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The letter rambled on for several pages, complaining rather querulously of hard times and the difficulties under which the writer and her husband managed to "get along."
"Doesn't sound like Agatha, somehow," worried Uncle Dick, a slight frown between his eyes. "She was always a good-natured, happy kind of girl. But most likely she can't write a sunny letter. I know we used to have an aunt whose letters were always referred to as 'calamity howlers.' "
I had to laugh at the name "calamity howlers," used to describe a letter in which the writer bemoans all of his problems. I immediately thought of the Howlers in the Harry Potter books, except a calamity howler would howl about the writer's misfortunes!
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I wonder if there was ever the possibilities of a series containing June, as was done with the Rover Boys?
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