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Show have had to be cut ©f< to the detriment of their beauty* But the saddest loss of trees is in the Girls1 School. The great' lovely spreading one to the nor the st of the yard in front of the dining-room* not the kitchen fell, damaging the dining-room roof somewhat. Another beautiful one in the yard north by the swings is down, both impossible to raise with anything that we have* One corner of the roof"of the west bedroom is a wreck* Some tiles are off the main school building but those repairs will cost little. But the aospital is too sad ft tale to fell* We might &s well have had a sieve for a roof for it leaked so badly everywhere that it was only withdiffioulty that we were able to keep the patients dry* Water poured into the basement-thru the cistern pipe opening and thru numerous holea in the foundation walls so that we had a lake in there u.viil the rain leased, in srite of our efforts to stop the apertures and to bail out* But IT11 show it all to you when you come down and then the medical, people have got to have a conference as to what to do about the roof* * I don't think we shall have a repitition of the disaster with the next wain because 1 donrt expect the rain to be accompanied by such a fierce gale "r it was almost impossible to stand or walk against when crossing the^open 4 from the girls* school to the Hospital -so 1 think it can wait until nex: month anyway* There will have to fee a considerable amount of repair on the womensr bible sckofcl buildings, especially the walls* I didn*t go to the mens1 bible school but .Mr* Chu reported but little damage diOn® there and that minor© Aitho it is going *« oost considerable, I IftVi told Mr. Ohu to fo ahead and make the most necessary repairs, straighten m> what trees can be saved - that must be done before the ground dries - and we shall have to discuss where the money is coming from afterwards* There will doubtlaes be a lot for each department to do when everyone returns in September*. I_am wondering- how extensive the storm was., whether Tsinatao kai it and ^'eitaiho* The TehckwwCompound had it bad enough but the damage was not so extensive - they haven1!; so many big trees as we* The Hospital roof leaked badly but not so universally | as did ours* By today there is little to show here for the passage of the storm* In hintsing almost every mudwall was melted down and many huts fell killing a number of people* The only one * know was the former motn_ eri^law of Mr. i_ao Che Chung* But Lintsing is a sad looking town* Oh, well we didn't have a war, so we are baking our turn at disaster with a storm* The kao liang which there was nearly as high ae a manre head was beatea down and all along the tank coming up* I saw that the leaves had been whipped off that that was left standing* There 5, my tale of woe is done and I hope you will all*prompt_ ly -iorget it and continue to have a good time away from responsibility* and no one need hurry his return because of the damage for all that-is really necessary tc be done until just before the work opens will have been done* Sow for a question* The ¥u Chun* Coal Company has made us a price of £29*50 per ton for both MO* I and No, $ cobbles - JSTo• 3 is what we had last year I think* Shall fra buy or shall w© net? It has been my experience that the price continues to rise instead of ever falling in the least so 1 am only waiting for $our word to make a deposit and clinch this price as it went up two dollars not ten days ago and the Company will not hold this offer ©pen more than ten days* If you wish coal at this price I think you^had better telegraph me here and I will get the word down to Ar* Ohu as I made arrangements to do if I had word from you* This price is exclusive of chiao fai, Lonrt rail to tell me how much you want at this price* 'i nave just hot coal dust for the Hospital at $18*50 per ton. idm^x^y^^o |