Sat. Feb. 13, 1897 Wea.

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Tried to do a little cleaning but read most all day. It was storming quite hard and did intend going to hear Rankin but did not. The kids popped corn and played Consequence.

I read quite a bit in David Copperfield. I like it quite well except the queer characters in it which is Dickens’ style.

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Notes:
Consequence(s) was a parlor game. According to Wikipedia,

Each person takes a turn choosing a word for one of six questions, in this order.

1. Man's name
2. Woman's name
3. Place name
4. He said to her…
5. She said to him
6. The consequence was… (a description of what happened after)
7. An outcome

Then the story is read .... It is traditionally played by writing the words on paper and folding the paper to hide the previous words before passing it to the next player.

Here's my own example, based on the one given in Wikipedia:

Honest Abraham Lincoln met talented Mary Cassatt at the Columbian Exposition in Chicago. He said, "You are a sight for sore eyes." She said "Westward ho!" The consequence was that they eloped to Mexico. And they never came back again.

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