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Show Ytt Chen (3>ure Jade) "Heavenly flowers" is the Chinese expression for smallpox* The wee Tu Chen, A darling one, A l i t t l e maid As fair as pure jade, Fell i l l of "Heavenly flowers" one day. Her father and mother, such f a i t h had they, They brought her from their village, far away. They were so confident thfct the Doctor Lady would take their l i t t l e girl in and care for her, but alas I she daxed not, for there is m isolation ward. I t was a cold winter day, and Yu Chen, with only P thin cotton c u i l t over her, was lying in an open cart loaned by a kindhearted neighbor, for Ytl Chen's people were t e r r i b ly poor-nuch too poor to have a cert of their omi. Such searching appealing eyes the l i t - l e girl lxd». she looked GO tiny and so i l l . She could move neither her ?rms nor her legs, a:A she could not turn over. And she had a t e r r i b l e bedsore. She w*s ?o aee&i&g loving c?re end attention. To the Doctor Lady, i t seemed t to I *d-3st %m\ of & long h; rd., dey to turn uhis child away, the more especially as t&| parents, particularly the mother, who is a Christian, seemed so certain that Yd Chen would be welcome. She had to say, "No, not today, I would if I could, But the greater good, Since I have no placefor you to be apart, Is to send you back in your borrowed c a r t. 3*0 t e l l yhn thin in bjpegfciijBj j*? haa!rt*ft v |
