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Dondi, March 26, 1927
Dear Miss Hosking:
I hope you survive the shock of two letters in such a short time, but there has been so much running around that the time seems longer to me.
Wednesday forenoon I received a telegram from Mac, and started for Sachikela in the afternoon. Found the baby better but Mrs. was still suffering from toothache. I gave her chloroform and removed the offender. She was afraid she would say foolish things coming out but we were disappointed. The whole performance scarcely took ten minutes and she was not far enough under to give good entertainment. She is quite enthusiastic over Chloroform. I covered the mask with one of Roys napkins. She thought it hardly suitable but yielded to the logic that with a soiled one it would take less CHCl3 to put her out.
I put half a dozen avocado pears in the bag with my coat. It is in a state - the napkin in our lunch was immaculate beside it. I ate four of them to save them from complete ruin.
Billette, now Bilhete, accompanied me to Sachikela and was very impudent to Billy. After he learned that Billy would not harm him he would rush at him and slap him in the face. Sometimes they would rut noses together and then Bilhete would play with Bill's ears. The first evening he caught a rat in the oujango while we were having a game of Rook. (Mrs. Mac + I one, 570 to 125.)
I brought Bilhete home in my middy. In spite of my vigilance he acquired a few fleas from Bill. When I first put him in he started exploring and got into my sleeve so that it was necessary to unbutton the cuff to get him out. He then settled down and rode there from 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. with about fifteen minutes of freedom at lunch.
Mrs. Childs has just asked me to officiate for her next September. I hope you will be available then to help pass the days of waiting.
The boy Julio is returning today. The effects of the burning of his skin have passed and the case seems to be a neuritis - the tenderness follows the course of a single lumbar nerve from the point of exit from the spinal column laterally to the anterior edge of the ilium.
The sentiment of the A.M. committee seems to be against any change in date. The articles of agreement have come and the adjustment between the missions will require more or less time even if Tucker were here to get in his say at the start. The attendance at a later meeting would be less than at one in May. The Bailundo work is planned to go on without interruption thru June July + August.
with kindest regards
F E Stokey
Dear Miss Hosking:
I hope you survive the shock of two letters in such a short time, but there has been so much running around that the time seems longer to me.
Wednesday forenoon I received a telegram from Mac, and started for Sachikela in the afternoon. Found the baby better but Mrs. was still suffering from toothache. I gave her chloroform and removed the offender. She was afraid she would say foolish things coming out but we were disappointed. The whole performance scarcely took ten minutes and she was not far enough under to give good entertainment. She is quite enthusiastic over Chloroform. I covered the mask with one of Roys napkins. She thought it hardly suitable but yielded to the logic that with a soiled one it would take less CHCl3 to put her out.
I put half a dozen avocado pears in the bag with my coat. It is in a state - the napkin in our lunch was immaculate beside it. I ate four of them to save them from complete ruin.
Billette, now Bilhete, accompanied me to Sachikela and was very impudent to Billy. After he learned that Billy would not harm him he would rush at him and slap him in the face. Sometimes they would rut noses together and then Bilhete would play with Bill's ears. The first evening he caught a rat in the oujango while we were having a game of Rook. (Mrs. Mac + I one, 570 to 125.)
I brought Bilhete home in my middy. In spite of my vigilance he acquired a few fleas from Bill. When I first put him in he started exploring and got into my sleeve so that it was necessary to unbutton the cuff to get him out. He then settled down and rode there from 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. with about fifteen minutes of freedom at lunch.
Mrs. Childs has just asked me to officiate for her next September. I hope you will be available then to help pass the days of waiting.
The boy Julio is returning today. The effects of the burning of his skin have passed and the case seems to be a neuritis - the tenderness follows the course of a single lumbar nerve from the point of exit from the spinal column laterally to the anterior edge of the ilium.
The sentiment of the A.M. committee seems to be against any change in date. The articles of agreement have come and the adjustment between the missions will require more or less time even if Tucker were here to get in his say at the start. The attendance at a later meeting would be less than at one in May. The Bailundo work is planned to go on without interruption thru June July + August.
with kindest regards
F E Stokey
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1.
Wednesday forenoon I received a telegram from Mac, and started for Sachikela in the afternoon.
I guess this is the MacAllesters, but I'm not really sure, because the baby Roy was Roy Childs. Maybe it will become clear to me someday.
2.
She is quite enthusiastic over Chloroform. I covered the mask with one of Roys napkins. She thought it hardly suitable but yielded to the logic that with a soiled one it would take less CHCl3 to put her out.
Maybe the ammonia in the baby's urine strengthened the effect of the chloroform? I don't know.
LATER: I read this paragraph aloud to AG, and she laughed, and thought my theory sounded plausible.
3.
Billette, now Bilhete, accompanied me to Sachikela and was very impudent to Billy.
So, maybe, Bil-HE-te? When I was a child we got a kitten and named it Polly, but then it turned out to be a male cat, so we (well, my parents) re-named it Paul-He. LATER: I asked AG about names of her father's cats, and she said she knew nothing.
4.
The first evening he caught a rat in the oujango while we were having a game of Rook.
I think I've see "oujango" elsewhere. It seems like a yard or garden maybe.
As for Rook, I've heard of it. Wikipedia says:
Rook is a trick-taking game, usually played with a specialized deck of cards. Sometimes referred to as Christian cards or missionary cards, Rook playing cards were introduced by Parker Brothers in 1906 to provide an alternative to standard playing cards for those in the Puritan tradition, and those in Mennonite culture who considered the face cards in a regular deck inappropriate because of their association with gambling and cartomancy.
And:
Four players are organized into two teams of two players each, sitting opposite each other. Players must keep their hands secret from all other players, including their teammates. The object of the game is to be the first team to reach 300 points by capturing cards with a point value in tricks. If both teams have over 300 points at the end of a round, the team with the higher point total wins.
5.
I brought Bilhete home in my middy. In spite of my vigilance he acquired a few fleas from Bill. When I first put him in he started exploring and got into my sleeve so that it was necessary to unbutton the cuff to get him out.
I think this was one of the stories that Fred told his daughter AG when she was a child. She liked hearing about his cats.
6.
Mrs. Childs has just asked me to officiate for her next September. I hope you will be available then to help pass the days of waiting.
So Mrs. Childs is having another baby?
7.
The sentiment of the A.M. committee seems to be against any change in date.
A.M. is Annual Meeting.
8.
Sibyl responds to many things in this letter in:
1927-03-27 LETTER FROM SIBYL TO FRED
Wednesday forenoon I received a telegram from Mac, and started for Sachikela in the afternoon.
I guess this is the MacAllesters, but I'm not really sure, because the baby Roy was Roy Childs. Maybe it will become clear to me someday.
2.
She is quite enthusiastic over Chloroform. I covered the mask with one of Roys napkins. She thought it hardly suitable but yielded to the logic that with a soiled one it would take less CHCl3 to put her out.
Maybe the ammonia in the baby's urine strengthened the effect of the chloroform? I don't know.
LATER: I read this paragraph aloud to AG, and she laughed, and thought my theory sounded plausible.
3.
Billette, now Bilhete, accompanied me to Sachikela and was very impudent to Billy.
So, maybe, Bil-HE-te? When I was a child we got a kitten and named it Polly, but then it turned out to be a male cat, so we (well, my parents) re-named it Paul-He. LATER: I asked AG about names of her father's cats, and she said she knew nothing.
4.
The first evening he caught a rat in the oujango while we were having a game of Rook.
I think I've see "oujango" elsewhere. It seems like a yard or garden maybe.
As for Rook, I've heard of it. Wikipedia says:
Rook is a trick-taking game, usually played with a specialized deck of cards. Sometimes referred to as Christian cards or missionary cards, Rook playing cards were introduced by Parker Brothers in 1906 to provide an alternative to standard playing cards for those in the Puritan tradition, and those in Mennonite culture who considered the face cards in a regular deck inappropriate because of their association with gambling and cartomancy.
And:
Four players are organized into two teams of two players each, sitting opposite each other. Players must keep their hands secret from all other players, including their teammates. The object of the game is to be the first team to reach 300 points by capturing cards with a point value in tricks. If both teams have over 300 points at the end of a round, the team with the higher point total wins.
5.
I brought Bilhete home in my middy. In spite of my vigilance he acquired a few fleas from Bill. When I first put him in he started exploring and got into my sleeve so that it was necessary to unbutton the cuff to get him out.
I think this was one of the stories that Fred told his daughter AG when she was a child. She liked hearing about his cats.
6.
Mrs. Childs has just asked me to officiate for her next September. I hope you will be available then to help pass the days of waiting.
So Mrs. Childs is having another baby?
7.
The sentiment of the A.M. committee seems to be against any change in date.
A.M. is Annual Meeting.
8.
Sibyl responds to many things in this letter in:
1927-03-27 LETTER FROM SIBYL TO FRED
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