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Show bed, and said he would shoot her if she again used opium. The wife, alarmed though she was, but also weakened in will power through the ravages of the drug, used it secretly and was discovered. Colonel Wu is a man of his word. The first shot went wild, while the wounds caused by the other two are dangerous, and yet Mrs. Wu may survive the resulting peritonitis. Awful as such incidents are, they bring us into favourable touch with classes in Tehchow, hitherto largely strangers to us. The Civil Official is most friendly, and says he will further our work in way he can. This is quite different from the days any when the American consul was sadly mistreated in this very place. And now the whole Pang Chuang station will gradually move to Tehchow,-the medical work going first and locating cheek by jowl with the "Medicine King Temple", wherein the mud god has done his best (and his worst) to relieve suffering humanity, Though we are so much in need of the minimum equipment here listed, we would be sadly remiss if we did not speak for our clientele and express gratitude for regular and generous special gifts from several sources. Not only have the Northampton First and Edwards and Denver Plymouth Churches done far more than they agreed to do, but large sums to aid in the purchase of a heating plant and equipment especially warms our hearts. The Mary Rankin Johnson Ward is provided for (except equipment), as also funds for the Spence Operating ( 16 ) |