The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-07-27

The many friends of DIR. and Mrs.
George Worth will be delighted to
Japan, for America yesterday and will
be in Wilmington probably within
thirty days. A cablegram from DR..
Worth dated Yokohama, July oath,
was received here yesterday by Mr.. G.
w. Worth. 1t contained only one
to mean that he and family We're about
to sail for the United States and this
being the case they will certainly come
direct to Wilmington as soon as they
reach his country.
Mrs. w. H. Chadbourn. mother of
Mrs. George Worth, has received a
highly interesting letter from her
daughter dated Shanghai, June 22d,
and concluded under date S. S. Coptic,
Island Sea, japan, June 26th. Through
the kindness Of Mrs. Chadbourn we
are permitted to publish the letter. It
is as follows:
Shanghai, June %, 1900.
Dearest Mama:
The Lord has been very good to us
ana mas rOuSn US Iii safety 10 THIS
place., and we trust He will still keep
and protect us. 1 wrote to Lucy on
Monday, we had had very little news
then of what was going on in Pekin,
but Tuesday afternoon Mr.. JurgenS
brought the news down to is of the
burning of all the mission houses in
Pekin and the murder of hundreds of
Christians and servants. That night
George and I talked matters over and
-0-a1-lz1 3 --@,,1l ho haf{ar e., 80 -
come to Shanghai; if things got worse
we would be safer here, if they settled
down we could go back to Kuling, as
we had been planning. The Noes were
out itinerating but they came home
While we were eating breakfast We'd
nesday morning. They agreed with us
that we had better leave. We at first
thought of leaving on Thursday, but
as we talke with the servants and
preachers we found that people were
very much excited all about us and
that there was talk of burning us out
and killing us, and everybody on
nected with us. I packed up hare as
I could all day, trying to pick out the
things we valued most and to leave
behind those things that could be re-
placed. George went to the forts to
consult with Mr.. Jurgens and they de-
cided it would be best for us to go up
dllu SpSIIu lit hight WILL IT'LL dDO
a k Thursdays steamer down the
river. The McG's. had less to do than
We and three of them to do it, SO they
got off that night on a canal boat.
The children were as good as they
could be all day and Lucy lay all day
long on the bed and was no trouble to
anybody.
1.-The amah decided to come with us,
she is 81 stupid that I do not hin she
really understood what she was doing,
and the $500 pay in advance vas more
than h could stand. Our o wav-
cred a long time and if he had been
alone I think he would a come but
his wife was scared nearly to death,
and as h is not at all we'll he de-
cided he could not leave and we would
not urge him.
1.-The amah and Charlie and Lucy
and I came off in chairs and George
intended to come with us on the horse
with William, but he was delayed and
we went all the way alone. Our neigh
borS were full of excitement n gath
cred around the gate in crowds to see
US off.
Steamship Coptic,
Inland Sea, Japan, June rs, 1900.
"Well you see things have changed
with us since I began this letter and
we are safely out of all possible dam
ger. 1 know you will be relieved.
IT vas telling you about our leav-
ing Kiangyin-we got safely to Mr..
Jurgens' house just as it began to rain
and had a comfortable, peaceful night.
The next day George put his pistol in
his pocket and went back to OUT home.
Mr.. Kieffe went with him and they
stayed all day, getting gu the surgical
instruments and our silver which were
too valuable to cave behind; then
George nailed up the dispensary and
made arrangements for some one to
watch h places this summer; paid
all the servants and preachers in ad-
vance and did all he could do to leave
matters right. He got back to Mr.. Jur-
gems about 5 o'clock, we all had a
haSty supper n then took the forts
boats to the river One of the
forts officials was 50 anxious lest
harm should come to us on his prem
ises that they gladly lent us the oat
and also gave us an escort of soldiers
to see us safely away. The steamer
came about 1890 p. m. The children
had all gone to sleep. but they walked
up and were as bright as could be.
They are good little travellers; they
have done SO much of it in their short
lives.
We found the steamer full Of pas
sengers coming away from different
places n they said every steamer
coming down the river was crowded.
We found Shanghai much more excited
than We had had any idea Of and it
was all organized for defence, with
volunteer companies, general service
corps, n alarm signals decided on,
etc. I did not at all enjoy such a war
like state of affairs. There We're ten
Chinese warships in harbor and only
two foreign ships, then h Shanghai
arsenal is too ear for comfort. Be
sides it was very hot and the board
ing u vas crowded. We were all
in one small room with only one win
dow, and as there was no prospect Of
getting to any cooler place in China it
seemed s to come away to Japan at
M The steamer sailing Saturday
was crowded but the Woodbridges had
three cabins for themselves and eight
children, and they kindly offered to
crowd up and share them with us. We
decided Saturday morning to accept
their offer n the tug left at 8 D.. m,
so you know I had to rush as my