A bright beautiful sabbath
morning. The mud is all froze up although we do not have any snow yet. Monday
evening we attended the Temperance meeting. Joseph and Moses came home with us
of course. Mose severed his visitation to go to Calvin’s and asked me if I had
any objections to his taking Josie Smith. Of course I had not, as Josie and I
were very good friends, but the more I thought about it the more I became convinced that Josie had the first
visitation and he visited me because he felt under obligations to, especially
after what Jo R- said last Wednesday. So I told Allie very positively that if
any one else asked me I should go with them and if they did not anyone else ask
me I should stay at home. But she [Allie] said she would go but if she was me she would
go with somebody else. After she got there I fineally got ready to go, but when
Jo came after her I was undesided whether to go or not. But they said they would
not go a step unless I would promise to come with Mose, so after a while I told
them I would. So they went telling me if I did not come with Mose they should
come back after me. Very very cold was I when Mose did come. Never once
did I speak to him except to answer his questions going down. But he seemed to
feel bad so I went up stairs in a repentant mood, resolving to make up on one condition which was whether he
asked me or Josie to dance the first set. Well when the time came he came up to
Josie and I with George De Witt. I understood him to speak to Josie so I thought
we can never be friends. But Josie told me to go when I looked up in some
surprise and inquired if he spoke to me in my heart. I was very very glad but
some of the old spirit prompted me not to let him know it, but to punish him yet
more. I saw that he was angry and that he thought I asked so on purpose when he
asked me to dance, but in that at least I was blameless. Still I was very silent.
He did not ask me to dance again. I saw he did not intend to so I told him I had
something to say to him. So we sit down in a corner by ourselves and talked. We
were both angry, though I was half penitent. We finally partley settled it and I
was on my good behavior. Wednesday evening Allie and I went over to the mite?
Society at Mr Worthingtons. Jo R and Abb C- came.
Jo said that Mose was over to the store but would not come. I though[t] perhaps
there is two reasons why he would not. Spent a very pleasant evening. Thursday we
went over to *Josephine’s. Went down and visited the school. I came back with
Marve? and Allie as Josie went to singing school. Mose was not there either. I
guess he has made up his mind to go nowhere I am. Friday Josie asked us over there to make
molasses candy, had a real pleasant time. Friday and Saturday evenings expected
Mose but was disapointed. To day I have been to church all day and this evening
we are going to Methodice meeting. If anything unusal should happen it would be
quite a change for me. Took **Jenny to church to day. We a great time first I took
her up gallery then she cryed so I carried her down to me Ma and sailed back.
Then she cryed again so Allie promanaded out with her and back again.
*Mary's sister
**Josephine's daughter, Mary's niece.
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