January 15th
I’ve been resting quietly for a week. The first few nights after the first of the year my owner read me regularly; but now, he has forgotten me, I guess.
February 2nd
Cleaned up. I was dusted today, along with other things, and put back in my place.
February 22nd
My owner used me for a short time after dinner. Looked up a few references. Going to Sunday School tomorrow.
March 7th
Cleaned up. Dusted, and in my old place again. Have been down in the lower hall since my trip to Sunday School.
April 2nd
Busy day. My owner led a Christian Endeavor meeting and had to look up references. He had an awful time finding me, although I was right there in my place all the time.
May 5th
In Grandma’s lap. She is here on a visit. Today she let a tear drop on Colossians 2:5-7.
May 6th
In Grandma’s lap again this afternoon. She spent most of her time on I Corinthians 13, and the last four verses of the 15th chapter.
May 7, 8, and 9th
In Grandma’s lap every afternoon now. It’s a comfortable spot. Sometimes she reads me, and sometimes she talks to me.
May 10th
Grandma’s gone. Back in my old place again. She kissed me goodbye.
June 4th
Had a couple of four-leaf clovers stuck in me today.
July 1st
Packed in a trunk with clothes and other things. Off on a vacation, I guess.
July 7th
Still in the old trunk.
July 10th
Still in the old trunk, although nearly everything else has been taken out.
July 15th
Home again and in my old place. Quite a journey, although I do not see why I went, for I was never taken out of the trunk.
August 1st
Rather stuffy and hot. Have two magazines, a novel, and an old hat on top of me. Wish they would take them off.
September 10th
Cleaned up. Dusted and set right again.
September 22nd
Used by Mary a few minutes today. She was writing a letter to a friend whose brother had died and wanted an appropriate verse.
October 1st
Back in my old place again. Not even dusted this week. I seem to be used only for emergencies. Wonder why they bother with me at all?
-Taken from Churchman Magazine.
