Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-08-26

DR.. George c. Worth and his wife,
Mrs. Emma Chadbourn Worth, and
their three little children, William
Chadbourn Worth. Charles William
Worth and Lucy Worth. having refu-
geed from their mission field in China
on account of the Boxer uprising, have
arrived in this city.
Dr. and Mrs. Worth and their chill
dren are the picture OF health, al
though they had n very long and te-
diouS trip by rail from San Francisco
Their children We're born in China
Their two boys. William Chadbourn
and Charles Worth. are respectively
aged and years. and Lucy is II spry
infant of months of age. The little
boys are as bright as Il dollar. being
able to talk both in English and Chi
nese. While standing on the piazza
they looked at passing people and We
hiclcs with open-eyed wonder and
chatted with each other in Chinese
They seem to prefer that language to
their own. and when n boy passed with
goat cart they were delighted and
1aboered at great rate. When
spoken to in English, however. they
spoke the language quite we'll, al
though Mrs. Worth says they can
speak Chinese much better. They are
two wonderful little fellows, rs may
be judged from the fact that while in
China their mother would send mes
sages to the Chinese servants. giving
1t to them in English, while they would
deliver 1t to the servants in Chinese.
on the other hand. when they brought
messages delivered to them in Chinese
oy the servants. they would deliver
them to their mother in English
They are probably. therefore, the
Youngest translators in the world. AZ
ter receiving callers up to u M, DIR.
worth and his interesting family were
driven to the Wilmington Seacoast rail-
road depot, whore they took the Sis
p. m, train for the Sound. They were
accompanied by MIR. e. w. Worth.
whose guest they will be at his sum
mer cottage on Greenville sound. Hav-
Ing been requested To do so. DR.. Worth,
AS soon as he can take n rest, will come
up to the city, and some Thursday
night. at the prayer meeting service,
Will talk about China.
DIR. Worth and Miss Emma Chad
bourn were married in this city July
81, 1895, and on the I'd OF August de-
parted for China to engage in mission
work. under the auspices OF the South
ern Presbyterian Church. They went
to Shanghai and were sent hence by
the mission authorities to Wusih. in
NianR Su province, of which Shang-
hal is the principal city. DR.. Worth
engaged principally in medical work
among the people. while Mrs. Worth
engaged In missionary work. visiting
the women. talking to them of Christ,
distributing tracts, etc. At this mis-
sion there were two other missionaries.
Il gentleman and his wife. and all four
occupied the mission as their home.
Very little progress was made ut
Nusih. and after two years. Dr. and
Mrs. Worth were sent to Iliangyen. on
the Yank Use Kiang river, where there
were four gentlemen and three ladies
ar, ntyad in mis-
WARNED OF DANGER.
DIR. Worth and his family remained
at Kiangyen up to June 23d, when he
says they received warning of such n
startling nature that he got his fam
lily out of the mission house and went
to the Chinese fort, where n German
officer by the name of Col. John Jurgen
was instructing the Chinese soldiers.
They were sent under escort of Chinese
soldiers to steamer bound down the
stream to Shanghai They arrived safe
and sound at Shanghai. the next day,
June oath.
In conversation with n Messenger
representative yesterday afternoon DIR.
Worth says they no doubt made mar
row escape. but that on their trip from
Kiangyen they did not have any thrill
ing experiences. He tells the Messen-
ger that when he left the mission there
were no Boxers in the immediate neigh
borhood. but he had noticed the unrest
of the people and that they were in
ferment. Two Chinese Christian min
listers finally gave them warning to
get out, and after they got this warn
ing they did not hesitate. On the same
day that they received the warning DR..
Worth overheard Chinaman, who
lived about fifty yards away, say eX
citedly to others as he passed. Eve are
going to burn them" DR.. Worth says
he interpreted that to mean that they
were going to burn the mission and
be killed II mob did come to burn
their houses.
GUARDED IN \ FORT.
DR.. Worth stated that the German
officer who was at the fort instructng
the soldiers had been warm friend OF
his. and that he kindly took them into
the fort and had them guarded by the
Chinese soldiers. DIR. Worth had often
practiced medicine among the soldiers
and they liked him and were willing to
aid him in any way. On the day he
and his family left for Shanghai they
were escorted to the steamer by de-
tachment of soldiers, who were then
friendly. There is no telling. however
but that they become disarfccted as
the people generally sympa thized with
the Boxers. Many of the hoodlums and
toughs were on the streets. who We're
making threats of burning and killing
foreigners-men who had formerly been
in the army.
There were no Boxers around us
as we We're aware" said DR.. Worth
but the agitation was very strong and
spreading, and when we were told by
the native Christians that the anti
foreigners were making threats to burn
our mission and XIII us. we knew ii
was time 10 so. The native Christians
begged us to go more for our sakes
than for themselves. as the agitation
was directed against them as much as
it was against missionaries and for
eigners generally. The Chinese have
a great many secret societies, and their