<TITLE>05. Par 40-40</TITLE>L-40 I was... Thought of this the other night. I was at a certain hospital. And our pastor, I thought he was sick; but he had just wore out: run, run, run, run till he just exhausted. And some of them said, called up... They called in the office down there and asked if I'd make his calls. Well, I'd been with business acts all day, and ministers from different places, and I said, "Yes."
Well, I went to make his calls. And I went to a certain hospital. And they give me a woman's name and a--and a number where she was at. I goes up to this room; I went over to the lady at... It--it was about fifteen, twenty minutes before receiving time for visitors, so I went over and told the lady I was a minister and would like to see certain-certain woman. She looked me in the face, and she was doing something. She turned around first, said, "So what do you want?"
And I said, "I would like to know where a certain-certain lady is in this ward."
She said, "I don't know."
I said, "Well, I was given a number, a certain place, and I thought I'd ask first."
Said, "Well, if you got a number, go see it."
"Thank you." I goes down there and said at the door of the ward, and I said, "Is there a lady in here named so-and-so?"
"No."
Well, I went back and looked at my ticket; that's where it said. So I goes back, and the lady was standing there; I said,
"That was the wrong number."
"What did you say her name was?" I said... Said, "She's not on this floor."
"Thank you." I said, "I'll go upstairs then."
41a      So I goes up to the next room, and I went to the... First, there was a doctor setting at the desk, and I--setting there scratching his head. Said, "How do you do?" He just looked up, looked down. "Well," I thought, "I'd better leave him alone." So I went on down the row a little farther, and I found a lady at the desk, a nurse. I said, "Pardon me."
Said, "What do you want?"
And I said, "Is there a lady up here by a certain-certain name?"
And she said, "I don't know." And I--I said... She said...
I said, "I was supposed to have a--a room number 321--or 221." And I said, "I went to that room, and there was no one there. And the lady said, 'There's no one down here named that,' so said, 'maybe it was upstairs.'"
And she said, "Well then, why don't you go to 2--321 then."
I said, "Thank you." I goes down to 321 and I said--or 22--321, and I said, "Is there a lady in here named So-and-so?"
"No."
There was a lady laying there, said, "She was across the room, across the room over on--on the other, 31."
"Thank you, lady." I walked over; I said, "Is lady So-and-so here?"
"No, they moved her out; she's downstairs."
41b      I thought--I thought, "My." I goes back downstairs again; I--I... And she--they--they give me the room number. And I went downstairs, and I looked all... I was afraid to go to that desk again, so I looked all up and down, trying to find that room number. And I--I looked; and couldn't find it.
They got little wings and things cut up in this hospital, so here come this doctor walking down with his stereoscopes in his hand and satchel. And I never did see a man was four foot tall and four foot wide, but he just about matched the... He was walking along there; I said, "Good evening, sir. Could you tell me where room number so-and-so was at?"
He said, "Up this way and out that way."
I said, "Thank you for your information."
That's the truth; he said, "Up this way and out that way."
And I said, "Thank you." I thought, "I haven't got anywhere yet."


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