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CHAPTER SEVEN
A CABLEGRAM from Dcniso 1
Karen's ho,--, leaped, then eo»- j
traded with something akin to
fear as she took the yellow sheetj
her father handed to her. It might I
be bad news, instead of good, for '
they knew that that small Balkan 1
country, where Denise had gone to i
make lier home, stood in the path
of Hitler's relentless war machine,
although as yet it had not been at
tacked. It was so seldom that they
liad any news, good or bail.
Once before a cable had been re
ceived at the birth of Denise's son;
again, a few years later, when this
same little lioy, named after his
grandfather, James Bell Ourfee,
had lain at death's iluor, stricken
with a mys'erioui fever; another,
months later, saying that the child
was on the road to recovery.
With such scant information re
garding the life that I>cni.se Icil so
many miles across the sea, it was j
no wonder that Karen .vas appre
hensive, although she knew what
ever news this message contained
must bear some gladness if it must,
at the same time, bring a wave or
sadness. too. for how could she or
her father be reminded of Denise I
without the old sorrow sweeping
over them?
Again the message was about
Deni«e's son, no ,vord concerning j
herself. It simply stated that she I
was sending the boy home, pas
sage having been secured on a j
refugee ship bringing other chil
dren to America. It gave the ap- ;
proximate time of the ship's ex
pected arrival.
So much and yet so little; there I
was nothing to say what bad led
to this sudden decision. Yet one i
thing was significant; there was no'
question as to what the boy's wel
come would be or it" hi.s grandfa
ther would take care of him. And
Denise had said she was sending
him "home."
"I thought at first I'd keep it as
a surprise for jou when the little
fellow got here," Jim said, hi.s voice
still husky. He saw that for a mo
ment she could not speak, lor
Karen's eyes were brimming with
tears as she handed the message
back to him. He knew they were
the same mixture as his own emo
tions. joy and sorrow. "But when
you told mo your big news I de
cided to spring mine on you. Think
of it. chickadee, my grandson.
Pi nise's boy. Now you know what
I meant by an addition to our
household!"
"I'm glad you told me." Karen
faid. She did nut know why she
rhoiild feel so choked up, unless it
was hecau:;c tiic surprise was al
lm,c1" for ,u'r- "«f» won
Uerfu news. .H:,l Almost to., won
;['V « "< «<> =.t mice. How
"Id l>os«! he looks!
like Donise ? •
She uskc—A tax rale <>l
¥1.05 ?)t'i $ 1 on ioi Ihc (own of Oxford
war. sol by tin- Hoard of Commis
sioners ul a meeting here Tuesday
night. Tin; Board of Commissioners
listed asessed properly at S3.U17.7H7,
unci tot.:! revenue at $70,139.
The (lv-esscd property will ylald
$04.tM3 ;il .he set rate. Poll tax '•»
expected to total <;I!I(! and iilittcel
laiuv's funds will total $11,000, com
pleting the budget.
War Is Ally of TB
«>• i.ixi.w ri.i:.\ni:N!N<;. m. i>.
WAR, I AM afraid, teaches
fcxv useful lessons l.ul I think it
is undoubtedly true that World
War 1 taught us a groat deal
ubout tubercule. is.
In the first place few even of
the most careful and |« - imi-iie
students of the subject had any
idea 1:oy tr> rur»,
sun! "in. unler tli'v-.f niv.iiti
stance is |i. : j!i!«-. iin* : it i.iii.iri
is jrreatly improved iiw.i a prac
tical standpoint.
Another -i.-1.«•«-; of tuberculo-'U
in war is the possibility <>: an 111
cre::si' in ttibcvcn . :,i! mi.r IV
wcrbl. I'nr tin* ."in years up to
I'. IT there had been a steady lif
eline in tno itirideme of tul.eivi
losis. In (ileal l'.ii'::i:i tuberci:
■i-i.s increased • |. r e. at in tin1
first year «»f World War I. a'M
Hi per ecu in the second. l-'n.ni
l'.l-'U lo ISKJ" the i ii< tu
berculosis ami th- ileal n rate hi
all civilised countries ••■•tilm.-.l
its downward trend. Itut a »; :m
ber «>f factors are opera' ir.j* :n
put i'. on the itp-.-ra I" a-a.ri. <>•.
i< tiie univ*ei.-..u br v. ill
probably not opt.rate. be: vert
i.nly htiows what will happen to
the peoples -in the continent «f
Kuropt-. A in.i her factor is the
crowd.ej; and close p. i oral c in
tact in air raid shelle..- ;md :.l ■>
in periods of population move
ment and lii-lte
Kternal vivilanco Is !:.i price
of freedom fiom 'iveiviii.. i The
decline of tin- disease in to - last
centur;- has timu d in ■•m<* ipi.ir
tels lo a false :'ense .if :t- uiily.
1Snt as a Canadian wuirr says,
"A di ease kills nearly II.WMI
of tin. populatii-i, K. at least
::<),0(MI iiicapai'iialeii. am! costs
the eotintry i!i recti;/ at least
.VN,ntin.hiiii annually, i till .i for
lilldai :■ . i.eiiiy and .« m..j.ir health
prubleni."
«tl'i;si;oNS ANSi ans\vk::m
A. K. I!.: I'lia i. write tilwv.it
tachyci.i.tia. the • :.t e. and ciii".
etc. If ll " pili.e : ■. •' lip to I'M
and it can be iv-iiir- d l:or .-tl
by pre :le mi the nee!;, v.i.st
does ti.i- mean?
Answer: Vsu-hyranLa is -;i,
a s> nipln n. ll mean ' r-.p.d j.;i!
There is tiie tachycardia of fear,
of tri iter, of heart di-eas:-, etc.
Pressure on the carotid riiw in
tiie neck sum: tiuie:; stops it. Wii i
this occurs we a:', time tin' lai-liy
cardia was cause.! li:n.
The war production hoard has ap
proved the product inn of luo.'ioti
home l'ood dehydratois betore Sep
tember 1.
'I ho *i«• i;m:irl;otin;j qm.': :■ 1 -
lotmont has hot n revoked and the
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