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Show 2. them for much wisdom and'helpful advicf in deciding difficult matters here. We expect to leave h®v® for mission moating about the Wih of March.spend a Sunday in PC. and reach TungOhou as early as April Sth.Wlg© by house-boat as usual.lhile north I plan to visit the hospitals of other missions and to get all the ideas possible for use in our future work.As the medical work presses upon me more and iaore,Ifeel the nesed of knowing how other physicians anapt their methods to conditions here, That will be one of the advantages of being in P.O. this summer. Jf%b. 3. 'Hew thaa iatfra*fts|yett but not becauae I have forgoirjren yon for an hour. fe are having guestefMiss 0race and Miss Lyons came down with our school-virxnfrGXi r.*?. three days ago,and will be with us two days longer.We are ea» Joying then y^ry jgueh.Mis* Lyon® is going to take my little s.8. class to-dayand so I can take time now for writing. Yesterday we had a little tea drinking for the women of the church ,*o that they might have a chance to -seat the guest sand at the same tine we had the examinations of the little girls* school.We think the mother* will.be loore interested, in having the sfct-children attend, regularly.They must have been proud of then, we t«ft^ Several of themwsre able to recite chapter after chapter of Mat&awir,besides the work in tlietr other books.dext term *e will give more attention to arithmetic than they have yet done. Since we are to be awayfor six w«eks or so Wc'wlil not start our boarding school until fall when we get back from P.O."Vacation will last about a month. The little boys* school closed a week afto. We and xxx our teachers were invited to the:,closing ©xereiess. The boys have more K f l ^ r 1 * * 0 ^ t l m ? t h ? , m Z l 8 > 0 h i n « « classics,g*ofera»hy,and arithmetic. .no examinations in all of these showed that they had done good work.Mrs. Kill* ha€ provided a treat of pea-nuts dried persimmons candy and cakes of several kinds, r. Ellis had some pressing work ^a we had to come away early innxvxn-, teachers and sehoelars enjoying the refreshment*. " % Feb.I. Callers interrupted mm at that point, then case church and Sunday school. My little class has grown to twelve,and they are such attractive little £irl*.&iss Lyons lead them so nicely.These old testament lessons are k not easy to teach.I would give considerable for a good set of Bible picture*. Tlat is one of the things I plan to mm^ for soon but I want them now.I am giving the children each Sunday papers that were sent bf Miss Porter from tag Primary class of the |,y. church,and the children gather around me and each thanks mewOrth a funnfe little bow for h®£> paper. The older children are aaxiouc that the little ones should not forget this part oftheir duty, and so it often happen* that some little tot, vigorously"instructed by an older sister or cousin* is forced to thank me several times.Ivea the pictures are mysterious to most of thea ,but they like to get the papers %ny way. After o our Sunday dinnerlrs. Ellis went to the regular after-noon S.S.fMiss Grace 00 call on one or the school girls wno has not been doing her best work this last ten*, and needed some special Advice and admoaiOaon,while Miss Lyons and 1 read and wrote.lifter 5,3. we thaee went tor MiM* arace and then came home by the upper ferry,and the path along the river. Mr.Ill is was at an out-station over Sunday as he often will be,and so we read a sermon for our English service. It wan ahfl-ph*. Torthfleld sermon.We had a special treat for supper-oyster soup,and it was good even though it was made of canned oysters and condensed ailk.For part of the evening Mrs. Sill* read aloud to us.The book was StOfy-tell Lib by the author of flshin Jiamie.Bo read it if you have not It is well worth while and will not take two hour*.While sh® read Mew.Xliis m t in the low rocker the Chapins gave me , Harry** student lasso on my new type-writer desk gave ws our light.Miss Lyons opened one leaf of my couch iaa she and I lay down with Margaret** steamer m g over our feet.I had Hester's ...damn, over my shoulders,and under my head was Angle** soft cushion with lama's H « r ^ d*?5*??, C°Z?r on it*"'Iiss **«« « 4 not want anything nnd^r her head. Ill dlt like the rose pillow near by. These blue prints will help y o uV 2!K 2 Jfy T°^m lmkB*If «* paper was not 5011m m**nM write more about it. Feb.7. Clover* * postal with pictures of the three just arrived.lt is so good With much love to each. £w 4 ^< |