. A'Chu and other stories. lied with an amusedsmile. He was a Christian Chinese. See, he ex- Matching Wits 269 plained, the leaf is shaped like a sword. The peoplehang them by a string from the top of the thrust them through a broken place in the win-dow, out from an open space under the eaves, or througha cracked tile in the roof. One of these sword-shapedleaves is put wherever a spirit might be able to creepthrough, to frighten away these enemies. Our people of the Middle Kingdom [a favoriteterm for the Chinese] are very much afraid of devil-spirits. Such terrible fear! the t
. A'Chu and other stories. lied with an amusedsmile. He was a Christian Chinese. See, he ex- Matching Wits 269 plained, the leaf is shaped like a sword. The peoplehang them by a string from the top of the thrust them through a broken place in the win-dow, out from an open space under the eaves, or througha cracked tile in the roof. One of these sword-shapedleaves is put wherever a spirit might be able to creepthrough, to frighten away these enemies. Our people of the Middle Kingdom [a favoriteterm for the Chinese] are very much afraid of devil-spirits. Such terrible fear! the teacher added, lookingon sadly. There is hope of victory over an enemy of onesown size and strength. But with such as these, thatmay creep through a crevice under the eaves, a crackedtile in the roof, or a torn place in the window, the Chi-nese feels there is but a narrow way out. He musteither pacify his enemy with flatteries, gifts, and offer-ings, or outwit him with tricks. This is their reasonfor the worship of MISSION IN KIANGSU A BEGGAR IN THE SPIRIT WORLD SOON after we settled in Canton, a woman fiftyyears old began to call often at our home. Shewas employed as cook in a large family, but during herspare time she came daily to read, as she called she made little advancement in learning theChinese characters, she appeared so very desirous of study-ing the Bible that we could not refuse the time requiredto teach her. I do not believe in the idols; I desire to enter yourchurch, she said frankly one day. I told her how glad I was to know she had cometo believe the idols were vain and useless things, andhoped she might soon learn to love and obey the trueGod. But she must be patient and study, I would be time enough to speak of joining thechurch when she had learned more about the gospel. After a time she learned that missionaries employ womento go about teaching the Bible to other women in theirhomes. She came again, and this time asked to
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