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Arrived at Erie at 0415 SE. Bummed back to Wesfield where I had to wait an hour for a ride to Chataqua Lake. From there I hired a taxi to Jamestown General Hospital. Cost $4.00. When I got to see Davey he looked swell but he had weights on his head to stretch his neck. Gee! He was so glad to see me. I could have cried but I couldn't for his sake. I stayed about an hour then I took a taxi to Aunt Anna's where I met mother and she cried so. I peped her up because Davey looked so great I had no idea he didn't have long to live. Daddy came from home about 1000 E. We all had breakfast and then went over to the hospital where I saw the x-rays and Dr Nelson & Boyd told us that Davey had to die soon not from his broken neck but because his spinal cord was cut and paraganitis would set in and he would die of poison. Daddy & I cried something terrible. We then spend the rest of the morning with Davey. We put a mirror over his head so he could see out the door and look around. God the poor kid. He only thinks his neck is bent and that he will get better soon. He had the (cont July 7)

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