CHAPTER XII It was a pleasant morning in early June. A warm wind was rustling the trees which recovered thickly with half-opened leaves and looked like fountains of green spray thrown high into the air. Dr. Carr's front door stood wide open. Through the parlor window came the sound of piano practice, and on the steps, under the budding roses, sat a small figure, busily sewing. This was Clover—little Clover still, though more than two years had passed since we saw her last, and she was now over fourteen. Clover was never intended to be tall. Her eyes were as blue and sweet as ever, and her apple-blossom cheeks as pink. But the brown pigtails were pinned up into a round knot, and the childish face had gained almost a womanly look. Old Mary declared that Miss Clover was getting quite young-ladified, and Miss Clover was quite aware of the fact, and mightily pleased with it. It delighted her to turn up her hair, and she was very particular about having her dresses made to come below the tops of her boots. She had also left off ruffles, and worn narrow collars instead, and little cuffs with sleeve buttons to fasten them. These sleeve buttons, which were present from Cousin Helen, Clover liked best of all her things. Papa said that he was sure she took them to bed with her, but of course that was only a joke, though she certainly was never seen without them in the daytime. She glanced frequently at these beloved buttons as she sat sewing, and every now and then laid down her work to twist them into a better position, or give them an affectionate pat with her forefinger. Maybe soon the side gate swung open, and Philly came around the corner of the house. He had grown into a big boy. All his pretty baby curls were cut off, and his frocks had given place to a jacket in trousers. In his hand he held something, what Clover could not see. What's that, she said, as he reached the steps? I'm going upstairs to ask Katie if these are ripe, replied Phil, exhibiting some currents fairly streaked with red. Why, of course they're not ripe, said Clover, putting one into her mouth. Can't you tell by the taste? There as green as can be. I don't care. If Katie says they're ripe I shall eat them," answered Phil defiantly, marching into the house. What did Philly want, asked Elsie, opening the parlor door as Phil went upstairs. Only to know if the currents are ripe enough to eat. How particular he always is about asking now, said Elsie. He's afraid of another dose of salts. I should think he would be, replied Clover, laughing. Johnny says she never was so scared in her life as when Papa called them and they looked up and saw him standing there with a bottle in one hand and a spoon in the other. Yes, went on Elsie, and you know Dory held his in his mouth for ever so long and then went round the corner of the house and spat it out. Papa said he had a good mind to make him take another spoonful, but he remembered that after all Dory had the bad taste a great deal longer than the others, so he didn't. I think it was an awful punishment, don't you? Yes, but it was a good one, for none of them have ever touched the green gooseberries since. Have you got through practising? It doesn't seem like an hour yet. Oh, it isn't. It's only twenty-five minutes, but Katie told me not to sit for more than half an hour at a time without getting up and running round to rest. I'm going to walk twice down to the gate and twice back. I promised her I would. And Elsie set off, clapping her hands briskly before and behind her as she walked. Why—what is Bridget doing in Papa's room, she asked as she came back the second time. She's flapping things out of the window. Are the girls up there? I thought they were cleaning the dining-room. They're doing both. Katie said it was such a good chance, having Papa away, that she would have both the carpets taken up at once. There isn't going to be any dinner today, only just bread and butter and milk and cold ham up in Katie's room, because Debbie is helping too, so as to get through and save Papa all the fuss. And see, exhibiting her sewing, Katie's making a new cover for Papa's pin-cushion, and I'm hemming the ruffle to go around it. How nicely you hem, said Elsie. I wish I had something for Papa's room, too. There's my wash-stand mats, but the one for the soap-dish isn't finished. Do you suppose, if Katie would excuse me from the rest of my practising, I could get it done? I have a great mind to go and ask her. There's her bell, said Clover, as a little tingle-sounded upstairs. I'll ask you if you like. Now let me go, I'll see what she wants. But Clover was already half-way across the hall, and the two girls ran up side by side. There was often a little strife between them as to which should answer Katie's bell, both like to wait on her so much. Katie came to meet them as they entered. Not on her feet. That, alas, was still only a far-off possibility. But in a chair with large wheels, with which she was rolling herself across the room. This chair was a great comfort to her. Sitting in it, she could get to her closet and her bureau drawers, and help herself to what she wanted without troubling anybody. It was only lately that she had been able to use it. Dr. Carr considered her doing so as a hopeful sign, but he had never told Katie this. She had grown accustomed to her invalid life at last, and was cheerful in it, and he thought it unwise to make her restless by exciting hopes which might, after all, end in fresh disappointment. She met the girls with a bright smile as they came in and said, Oh, Clovie, it was you I rang for. I am troubled for fear Brigid will meddle with the things on Papa's table. You know he likes them to be left just so. Will you please go and remind her that she is not to touch them at all? After the carpet is put down I want you to dust the table, so as to be sure that everything is put back in the same place. Will you? Of course I will," said Clover, who was a born housewife and dearly loved to act as Katie's prime minister. Shant I fetch you the pincushion too while I'm there? Oh yes, please do. I want to measure." Katie," said Elsie, those mats of mine are almost done, and I would like to finish them and put them on Papa's wash stand before he comes back. Mayn't I stop practicing now and bring my crochet up here instead? Will there be plenty of time to learn the new exercise before Miss Phillips comes, if you do? I think so. Plenty. She doesn't come till Friday, you know. Well then, it seems to me that you might just as well as not. And Elsie, dear, run into Papa's room first and bring me the drawer out of his table. I want to put that in order myself. Elsie went cheerfully. She laid the drawer across Katie's lap and Katie began to dust and arrange the contents. Pretty soon Clover joined them. Here's the cushion, she said. Now we'll have a nice quiet time all by ourselves, won't we? I like this sort of day when nobody comes in to interrupt us. Katie tapped at the door as she spoke. Katie called out, Come! And in marched a tall, broad-shouldered lad with a solemn, sensible face and a little clock carried carefully in both his hands. This was Dory. He has grown and improved very much since we saw him last and is turning out clever in several ways. Among the rest he has developed a strong turn for mechanics. Here's your clock, Katie, he said. I've got it fixed so that it strikes all right. Maybe you must be careful not to hit the striker when you start the pendulum.  I'm ever so much obliged. It's four minutes to eleven now," went on Dory, so it'll strike pretty soon. I guess I'd better stay and hear it, so as to be sure that it is right. That is," he added politely, unless you're busy and would rather not. I'm never too busy to want you, old fellow," said Katie, stroking his arm. Here, this drawer is arranged now. Don't you want to carry it into Papa's room and put it back into the table? Your hands are stronger than Elsie's." Dory looked gratified. When he came back the clock was just beginning to strike. There, he said, that's splendid, isn't it? But alas, the clock did not stop at eleven. It went on, twelve, thirteen, fourteen, fifteen, sixteen. Dear me," said Clover, what does this all mean? It must be day after tomorrow at least. Dory stared with open mouth at the clock, which was still striking as though it would split its sides. Elsie, screaming with laughter, kept count. Thirty, thirty-one, oh Dory, thirty-two, thirty-three, thirty-four. You've bewitched it, Dory," said Katie, as much entertained as the rest. Then they all began counting. Dory seized the clock, shook it, slapped it, turned it upside down, but still the sharp vibrating sounds continued as if the clock, having got its own way for once, meant to go on till it was tired out. At last, at the one hundred and thirtieth stroke, it suddenly seized, and Dory, with a red, amazed countenance, faced the laughing company. It's very queer, he said, but I'm sure it's not because of anything I did. I can fix it, though, if you'll let me try again. May I, Katie? I'll promise not to hurt it. For a moment Katie hesitated. Clover pulled her sleeve and whispered, Don't. Then, seeing the mortification on Dory's face, she made up her mind. Yes, take it, Dory. I'm sure you'll be careful. But if I were you, I'd carry it down to Wetherill's, first of all, and talk it over with them. Together you could hit on just the right thing, don't you think so? Perhaps," said Dory, yes, I think I will. Then he departed with a clock under his arm, while Clover called after him teasingly. Lunch at a hundred and thirty-two o'clock, don't forget. No, I won't," said Dory. Two years before he would not have borne to be laughed at so good-naturedly. How could you let him take your clock again? said Clover, as soon as the door was shut. He'll spoil it, and you think so much of it. I thought he would feel mortified if I didn't let him try, replied Katie quietly. I don't believe he'll hurt it. Wetherill's man likes Dory, and he'll show him what to do. You were real good to do it, responded Clover. But if it had been mine, I don't think I could. Just then the door flew open, and Johnny rushed in, two years taller, but otherwise looking exactly as she used to. Oh, Katie, she gasped. Won't you please tell Philly not to wash the chickens in the rain-water tub? He's put in every one of speckles, and is just beginning on Dane Durden's. I'm afraid one little yellow one is dead already. Why, he mustn't, of course he mustn't, said Katie. What made him think of such a thing? He says they're dirty because they've just come out of eggshells, and he insists that the yellow one them is yolk of egg. I told him it wasn't, but he wouldn't listen to me. And Johnny rung her hands.  Speak pleasantly, you know. I spoke pleasantly, real pleasantly, but it wasn't any use, said Johnny, on whom the wrongs of the chicks had evidently made a deep impression. What a mischief Phil is getting to be, said Elsie. Papa says his name ought to be Pickle. Pickle's turn out very nice sometimes, you know? replied Katie, laughing. He soon Philly came up, escorted by Clover. He looked a little defiant, but Katie understood how to manage him.  I didn't mean to hurt him, really and truly, he said, but they were all dirty and yellow, with egg, you know, and I thought you'd like me to clean them up. But that wasn't egg, Philly.  Was it? Yes. And now the chicks are as cold and forlorn as you would feel if you tumbled into a pond and nobody gave you any dry clothes. Don't you think you ought to go and warm them? How? Well, in your hands, very gently, and then I would let them run around in the sun. I will, said Philly, getting down from her lap. Only kiss me first, because I didn't mean to, you know. Philly was very fond of Katie. Miss Pettingill said it was wonderful to see how that child let himself be managed. But I think the secret was that Katie didn't manage, but tried to be always kind and loving and considerate of Phil's feelings. Before the echo of Phil's boots had fairly died away on the stairs, old Mary put her head into the door. There was a distressed expression on her face. Miss Katie, she said, I wish you'd speak to Alexander about putting the wood shed in order. I don't think you know how bad it looks. I don't suppose I do, said Katie, smiling and then sighing. She had never seen the wood shed since the day of her fall from the swing. Never mind, Mary. I'll talk to Alexander about it, and he shall make it all nice. Mary trotted down the stairs, satisfied. But in the course of a few minutes she was up again. There's a man come with a box of soap, Miss Katie, and here's the bill. He says it's resated. It took Katie a little time to find her purse, and then she wanted her pencil and account book, and Elsie had to move from her seat at the table. Oh, dear, she said, I wish people wouldn't keep coming and interrupting us. Who'll be next, I wonder? She was not left to wander long. Almost as she spoke, there was another knock at the door. Come in, said Katie, rather wearily. The door opened. Shall I, said a voice? There was a rustle of skirts, a clatter of boot heels, and Imogen Clark swept into the room. Katie could not think who it was at first. She had not seen Imogen for almost two years. I found the front door open, explained Imogen in her high-pitched voice, and as nobody seemed to hear when I rang the bell, I ventured to come right upstairs. I hope I'm not interrupting anything private. Not at all, said Katie politely. Elsie, dear, move up that low chair, please. Do sit down, Imogen. I'm sorry nobody answered your ring, but the servants are cleaning house to-day, and I suppose they didn't hear. So Imogen sat down and began to rattle on in her usual manner, while Elsie, from behind Katie's chair, took a wide-awake survey of her dress. It was of cheap material, but very gorgeously made and trimmed, with flounces and puffs, and Imogen wore a jet necklace and long black earrings which jingled and clipped when she waved her head about. She still had the little round curl stuck onto her cheeks, and Elsie wondered anew what kept them in their places. By and by the object of Imogen's visit came out. She had called to say good-bye. The Clark family were all going back to Jacksonville to live. Did you ever see the brigand again? asked Clover, who had never forgotten that eventful tale told in the parlor. Yes, replied Imogen, several times, and I get letters from him quite often. He writes beautiful letters. I wish I had one with me so that I could read you a little bit. Enjoy it, I know. Let me see. Perhaps I have." And she put her hand into her pocket. Sure enough, there was a letter. Clover couldn't help suspecting that Imogen knew it all the time. The brigand seemed to write a bold, black hand, and his note-paper and envelope was just like anybody else's. But perhaps his band had surprised a peddler with a box of stationary. Let me see, said Imogen, running her eye down the page. Read, Imogen, that wouldn't interest you. Hmm, here's something. I took dinner at the rock-house on Christmas. It was lonesome without you. I had roast turkey, roast goose, roast beef, mince pie, plum pudding, and nuts and raisins. A pretty good dinner, was it not? But nothing tastes first-rate when friends are away. Katie and Clover stared, as well they might. Such language from a brigand! John Billings has bought a new horse, continued Imogen. Hmm, hmm, hmm. I don't think there is anything else you'd care about. Oh yes, just here at the end, is some poetry. Come, little dove, with azure wing, and brood upon my breast. That sweet, ain't it? Hasn't he reformed? said Clover. He writes as if he had. Reformed! cried Imogen, with a toss of the jingling earrings. He was always just as good as he could be. There was nothing to be said in reply to this. And he felt her lips twitch, and for fear she should be rude and laugh out, she began to talk as fast as she could about something else. All the time she found herself taking measure of Imogen and thinking, did I ever really like her? How queer! What a wise man Papa is! Imogen stayed half an hour, then she took her leave. She never asked how you were, cried Elsie indignantly. I noticed, and she didn't, not once. Oh, well, I suppose she forgot. We were talking about her, not about me, replied Katie. The little group settled down again to their work. This time half an hour went by without any more interruptions. Then the doorbell rang, and Bridget, with a disturbed face, came upstairs.  Whatever shall I tell her? Katie looked dismayed. Oh, dear, she said, how unlucky! What can we do? Mrs. Warrett was an old friend of Aunt Izzie's, who lived in the country, about six miles from Burnett, and was in the habit of coming to Dr. Carr's for lunch on days when shopping or other business brought her into town. This did not occur often, and as it happened, Katie had never had to entertain her before. Tell her you're busy and can't see her, suggested Bridget. There's no dinner or nothing, you know. The Katie of two years ago would probably have jumped at this idea, but the Katie of today was more considerate. No, she said, I don't like to do that. We must just make the best of it, Bridget. Run down, Clover, dear, that's a good girl, and tell Mrs. Warrett that the dining-room is all in confusion, but that we're going to have lunch here, and after she's rested I should be glad to have her come up. And oh, Clovie, give her a fan the first thing. She'll be so hot. Bridget, you can bring up the luncheon just the same, only take out some canned peaches by way of a dessert, and make Mrs. Warrett a cup of tea. She drinks tea always, I believe. I can't bear to send the poor old lady away when she has come so far, she explained to Elsie after the others were gone.  It took some time to cool Mrs. Warrett off, so nearly twenty minutes passed before a heavy, creaking step on the stairs announced that the guest was on her way up. Elsie began to giggle. Mrs. Warrett always made her giggle. Katie had just time to give her a warning glance before the door opened. Mrs.  Nobody dared to guess how much she weighed, but she looked as if it might be a thousand pounds. Her face was extremely red. In the coldest weather she appeared hot, and on a mild day she seemed absolutely ready to melt. Her bonnet strings were flying loose as she came in, and she fanned herself all the way across the room which shook as she walked. Well, my dear, she said, as she plumped herself into the rocking chair. And how do you do? Very well, thank you," replied Katie, thinking that she never saw Mrs. Warrett look half so fat before and wondering how she was to entertain her. And how's your paw? inquired Mrs. Warrett. Katie answered politely, and then asked after Mrs. Warrett's own health. Well, I'm sosed to be round, was the reply, which had the effect of sending Elsie off into a fit of convulsive laughter behind Katie's chair. I had business at the bank, continued the visitor, and I thought while I was about it I'd step up to Miss Pettingill's and see if I couldn't get her to come and let out my black silk. It was made quite a piece back, and I seemed to have fleshed up since then, for I can't make the hooks and eyes meet at all. But when I got there she was out, so I'd my walk for nothing. Do you know where she's sewing now? No, said Katie, feeling her chair shake and keeping her own countenance with difficulty. She was here for three days last week to make Johnny a school dress, but I haven't heard anything about her since. Elsie, don't you want to round downstairs and ask Bridget to bring a—a—a glass of iced water for Mrs. Warrett? She looks warm after her walk. Elsie, dreadfully ashamed, made a bolt from the room and hit herself in the hall closet to have her laugh out. She came back after a while with a perfectly straight face. Luncheon was brought up. Mrs. Warrett made a good meal and seemed to enjoy everything. She was so comfortable that she never stirred till four o'clock. Oh! How long that afternoon did seem to the poor girls sitting there and trying to think of something to say to their vast visitor. At last Mrs. Warrett got out of her chair and prepared to depart. Well, she said, tying her bonnet strings, I've had a good rest and feel all the better for it. Ain't some of you young folks coming out to see me one of these days? I'd like to have you, first rate, if you will. Tane every girl would know how to take care of a fat old woman and make her feel the home as you have me, Katie. I wish your aunt could see you all as you are now. She'd be right pleased, I know that. Somehow this sentence rang pleasantly in Katie's ears. Ah! Don't laugh at her, she said later in the evening, when the children, after their tea and the clean, fresh-smelling dining-room would come up to sit with her, and Cece, in her pretty, pink, lawn and white shawl had dropped in to spend an hour or two. She's a real kind old woman, and I don't like to have you.  It is doing something for her when we can show a little attention to one of her friends. I was sorry when she came, but now it's over, I'm glad. It feels so nice when it stops aching, quoted Elsie mischievously, while Cece whispered to Clover, isn't Katie sweet? Isn't she, replied Clover, I wish I was half so good. Sometimes I think I shall really be sorry if she ever gets well.  But then I know it's horrid in me, and I don't believe she'd be different or grow slam bang and horrid like some of the girls, even if she were well. Of course she wouldn't, replied Cece. CHAPTER XIII. It was about six weeks after this, that one day Clover and Elsie were busy downstairs. They were startled by the sound of Katie's bell ringing in a sudden and agitated manner. Both ran up two steps at a time to see what was wanted. Katie sat in her chair, looking very much flushed and excited. Oh, girls! she exclaimed. What do you think? I stood up. What? cried Clover and Elsie. I really did. I stood up on my feet, by myself. The others were too much astonished to speak, so Katie went on explaining. It was all at once, you see. Suddenly I had the feeling that if I tried I could, and almost before I thought I did try, and there I was, up and out of the chair. Only I kept hold of the arm all the time. I don't know how I got back. I was so frightened. Oh, girls!  Do you think I shall ever be able to do it again?  Why, of course you will, said Clover, while Elsie danced about crying out anxiously. Be careful. Do be careful. Katie tried, but the spring was gone. She could not move out of the chair at all. She began to wonder if she had dreamed the whole thing. But next day, when Clover happened to be in the room, she heard a sudden exclamation, and turning, there stood Katie absolutely on her feet. Papa! Papa! shrieked Clover rushing downstairs. Dory! John Elsie! Come! Come and see! Papa was out, but all the rest crowded up at once. This time Katie found no trouble in doing it again. It seemed as if her will had been asleep, and now that it had waked up the limbs recognized its orders and obeyed them. When Papa came in he was as much excited as any of the children. He walked round and round the chair, questioning Katie and making her stand up and sit down. Am I really going to get well? She asked, almost in a whisper. Yes, my love, I think you are, replied Dr. Carr, seizing Phil and giving him a toss into the air. None of the children had ever before seen Papa behave so like a boy. But pretty soon, noticing Katie's burning cheeks and excited eyes, he calmed himself, sent the others all away, and sat down to soothe and quiet her with gentle words. I think it is coming, my darling, he said. But it will take time, and you must have a great deal of patience.  Remember, any imprudence will put you back. You must be content to gain a very little at a time. There is no royal road to walking any more than there is to learning. Every baby finds that out. Oh, Papa, said Katie, it's no matter if it takes a year, if only I get well at last. How happy she was that night. Too happy to sleep. Papa noticed the dark circles under her eyes in the morning and shook his head. You must be careful, he told her, or you'll be laid up again.  Katie knew Papa was right, and she was careful, though it was by no means easy to be so with that new life tingling in every limb. Her progress was slow, as Dr. Carr had predicted. At first she only stood on her feet a few seconds, then a minute, and five minutes, holding tightly all the while by the chair. Next she ventured to let go of the chair and stand alone. After that she began to walk a step at a time, pushing a chair before her as children do when they are learning the use of their feet. Clover and Elsie hovered about her as she moved, like anxious mamas. It was droll and a little pitiful to see tall Katie with her feeble, unsteady progress and the active figures of the little sisters following her protectingly. But Katie did not consider it either droll or pitiful. To her it was simply delightful, the most delightful thing possible. No baby of a year old was ever prouder of his first steps than she. Gradually she grew more adventurous and ventured on a bolder flight. Clover running upstairs one day to her own room stood trans-fixed at the side of Katie sitting there, flushed, panting, but enjoying the surprise she caused. You see, she explained in an apologizing tone, I was seized with a desire to explore. It is such a time since I saw any room but my own. But oh dear, how long that hall is! I had forgotten it could be so long. I shall have to take a good rest before I go back." Katie did take a good rest, but she was very tired next day. The experiment, however, did no harm. In the course of two or three weeks she was able to walk all over the second story. This was a great enjoyment. It was like reading an interesting book to see all the new things and the little changes. She was forever wondering over something. Why, Dory, she would say, what a pretty bookshelf! When did you get it? That old thing? Why, I've had it two years. Didn't I ever tell you about it? Perhaps you did, Katie would reply, but you see I never saw it before, so it made no impression. By the end of August she was grown so strong that she began to talk about going downstairs. The pava said, wait. It will tire you much more than walking about on a level, he explained.  I think so too, said Clover, and beside I want to have the house all put in order and made nice before your sharp eyes see it, Mrs. Housekeeper. Oh, I'll tell you, such a beautiful idea has come into my head. You shall fix a day to come down, Katie, and we'll be all ready for you and have a celebration among ourselves. That would be just lovely. How soon may she, Papa? Well, in ten days I should say it might be safe. Ten days? That will bring it to the seventh of September, won't it? said Katie. Then, Papa, if I may, I'll come downstairs the first time on the eighth. It was Mama's birthday, you know, she added in a lower voice. So it was settled. How delicious! cried Clover, skipping about and clapping her hands. I never, never, never did hear of anything so perfectly lovely. Papa, when are you coming downstairs? I want to speak to you dreadfully. Right away, rather than have my coattails pulled off, answered Dr. Carl laughing, and they went away together. Katie sat looking out of the window in a peaceful, happy mood. Oh, she thought, can it really be? Is school going to let out, just as Cousin Helen's hymn said? Am I going to bid a sweet goodbye to pain? But there was love in the pain, I see it now. How good the dear teacher has been to me! Clover seemed to be very busy all the rest of that week. She was having windows washed, she said, but this explanation hardly accounted for her long absences and the mysterious exaltation on her face, not to mention certain sounds of hammering and sawing which came from downstairs. The other children had evidently been warned to say nothing, for once or twice Philly broke out with, oh, Katie, and then hushed himself up, saying, I most forgot. Katie grew very curious, but she saw that the secret, whatever it was, gave immense satisfaction to everybody except herself, so though she longed to know, she concluded not to spoil the fun by asking any questions. At last it wanted but one day of the important occasion. See, said Katie, as Clover came into the room a little before tea time, Miss Pedingill has brought home my new dress, I'm going to wear it for the first time to go downstairs in. How pretty, said Clover, examining the dress, which was a soft, dove-coloured cashmere, trimmed with ribbon of the same shade. But Katie, I came up to shut your door, Bridget's going to sweep the hall, and I don't want the dust to fly in because your room was brushed this morning, you know.  Why don't you make her wait till morning? Oh, she can't. There are—she has—I mean—there are—there are—there are—there are—there are—there will be other things for her to do to-morrow. It's a great deal more convenient that you should do it now. Don't worry, Katie Darling, but just keep your door shut. You will, won't you? Promise me! Very well, said Katie, more and more amazed, but yielding to Clover's eagerness, I'll keep it shut. Her curiosity was excited. She took a book and tried to read, but the letters danced up and down before her eyes and she couldn't help listening. Bridget was making a most ostentatious noise with her broom. But through it all, Katie seemed to hear other sounds—feet on the stairs, doors opening and shutting, once a stifled giggle.  Never mind, she said, resolutely stopping her ears. I shall know all about it to-morrow. Tomorrow dawned fresh and fair, the very ideal of a September day. Katie, said Clover, as she came in from the garden with her hands full of flowers, that dress of yours is sweet. You never looked so nice before in your life. And she stuck a beautiful carnation pink under Katie's breast-pin and fastened another in her hair. There, she said, now you're adorned. Papa is coming up in a few minutes to take you down. Just then Elsie and John came in. They had on their best frocks, so had Clover. It was evidently a festival day to all the house. Cece followed, invited over for the special purpose of seeing Katie walk downstairs. She, too, had on a new frock. How fine we are, said Clover, as she remarked this magnificence. Turn around, Cece. A panier I do declare, and a sash. You are getting awfully grown up, Miss Hall. None of us will ever be as grown up as Katie, said Cece, laughing. And now Papa appeared. Very slowly they all went downstairs, Katie leaning on Papa, with Dory on her other side, and the girls behind, while Philly clattered ahead. And there were Debbie and Bridget and Alexander peeping out of the kitchen door to watch her, and dear old Mary with her apron at her eyes crying for joy. Oh, the front door is open, said Katie in a delighted tone. How nice! And what a pretty oilcloth. That's new since I was here. Don't stop to look at that, cried Philly, who seemed in a great hurry about something. It isn't new. It's been there ever and ever so long. Come into the parlor instead. Yes, said Papa. Dinner isn't quite ready yet.  You have borne it admirably, Katie. Are you very tired? Not a bit, replied Katie cheerfully. I could do it alone, I think. Oh, the bookcase door has been mended. How nice it looks! Don't wait! Oh, don't wait! repeated Phil in an agony of impatience. So they moved on. Papa opened the parlor door. Katie took one step into the room, then stopped. The colour flashed over her face, and she held by the doorknob to support herself. What was it that she saw? Not merely the room itself, with its fresh muslin curtains and vases of flowers, nor even the wide, beautiful window which had been cut toward the sun or the inviting little couch and table which stood there evidently for her. No. There was something else. The sofa was pulled out, and there upon it, supported by pillows, her bright eyes turned to the door, late cousin Helen. When she saw Katie she held out her arms. Clover and Cece agreed afterward that they never were so frightened in their lives at this moment. For Katie, forgetting her weakness, let go of Papa's arm and absolutely ran toward the sofa. Oh, cousin Helen! Dear, dear cousin Helen!" she cried. Then she tumbled down by the sofa somehow. The two pairs of arms and the two faces met, and for a moment or two, not a word more was heard from anybody. Isn't it a nice prize? shouted Philly, turning a somersault by way of relieving his feelings, while John and Dory executed a sort of war dance around the sofa. Philly's voice seemed to break the spell of silence, and a perfect hubbub of questions and exclamations began. It appeared that this happy thought of getting cousin Helen to the celebration was Clover's. She it was who had proposed her to Papa and made all the arrangements, and artful puss she had set Bridget to sweep the hall on purpose that Katie might not hear the noise of the arrival. "'Cousin Helen's going to stay three weeks this time. Isn't that nice?' asked Elsie, while Clover anxiously questioned, "'Are you sure you didn't suspect? Not one bit? Not the least tiny weenie might?' "'No, indeed. Not the least. How could I suspect anything so perfectly delightful?' And Katie gave cousin Helen another rapturous kiss. Such a short day as that seemed. There was so much to see, to ask about, to talk over, that the hours flew and evening dropped upon them all like another great surprise. Cousin Helen was perhaps the happiest of the party. Beside the pleasure of knowing Katie to be almost well again, she had the additional enjoyment of seeing for herself how many changes for the better had taken place during the four years among the little cousins she loved so much. It was very interesting to watch them all. Elsie and Dory seemed to her the most improved of the family. Elsie had quite lost her plaintive look and little injured tone, and was as bright and beaming a maiden of twelve as anyone could wish to see. Dory's moody face had grown open and sensible, and his manners were good-humored and obliging. He was still a sober boy, and not especially quick in catching an idea, but he promised to turn out a valuable man. And to him, as to all the other children, Katie was evidently the centre and the sun. They all revolved about her and trusted her for everything. Cousin Helen looked on as Phil came in crying after a hard tumble and was consoled, as Johnny whispered an important secret, and Elsie begged for help in her work. She saw Katie meet them all pleasantly and sweetly, without a bit of the dictatorial elder sister in her manner, and with none of her old, impetuous tone. And best of all she saw the change in Katie's own face, the gentle expression of her eyes, the womanly look, the pleasant voice, the politeness, the tact in advising the others without seeming to advise. Dear Katie, she said a day or two after her arrival, this visit is a great pleasure to me. You can't think how great.  Do you remember? Indeed I do. And how good you were, and how you helped me, I shall never forget that. I'm glad. But what I could do was very little. You have been learning by yourself all this time. And Katie, darling, I want to tell you how pleased I am to see how bravely you have worked your way up. I can perceive it in everything, in papa, in the children in yourself. You have won the place which you recollect I once told you an invalid should try to gain, of being to everybody the heart of the house. Oh, cousin Helen don't, said Katie, her eyes filling with sudden tears. I haven't been brave.  Every day I see things which ought to be done, and I don't do them. It's too delightful to have you praise me, but you mustn't. I don't deserve it. But although she said she didn't deserve it, I think that Katie did. End of chapter 13. End of what Katie did by Susan Coolidge.


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Aloha, and welcome to Business in Hawaii with Reg Baker. We're a show that broadcasts every Thursday from 2 to 2.30, from the high-tech studio offices of Think Tech Hawaii and beautiful downtown Halalulu. We're a show that focuses on success stories of businesses and individuals in Hawaii, and occasionally we talk to people that are influential in making sure that companies survive and are successful. And today is one of those days. We've got Senator Josh Green joining us today. He's been a very busy guy. He's been running all over the country and doing all kinds of neat things and getting his hands in just so many different opportunities in Hawaii to make life better. And he's a recurring guest here. So Senator, it's great to have you back on the show. Thank you, Reg. All right.  And remember, we only got 30 minutes here. So can you give us like a quick summary of some of the things that you've been working on? Sure. So I'm trying to focus as a legislator physician on a lot of different issues that will impact families all across our state. So you know me as a doctor. I still work full-time in the hospital. I'm an emergency room doc on the big island. I do all my clinical work there. I just got off a three-day shift. So I'm still seeing all the challenges that we have as a healthcare community. And that's a tough community to be doing because there's a big need out there. There is. And an individual came in the middle of the night, just two nights ago, near respiratory arrest. She needed our help. And I was so glad the nurses were there and did my part. So people stay alive because the community hospitals survive. And that's been a big part of our business environment, as you know. I followed that up with other action just a day later. I was over on Maui speaking to the Maui Medical Association and to the new administrators at Maui Memorial. As you know, this past year, we privatized the hospital. We made a decision to change directions, change course a little bit on how we do our public hospital safety net. Kaiser has taken over. And I wanted to meet with those executives and make sure that they were both living up to the promises that we have for our people, and they are. And also to see that they're going to move forward with investment, with recruitment and so on. It's good to keep an eye on that. Just make sure that people do what they say they're going to do. Yes. And there's a lot of tax dollars at stake. We're aware of that. I certainly am. There is a long-standing need on Maui for more providers. I run another part of my life is as the medical director of the Hawaii IPA, which is an independent physician association. We have 800 docs across the state. This is my private sector side, if you will. And I want to make sure of the doctors on Maui, we have 112 doctors over there that they're engaged. They're taking care of patients with another 680 here on Oahu, that they're doing all they can to take care of people who are Medicare and Medicaid. And that they're also starting good small businesses.  So this is an economic driver for the state. So these things, plus my homeless initiatives, are kind of what I've been on.  Well, obviously, you've got a very large plate and a lot of different things going on. We've got a special session coming up, too. How active are you in that? Well, I'm watching it very closely. So that kind of is the, let's call it the $10 billion question. It's not the $64 million question any longer. The rail has to get completed, in my opinion. The entire special session, which will come at the end of the month, is about the rail. We have to strike a balance between, in my opinion, one person's opinion, getting this darn thing done. I don't think we need to have an artifact, a Stonehenge in Hawaii, if you will, that doesn't get done. On the other hand, the taxpayers deserve some kind of prudence here at the end. We can't have a blank checkbook. We can't have an open-ended process that doesn't have audits. We have to decide, as a legislative body, do we increase the general exercise tax or extend that tax further? And how do we address the TAT, the Transit Accommodation Tax, which is the tax on hotels as you've spoken eloquently about? And where? These are the big questions. I have a commitment to do a couple of things. One, make sure that the taxpayers aren't victimized. And two, that the project gets completed in some kind of sane way, if that's possible. Right. Well, these are all very controversial issues. And I guess, depending upon who you talk to, you're going to be getting different answers. You know, just trying to get it done in the most cost-efficient manner at this point has got to be one of the main objectives. It is, because people will speak politically about this, of course. And I know. There was plenty of reason to be totally against it, and there's plenty of reason to be totally for it, depending on what your perspective is in Hawaii. But there's no reason to walk away from a several billion dollar start and do nothing. I think that would leave a black eye on the entire business community. It wouldn't be the fault of the small businesses. It would just look like, in Hawaii, we can't get something done. I don't want to see us waste money. I also am cognizant of the fact that people don't want to see a bottomless pit of money. And so, I think, like I said earlier, it's got to get done, but it's got to get done in a way that some people can reach a comfort space with. Right. Now, it's very tough decisions to be made in the near future, and it's good to know that you're going to be kind of keeping an eye on these things for us. So that's great. You just came back from a trip? Yes, I did. Many trips now. My life is getting a little more complicated. It's not the greatest of secrets that I'm about ready to launch a statewide campaign. I did travel to D.C. and I traveled also to Washington State for very different reasons. The trip I took to Washington State was in many ways more interesting. I was invited by the University of Washington and their medical staff and their mayor to give them ideas on how to solve a homeless crisis in both their state and ours. I've spent a lot of time thinking about this as a physician and as the chair of the Human Services Committee, which is a $3 billion part of our budget each year. And I've come to the conclusion, based on facts and data, that if you look at homelessness as an economic challenge and as a health condition and you put roofs over people's heads, those who are capable of accepting services, everyone's got concerns with drug addiction, mental illness in the population. If you do that, we see a 43% savings on their health care spend. That means hundreds of millions of dollars, taxpayer dollars, can go back into the government, can be invested in whatever people's flavor of the month is, whether it could be tax credits for small businesses, it could be more primary education at elementary schools, it could be health care dollars in drug treatment.  And I went to Washington State and met with the leaders of that state, gave the talk several times that I give, and it was great. I also toured all their facilities because I want to learn the best things that other states are doing to bring them back to Hawaii to try to help our homeless population get to a solution. Well, what have you come up with any proposed solutions to this? I mean, that's a pretty serious issue. It is. I do have a solution. The solution is the following. You look at the homeless challenge through a much broader lens than we have. The people that work on it right now are extraordinary human beings. They're heartfelt. The social service organizations do incredible work. But that's not the whole challenge, just to put people into housing. You have to actually create some continuity of service. And it has to include comprehensive health care. For example, this year, Queens Hospital, our main hospital in the state, among a couple other peers, is going to lose $97 million just Queens because of the recurrence of individuals. 30% of their ER is now populated by individuals who are homeless. 30%. And hospital beds over and over again are filled. They have to have a medical solution. So my solution puts medical care directly in hand in hand in tandem with the social services and the housing components. I'm hoping to do that with the mayor of Honolulu. What a novel thought to kind of bring all these interested parties together and have them collaborate and work together. And I was just going to comment, having 30% go through the emergency room, I mean, that is the most expensive place to go for health care. To save, to move them out of the emergency room and get them into maybe a more of a primary care type of environment could save those facilities and the state. Huge amounts of money. Yeah, let me break it down for people out there who are interested in the cost side of it because there is the humanitarian side, which we all embrace, which is to get people better care so they're not suffering. But the health economics of it are so profound, you have to look at this. And I've convened all of these individuals so everyone's on the same page. If an individual's homeless and they call the medics, it's $1,050 for the medic ride, the ambulance. If someone goes through the ER, it's a minimum of $1,200 for the ER visit. If they're held, and I'm an ER doctor, so I can tell you this is a fact, okay? If they're held overnight, it's $3,000. If someone's hospitalized for a week, it's another $30,000 because of their infections, because of the mental illness they're dealing with or the rehabilitation for their drug addiction. So the average spend for an individual right now who's homeless in the state of Hawaii approaches $80,000 per year. If instead an individual who is on the street who is having a tough moment or a tough day called the H4, which is what I'm proposing, which means hygiene on the first level, mayor's on that, health care on the second, housing on the third, and it is a humanitarian endeavor. We're getting financial support from the humanitarian philanthropic community. If you add that component, that health care component, someone can come in there to a private van which costs virtually nothing. They can get care in a fixed sense for $60, $70, and then you have support services to get them into housing. For $100 or $200, rather than potentially several thousand dollars, you get actually better services. People are familiar with the individual. I know these individuals by name, and actually you do something good for them because they get into housing rather than being right back on the street.  Every time, one gentleman who I've spoken about at great length, he's a very, very sweet guy. He shared his name with us. I'll just call him Gary for our interview today. I won't use his last name. Gary went to the hospital 241 times last year at the Queens. His hospital bills were $1.23 million, just Gary for the year, his health care costs. And Gary's not even that sick. He has needs. He could have been housed for $18,000. He probably would have seen his health care spend drop, statewide it drops 43%. Gary's probably would have dropped 80% or more. We could have saved $900,000 on one patient alone, one human soul alone, and all that money could have been used to fund an entire staff for a homeless facility. It could have been meals for, goodness knows how many of our capuna. So we have to kind of evolve on the way we look at this. And I've proposed, and it's gonna take time, that we use Medicaid resources, as long as we can guarantee we get dollar for dollar match back. This will interest you. I didn't even get to share this with you, Reg, when we were speaking before. I was out there in DC in the following trip. And sure enough, the administration, President Trump's administration was having some meetings. And sometimes we go back and forth a little here and there. But he sent Dr. Carson, Ben Carson, who's the head of HUD out. And Dr. Carson went and spoke to the national conference on housing and housing coalitions. He proposed essentially my exact idea, which was spend the money, spend it from a reserve of monies that you have, which are Medicaid dollars, and you will get dollar for dollar back. Here, we will get my estimation, two dollars back for every dollar we spend. But if you can guarantee you get a dollar for dollar back because you're spending it right, why not take care of people? Help them with this schizophrenia. Help them with the addiction they have. Help them just with the challenges they have economically. So it's not a partisan issue even, which was gratifying to me. It's about people. And at any given time, we estimate that in our society, as many as 20% of our people are just two paychecks away from potentially being houseless. It's a constant amazement to me that there are such a large percentage of people that's essentially living paycheck to paycheck, which means they're one paycheck away from being homeless. And that's just the financial side of things. I mean, a lot of homeless, it's not just financial.  There's, I guess, addiction issues that are driving them out of the homes into the streets. That's right, because I've got a lot of family and friends. I even have a family member who's been afflicted by heroin addiction. And it is just tragic because you take this individual who you love so deeply and dearly and then they can't control themselves. They will be stealing. They're hurting themselves and they're hurting others around them. And sometimes all of our, we're both fathers, our fatherly instincts and our motherly instincts for the moms out there watching kick in and you just have to help and save the other family members. And there are times when you can't do all that you would. It's very difficult to make those kind of choices. Let's put this on hold for a second. We've got to go on a quick break. And when we come back, maybe we can talk a little bit more about this. This is Business in Hawaii with Reg Baker. I'm here with Josh Green today, talking a little bit about some of possible solutions that are homeless and some of his future plans we'll be right back. Ted Rawson here folks, your host on Where the Drone Leads, our weekly show at noon on Thursdays here on Think Deck. 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I'm here this week talking with Senator Josh Green about some of the future plans he has as well as some possible solutions to homelessness in Hawaii. And there are some fairly simple solutions that can be both economically and socially responsible. So this is a great discussion to be having. I'm just amazed that we haven't been able to collaborate and get something like this going before. There's a lot of inertia. A lot of times people have the easy solution right in front of them and it's just too obvious but then it takes a big lift to do. That way I came up with the idea to utilize a small amount of Medicaid resource to both help people get them housed and then have savings in turn. I was sitting there on call in Kohala on duty in the hospital. I'd seen the same individual for the sixth or eighth time. I knew that I wasn't helping him as a doctor except for the few hours I saw him. And then when I went back to the state capitol and saw our budget and saw the incredible burden that repeat healthcare users use and utilize and how that impacts the budget without getting them better, I thought to myself, well, here's a simple solution. Let's actually get the housing for the individual which is less expensive and then we'll see savings and we'll help the person. So sometimes it just takes a circumstance.  And one of the thoughts that I've had in the past that I think you and I have touched on before is sometimes when the emergency rooms in the hospitals, if we're able to cut their guest load by 30%, have them go somewhere else and take that cost out of their budget, they could be literally saving tens of millions of dollars. It would behoove them to maybe take a little piece of that and help with this process so that, you know, spend two million but save 10. Yeah. I think it's a good trade-off. It is. That's what Queens is doing. Queens is stepping up to the plate right now. I'm actually gonna leave from our talk today. I'm gonna go sit with Mayor Caldwell and continue this dialogue about the H4 program. I have a meeting with Queens on the 24th and we meet constantly with leaders from all across the state, leaders at the insurers, community, foundation leaders, business leaders. So it is sometimes the case where if you invest properly and you see bigger savings than everyone feels both good about themselves and it was a good business decision, the funniest part of this whole experience was the day that I was watching the news and I ended and listening to the news and I saw Rush Limbaugh and National Public Radio both support the same idea. And I thought to myself, if we can do it with an idea, just maybe this country can settle down a little bit and solve some problem for people who are having a tough go. You know, what we need, I think, for things to settle down a little bit is for a common goal that we can all agree on that we could all put our resources behind to make happen. Yeah, and 25% of all homeless people are kids and a very small number of people in our society, it's about 3.6%, are consuming 60% of our budget and that doesn't leave a lot of resources for other people who have need, whether it's young moms or teachers that are teaching special education. There's so many challenges which you're very familiar with as a commentator and as a business leader that we can't afford not to be funding but that means we have to be smarter. One of the things that I think we lack in government is we haven't often had the time and enough leadership to just take the calm, smart road, look at it from an economic perspective and bring all of the voices to the table and get different perspectives. I got to this idea by talking to some of our most conservative healthcare providers in the state and some of our most liberal social type people which was amazing. Well, and it's amazing how they can all come together for the common good when there is that target to shoot for. And they feel very good about it too, that in American society and political society today, there's so much rancor. And I don't even think people who are part of the fight like it most of the time. There are a couple of people out there that like to really go at it but most people would prefer to feel good about a solution and to help a lot of people. And we have to, like you said, find a common ground. If we can do that, we're a better country. Well, and I think it's rewarding to me or gives me some comfort to know that you're so proactive in all of this, which I can't help but ask, what's your future plans looking like? I mean, you kind of touched on it earlier that you're looking at other opportunities. Is there anything you can share with us? I can. In the next few days, I'll be making a major announcement. My family and I have soul searched over this. I traveled the state in the last three or four months since the legislature let out. My wife and I spent a lot of time talking about it and I do expect to announce statewide candidacy for Lieutenant Governor. I'll make the final decision in a few days. I'd like to do it in a proper way because I'd like to show what I'm gonna be as a candidate. Sometime around September 1st, I intend to tell people how I would like my supporters and people across the state to engage in the beginning of a campaign. I wanna see that people come together. I wanna see government actually work for families instead of what's often happened, which is we work at odds with families. So there's a lot of things to share and I'll give the full story around September 1st. Very good. That sounds very exciting. And I know you've already been demonstrating through your actions what your campaign and what your candidacy is gonna look like. And sometimes that counts more than just words. So it seems to be coming together quite nicely for you. It's nice. And if people are watching today, please keep and set aside a little bit of time over Labor Day weekend. I intend to make a call to action that I'll of course be participating in hour in and hour out throughout that long weekend. I think there's a lot we can do for people and there's a lot that our community wants to do for people, but we have to come together. There's lots of opportunities out there. There are. And we just need somebody to kinda help lead the charge and point us in the right direction. And I think we'll find that there's a lot of people in this community that's ready to get engaged. Oh, there's so many. I meet a lot of extraordinary leaders, whether it's Connie down at IHS to someone like you in the business community, going to DC, advocating for us, fighting for businesses. There are some great leaders across the state. And I've met a lot of nurses that I see as leaders and I see social workers as leaders. And my goodness, the teachers, what they go through. It's tough these days. We were talking about the police officers before. A lot of times people get down on police officers, but as I said to you in the break, police officers have a tough go when there are a lot of people out there on drugs and there's a lot of violence. I respect what they have to do. So they're leaders all across the state, but I do think we have to find a common ground and common purpose. And maybe that's what campaigns are about. Maybe that'll be our opportunity. Well, that's certainly the rallying call. So that'd be great. And I wanna echo your thoughts about the police officers. It's a job that not a lot of people would want to do or could do. And so for people that do step up and put themselves in that position to take care of that side of society of maybe we'd rather not see too much. I mean, it takes a special individual and we gotta support that. We do. When you see it from the perspective that we see it, whether you're in downtown Honolulu and you see how tough it can be, sometimes I've been in the hospital and someone's come in with an individual that's been very violent. Unfortunately, drugs are tough these days and the drugs cause a lot of very serious mental illness and combative behavior. I've seen, sorry, I've seen police officers cut. I've seen people be punched and bitten and they're trying to protect even the individual who's causing the violence because they don't want them to hurt more people and then all the rest of us who are in the community. So I'm very sensitive to that. It's not an easy job.  No, I totally agree. And it's not only tough on that individual but also for their families because they have to put up with a lot as well. Yeah, it's dramatic too. You see when someone goes to go into a drug den, these days, as I wasn't planning on talking about opioids today, but I might as well mention it, it's one of the big problems. The opioid epidemic in our country has surged. Now we just found out the data yesterday, 18% higher death rate among teens from opioid overdoses in just one year over the next. And now the drugs are so potent that sometimes police officers, firefighters, EMTs go into a house where drug dealing is going on. The dust alone can cause an overdose. These are synthetic drugs. So they have to go in there geared up as though it's a hazmat situation. I mean, these are public servants and they're putting themselves in harm's way and they're not always positive as a family unit that they're coming home at night. So these are the kind of people that are out there and in many ways they're our leaders. I think though that they often need someone to be their voice, because they're not gonna toot their own horn. No, matter of fact, a lot of times they don't wanna talk about it at all. Right. So as far as the drug addiction, I know you mentioned 18% increase in the 18 year old groups. Yeah. How would you evaluate our situation here in Hawaii? I assume that 18% is a national national. It is, yes. So our numbers are better here in Hawaii. The good news on the opioid crisis for Hawaii is our prescribers are really cognizant of the challenge. We're the lowest prescribing community in the country, 50th out of 50 states. So we have the fewest pain pills that are put into prescription circulation per doctor per patient per year, which is great. Now that's the good news. The bad news is that two years ago, fatalities from overdose from opioids surged and exceeded the number of deaths from car accidents in our state. So it is a major problem. And part of the tragedy is it can almost completely be avoided and prevented because we don't need to have so many addictive pills out in circulation. And those who are addicted, if they don't get their pills, they go and buy heroin. And that's also terrible. So we need more drug treatment. We need the professionals to be a little bit more aware. And frankly, we have to all step up as citizens because in the United States, we have 4% of the world's population, but we consume 80% of the world's opioids, which is an incredible number. So it's a part of our culture. We've become accustomed to an attempt at a quick fix, an attempt at solutions that don't require long-term commitment, which is what addiction treatment requires. And that hurts us. And it means that we are really asking to be a culture of overdose and addiction. And that whole thing has to be reversed. I'll cut to the chase, Reg. If I do get selected, honored to be Lieutenant Governor, I'm gonna be working on two or three major issues, no matter who our governor is. And those are homelessness and a solution statewide, dealing with the opioid addiction crisis and healthcare access for everybody and working to change the economic trajectory of our state, meaning creating healthcare jobs, good middle-class jobs, jobs so that people can have housing and they don't get desperate and end up with addiction and don't end up with these other problems like becoming homeless. So that's the approach I will take and I take it as a local doctor, not as a career politician. I see the problems in front of me and I try to find a direct solution as an ER doc would. I don't typically spend a lot of time in the mindset of being a state senator. So that's what people will get from me. I can't speak to whether it is what people want yet, but I do know it's very different. Well, you know, I wish we had more time to talk, but we're at the end of the show, but I gotta just say that those three objectives that you wanna work on as Lieutenant Governor, tell you what, if you can make progress on any of those three, you got my vote for governor. Thank you, I appreciate it. Thank you, Senator. It's great to have you on the show today. This is Business in Hawaii with Reg Baker. We broadcast live every Thursday from two to two 30 from the downtown studios of Think Tech Hawaii. We have a great group of technicians here. They make the show work well every single week. And of course, we have great guests like Senator Josh Green to make the show widely watched. All right, thank you again. See you next week. Aloha.


In this video, we provide the solution to question number 10 for practice exam number 3 for math 1060 in which case We're asked to find all the solutions to the equation cosine theta minus 2 sine theta cosine theta equals 0 We want to find these on the interval 0 to 2 pi So we're going to be solving this in radians When I look at this equation the first thing I notice is the right hand side is 0 So maybe I could factor the left hand side the left hand side There is a common divisor of cosine theta So factor that out this gives us cosine theta times 1 minus 2 sine theta is equal to 0 So we can set each factor equal to 0 you get cosine theta equals 0 and we get 1 minus 2 sine theta Equals 0 so solving these the first one's basically there cosine theta equals 0 When does cosine equals 0 that happens at the top of the unit circle in the bottom of the unit circle So we're going to end up with theta equals pi halves and 3 pi halves from that one We only have to find solutions up to 2 pi so I can I don't need anything else I don't need like a 2 plus 2 pi k or anything like that for the second one subtract 1 from both sides We get negative 2 sine theta equals negative 1 divide both sides by negative 2 we get sine theta is equal to 1 half When does code when does sine equal on half that'll happen in the first quadrant and in the second quadrant in The first quadrant that'll happen at pi 6th in the second quadrant that'll happen at the angle which references pi 6th Which of course is pi takeaway pi 6th in other words you get 5 pi 6th like so And so when we put all these solutions together we get the final answer We're going to get pi 6th pi halves 5 pi 6th and Then 3 pi 6th so there are 3 pi halves Excuse me. There are four solutions to this equation here


Hi everyone, Sean with Jastbeatscasebreaks.com here doing a random number block randomizer for the Jags, Jets, Colts, Broncos, Rams and Lions in 2021 Black Football. Random number block picker team, six box picker team number eleven. So this is a random number block randomizer for these six teams in this random number block. And every spot gets a random number for the break from zero through nine. If you get a number three, you'll get all cards with three being the first number next to the slash on the left side of the slash for those teams. So for example, if the card is thirteen out of ninety nine, three out of twenty five, forty three out of forty nine, ninety three out of ninety nine and so on the number three with the cards. All redemption cards go to the zero spot. Even if it is a known one of one, it will still go to the zero spot. And any and all non numbered cards, if there are any, for those teams will be randomized to one person in the break at the end of the break. So there you go. Or one person in the random number block at the end of the break. So here is the list of customers. Thanks to everybody for getting in from Troy down to Steve. Steve with Last Pop Mojo times two. And here are the numbers from zero through nine. Dice roll randomized both lists and pair them up two and a two four times. Good luck guys. Fourth and final time on the names from Joe down to Michael Picora. And four times on the numbers. Fourth and final time from two down to zero. And there you go. So you see four times on the numbers. Four times on the names. And four times on the dice. So Joe Locust with two. Mark Rowe with three. Jose Rodriguez Jr. Troy Rimmer five. Steve Burch four. Troy Rimmer seven. Scott Quinlan one. Michael Picora six. Steve Burch nine. Michael Picora zero. So let's sort this by number. So Michael Picora with the zero spot gets any and all redemption for these six teams in this random number block. Even known one of one redemptions. While Scott Quinlan with the one spot would get any live and in person one of ones for those same six teams. And like I said any non numbered cards for these teams will be randomized to one person in the random number block at the end of the break. And there you go. That's the random number block randomizer for the Jags Jets Colts Broncos Rams and Lions in 2021 black football pick a team. Number 11 six box half case break. I'm Sean Jasper's case breaks dot com. There's one more random block with four spots left and we can do the break tonight. Jasper's case breaks dot com. Thanks for hanging out. See you next time.