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In the twenty-first century, almost no one can remember the days when there was no electricity, no running water, no television, no radio, no health insurance, no cash, no check in the mail. There was hard work, tepid creek water, sweat, mosquitoes and malaria. Andrew and Katie, along with their three childrenaElsie, Inez and baby Andyafelt no self pity, but cherished the many things in life that made them glad. The most wonderful thing that cheered them was the new log house that Andrew was building from logs he had cut and hewed by hand. It was to have three glass windows However, before the windows were installed, hard times had to be faced. Grandpa died of typhoid; little Andy nearly succumbed to pneumonia, and malaria raged among them. Hard times never last. And when the windows were installed, the lamplight streaming through them dispelled all darkness in its surroundings.