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Show 3. , • ' • ' ' . accumulating for sometime. A©ong i t i s that boon to all isolated places, - ^Th® Header's Digest" (lioveriber issue) which I haven't seen yet and which I know will have many interesting a r t i c l e s . Ho one has called t h i s evening, and so, although i t i s seven t h i r t y already a l i t t l e l i t e r a r y refreshment will be such a r e i a a t i on before bedtine. Harold just looked at his watch * but - well, I must show how grateful I «i to those friends in New Jersey who, for two years now, have oant ^s this treasure* A } MQHML.,.JAMARI ft* m&. For some unknown reason, when I was preparing for bed last aight, I started to whistle ^oomlight and l o s e s . " There was moonlight but I dido* I notice that when I strated to whittle - but there certainly were no roses with the ther.x otor below freezing. Perhaps, like toe Chineseytio, when walking along a lonely path at n i g i t, whistle or sing to keep the evil s p i r i t s away, I had to whistle to keep the chills away, or to prepare for our oross-examination at n i l i t a r y headquarters on the morrow! Harold aid I went to call at the Gondarmie t h i s forenoon, and spoke throu^i an Interpreter .who apparently was a Chinese from Manchuria. • The sain points of our conversation were like t h i s t - wlhy did you come here?" nW® cane to look over our property, which we heard was damaged, and to protect i t . We also wish to reopf>a our Hospital as soon as possible.w "Well, how did you get past Tsangchow? Didn't you know that was not allowed?" RHo one stopped us there, and no questions were asked so wo thought i t was a il r i g h t . When we arrived at Techow we were asked for papers and we showed our permit from the U.S.Consulate visaed by Japanee© Consulate, and were allowed to proceed to our compound. "Xes, but from Tsangchow south this i s s t i l l the war zone and although you have that pass i t does not give you permission to be her®. W® have not finished fighting here so you had no right to come. Xou say you want permission to return to Tientsin and bring othere here to begin work again, but you have not consulted with us about t h a t l" BTliat i s why w® cam® to call on you, to ask if that i s possible. If not, then then® other people must wait. If you give us a pass to return to Tientsin but do not allow us to com® back to Tehohow than we do not wish to leave her®." "Well, we'll have to see the Commander in charge here. Xou return at 4 P.M. today and we'll see what can be done to help you,8 So, the next chapter of this stay will begin after we have seen the officer again* |