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Show 157 Maggie and her son Walter write and include word that Ellis's little Burt is "the picture of health" and that Bard is expected home. His mother's reaction: "Thank Heavens." With a twinge of nostalgia Ellis recalls, on June 13th, that one year earlier she had a divinely happy day sailing down the Delaware with Milford. The past year seems short, but the next one very long before she can be with her loved ones. Yet she is comforted by the new baby. How merciful is my Heavenly Father in sending me my little comforter, my baby 01 ea. With her in my arms I live over again the blissful hours when other loved cherubs nestled there and cheered me with their angelic innocence and love.2 Again, on the 19th, she observes the anniversary of the day that she and Milford started for home from Philadelphia, recalling her fears that she would never return to medical school, but acknowledging the mercies of her Heavenly Father in granting her those desires. "Today I am here, with a sweet babe and prospects favorable for success." Ever since she could sit up following Olea's birth, Ellis has been working on her thesis. She now begins to seek some hospital service, only to find that the local facility has no openings. Since June 15, in order to reduce expenses, Ellis has been boarding herself, but does not seem to have left Dr. Young's home. Mrs. Wilson, on June 27, asks Ellis to return and live in her house again. From a practical standpoint, Ellis realizes this is the thing to do and that she has "no time for idle repinings," but she admits: |
