February 25.
In oat field again all day. Gibby ploughing with oxen and Green with Nana.
February 27.
A charming meeting here of the woman's auxiliary. I went out to the oats field intending to get back before 12, the hour of meeting, but Gibby went to burn up some patches of cockspurs and let the fire get away into the pasture, which was terrible. I had to stay and fight it.
I made Green take his plough and make a deep furrow ahead of the fire round in a large curve and had the women beat it out on the sides.
While I was busy with hands and face blackened Dab came running to tell me the "company had come" so that I had to rush home and make a very hurried toilet to open the meeting. We are to sew for an Easter box to be sent to the mountains of North Carolina.
February 26.
At church to-day Miss E. came up and said: "Miss Patience, going to take any one home with you to-day?"
I said "no."
"Well, then, I am going to ask you to take me to spend the night. I haven't seen you for so long."