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Show Í ; , " £ ' ' ; j ^o do aome talking with hite when he was in Tientsin on the way to <**. so he J may have some news for usíwhen he returns. I very much want Mr. W. to M come down here becauae thpre is going to be a lot of building for him t o do I f here next year and matters would be great ly facilitated # bya viait . I |*| hear a rumor that Srnest Imd Florence may come back next year instead of % i waiting twoj if so, we símil have *&* to have the other house for we are more > i than half expecting the Pilera to come to us. They changed their taind s : J"* once abou t comlng ou t, said they wou Id not come, then the Board wrot e / ^ j they had reconáidered their decisión and had finally decided to come, but 14 were leaving open the question whetker they wou Id come to *ehchow p r to Linfc t j tsing un t i l they ahould arrive on the field. Since Dr. T. x í s at xehchow and ^ ' , we liave no medical man here- i t looka probab le thatthey will come'here. Ira. Siler i a a phyaician too you know and * am planning all aorts of thingfl for y^her. Our clinic is growing and I am #fc# sure will continué -to growf aa we f an better care for them. ~i-- • á* i • ••'r<*A'¿ M &s¿ ¡ ^ere I have chattered along about ¿dntsing affairs and haven't aaked how your ^ather i s . We w#re glad to hear that he was able to be about, even for a shoft timé each day.t I hope he has continued to grow stronger daily and that the lég is heali \ as fast as can be expected. I hope your sister , too is well and that yon (¡re have heen able to do lots of tilinga toget her to make her l i fe easier and ppier. Remember me to ^ra Sargent when yo u write. She i s another ©v.f I should like to get a l e t t e r writ tfen to but the* days aren t long enough. I did send her the circular letter of my Shan-shi trip this summer. shall be glad to hear what you are doing for work and play; no doubt some of 'tv, work i s speaking , raaking adcíresses about China. - The Whitakera a: tiled in the East Houae and aeem to be glad t hey are in Lint'sing. i4ir. ^.aking. hold of the evangelistic work i'mmediately-- expects to go out into the country as soon aa Kr. 3. geta back. Kra. W. tea-ches in the I*intsing American School so her banda are full with that and her children^/-*•*"•«- When the baby is older she will doubtless take up some Com-pound work. The women are almost daily asking for you and are interésted in every . bit of news I can give them. Chang Shu I¿an and **rs. Shen went to Kiss Wyc-koff's station class at * ehchow and seemed tto have had a good time .and to have recelved considerable good.» Ruth plans two atation claases about Big ¿¿eet-ing time (Nov. 12.) and then we will be able t o better judg e how much g ood they got. Ruth will give you more details of the plans for the women1 s work. We haven't had any word yet as to when you are retuming. Did the Interior Board grant you a year'a leave? By the way, do you know where the plans for the Ladies' Houae are? No one here seems to and I ara afraid we a hall have to make them over again. Mr. Swing gave me the Hospital plana when I was in T. but he said he had no other ^intsing plans. - %ve you heard that the.Stockton Hhurch have definítely taken over my support - had a coiamjjslonlng service 8ept. 10. at which your sister spoke and also Mi as McG. We have done the walls of the living room and dining room over in the tan such as you get on the street. They look very neat and when we get the new curtaina up and the new, anadea (the latter are ordered) w@ ahall look quite attractive. All the floora are being oiléd and I am afraiá we are not, going to be finia fied before riss llcG-. arrives. |
