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Show 4 and this story exemplifies the marvelous mosaic pattern: A Navajo couple had a child not more than seven months old, who had had pnemonia twice at least. They took him to a mission clinic in Arizona, nearer to their home than St. Christopher's, where the man in charge gave them a slip of paper with his tentative diagnosis and instructions to get the child to the Shiprock hospital. Lack of gas, or perhaps of car registration, resulted in their bringing the child to us by way of the foot bridge which now spans the San Juan River a mile dr so above our Mission. The child was obviously in a bad way - encephalitis and meningitis being not unlikely guesses. We immediately got the "chevvy" ready for transfer to Shiprock. Thirty !Diles from home the chevvy rebelled. The mayor of Blanding came by. offered to help, and pushed the chevvy into Blanding. Meanwhile a State Highwav Patrolman came by, offered to help, and alerted the Mormon Indian Missionaries at Blanding, who were ready, red light flashing, to take the patient on his way. Obviously, however, it was all too late. The Mormon missionary brought the whole party back to our Mission, where burial was barely completed before dark. We rej oice that a soul has been spared the temptations and sorrows of life and is assured of eternal life; yet we mourn for the bereaved. We rejoice in the co-operation, in time of crisis, of per~ons of differing faiths, yet weI weep that a life has been cut off untimely. [AILL this happened, of course, before Doc. tor Lacy came to us. We know that our benefactors will realize that if we are to continue to save or extend lives. to relieve suffering, and generallY raise the health standards of the Navajo People, more and better medicines and equipment will be |