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so she could be wired as he thought he should prepare 

 her. A runner was sent to Meru with the wire. 



I got out of bed without any one knowing it and 

 sHpped into the grass house, where the doctor and 

 Dr. Irwine were applying ice cold towels to Osa's 

 body. It was the most heart-breaking sight I ever 

 saw. Osa was unconscious. Her eyes were wide 

 open, her lips a ghastly blue and her breath was so 

 fast that it was horrible. She would start coughing 

 and gasp for breath. After each coughing spell 

 she seemed to be dying. 



In the morning she slept a little and seemed much 

 better. But that night the doctors were again afraid 

 and told me to be prepared. She might die any 

 minute. And the next night it was the same way. 

 They would not allow me out of bed for I was very 

 ill myself. But many times each night I slipped 

 into the grass house before they could stop me, 

 though Osa never knew me. 



When John arrived with the second nurse the 

 doctors mentioned what a God-send ice would be. 

 Whereupon good old John rushed again into Nairobi 

 and got an ice machine and rushed back with it. 

 Then he made ice as fast as he and the boys could. 

 He had fixed up the machine so that it worked per- 

 fectly, and was able to make ice in less than three 

 minutes. 



John and the wonderful Willys-Knight absolutely 



