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admitted that he, too, tanned very easily - as a matter of fact he is so light in color that he might pass for a white man.  We were telling him about our collection of native names - Bobo, Flomo, Yo-Yo, Pay Pay, Best Man, New Boy, Fine Boy, Small Boy, Rice Bag, Car Boy, Monrovia - and he gave us three new ones - Black Man Trouble, Savior Boy and Sunday.  

We stopped in at the Mission, and all three of the Fathers there (Carroll, Kennedy, and Coleman) and had a pleasant visit with them over a glass of wine, and swapping Irish stories.

On our way back we stopped at the hospital to give the Campbells some fresh Edam cheese that we had found in the metropolis and found that Bernice was there, and about to be put to bed in the hospital.  She has been feeling miserable for some time, and Dr. Campbell wants to give her a thorough going over.  

We came back to the house, and found nobody here, and the servants did not know where either George or Bernie were.  There ensued one of the typical mix-ups over automobiles and messages.  We had invited Ralph to come over to dinner, and promised that William would call for him, as our driver would have had enough work for the day when he got us back from Monrovia.  William was here, but nobody had thought to tell him about calling for Norris; George, not knowing that Norris was coming, had gone off with the car.  We had to send Philip - fourteen miles each way -; then George came in, and said Bernie was over at the Wellers, who live just two doors from Ralph, and that she would probably come with him.  Ralph came in, and said "Where's Bernie?"  It seems that Mr. Weller had said he would driver her over, and Ralph thought he had seen her on the road.  Bernie did not show up at all; it devel ped that she had gone to another house, leaving a message at the Weller's which was not delivered.  We told William to pick her up when he took Norris back, but William couldn't find her, and eventually one of the boys brought her back in a pick-up about one o'clock.  

May 1 - 

Continuing automobile troubles, Bill had ordered Philip, our driver for eight o'clock.  Bernie had a date for six thirty, but overslept, and at eight o'clock woke up and asked if she could go with Bill, as George had taken their car.  While we waited for her to dress and breakfast, Philip reported that he did not have the key to our car.  He is supposed to leave it with Vipond's steward boy at night; last night the steward boy was not there, so he left it with the cook.  In the night the cook was taken ill, and went off to the hospital with the key in his pocket.  The telephone is still not working, so Philip had to go down the road until he could borrow a pick-up - no easy task in the morning when the men are out at work - drive to the hospital, get the key, come back to Vipond's, and eventually get our car.  

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