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Show 3 fou know that the new missionaries are assignée! to- t h é i r fi aida - or fat her to thair stations-by the mission to which they go, and not by the boarchs at Home, though often9as in my ease9one may corne t o f i l l a spécial place and be sent Just wh&ra they hâve erxpected to go.Two yaars ago -&hen Uius Lyons was sent to shanïung tha station at Tient s.in had no sihgl® wocian^and wishad to keap her there.ïhey wsre pro?sisad that they mi^iit hâve the next single wom&n who was sent to Morth Ohlna«ïhat ono is *iiss E l l i s . ;rnen an le&raed this at f i s s i o n meeting iast sprins wa t r i a d to csaka- the friands at home undarstand how it was,but s t i l l every on« peraisted in thinking that sha could aot but ho sent whara ha? brothar was.Mr e l l i s had writtan to the Xientsin friands f asking that his s i s t e r ba allowad to brins h&r taachar and spand h®r f i r st two months of study Howa in Llntsing with nsA^a thought they had givea a ra* luct&nt consent,bat it groved that a i l the giambers of that station hc%à not boen consultée! anà aosie wera wholly unwllliag9 f or a number of reasons9that Mies F-ilis should spand avsu a month away frora Tiantsin.ïhere aas nothing fp for as to do bnt/to laava tha décision with thon, sonatines you. are gl&d that othars siust décida at&t t o r s QAIÛ scjaatiiaaa you wish that y«u could.Perhaps when we hâve worked in China for forty yaars or more wa a i l l hâve legs doubt as to tha i n f a l a b l l l t y of peopla of long experi&nee than a® ^r^ somatises inclinée; to hava aow.hfabol was v&^y. swaat about it and ws t r i a d not to let her know how vary disa^pointed wa woratfor that would only hâve pia.de i t hard-or a i l aroundf Z sose w&ys she srill bo sauch more confortable thera than sha could hava bena her#9and sha will brins muoh brightnesa and l i f e into the l i t t l e curais at hsi iCu.îhe Ewings hava four nica ch-ildrea9the oldost a girl of fourtoon or ao«?^rs«Kvlng i s not wall9and the Stanleys*aith ahom ?>iabel eill board9ars footh olâ B.'IO, not vary able to no netive aork«$here ar^ aaany othar plaasant peopla living in ïientsin9and she will eeeeslenally son thenu .re. Pack said ahe would not forge t ri-r. rs.peck is just as iutereating as evor. ,Ï&Z T abt îi ~cfafAtsiai\ <ren? ^a Wfta sSpaarn- t îtrâiv**a -*v ehrùj i - s>a!t<is•f>a*o tohorya ridtiagy sh owmiet ha fufs .TiIrxae tfarllk&ontid s abaot ut "-si Eu asked uâ to coma ont thara for a waa ; or eoybut as soon as W,r,Ellis well enough sa th^t it seaisad tésO to nova him nm kna^ that we ought i<o Etant on our r ,. bac. .Our : îî-cond ru-.at out of ï i e n t s i n a.i nau a snow storm, I t be^gan l ^ n i i ^ i.-i tha aftarnoon9and tho naxt morning ?îi@n the mon >.'' i'c acra Ing i t off the hoat on^ saidj^It in a foot deiïpm« Another said9 t t l t is a foot imd a haif. « Heally it mas not two lâches,but a i l this veek as %ae hava ^one siowly up tha ri^ar snaa has s t i l l laln in the shaây places. în ehosing tha tir^s of aear to taka a t r i p an t h i s canal,ao not.l advis© you,plan a ti»e so late as this.For most of tha days i t h&s fcoan -so cola that tha boards hâve had to ba up on the ont sida of our paper Windows f and . whlla I hava aat bundiod up on tha kang9ïlrs.Kllis has sat in our nuddla rooa and reuâ aloud to ^ r . K l l i s in hi^ l i t t l e front* co.n» artenant,and to me. *u \va /- £.0 not^raad a i l tir? tfnj»'"c v l s i t a good deal and plan about our workfanc fi Mrs.Kllis ann I havo writtan l e t t e r a not a $^ëm ^ueh t'iîse s^ana to ba apent in aatlng,or in seeins that ''-Tr.Kllis li^a sowatliingt-He would gladly eat any-thing and any assount of it.Clovar knows how he fealè.f"f coursa wa go to bna e^rly ànd not up lata,and than ?-!re.Kllis and ï taky long walks aftermoons on iho rlTar^ bank.Onco or twica wa hav® wa-l-k«d as .>mah as si.-. ©ilji,a,aa da nrijoy tnsso xîralka so nauch.no aot «v^r let «nyone evar - w o think tîa%t thu 9grand canal«ia s t r a i g h t . m i a part is a rivar raally9and I .-.v.vnr s^w one • more erooked.Oîi day as noticed four boat-oeasta in a atralght lme9but the fcaats to which thay balonged wara each in a différent section of tha river. In thèse walks wa hava jauni snough beautifui sheep.plctures to fi i l a portfolio. Once tha sheep nere feading ^ind-ïr nreat soft-leafed eillows9 su-cli as it •"à-rot aould hava âeli'^hted to paint,onc^ it was early afternoon and gently t ralnlngfand the sheep aaro being ferrled aeross the txsAt on a rickety old beat (they aara so frlghtened) .The two plcturea that yrill stay with me Ion es* •ivre ivaning seenas9the ÙAX* a i l fnll of c v a a ; n l i ^ i t . ï n ona the ^haep ars drlnking ia a bend of tha rivar.'Rio raflactions in tha anter ara perfoet«m tha other a shepherd ia .leading his flock along a dusty road into" a soft î;nr|:-ia hanô..i i l l e t Aoniil naka yo;i lov.- o^r ha n T^n - lain. |