The Silent Voice

Due to a growth on one of my vocal chords, which has been removed by sur­gery, I have been forbidden to speak, even a single word, for at least five weeks. At this writing, three of the five weeks have already passed, and if all is well I hope to be completely recovered when this number of our Beacon Lights appears in print. The reason the Doctor forbade me to speak even a single word for this period of time he explained as follows: “An injured vocal cord,” he said “is just like a fractured...