Damp cold sunless calm + some drizzling rain in forenoon. Still troubled with dyspepsia + didn’t eat much till Helen1 + I dined at Elmpark when I enjoyed some nice hot soup, curried eggs + a perfect custard pudding. Mrs Mack2 as usual loaded me with gifts = a doz. eggs : bottle of port : cake of shortbread + a set of clock golf!3 Motored to Cannon Street, Beechwood, Newarkburn + Moat. David4 came up + we adjusted several matters.
1 Helen Frances ‘Mousey’ Muir (1880-1963), Dr Muir’s third daughter and sometime housekeeper.
2 Agnes Mackintosh née Watson, formerly Harper (1859-1946), of Elm Park, Selkirk. Her generosity towards Dr Muir was so great that at one time that he regularly described Elm Park as “The Magic Cave”.
3 A putting game where a player hits shots into a single hole at the centre of the 12 points of the clock, supposed to have been invented by Jaques of London.
4 David Charteris ‘Dav.’ Graham (1889-1963), medical practitioner and Dr Muir’s co-partner.
[Source: Scottish Borders Archives & Local History Service SBA/657/26, Dr J S Muir of Selkirk, medical practitioner, journal for 1923]
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