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Show Lints in.; irst. Dear Edith, -lux; seemingly ;lect in s,_irit I am surely nost ashamed to.write you, ha^ neglected yon all these months.,. -X basn t oeen ne-. however for i have thot every Geek hnost that I shoafd write you and tell you about your friends to ahem, you sent greetings and gave a dinner. Your five dollars exchanged for glXbO vheXl reachee China (exchange is at the never-before-beard-of figure of 72.90 and thereabouts* just now* on account of the flooding of the Cjfiina market with silver, they say from. India} anx I have used it as fallows. Frs. 3ben bad a stroke and could, not come in at the time cjf the dinner you gave so- I sent her ou.t a dollar for you. Xter when someone was ina out again. I sent her • another' collar. 3be is wejll enough no' to get. aboxit the yard, I am told and Can feed hersel; but «Vi p cannot -work. I believe gelistic fiepartmen' to Dinner, with th be is receiving seven dollars a mCmh from, the evan- ;AJ Then 1 invitee' the grox that is in the picture i addition of Kao Pao Chin's wife, i This picture taken the next worniix and -rs. -ao a i b o .x ... t to be incbuded. Tbey had a lovely time and thankecy you most heartily for your reEenbran-ce of them'. Tbey -were Aery muchb%Oi£tJfied re-ally. The Aang girl Whom, you also mentioned bad married a soldier during, the a mmer ane moved • away. Also alien GO have come across something of yours that we think suitable, I have, giver daugh t e r- i n- law. The; either bao Pao Cbih or Ohiao Ching Yuan were greatly pleased with the; .in.xs which ou ) sent ou of her •it/ b Lf C? -i- # table. family, only br. Yuan anc are for brs, Sargent and bills and inclose it. by me, i n i 1 v it wa for. jtbe children, and Kku Kuan's father, to you ana .Or. s written months ago, but perhaps wi'3tf_ are all well. • Ch'un Yu lust'at prese Ch'un Yu sends this go or picture' )IA Sargent, and the the older hoy are here. - •rs.Ellis - no, I'll write d; The feast cost el lit delta; AS. 50 of yours left., can let me know. mart shaXt I x.o - itb iX I* be j u s t as accep- A i s v i s i tag h i st The o t h e r p r i n tB r e c t l y ;t o x*i*s f 's so I s t i l l Mavfe 1 keep i t andXou ro i t ; • c '• . - ' wo r k . but she g e t s s a t i s f a c t io vXere. ' ..he h&s he en. nox to most o in;;; the p h y s i c a l s t r a i n b e t t e r than in the bousebolc too. ixxie xo have Grace Breck h e r e doihe: ev Is vou know, i t is tremendously h a r d , t o u r i n g a ll trie 1'ogal welcome which she • !" ' o u t s X X i o n s. i. a hoped. 3J ... i .t % T sa 3h i n g e l i s t ic the time^ gets ever ) i s stand a comfort j x The ""hi t a k e r s w i n not return to Lint-sing.' The ^ e a i c al Ccxmittee of the bissi'on f e e l s that it would be unwise for him to return here even ahen he recovers, Tbey are in T'ungcbow 1A the Gilders' bouse. The children h&ve groan tremendously. 1 of theml tingfu ao the I bad a l e t t e r from biu ban ban-vesterday^ 3be ib It in the i'resbyteiiari f i s s i o n . 3he has ji/i/fj/i tuberculosis i n t e s t i n e s sM baa been a patient 'ifi Tebchoa Kos^i + a l [ f o r ronths - was well enouxhto leave ant? Gent "back to f i n i s h her course in nurse's t r a i n i n g at the Presbyterian Hospital in Peking, but couldn't make i t, f l l i . i n n •?/%*?< _. ;•, ,OY-IG . /-»•$+• 4 m 1 «4- n 3he i . . ... ^- & x", «-. J P _ . . . ^ . _ I t_ _, .„, in sue a fin ias been operated upon for appendicitis lately anc they found be: icb bad shape tWt tbey feel she hasn't much bocx She is sue) xe girl anx ^ouid make such a good nurse blu t it Is v«rv iWn & # #-*A>A_ . *o.-qa o» fci. i^3„>.^ "r. i y Vj**' *• JJb»A ' - . b i k X A ^x a gooi nurse t¥& t it is very sad that • |
