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,~~---- .··>. 9 ,~ ;: :::.: . C;t ':)<:.?{~: .... ( ~,._;•'·.·.~:,· · .. \We hope that;'·we have· not· caused yott ·too much concern over our'>~:: ·:~··::·.:,.J· -- . \:~.::·.:·.~;::,;_~{:···~:long 'silence •. I feel ~ure _that you.r son Bo must have writt.~n ·. ~\'. <:.;··.{·~.'.:r __ . ·· .. -,;/.·, .. _you·that be finally got 1n·touoh wlth us after finding out .. ·· ·<;;';::.t.>:·>-

. ·;:... /:·,~:;:;~::·"·through .a. neighbor of ours that we were -both··1n hospital, '(I ; ·~:,·:\·<'.\".<(' 

. :. J:-. -"'. , shall digress here to state that 1 t was Nelson Moore who told B ·> . -:«c. ·:. -- {';'> .. ; ~:;;, <~~ Bo ·,the ·mame ·of oul:' neighbor, so that Bo ·could. telephone her, .. and·,,:".',:< . .' ·.· ; .. \':\.:;-_\3:~/:.no.w·Nelson. Moore is _dead.'· It wa~ a· dread:ru~· shock to us to." · :-,.<~~\::·::·'.~~:: •· 

···.r:J:·'>'::- .... ·;;_ ·1earn last Saturday evening that Nelopn bad died of ·a heart at.,.:.; ·<·:),.):: '.!·:·,1.'S'.~,.;:·~ ... ·.:,,,taok on Friday·,morning ae·.p.e was walking from his oar to his:" .. :;,_.·:.:::;· .. ~·:'·~,;::. . 

~ \'/~:·: .;\:.;.·'; o:ftice~·.··:··~t··.·was his :·first '1n~1ma.t1on of a heart oond1t1on)." ':. : .-:. /-,.<.-'' .. -:"":;:: _ .. ·.'·~·-·.:.··~_..;. ~ ··• .. ,. ·.:·.;;_> ... ·.• ·~"''.,,· .,,·:-J·:. · ... ··.'". . \'.· ., ·,: 1

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·•f<:~·.:·;/· I ·'was :::r~eling absolutely a.llright ·:when· we left: Swi tzerland<.i'or.; :f .·. · .. ~~-;··;,;~.:- ___:_ · .}: -::<<''.i. ·.home.) Bill wa.a ·depressed,:; .. a.nd .seemes to believe ·that "home" .... · :. ::~_-:\ .... ·~'> ·, r . .-.·:;,: ;.;"··could do smeth1ng~for 'him. ·However when we got here ad he ·lear.n-·· .,_t·;._;;:~ · >:~,~~ .:~.:··:,::,.ed "Home" did not help, .his nervous .. tension increa.sed·.to an··a1-· .. ·:·'.·':· .. ~<.··\): ·. ··>><::;':_. ~m st unbeara~~e degree.:· When I fina.lly._persuaded h1m .. to .. see .h1s:··~::·,:·:./ L 

~ .,.,,;··/>' .~·.dootors·;here, they too himm off of all the medicines. he had be:en :: •;:"}.:::" 

.· ·-\~:;·:.0;-: . ..;;:ts.king, 'and substituted others,·. after he was h1~p1ta.11zcd on Sept~·,._.;:::;::,t, 

.... :,: .. ,.:) ·::" 28. · Five days aftel:'he.'entered the hospital, I ·was ·stricken ·:··' '"·(1,~·;·";._\·F= 

./.'".~{~·:·.·_ .. ;with two·· diaeaeea: one·wa.s abdominal,· caused by d1vert1culi(ea.cks'.:'i_·f'}\;: .. = 

·."" .. .':~f.:'·::;::,;or pockets in· the lix;ting.of. the .. 1 ·testina.l' trs.ot)br1ng1ng· on·apasm:.,?t,:-:;_ 

,· . .-'.'_:: .• <_.:;>. > .. ·; -in· the sigmoid~ colon:: but· the· even more· painful diac~se- which. was· ·:.ir~·;,; ·,.·:;:''. . · ~·',: ···>·~<·-..not.· diagnosed until a. week: after I·. was hos pi ta.lized ·from the· other··. · _·".i: :: 

.t ·.:.·~::<·\····~but ·whioh had· been 'present all the time,·· is HEHfESZOSTER--th_e most"· .. :··· ====· 

':''.;_ ............ pa.inrul disea.se··lmown to· medical science •. It ii:Lnot a fatal di- .:.: . - --'. ·:7:· _.· .. ,_ ·:. sea.se,. but 1 t' has a·. long course: or· duration. Now at '•the erid of six .~· ·,~ -. · .' .. ·.'><.:··_.weeks ·the Dfjo:niz.tng ·pain has a.bated11 ' but the ·.·f~esh of my· left back·.· ,,.f{ .· 

·'·" ::.-~ . and hip is dead"·-beoauee ·the· .. nerve roots· e.nd nerve -ends hne a.ll .. ·/· _._,·,;;,,:.;;~-,.·:<died, rrom .. this ·a.readtul virus.·-' I :am .. told that "tt takes perhaps ... / .. :·L'.Y ·· . : .. :>;,':<::·.:· ·;; · a.s .:long as··:a." year· for the· n~rve · roo1:.s. ·and :·ends to ·come. a.11 ve'.a.gin, :;'.i/~:.: 

·'::·.>': .... so ·1 must·· go .on "with ·this disability w1 th' its discomfort and· sur-... J:., ... >,;, , ·'.,>:;~<:.·face soreneeo:and oa.in~ ,.Bill· and.'I ha.vebeen here a.t'·bome since.-·:.·.:"';,«1·' · ::r>;t°f .. ··:~'.~Ootober 31st,·withouthelp e?Ccept/two or.three_days a week, when,~:'.:;~··, 

·~/r\'\ .. :.~:}" our former maid comes.andnot only dc·es all ·tho ·neoessa.l:"y ~aundr;y .. ··.~ .. :~·-\~; .. ~~.: .' .. ···,. : .. o.nd houae work but. enough cooking for· awo meals a day fo~· every · · . , :'<,1' '. ·• 

_ >. o:; •:,. ~-;day so·· tha.t I have very little to do on the days ·ahe is not .. here. · :-:::~;; .. ,. - -}:=' ":·". · .', So far ··we· have managed ~o do a.' few ·J?linor chores in the way· of Bill'.,: •/i.. . ·;~:.:::·::,\.getting the house-.ready fOJ'. \v1nter,· ·pave paid our ·,bills, and ·wl"i t- -:~>·'.·.. , ::~);~ <~·'<·teJ;l thre~ or ... :rou:r;t bualneas. letters. But we are anything but· "full.'.07 .~~-· • 

" ;~·~): .. ,'· '. · ,.'of· pep".·. · We ._try" to 11 ve each, hour 011e by. one and get~ thro~gh, ea.ell : .. : ·: " : 

1 ~.· .. :·'.·_~f .. ~<~ay,,·and ·try.;·to act e.s if we·felt no~al--1n the hope that if'· we.-~<\,,.:_;:.>.' · .. : ::;·:·,,.":>·'~normal !on~ enoue;h we_·shall grow: to :f'eelin5 normal.· :.-But· it::·'·.·::-, .. :.>.~. .· 1 • :~.; ... :.;.,'•;:; e;oes mighty:.· s~owly~ : I can, te_ll yo~ •.. · ·Neealess .to say,·. we are. doing ... _.':; ·r. ~i 

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;>'.····:;\\"./·We do hope· you had a "wonderful· ~ime · '\'lhile a.t I~enton; and that you···,~::::~?~/_'.· i 

: ••. :~. ,Y'! .. '. _will have· a most enjoyable- week in Vienna, We had a.. cha.rming:.no..te;· .:.'.~:.;/: ,; . :: ::::::,; ;O: ·-,:, :f'rom· Miss ... Ed~th. and 'Vera,. also _one from Kira:ten and Gunnar.· .. . ~: ,.. ·: .. · ·:' :< ·· ... : ... ·<··~.~ .. ·,r;..,o,.::, .,•'' •. ',:." '.:,· .... , .. ,···· •'.., .: .. "•'';..:::' ~.. ;.:·· '• ~ ~:· ';, :, '' I '.', ··: .' ,' ·. ,·• ·~ .,. ' ·=· : .·.• :: .. ':·~·'.''·~··~~ .. ,.;~_· '.. 

,,>:·' ·r.< ·Here is ·hoping you a.re and .will forever be spared :rrom,suoh ills-.: : ..< ·';. ·: .. ,.:.;._.;.·:a.a ha.va_·,bea~t us this ~utumri, .A.nd.:that you··_will::Pa.ve:_a good ye~l"·:··,'·, · ··• 

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