Life and light for woman . VILLAGES OF THE PLAIN 54 Life and Light ^February taken Miss Ruth Ward, who comes to Ponasang, we may not get any moreboxes from her. My friends will, I hope, see to it that the little people arenot without dolls next year. Miss Osborne had delayed the opening untilmy coming, so directly after dinner we began the unpacking, and so inter-esting did it prove that twilight came on before things were all put to THE ABBIE B. CHILD MEMORIAL We ate supper that night on the porch, by the light of the moon and alantern. Next day was my first Sunday in Diong-loh. W^e
Life and light for woman . VILLAGES OF THE PLAIN 54 Life and Light ^February taken Miss Ruth Ward, who comes to Ponasang, we may not get any moreboxes from her. My friends will, I hope, see to it that the little people arenot without dolls next year. Miss Osborne had delayed the opening untilmy coming, so directly after dinner we began the unpacking, and so inter-esting did it prove that twilight came on before things were all put to THE ABBIE B. CHILD MEMORIAL We ate supper that night on the porch, by the light of the moon and alantern. Next day was my first Sunday in Diong-loh. W^e took the path to church,not over the stone steps as I had come up, but through the rice paddies, thepine grove and along a noisy brook. When we came to the city streets, ifsuch they may be called, though at home they would hardly pass for alleys,everjOne stared at the new foreign lady, and said, There are two now,there was but one, and How tall she is ! The shops, of course, wereopen for business as on other days ; the dogs and great black pigs had rightof way everywhere, and they took it, too ! In a doorway sat an old man,his bare legs raw with sores. Here, Miss Osborne says, he has sat daily formonths, save when the scorching sun has driven him to the other side of the igoSI Arrival at Diong-Loh 55 street for the shelter of the projecting thatch. The service was, of course, inChinese, and the collection was the only part in which I
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