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Show You ask what I have bQQn doiiig in this nearly h, year since I sailed ftStor snina^and axiat my plans are tov next year*- In answer to the xXx'&x, question I irould say that I tiave been studying (3hinesef and next year I ex- ' the same«Iliat is in general. If you are ..vox tempted to oolarvc the man who said ,IJ never lean .x a . 0 ] r". 4-1-* *% 4* ' ........ x 4 «*.• -. - • . 3 . . " . . . . . . - . x. *'•*) bxietb x x x boiltaa,!, X O i i o t j i l a liii^- • i j.. 0 J- S -. 1 3 tdblickedj and that no have no thoughts a reTarrange it of id ... previously eoia the • contrary . At least remembi a.fte v0 are-thirty years O * C? 1 L. x a x ..X Ox-ti0ii.cs . «xXx e a U j OS""* • J, . - , , . . X ... .. .. _ 1 ' ... -! _ • ^ _-, . . -VCX «* oa.v#ii a. j. Ocs.il D'C a ^ . Xo4Xx.LO:X C%FJ t;i~ved| Temember my testj nony to chat authorities may differ .1 am more than thirty years old ,1 am slowly learning many 'things about the language and- am learning a l i t t l e ok the language)!tsexxjN'oihirig ever impressed me with its newness as .has the Qrixiieeo language,and I am sure that no number a . ' ' i e , l V L ^ th ill their j in or . 10 i . oi brain-traci laid down ior use - in collection with the English ,ianguage|30uld la'v - been ad-e i a t ; >r use i ®h . Indeed dor several months I had none that could be used, ana I had to grow an entirely ney lot. It. was a painful • can assure yox , bg t- the interval in wnidh I feared they might never gro' v 18 ich more distressing-. In short, I'have found the 1 m ~'!- e studv ver1 hard ,b-*t am now making some headway*and hope to do yyxxy as the months .-' 3S> This has been a very happy year , in spite of i t s many riea JX-perianeos. You know that when a treo is transplanted , especially if it an old' trxe,£ss& many ok i t s roots and most of its top have to be cut o Such a treo and I could sympathize xitlx eacifsther; not that my. tap rootfor. .most important branches have been .injarod, but many of my mental and spirit*- .«aiiffoots on .dxicxi I xiad dependedtee'emed"to bo looped off.»and xi a n * twigs ,nu. guxves' I might nave thought I ovmedg^ere quite gone . It may beg that I *?as depending coo xiacix on the stimulation that' one feels m various forms oH£*niistb.xan MOICK. at horn® ana had not caae i as much spiritual IOOU as I. need*11 f » d h h ' f|*. Vl*» Y* +'U S i t !>«*-.-,- H-,-. -:-l". ••• .-- -•-•-, • «« T- .. - «- . - , - ,-«v+• . . . a t - ... y^ , . ^ , , . r ^ . „,. _ , _ _ * n ... ..... „ ;. . ... -.bis* * * * » < » Wfc. ----- j- u.xX S3 t, ...,...., LHfcb b x : , : C J x . u L«p , ! f » I - J S. ao itdpturust and love.A veteran mi SslOgary- i s said to % 1 o ••p Tr. X i a x v missionaries xa ex t .1 .can.no L - • 1 1 1 rt ---.. - - r ' - - - • « X X X OCLU. b e • J i So you more, w o*x 1 • o a u « yXiOl'SOxx a x .u«a.xi.aoo S^X ^^ to third appeals to me as t not because they have no this has been a "ys.y hap&y year . In s l i t t l e 1 i k -1 gli 0 o d f 0 my e v e r b 0 i ng a b I which I ax 01 trouoxQ , your re now b-3-st trouble will.be with tne truth ox the +x«ax x»»o so ax xmenxs J^jax dxix •Ik missionaries do not axi become saints, 11 xs lea... • n 131 e i r d au 11 s * Bu t as I s a i d 5 t the fact that there see. sally f i l l this .larg1 i te to u 'a B U • aace' to nave come, yox bag coming has never seemed a mistake , ana the conix-dence. iiiaL this is cue place of fcharather^s choosing for me ana gladness oven to- the days that Dthe But I tear you will think my life iier >Q * w* »**« aao given <x j oy /xso muse iiavo DO on dark. i.Lip g i i c .acix'o lias oeon a very solemn experience} with nothing to x'oxiovs itspseriousneets.T^pi must nod make that mistake* -Our m* •liisoion family of eight adults,and two bright boys,and ^:y precious l i t t le Mary Helen Stanley, has been a most happy yid congenial compan^dliss Lyons and I roomed In fie S mith house which^ut ""or us.was empty } xnd boarded rith the ChapinAlmost every day we went walking l i th Ralph and Ernest Cha-pingwiio ontertaxnad us in a most delightful «ray oy telling us stories, etc. We did so enjoy these boys.'and now that their father has had to go homAl feaignothing can taae the place of their companionship,ana their frant; affect tion»wxiieh i t was veyy sweet to have. We had a reading circle onee a week. M r . Stanley usually read wikile we women folk sewed.Our book was Dr.Gulica's ^Evolution of the Japanese" ana .as very interesting. Usad it some day- if you iicive time. On oirtnuays and such times .--e axi had a dixiner to^etheriand we even xiaa an occasional party when ao xoulu ix^yoyx' xa our best clothes^-1 ocix xxona dear iiLtio Brnest sayf'Dr* Xallmonftfc.at *s an awful pretty iress you XlrtVC Uil» .,-!,_. X blXin OI ;..- • x .- W 0; x.,-.,..' ^ v, ..:. 0 O a-'.-- x ix L. 0 OUx X l V S S 1 r6noorod for the bother of anv nf the times when I " d^os^ed 'an* r • firmly resolved to take a great deal of ceyr: with my clothes this next ! • : t h e s I I sh a 11 j-.-',-r of +*nQ "t j me s 1«A a f njmy~\ n f r* A T*,; ... --..,-. I' ... j ,.:. ,;X- O X w .... J - A r i l - ' "r 1". v» rt '"* -~< "P •. -> - U i i X J U i l l ' • • -• J ..- . ': i •'non what eve is a t Lin Olefin ) ,<•» f» q q i f"j •>•) a • I f» a "I. 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