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Show SOME MAY GO . . : . . MORE MAY GIVE . . : . . ALL MAY PRAY MISSIONARY DEPARTMENT OF THE National Assnrtattmt for tiy* Promotion 0f iuilmrss WOODFORD TAYLOR, SUPT. TUNGCHANGFU, SHANTUNG, CHINA J?3L..„Jk(..P.5 192 Dear Bro. and Bister Elli: Thank you for your invitation to take in trie American party if they should go to Techow to take the train. 1 will also be along with them although I can't swan as a part of the American party, but I can sleep in the hall or on the door step. I must see the children at least that far if not on to Shanghai. Kay I ask ahother favor. You know how very uncertain the trains are. We want to take the Blue kxpress on t* Monday trie 8th. unless you happen to know the condition is too uncertain. I have written to Tsingtao to enquire if it is easy to secure passage from there to Shan glial by boat without making previous arrangement, and if boats go daily. I have not had a reply as yet, but J asked for information by wire, and may get it at any time. Yon know how necessary it is to be on time, or even ahead of time, if you want to take your steamer, so we dont want to leave too short a time to get to Shanghai. kow what I want in this, that if you find out about Wed. or even Thursday that the Express is likely to be completely off service, so that we had better try the Tsingtao way, will you please send me a wire. All you need to say is "'Taylor Tungchangfu UncertainTT and T will know you think you thick it is sufficiently uncertain to warn us to not count on it. Otherwise ,we will come along with the foIks for Pelt a i ho. I hear you are not to be in Peitaiho &»*»n*n* summer. Sorry now thinking warm here„ the same. ,-p 'c w i n no poinrr uo. get tovisit with of going up. It is begin: re are all pretty well, and you, tor we are ing to get a little hope you are "both With best wishes. Your brother in ehrist "k^/-t "7 |
