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Show 3'. ' * iti bed i e a v i n n h e r to "lock up"amt put out the l i g h t . T h e r e being^no ^ v i s i b le wav of f a s t e n i n g the door, she ByyeX}rX to h e r he si i n he nrovided. ner woth a wooden bench thart she braced a g a i n s t i t . She a l s o got some matches from him.The IF r he >ut on |rha t a b i c between our bed«M,blew out the -^mn a n d tdc^ trot re ^r for i m h ^ ' nmnhed each o t h e r peaceful sleep ana soon sne^ WBS pff h> dream*, while I l i n g e r e d b e h i n d . I n the next room someone was haViti v i o l e n t f i x s of coughing,which rsatdy t r o u b l e d my p r o f e s s i o n a l as . well as rav matural s m n a t h i . e s . On the other s i d e someone wen s i f t i n g mead, wbrfeing wav i n t o the n i g h t , a n d the steady clap , c l a p , c l a p , o f The s i e v e ^ s s it h i t again t me aide* if i t s f r a m e s nonotonou?, - i t the momoton i .oat or t h e kind I should n e r a c r i b e • f o r insomnia. {At l e a s t I should not exxeet sucn t r e a t m e n t to be s u c c e s s f u l the f i r s t night) Soon the small blaclc< i n s e c t s , n o t whollv unknown to you on the P a c i f i c coast-,began to make, t h e i r i r r i g a t i n g pjs p r e s e n c e k f V ^ e v i d e n t . I t was too warm i n our window-lass room,but ^ a x x e r a %1~ long time I f e l l i n t o a m.a.0 oyly to be wakened by* r a t s p l a y i n g 1 - \ « i e f > l A ^ ' cTor.Verv.P6r want of a b e t t e r place,my wash b a s i n ban. been l e f t on tdne a o or As I wa.s nosing off again I was wakened, by most v i o l e n t s c r a t c h i n g . ^ o u s e or * something of that 'nine i otten i n t o the baai:a,a:pd wee having a 'mmy n.arn time n e t t i n g out.llvan bepmnhnp; t o . f e a r I would hem to y i X ' i f »«*» ecomplisklnl the feat witdiont a s s i s t a n c e . Bowie more c a r t s '-urivee. dm i \ Jj .- i x t anc^he c a r t e r s got up and fee the mules. By the ti m$v hrd .fjnisker t h e i r noisy meal I was a s l e e p . I t mnstx have been, two o'-memw mien l i t t l e 'h^.Chno woke m with an exelm-n t i o n , w h i c k | n i g b t be x a i r l y t r a n s - (Xi r#p,xrrn (?*.»'Warn I .mnke'd what was the m a t t e r she answered in . • \X j erg T T " ^ ] ~ F ^ 1 m r occupant a of the next room, "A r a t w 5 m m i - 1: ra tr. rjt., ' « L0t gf tkem ssinnitl ) "k and forth across thisp 1 **She ' th ' lampabut the 0'13 had li|n out i n t o the dunst on tdne o u t s i d e 0* 1 !h ' ' k L0 'Mnme spread Jon , ?d to tile me.tcm pending up a cloud of smoke.It, was w i t h ' d i f f i c u l t y t h a t MrS.Chao blew i t o u t , She s a i d , » W e l l , I U l j u s t wrap ) head up ,and then i t w i l l be a l l r i g h t . " S o o n her g e n t l e , even o r e a t h i ng t o l d t h a t she s l e p t , It seemed, t o me t h a t I had only closed ry eyes when me meal s i f t i n g began again.But ua l i t t l e tiling l i k e t h a t nae not to bo al3oivn to d i s t u r b iy peat 0116 I dropped off a g a i n , t o be awakened, loy Ching Yu&n*s ^ ' k n o c k a t the' door. " I t i s a f t e r four, "he s a i d , "and b r e a k f a s t "will be reao.y m a few m i n u i t s . " , •. . . _ x /y ..e ate' our b r e a k f a s t of m u s h , f r i e d po.tatoac W$ e^pm,tonm 1 1 . a - ' t , Dr0Qreonc asked, i f a l l inns were l i k e t h i s one.We t o l d him t h a t a^*.f a r e b e t t e r i n n s , but t h a t t h i s . one' was above the a v e r a g e . He. admit tec. team p. \ ' slept but l i t t l e , w h i l e M r . E l l i s said t h a t he had resteer almost YA I tnnu J , T> Were dxe to have- our guest know what inns are l i k e but £p s o r r y t h a t h i s p e r s o n a l knowledge cost him- such a hard, n i g h t . .He wag able_ to ' s l e e p some in the cart a f t e r we'were a g a i n on t h e road. In £he a f t e r n o o n , b y ^ having Mrs.Cam ror yon husband r i d e i n Dr. G-reene*' s c a r t , w e threedktoreigners'< e a b l e to ride t o g e t h e r in the big c a r t . hr.Greene at*k< e a t i o n bbUt our worJt,aiid in turn'" t o l d us of some ot the old n\ u \ ' M .' * • ton, x- -n g ( ! t e So t t l e i'nmtp three ; e m s apo.he had. such i n t e r e s t i ng Inn rm to tjfclS nbont h i a Sunday school work;how during the twenty years m which he has been connected with the work as s u p e r i n t e n d e n t , t h e country has . been developed,new Sunday s c h o o l s , e s t a b l i s h e d / i n the new communities,have grown i n t o churches and churches have become powers in the l i f e of the.com-^ muni t i e s .Some of the s t o r i e s about s p e c i a l S-undap schools were very %Upp n „-1> ing.Of -course Sunday school and home m i s s i o n a r y warkmre- very c l o s e l y conn e c t e d , and Dr.Greene knows p e r s o n a l l y most of tin?*ministers of t h a t s t a te raid n o r t n e r n Idah&in the mrall as well as in the kkm;> ehurches;Of my f r i x n fl he knows Frank "rfrn-tt ano Za*s husband,Mr.Hurbert, • v • y The. nexln.night. we were at Wei Hsien,where tv/o of the you-ng women of hr.ho.u** ing^s m i s s i o n . a r e located,We g r e a t l y a p p r e c i a t e d t h e i r , h o s p i t a l i t y , a n d , I oev Lie as cj^mneiaLec. - eeing'ksome of t h e i r onii r a c e . I p e r s o n a l l y was very., g l a d to get a. b e t t e r idea 0 / t h e p o l i c y of t h a t Board which . d i f f e r s so much from t h a t of the old Boards, These two young women must find, many p e r p l e x i t i e s in connection with t h e i r work. We reached L.C. the n e x t n t d h n ' noon. |
