The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1900-08-28
MISSI0NARTS WIFE
TELLS OF THE FLIGHT
,conususd from Pare -

CONTINUED from phEo ~
the compound Nv thousands. grabbing cv-
erything they could lay their hands on
and not forgetting to poit ua with stones
az We left. before We abandoned the
Z mission the Chinese used 20 post ilaring
signs upon. our gates announcing the
day upon which they Intended to massa.
I ere US Fortunately, we managed 10 get
ou' OF tho city without receiving any Sc
rious Injuries. II Ia simply wonderful how
l We dld u. or course the soldiers which
Ioompuaed our body guard kept or the In.
/ furintcd mob. but then the Chinese were
Throwing stones ut us all the time, and II
\ In n miracle that We were not killed by
| these alone. h.y husband and and also
/ the other missionary with va all re-
ceived many bruises and painful hurts
from the missiles hurled at US, but luck
lly none were OF much consequence.
when we got to the next military city,
a Journey Of about Il day and a half, our
escort of forty-two soldiers left us. These
very soldiers had subjected us to all kinds
Of indignitics, even going 70 far as TO
threaten our lives. The coolies who car
riod our chairs were as savage as the
rest. and the whole lot acted all the time
al II nothing would suit them better than
t. put us to death. My husband during
the Journey was brutally stoned and suf-
IIeFcu TnuCn as the result OF MS injuries
when the escort of-forty-two soldiers
loft us we managed to secure another
body guard OF six soldiers until we got TO
the next military city. Then when they in
turn left us at the point agreed upon we
were given body guard of only one
soldier Finally we had no guards at all
and were absolutely without protection
To he sure, we did not have to fear
Itreachery on the part of the soldiers. and
were, after ALL about as well off as we
were with them.
"Our flight from Honan to Hankow oc-
cuped fourteen days. Not once in ali
that time were we out of danger. Not
once In those two dreadful weeks did we
feel any degree of safety. Not once In
these long, anxious, tedious, fearful days
did we find one moment of real rest or
comfort. Although we brought our sedan
chairs all the way with us from Honan
to Hankow, my husband was obliged to
use a mule cart on part of the journey
/ and when we were passing through the
mountains he was pushed along in n
| wheelbarrow for many, many miles. No,
| It didn't seem one bit funny to me. / can
assure you, and / know that Mr.. Stoke
saw nothing funny in It, either. 1t was
the middle of the rainy season and was
raining, 1t seemed to me. nearly all the
time. We were drenched to the skin
tine and time again. OF course, you
|
journey between Honan and Hankow to
make at any time or under any condi-
| lions. We had hard enough time of 1t
as 1t was on our trip from Hankow to
ionan when we went together to the
mission at Running, but you can imagine
what 1t was like coming back with per-
secution all along the way and our lives
momentarily endangered, to say nothing
of the natural discomforts of the road
and the means OF transportation.
| Nobody would receive us along the
road. There was not one single house
thrown open to welcome us. Every mans
hand was against us and all would gladly
have put us to death rather than offer
us shelter from the inclement weather for
a single night or give us the least thing
which we needed. We were cursed as we
passed the cities; we were stoned on nu-
merous occasions: we were always in dam
ger. We could not put up at the inns;
they would not have us. The best that
We received from the kindcst of the Chi
nese was accomm odationS over night In
tho stables with the cattle.
AT Sin Yung another missionary Joined
our little party. Boon is his name He
belongs also to the American-N Norwegian
Mission. He received the most brutal
treatment at the hands of the Chinese.
His own coolies cruelty stoned him and
at one time during the balance of the
Journey to Hankow Chinese was about
TO Kill Boon when my husband interfered
and saved his life. The Chinese was flu
,Iious and seemed determined to run Boon
through with his spear. He had his
weapon poised for n wicked thrust when
my husband saw his intention in time
enough to snatch the spear from the
grasp of the big brute Boon was fortu-
nate In one thing, however, he was escap-
: Ing with most of his belongings, whereas
we were practically stripped ~ every
thing of value Boon is now 1t Shanghai
: When we arrived at Hankow we were
at last safe. but not until we had passed
; through the two most dreadful weeks OF
our lives.
"Oh, of course I was very much fright
ened all the time at the terrible things
: going on around us, but ! managed tc
keep pretty cool; in fact, | can't realize
now how 1t was that kept my wits about
me so WELL but then sou see | have beer
; engaged In mission work ever since
was nothing more than mere girl.
have been at II nine years now and a few
years ago did considerable Summing II
New York. You know what the slum
of New York are? oh. well, then n
course you can see how one who ha
g Stunned II In New York is well prepared
for missionary work among the barbar
Qua Chinese.
ayes. Summing In big city is II goo
training for any one coming In contac
| with the Boxers or any of the anti-for
2 lelgn Chlnese-and they're nearly all anu
I foreign. There are many missions In Chi
. ma which in all probability will not h
, forsaken by the missionaries. Those nca
- the coast cities are comparatively safe n
present, But the interior missions are h.
this time all abandoned, | Imagine, an
n there Is no hope of the missionaries VIII
3 have Ned returning for some time TO come
q Even after things are settled 1t will talk
q some time before we can venture back /
= the inland missions. OF course when
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