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Show I 3 tang Chuang i China. Wov* 14, 1906. yy dear faaiilv, Yon see I M s t i l l at P*ang Chuang, but I no hoye to be in Lin ChUng two'" weeka from tonight, and luve Thanksgiving dinner with the KXXtaéa and psr&apa Ura. Smith.My ata? here has n e i i ah xonger than I ex~ pactad, but if the fuekera only get back aafely with Dr. Franais resten X elíX ccuat tne t i n o #eii spent, though t t has seeaed ooootlmoa ~* i i t t i e aike boina üiae-traoked. Of ..raerse I have been. studying, and with that and hosp i t a l coradla udnich I have to use a l l I *tt©*, I find I have been malina, more approciabXa prograaa than in any other equal time, dou't be alarmad ; I / a Tt s t i l l very fa# trmm ÍOlag overeóme by the sin of yride* The re has been a cor t a l a e a t i a f a o t i c n | a | t h a hoapital workgthongh since I sea on.y the sicfceat p a t l e á t i gthere nave eeeu »oa« easex of the kind that give ene bul dreaaa* Juet to bring records doera to ante: the re have been no ho.ne i e t t e r e eince tém last l e t t e r , i n ahieh I auitioned those fronde©rgeand Fama» 11 a r a aaa_ M t t h , a a d those of luey and OXorerehSch cano earlierand HaroXdas aOstaX.Thea thera aere HesterTs and ílargaret B1 a lOttOri in the box»' with such a r i ce l o t of i e t t e r s oae two veati or so ,1 ought aot to expeet aany the next two. 7Iry i i k e l y the l a s t foreign u n brought soma home añil, but of eourse my l e t t e r a go f l r e t to Lin dhiag aow, Dqnt be anxioua about my loosiug i e t t e rs becauaa they aro directad to the one ylnce m I ata at the other. Al i th « foreign n u i l in eithor casa goes to ene mission, and if necessary is re-d i r e c t e d t h e r e , I ought to be he mi g; very soon froa the rest of the n Christnas packages and froa the tened .eit |n papa* a eare xug. 51. It seem-s yoh a long time since I starte-i t h i s new écheme of famiiy i e t t e r s that it ' seexis as if I ought to be iieari ng 10 ' the plan i ñores se s yoví, but at best I oaaaót hopo for answers to thOOa lOttpfe be f ere ánothor two or threé weeea iiave peeaec.l aa aXiaeet diacouraged about g e t t i n g «y correapondenc® inte good- * ahape, though the huaárei and acre yin ce s of M*il sent off ie the last U Í , y ueeas does give tea soma aatiafaction*p i >aXy tilinga sent any ox* yoa-curing 1 the l a s t tuo weeks k-xve been :xx cagas of aindow-y i o t a r e s to iOorge and Den 1 for t k e i r júniora, er for :-yyy other abe that tknm iéy U iak ba t to aka of A thea.thece Uñe the enea sent the chiX#ren of the f a a i l y last einter .mane | ^* from Shanat* kh.e one ^ett< f that I nave wjtttteia Ihia raekflon Letter i - mean) haa boea the eaéXoaod l e t t e r to the ehildrea* I thin i í kad better o > ¡ with out n / i t i x; fon tus photogranhs, si -ne tneue ie no kuowiuf nhen I can i get thera n . x : ^ I reelu. o to I fceut to & Shinesa weddlng, ea¿ ahiXe 0 2 s nal 1 vol* ai o i c ' . ! t sontain ne i \ b . r t i a l r< aord Of the ix| rianeei c I that day, yet soiae t i a o thia next foal Laya I hoipa to get time for a few limai ^ ¿es foi- - .. I aay ga tq .xnny •y.iA; ' íjádinge in thia Ixnd, but I u l i AQVOT á t h any aena.a of anticlpat?ad ye^sure. You don't yyX te de'toxd that lUri|ig theae yast weeks ny fcheught 'AAÓ^ jone sk raaay tliaaa to the 1avs a ne.xr i-;o, Xieo. I raedoinfí Laat things it ho.ne, ••- ;3 .-..•J ¿: and alien ai i yoo. e&a "royo neyy ancugli nere so i./asy h e l y n y ae get re „ y te Ñ go. It seemá mxy a de/ laya .-n-o nH than ágata :1-^ a s a i f ; oaeh icng:ar tha» i t i a .But I io.i't alara i e t ' á y a a l f thtáa too lonk oy too oftaa about those •' ' . a y s y y me ago today raa l tduink ti i a day ipont in H^ioXulu, lío, ce nere i i tu eut on tde oooaaV't tan L the itei s n rpXX , ÜoXX tha aalt aatar I aad oae tha scheoia of f|-y|ag fiah,a4 they sho-an for a feu M n n U above Vi® % blue wafrer e id then di -a l a red i tto raWthat awa ¡.e1 y ta aeet thea#I V did eijoy that reyage ^at-1 thihk parta of it are nuen .mre to be enjoyod no*v í:y than then. v'l *Tov» 16, 0d„ d- This l e t t e r should have been sent today, but there has been a changa in '•- :j4 our m-u.il echeduXe. dome of the dhine^e aioatha ne.ve twentF-niae day a, and aoaa t h i r t y . The f i r s t of each «:aonth the 5ai 1 xiust s t a r t froa c e r t a i n i-laces and when un odd d^y i n t t f r f a r e i i th \AXÍ id a round-trip they j u s t rest a aay ToG.uy5s aaiX brought fjLñother boautiful Ooeriin nostal from Clara. I s n t BXa Street good to ÍOOÜ. a t ? thia aaií aleo brought a l e t t e r from Aray Wilna^ son, It ,xas her /.-ice l¿¿rge v e i i that ?ane out of my xuonder-dag l a s t weak ana I nad been thinking I would have to send my aiíwer to TIester to forward. |
