My lady of the Chinese courtyard : being a sequel to "The love letters of a Chinese lady . MY LADY OF THE CHINESE COURTYARD i My Dear Mother, Thy son has received his appointment as governor ofthis province, and we are at last settled in this new andstrange abode. We are most proud of the words pro-nounced by His Excellency Yuan when giving him hispower of office. He said: You, Liu, areanexantpleof that higher patriotism rarely met within official life, which recognises its duty to its Government, a duty toooften forgotten by the members of a great family such as that of whichyou are the honou
My lady of the Chinese courtyard : being a sequel to "The love letters of a Chinese lady . MY LADY OF THE CHINESE COURTYARD i My Dear Mother, Thy son has received his appointment as governor ofthis province, and we are at last settled in this new andstrange abode. We are most proud of the words pro-nounced by His Excellency Yuan when giving him hispower of office. He said: You, Liu, areanexantpleof that higher patriotism rarely met within official life, which recognises its duty to its Government, a duty toooften forgotten by the members of a great family such as that of whichyou are the honoured head, in the obligation to the Clan and the desireto use power for personal advantage. Your official record has -beenwithout stain; and especially your work among the foreigners dwell-ing in our land has been accomplished with tact and discretion. I amsending you to Shanghai, which is the most difficult post in theRepublic because of its involved affairs with the foreign nations,knowing that the interests of the Republic will be always safe in yourhands. I write thee this because I
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