 12 lbs of butter in the several houses & then for home. The horses never need urging when on the house stretch, & so we came on the double quick. Had it not lightened so constantly we could not have seen the road, but had not difficulty as it was & so we came safely. It reminded me of the time we went blackberrying to [Mindy-six?] & came out of the woods in a thunder storm. & lost my sun bonnet! [???] Are you still improving? Would not [H?] help clean up