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Show • ¿algan uniAli China Juiy 17 1921 Dearest Papa mine,- Such a glowing rose-colorea sky there ñas been this Sunday morning. I am wondering ir i t keépa the colors oí a bcautiful sunset witn youi i wisfc you coula oe riere now to enjoy the morning wdth me. l nave come aaay froin tae ftouse to wruc ce cause the otners are s t i l i sleeping and oecaus tne beauty or out-doors waa so inticing. The sun has come up above une eastern h i i i s , a g a m s t uhe sky are siinoueted some or ene watch-tówers oí" tne freat Wall. Inthe valiey oetween sort gray smoke oí Dreyaaat u r e s nangs over the iow nouses and marks the hh&Xug c l t y . wear me stretcn tne rielde or growing miliet,orten terriced, eacíi íeaí* sparkling witn the tiny drops or sliver leí't irom l a s t nights rain. Garts ana mea are aiready busy.A smali fip boy goes oy witn a oasket of vegetables nearly ms size- and a weil-dressed m rnan^ carring his oird-cage ñas stopped to nunt for l j . t t ie insects to leed bis I t is nard to t e l í which ia most beautiful in tne circie or great iiills that surrounas me,those to tne eaat in shadow, the ciear-cui ones to tne west,wnere tne morning sun l i g h t s up tne red and gray or tempie roofs tucked in a gien,the one to tne nortn wnere a viliage ñas perched i t s e i f on tne very crest,or tne lower m u s orten terriced and cultivated! I e&n see t the oreak in, tne n i l i s where tne river nows m and the pass that leads ofr lato Mongolla. The fiBst days I was nere i taugnt Lnglish to a Mise Fick-land, a oweedish g i r l wno is a.miasionary m tóongoiiá. She nad oean detamed here oecause of aieturuca p o l i t i c a l conditions up tnere. But a week ago the word carne giving ner and tho otner workers permistión DO rotura, üow nappy the y were! They went üy norse back ana cart-quite a party. i enjoyea tae" days witn ner. gne snowed me tae most ínterestmg pietures or mongolia. Mra tíem-* i-ger sayo Mongolia i | í u e Jack ánd the Bean-stalk roe you ¿¿o up and up onto tne piateau ana never como aown-it ia aiiuup, witn grassy prains ana rolnng country but a i i high. Cattie and sneep and camels furnish the means or iivenhooü. The peopie tmnk i t wicked to disturá tne surface or tne earth i^and prant tnings. The procesa of making r e l t le l í t e r e s t i a g and ¿n¿ includes rolling i L up ana aragging i t over tne ground at the encfor a iong rope oenina a norse. The wintero are cold,nouses and clothlng are both made from hides. or course you know a n t h i s - i t carne witn a fresh vividness from one who had u v e el there. i may oe loraea to return for tnere aeem to be some peopie not pressecl with morning duties and .,itn plenty or time uo aatisfy tne i r curiosity. The f i e s t was a small boy and having chatted witn n i m / i t was not long until nine otners gathered too. They are making a circle acema me, as interested as can be in tae Corona. One had a hoe and la on the way to nli f i e l d . You would be surprised that the handle of his hoe is only four inches long.They bend down to the ¿round as they work. It is lighter! I havje been reading a book this morning which Ivlrs E l l is sent me.lt is "The Jesús Christ of History". -one of the ff.tf.G.ffi.publications I t is good to have time for thlnking and reading,I nave been living too much m a rush of things to be done and not very calmly! It is a month since we l e f t Lintsing. It is lovely to get away,but now I am lokking eagerly to the getting back and planas for making the fall work worth whlle. It ought to be nothmg but faithful worth-while workranything that costs the erice of keeping me away from Hettie and you. I1 have longed so to be there but it seems plain that with llrs S l l i s detained in America this fall i t is'not the time for me to be spared,at least not t i l l Ethel gets back. n n ] jBüJrl í, .LUiiMealbiU lie»; I will make this years work the very best I can and I know you will pray that I do my part. And i t i s n ' t whether i t is easy or not that matters but whether i t is right. It will be good to have Dr Cooke there too Did you meet her? I am hopin^ Ethel may see you and Hester too. One of Clovers l e t t e r s spoke of the p o s s i b i l i t y of your making an auto-trip up to Humboldt County. Did that work out? She sent such mee pictures and i t mast be a beautiful place. The nice Emma Boehney who was my room mate on the steamer has not been able to come back to China yet. She u v e s in Humboldt Co. and I wish you could see her. |