Yesterday Mrs. Horgan got a daughter, so Ivor and Joe will have a step-sister, and a step-brother now. ((The first Mrs Mary Horgan had three children: Ivor, Joe and Madoline; the second Mary Horgan had two: David and Jean.)) As I sit nearest to the telephone room at school, I have to answer calls, which come very often. Though it is only in English class that we are in that room, I have to answer often enough, and it is agony, because the telephone is very bad, and sometimes I have to keep roaring for hours to hear and get on. It has been settled now, however, and I got on alright to-day. – Balsam is really extraordinary healing stuff. Made by monks in Prague, it has one ingredient which no analyst can discover, and is said to cure every possible disease, internal and external. It has certainly saved my tonsils, done great good to Fr. Pat, and Nannie has cured at least 20 cases of sicknesses with it. – Was in a dilemma to-day at school, because Scannie wants me to go to the sports at Fermoy on Sat, and I want to go to Richard III. But I’ll try and do both. – Paddie came in from next door this evening, and we bound his hand which was pouring blood!
