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otherwise we would have fared rather badly, as Max's job is so uncertain. He thinks it will last now until the middle of Feb-ruary, and I hope it will at least until the coal buying season is over with.

Both of the children and myself have been to the dentist lately, too and don't know how much it will be.

We are expecting a package from Grandpa Moore that has not yet arrived. Our letter from him, saying it was on its way, came Christmas Eve.