Concord.
Ther. [Thermometer] FRI. OCT. 27, 1911 [Friday, October 27, 1911] Wea. [Weather]
Dull.
E.R.S. [Elizabeth R. Simmons] developed double
pleuro-pneumonia & has bad day.
Cloudy with chill East wind which
brought light rain in late P.M.
  James drove me to Ball's Hill
at 9 A.M. Walter Faxon arrived
by electrics just before 10. I met
him across the river. Henry
joined us just as we landed at
the cabin. We walked thence to
Farm where we sat by the fire
until dinner time & after it.
  Jim Melvin, fresh from his shooting
trip to So. Dakota [South Dakota], arrived at 2 P.M.
& stayed an hour. After his
departure Faxon, Henry & I walked 
to Lawrence's pines by river & to Birch
Island. We were driven back by
the rain. Spent evening in parlor. 
Depressing news by telephone from C. [Caroline],
this evening of E.R.S. [Elizabeth R. Simmons] who is now very
seriously ill with double pleuro
pneumonia at Mrs. Thayer's.
Concord - Cambridge - Concord.
Leverett M. Loomis visits me at 145.
Ther. [Thermometer] SAT. OCT. 28, 1911 [Saturday, October 28, 1911] Wea. [Weather]
E.R.S. [Elizabeth R. Simmons] has more comfortable 
day.
Fine.
Sunny, calm, chilly; hoar frost at sunrise.
  Henry, Faxon & I were driven to Concord
to take 8.06 A.M. train for Cambridge.
Arriving there Henry & Faxon went to
Mus. Comp. Zool. [Museum of Comparative Zoology], I to Phillips Place where
I saw Mrs Thayer. Lizzy was a little
better after a fairly comfortable night but
her condition remains critical & her brother Will
is quite hopeless about her. Dr. Driver who has
charge of the case brought another doctor there
who spent the night prepared to administer
oxygen if necessary. C. [Caroline] had gone to our
house. I met her returning things with Fanny
Randall & walked back with her to the
Thayers'. She is calm & seems to have some
hope. After leaving her I went to our
house again. Loomis (L.M.) came there
by appointment at 10 to see my collection
& methods of keeping it. Henry came
a little later & Outram Bangs about
11.30. [Lida?] served us a fine dinner
in Museum at 12.30. At 1.15 we 
walked together through Craigie & Chauncey
Sts. parting at Mass. Ave. [Massachusetts Avenue] where I took
cars for No. Camb. Junction [North Cambridge Junction] & train
(2.08) thence to W. Bed. [West Bedford]. Pat ferried
me across river & I walked to Farm. 
Saw a Sapsucker in Jungle & 2 White-
throats [White-throated sparrows] in the Garden.
[margin] C. telephoned at 6 P.M. that E. [Elizabeth R. Simmons] had had a more comfortable day. [/margin]