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Show Pang Chuang, China. Nov. 5J06. My dear family, Please don't be alarmed. This letter I know is long already, o\p logjg that some of yon. will find it hard to get time to read it., but, my offences of this nature will probably be few.You see thu nost-mah got away just before my American mail was ready and today's aail, I want yon to know,brought Clara*a and Edith*s good letters , post-marked, Oberlin, Sept. 22, also lett 'ters from Emma and O-eorgemailed a'few days later.You don't know what a good 'visit I have been having with you alllthis last hour.Home letters are always good but these some way seemed specially absorbing.lt is always such a-$leaa» ure to hear about the children. I am glad dear little Edith is developing into such a good little house-k-eejaer, but that is just what we all expected, her to do, knowing her mother,So glad you•are feeling better, Emma* Just to think that Lynds Leo is to start to academyllt makes me feel quite old. My hair ought to be turning gray , but it isn't, In my next letter I will tell the children how they can help me.Yes, Scrap books are very acceptable just so the people pictured are fully clad. Of course colored pictures eg peat :stament jaletvrai are very to know my Christmas to the Chinese more strongly than do others»Rew T< helpful in help* g o>lain! *im,ny things«» am fx 1 an 7V packages had begun to reach you The •oaeants are only 11 it d' will remind you that I think of you, and love you all very much. This same mail brought a note from Edith Gprague which I aas verj tilings,, but 6^' ,Q receive, a p la tare postal from Charles Woodworth, saying he had the mumps^g end if he looked like the picture he had them bad.Then there was a legal document,which I actually read,Dee*You others doubtless got.cogies,The remaining lotteries from Miss Brainerd. of Qrinneli, Some weeks ago she wrote asking me Xo be her "prayer aiaeieaary** one for whom she mule gray es" to" >ecialiy,Wasn* t thatfa b e a u t i f u l t h i n g for her to t h i n k oft This say t h a t she had just, sent a package to Smith's cash s t o r e to e t with their next order tofdr however.Often several mails vert is merit, How I must stop, though I know there are still unsaid. This letter is going to Hester to be just what you want,Hester dear, and that yo Jfllens are there,) I am sending this lett nnd of course the rest of the family. c Cann, All mails no not bring me such. J| go by without my getting anything, even CA H HI (3 XX ° u ck e are . sent lot Ox ti11ngs back to George/ (He a ye no t lone some, r too toClara for an aa~ o-iv that If ou will tend /ant t u >yt-; your work is do glad the twe her arid Edith to Nabel I should be so glad for, you know, I expected her to be one of the feerily,The copy that goes to Margaretis to be sent back'tc Angle atO , Clover and Lucy share their copy, and papa has one all to himself,I am hoping that the one who receive s the letter from me will answer it, that would be a letter a month from each of you. and. something eveyy two weeks from pay a.. That, would be a nice lot of letters. Of course I know some,or rather all of you are very busy and I would tay to be quite satisfied with only short letters, though, heme letters nevor could be lo.ng enough Qa that longer ones would not seem better, inn: to Lin Or, ire ry next letter to the ; about that time. o*; .t Kay toaarrow be a ;may the dear Father lives most full and keautiful, soul-satisfy!, give to you completeand eachJust joyful. With mucJ Sabbatli b 1 e s s I ng s ;. - ch w i l l X KJ make be fOU| ;o-and vour lev ach one, • . Ct, J>. . /. y, • f / • | i * ' »»> X-I f tv -J# I...*..-*.. |