The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1902-04-10
Miss Kate SChaeffer Writes Home Of
Her Work Among the Chinese
of the Interior.
GHOSTS HARRAss A MISSION.
Strange Midnight Providers Assault the
House Occupied by the Kenosha Mis-
stonary but are Driven off
The U. w. House, Lia-kha, Hainan,
China, Feb. 5th, 1892.

The u. w. House, Lia-kha, Hainan,
China, Feb. 5th, 1902.
Dear FRIENDSHIP answer to your
good letters let me give you an account
of my nomadic life the past tnlee
month.
November was given to travelling 10
Nodoa to attend mission meeting and
return. occupied eleven days going
and coming, SO had time to make the
trip an itineration. AT mission meet
ing change was made in my work.
Building operations and the conse-
quent moving of missionaries ended in
giving my house and the boys school
work to Mrs. Jeremiassen. l, who am
free to travel anywhere, was given
country work. I have a room in the
same compound that J lived in before,
as my headquarters when in Kiung-
chow. Into this room I moved my fur
niture as soon as | returned from mis-
sion meeting. On the last of Novem-
Der was off with Mrs. Jeremiassen for
a long trip on horseback to the south
west of the island to Mrs. Jeremias-
sens former station at Lok-lah. This
trip of about two hundred and fifty
miles occupied just three weeks, as we
travelled slowly and spent two days in
each of four different important mar
ket towns. Perhaps the record of a
few days in my journal will best give
you glimpse of our life on the road
Dec. 18th. Reached Leng-tin at dark
last night and were besieged by crowds
of people till long after we had retired.
Went out before breakfast this morn
ing and sold all the Gospels lover 30l
and sheet tracts that took out. Was
sorry not to find A-heng Ia former boy
pupil of miue) who is cook in a medi-
cine shop here. We took a slow
journey to the Sa1t-pans and from
there was shown to the little Salt pan
village on the Keng-tin bay where the
Swatow Bible women's relatives live.
Have had a good talk with her broth
er's sons and their wives and with the
people Of the White Sands woman Ia
Kiuugchow christian).
18th. Our Vaug-chin carriers
skipped last night, leaving us cheated
out Of over dollar. Had to hire viii
1age men to carry our loads to Tin-kio.
On the way we hear that some high
way robbery had been committed on
our road today. From the district line
village on we carried our guns loaded,
but saw no thieves. These sandy
plains are very hot and g1aring. Have
put up in the house in which Mr.. and
Mrs. Jeremiassen staid month nine
years ago.
No carriers to be had this morning,
Motto (my Bible woman and | went
through the market and sold all the
ested ACKNOWLEDGMENT in an old wo-
man. I hope she will seek and find.
A young graduate who had called at
my house in Kiungchow three years
ago brought a number of friends to
listen. | talked to them of the four
important steps and pray the Lord will
lead some of them to take these steps.
First-Know that you are sinner.
acknowledgement. Third-Believe that
Jesus can save you. Fourth-Show
your faith by right living. They came
again this afternoon.
When Mrs. ]. started back to Kiung-
chow last spring'with her four children
and her husband sick with typhoid
fever, from which, he died on the way,
she left her furniture at Lok-1ah. We
% a 20 10 =
boat and did as much evangelistic
work as we could in the eleven days
spent there. The evening meetings
were attended by from thirty to forty
villagers and I'hadsa1daily Bible class
in Philippians for the few christians
there.
Then began the return journey over
a road unknown to both of us from
Lok-1ah. We had the valuable aid OF
Mr.. Jeremiassen's diary, his charts and
the servant who had accompanied him
a number of times. Near Lok-aug we
spent FIVE days in Loi village, where
Mrs. J. had some business to attend to-
Of these very interesting wild people
that occupy much of the interior Of
Hainan, l must write you in anothei
letter. Suffice it to say, that their Ian
guage, customs and dress Tor rathe1
lack of it, differ very much from the
Chinese. According to the map Il an
taking it for granted you have one
this region looks as if it was easily
travelled, but the innocent looking
Sang-hoe river is a swift run
ming mountain stream with rocky
bed and we had to ford it no less
than ten times, besides crossing it
numerous tributaries. Our ponies car
ried US safely through, though, O
course, wet feet were unavoidable. Tn
forest covered hills on both sides o