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the word came :"Late Sunday afternoon." We dispatched another note to Mrs. Blowers, who was expecting us in tonight to stay with them at the Mamba Point House.

Dr. Tengwall who was in charge of getting us greens, bananas, cassava, and other provisions, got them all ready this afternoon and packed them in his truck. However, he says they will keep all right until Sunday.

July 13 - 

We awoke to find it pouring rain, and decided to sleep a while. We were dragged out of bed by a telephone call from Ralph reporting that the animals were all in trucks headed for the waterside, from which they would be shipped to Marshall. The possibility of the ship's stopping at Marshall cheered us considerably, and all day we got contradictory reports, "Would she - wouldn't she - and when?" By evening there was still no news, but we felt that the end of our waiting must be near, and decided to go into Monrovia tomorrow and wait there. Bill is by now so jittery that he is having chills and refusing to eat anything more substantial than a few mouthfuls of bouillon twice a day. We asked Smitty and the Chancellors in for dinner, and that bucked him up a bit.

Bobo showed up to say good-bye, but he was so groggy with fever that we sent him back to the hospital. Flomo was caught stealing crisco to eat with his rice, and Vi ordered Johnny to kick him down the back stairs. 

July 14 -

Smitty said last night that he would give us a ring before the truck came over for our baggage; however, we were scarcely dressed and had not had breakfast when the truck drew up to the front door. The big trunks were carried out while I packed the few last minute things, and all our belongings were gone by eight o'clock. At nine-thirty I went to Mass at the Club, and said good-bye regretfully to Father Coleman - he is a saint and a scholar and a pretty swell person.

We had an early lunch, stopped to say good-bye to the Seybolds and to Bernice in the hospital, and to the Campbells, and arrived at the Blowers' at two o'clock. The West Irmo not yet in. All the animals and food supplies are stored in the Customs warehouse for over night, and Ralph has had a chance to feed them this afternoon.

July 15 -

I woke up at five thirty, just before daylight, and from my bed I could look down and see a ship, brilliantly lighted, just off shore. After that sleep was out of the question, and we breakfasted about six-thirty. At eight o'clock we started down to the wharf, and found that the animals had already gone out, and that as soon as the Captain came back from the Legation with his clearance papers we would go out ourselves. All our gear was packed into one surf boat - it is amazing how much those boats can hold, and we disposed ourselves to wait, with Bill remembering