The Holt County sentinel., 1896-10-23
LAND OF CONFUClUS.
Miss Fanny Meyer Writes About the
Land of the Almond-Eyed.
FLORA DEhcoNEss' HONE.
TUy-N.: hfS,: CHINA A,ru p1 ls.A;

| written you letter alone since am here. 50
;;si sure It i your time for a letter. and am
going 10 commence one ~ ynu tonight won
der what you are all doing" glance up I" look
at yrur AMI mothers pictures II have you on
| the tab. near me, cant help thinking now
nice 1t would hr il coald just step through I"
the other side AMI talk to you face To lace H.
| stead of ou paper. viSi; with you all som"
ti,ur> in nv dreams. 'ut dreams not the
most satisfactory thin = in the world. In Of
my dreams I was standing by the dear cid wei!
ui- dear old well that is no mnrey and Just
in the act Gf p,ftin. i cup of its deicOuSly cool
| water to my lips WHEN ! aSakrucd did nct
even get 4 tiny sip. Twas Disappointing.
| Another time I was driving along all alone IN
| our big carriage, now how much nicer il would
have been couid have taken ride with you
ami mother and Snmr of the others. By the
way what have you done with - 'Nuah'S Ark?'
Poor old thing! After serving so long and 50
faithfully it must felt much cri.ved to have to
take back seat anl See other and finer car
| riagcs coming In an, taking its place.
We have had a great deal If rain the last
week which WAS just what what WAS needed TO
cool oil 'ht. heated atmosphere. We appreciate
th. chang. very much. NJ doubt we shall have
plenty of warm weather yet. but We think the
hOit,. L season Is over.
Tuesday night school commences acxt Tues
day. september ].
We have enjoyed the quiet OF our home very
m.,cl these few weeks. We shall be very glad
see the other girls return but il will he rather
trying 10 our nerves becoming accustomed to
all their noise ;tsain. We shall b. so thankful
when We can have our school building and not
have to have the girls right in the home with
IL.
cannot begin to tell you how shall rejoice
if word comes about Christmas time that dear
old Holt county is going 10 send the money for
this inach ueried school building.
One OF ou. very incest girls will not return t.
school. II makes our hearts ache when We
think that i'll a few WEEKS she is L. he married
| to that o;,:rm smoker. She is the girl Helen
spoke of il her letter III the jane " Message
| I mu t Hal forget To tell yIu about the little
plcnic gave the l. girls who remained here
| I, WAS such a disappointment Helen could not
go iilaI tlay We had planned 10 take the girls
together. As the day promised I" be fairly cool
we thought u best not io pat il of for another
| day and so went alone with them. 1t was last
| Thursday. told them when they were AT the
| breakfast table We would so out t. Mrs. Man
| ley'S to spend the day. l should have waited
| until they were through. for they became :"
excited they could not finish their breakfast.
| Two nf the girls over at the hospital being
treated and we weiit over To see if they were
| abb. to go with us The Dr. gave his permis-
sion for one of them to go this one had had an
| operation on her face and some bone taken
out al Ike elbow ia her right arm; her face and
arm were bnIh bas,iased, making her quite
pitabe Ioakin: little object wish you could
have her face light mp when we asked her
| if She " i.i.d Ia go. |; fairly shone and shone
all day ions a> she WAS >o happy. She rode all
the WAY IN a chair. which WAS double treat to
her.
| We :noa f,,nr chairs Su zach Of the girls could
ride part Of the MAJ: iwn oi the smaller girls
rcde III one chair. I walked all the way after
we were out side of the city and let the gIls use
my clialr
| All of these girl have unbound feet so We got
along very nicely walking with the exception
of one girl whose feet have not been unbound
So very long, and as they are still trnder she
could not walk very fast, SO the rest of us
walked more slowly 10 keep her company. 1t
WAS about 1890 when We reached Mrs. Man-
Iey's After resting awhile the girls had :, nice
timt playing on the verandas and in the nice
large yard At la 80 We all had Chinese din
ner together. The girls enjoyed this very much
As it was a little extra To what they ord ntrly
have. Even l did not fail to do it justice AS
was very hungry after our long walk
] am very glad to tell you the dirt question
does not trouble me rs it did when first came
10 China. Now, suppose some OF you VIII
laugh at this and wonder how we can become
accustomed to such thirgs. I will say am
very thankful we can. In many ways Chinese
i a
but soon learn il is just as well not to waste toe
much time teaching them to he extra clean. II
l should tell you Of some of the things We Lave
k.own them to do, that dear mother of mine
would be shocked beyond all endurance. We
4 learn TO take such things Jokes and as par,
of the life in China.
After most celghtful day We started on Oul
. honcward Journey about 80. After ae hat
gone a little ways some of the chair coolies be-
came a iittle stubborn no doubt. they thought
As WAS only a woman they could take adyant
age and do AS they pleased. they were deter
mined TO go on ahead of us while WAS Jnst Il.
determined they should stay behind 30 the girl
could take turns riding. gave them 10 under
stand could Use Il little Chinese with Il venge
ance j: necessary. When Chihaman finds ou
he c,nnot have his own WAY he generally sub
, mi.s quite gracefully.
: AS We came along we SAW some wor,!ipinl
at graves. and IS neared the city we hal &
pass through a great smoke for quite it'll
ways; the smoke was caused by the burning q
great quantities of paper money. I think tol
!. you in another letter this paper money
burned for the b.neit of the spirits Of their de
parted ONES. ! suppose l passed throug
several hundred dollars worth of smoke; All
4 NJ .ls.r
Il some riding in chairs. with piles of paper none
J. on the tops of the chairs; sore walking, carry
y ing smaller bundles, and coolies carrying gre;
ie loads of it. The money is done up in package
Of few hundred leaves; these packages Al
about IoyGii inches. The Weather class r
them mp in large squares and circles. four III
five feet high. They look rather pretty burning
aut it was an, timing but pleasant passii
through so much smoke. You can well imagiI
our feelings when We see these things an
much sldder things than these. We do l"r
and pray for the Gospel Light TO speedily brea
= IN upon our dark. dark China. Nothing b'
y the blessed Gospel Light and the divine 10,
can break dawn these terrible superStitI0ns.
\ is hard not To become discouraged sometimes
y there is so much to do and the laborers are
few. o. I do want YOU all to pray that the Ior
's nj will 50 use my life that it will count for Il
m most souls possible. II seems can almost he:
.e film saving To me al times, Fannie, he stroI
III the Lord and in III. power of His might"
.5 Well, f.thcr. Say to yon as I said la mothc
u | cant b-gin Ia tell you how muel love yo
NJ NAV the Lord give thee. my precious parent
!" His richest blessings ana sfare yOu long to us
L ne His VIII. With much love 10 you all
NJ, Missouri and Wyoming. and good night kiss
he 70 YOU and mother.
a. lam Your Affeciiona.e Daughter.
H. FANNIE T.. MEYER