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Show JU8t before Chriat1i1 'u , 5 'l. r old ·.1-d-ay W:10 b r:.s h d bou"t s ~ ~ of pneumonia, meningitis , droo.phalua oold 1a now doing f ai 1y well if the 8 unt i hi.neok works and carries off tne excess fluid from nis br" in,v 8 trying to det ho a trow his Specl. 1 Education Sohool 80m. 200 i ' as away, ,oer$ the R. • }'r t1110ieoan, 1'e tea.l hing nim to ta.lk. he i, a handsolae) winni nt, I " ttle ooy but exoitfable an n~u8t ave d i ly doses of d 100:' tin to kee ) him fro~il having ••• sures. In Io}e mikldle of the evening the Adventist Fa.tor brvuclht us a telephone .lessage for the mother. that !1atthew was va! ting at the Trading Post at Round Rock: , Ari.ana ;md the trader did not know w ·t to do with him. ater"e e mad ~ha"t the .... othel' ha; r. ade t 1e long trip t o :l.l~et him and had ' vaited", Rook foint ana finally oome home. r ' " The mo ther was somEl 12 .:..dles away in 1 arrow C.-n.von b .. t as t . l are seem-ed to e no one e18e av ila'bl. I too off alone in t.ile ano1ent. borrowed. van. It ran w1th increao1ng coughlil and stalls un i1 about he laot mile and then on the very WOI'st p rt of t he TO d it stalled ivel'Y 3 or 4 " feet; , About ~OO yde f rom a wide fast running wasn I dec1ded I did no want to have it 8tall "' or the night in the middle 0 the wash 80 I ~~~_ ..a1'l'CY sta%"ted to walk. There vaS nothing t9, use f or a can. anywhere and the ,0' wide wash. vas ice in the bottom but water ru.Bhl,n.~ over the top It wile yery dark but I oould 8e the hogans ahead , '"~ 4-" no windo 8/ and the doors were olosed. I adeleta of nol •.• and waved my flashlight frant1.oally f ·or vbat s.emed a long t1ll'le t but finally took oft my loafers and waded in my ootton soo..:: wj .t .. the ioe water well up over .1 an.ld ••• I va.' real y terrified by my 8 iddin on that vet uneven 10. and resolved never to trave again w1thout a 8tout stiok. I kept thinking of a young girl i u the neighborhood who had drowned ~ a few inChes of water beCaUS8 she fel l on hoz' fa~.. S ld.de,nl¥ the pr:.":n l.i~ door opened. and the lovely firelight 8hown out and Bertha &n4her youn husband oame out, atarted their old car f11d oam. to drive • hom.. Wha.t a wonder1'ul feeling but all the way home I tried to get my half' frosen ankles to bend. T 1e next; morning the Gother d r ove to t :le right · rac. ing ost a na. bI-ought the boy haDe to a hapfY Chri s t as w~ ~ h his 7 brothers na sis ters a na. a be auti ~ul ciay at 31; . •.r ..ary ' s 'v;he r e t?le C lrist; ~nas nass lvaS fol O\-.red a g",y soc i al reu n i on of SOLIe 100 nei6hbors wi"th r efr eshrl.!ents and the lvonderful. presen ~s ana candy ~ h q nks ~o our good f ri ends . The gaIDe corarLission (ind Rddy Co on: -.a e it po ' s~b e to d i st r io"t;.te elk and venison t o each fa:'ili_y. |
