Author: Emily Carr

Jenny

Published: 1953
Written by Emily Carr
Categories: Pause

“Go cheer the child in the next room, Mammy. Bad lung case—overwhelmingly homesick—name, Jenny.” I found a straight-haired little girl, a child of twelve—pointed chin, big eyes, flushed cheeks, hollows under their pink, eyes too bright, set deep. “Hello! I’m your neighbour; Doctor said I could…

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Birds for Canada

Published: 1953
Written by Emily Carr
Categories: Pause

My lungs being healthy I was not of much interest to Dr. Bottle. Once in a while I received an apathetic visit. On one of these occasions she said, “There is a possibility I may be going out to Canada; tell me about the climate in the West.

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Visitors

Published: 1953
Written by Emily Carr
Categories: Pause

A new patient was put to bed, all his peculiarities noted, entered in the Doom Book. Had he one or two lungs? was he emaciated or naturally lean? cheerful dispositioned or grumpy? possessed of a poor appetite or just pernickety? When this knowledge had been ascertained and…

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