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Show 0 lovely and adequate spot, commanding a grand view of these GLORIOUS mts to the 1 E. Those Ht's are an inspiration e.Y^^y time we look at them, with most wondrous cloud effects ever playing on t h e i r summits. We have a grand view of them from the 3 verandah of t h i s has. WOULD that we had more time to enjoy them! The "country hse^has a verandah that looks toward these same summits. We pi aired some wild raspberries near the Country Rte, Dirt began to "fly" two wks ago, to build the wall to enclose the new plt%, On the 28th i n s t , a dedicatory service wa,s held on the new s i t e , ABLY conduct ed by the able native pastor, Mr John Lee. Other building work will move a-long. Stone i s being hauled. We had an important medfe to decide .lust how all the new buildings were to be located - Hosp , kitchen, laundry, homes for nat i v e Staff, of every sort, and two "foreign" houses, one for the foreign nurses, and a physio l a s t a hse. We MAY keep a Dispensary in the old Eosp here, % accommodate the city people. Unfortunately, a river runs between the ] Gate a/id the new s i t e , and t h e / / land slopes to t h i s river on both sides, adding to the difficulty of transportation of the sick and a i l i n g . There are no rickshas, end no means of transportation other than netele'a feet, or the sedan chijar and the Hwa Kan. 31:T, l e t me t e l l you something grand', A BIG military General here, a Fosu ( as i t the Gov of the Province), promises to put his soldiers to work, building us a motor road between the city and. the Hosp! He offers to furnish us with a ricksha to run upon i t , to carry pat/kents betiv the Disc here aid the new Kosp, daily!! He i s not yet a baptized Xtian, but'he c a l l s himself one! One day t h i s teak we were invited to his fine city home to a grand feast They have not the good "eats" here they have in'Sung, and elsewhere, but h*T had foreign lime and lemon drinks, Vichy(l) end other waters, nice native candies* as they now make, 'wrapped in paper to feep off f l i e s ; pomegranates "rnd ' native apples - that were^asteful than usual! All the foreigners, Miss l^n^ Dr vvu, and even Ch' i 3hih-fu, were invited! His reception hall, is a read k±ai and the dining rm was open on. one side. Jvery chair was covered with red" embroidered satin, and the table was covered with white (coarse, native weave) it cloth, but decorated most tastefully with chains of flowers/ Fortunately ev-ii tho his wife died practically in the Hosp, in July, he i s not embittered' %" ~ That motor road, promised, will be a part of, or branch of, the'one that he says will surely connect us with Yunnanfu before two yrs are oteer' Irene'"' and I say we are glad we made the t r i o once, at l e a s t , in the old way1 • , T $**!, * typhoid, or typhus case, very i l l in the Hosp. Haven«t'aate*. i a l t to oo the Sfidala, yet, but are sending for same. Did I tell you hew the ('nestiferous, troublesome) customs officials at Haiphon*. enened EVERY mortal find earthy thing we had, and threw thirds back into their boxes in air* eort of way! The result i s , my Ilahn Antigen bottle arrived at Yunnanfu bro ken and a l l gone! Th^ new has not/ yet arrived, and I need i t so"" ' I was pleased to learn that after a l l , the 3t John'a Wort i t • • *««*•! the-lose of Sharon" That s a t i s f i e s me, for a l l ' b u t the leaves are so r o e / l i k e Your father rode out, not only to Stone Gateway (shih M e n ^ t r f ? P l| d i s t a n t , of which I earlie* spoke, but he rode out 60 i to meet BrWaJi ^ day he came back, Aug 2nd. Xi^-ses Smith rnd Hi«k« . . . " J 7 J T * * ^ *?0 d * tfU ne crme Xi^Smi th and Hicks acconro*mi*d L 1*!?™ There art 4000 Miao who a r O f r W s in and about lt«»l r ^ l t ' in 4.f'llalr£ • not baptized, and who "believe". Thlr»Tl Ho«! i K * J*7 ' with many more June among the graduates of C^engf£ I t o i T ^ U w i a t e o^Hl ^i s U s t ranked highest was a Miao from Stone G Jp r - r H • ? ''• e °n e Ylho Shek.a v i s i t o r , o r e s e n t . Everybody applauded when the d n ^ 1 ^ ? ^ C h i ^ Kai STlTiao, won such honors. Chiang Y 3 was so i ^ I L . - S ^ " t i r ? M 5 " r a c e s ^on» educational work at stone Gateway. V A wonderful L ? ? - ? T 1 S ^ t 0Th J l p t h* written at Harbin,. Aug 2nd, has ^sV'come Sli wa w r o u t e ^ " q E f i ^ S * **%?! * tar aged m o t h e r % e wife of the erstwhile * great Treacher! f l ? ^ f ^ ^ H: i s an only chilo. She took Eleanor with he^-TcTput her in%oM <n S c o t i - rl while liarg i s to enter Soph yr at t e l l e e l e y K r s Hayes returns to Pek this ^ |