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Show 243 in or near this city." Ellis plans soon to make a trip down State Street to see if a certain man still wishes to sell his business. It would be such a fine stand, so near the high school, etc. Ellis thinks Murphy is worthy of something "very much better" than he has at present, for he is "such a good boy." She would be so happy to see him succeed so he would have the financial means to spend more time working for "the Cause so close to his heart, the advancement of the Kingdom of our Father..." The financial outlook in Salt Lake City, as in other parts of the world, is "dull." She is struggling to pay off debts and get a little ahead so she can start her hospital. Every one of the "absent dear ones" is passing-bravely-through trying times. She longs to help everyone, to "ease every burden," to "make every heart rejoice." Two and a half years later, August 8, 1917, Ellis is in Card-ston, Alberta, Canada. She is 70 now as she addresses her "overburdened darlings" and pleads for their letters which mean so much to her. But nicer still would be to see her Ladybird with the two "fair birdlings" coming up the path. Her class is going so well that she is planning to mark the finish of the nurse book by having an old-time social and games constructed around medical terms for both pleasure and learning. Everyone is nice to her and there have been no "unpleasant things" yet, though there may well be later (implying past experience- with what?). Someone, every day, brings her something. The |