The San Francisco call., 1906-04-01

was bringing home were lost, but Moth
ing daunted. she secured another boat and
continued on her journey
In Hiss Coles mind the interest of the
trip far exceeded the dangers.
She says that the country through
which they passed above Ichang was as
wildly beautiful as the most romantic
could wish to see, and the people in the
little villages. perched high on the cliffs
rising from the stream, were kindly, cour-
teous and so far as the white travellers
were concerned. merely curious. At the
cities they passed the bare yellow folk
would come down the stone steps, Shiny
with neglect and crumbling with age.
and crowding from top to bottom, would
wait for a glimpse of the Si-fan (West-
ern strangers).
They saw many curious sights on the
journey-the Yun-tun (smoke tOwers).
where fires of skavings are kindled to
warn the inhabitants when there is dan
ger in the country; the strange mountain
people on the upper Yang-tse, more like
Tibetans than Chinese with shaggy.
unkempt locks. and skins or coarse wool
en- garments for covering. and a friendH-
ness quite out Of harmony with their wild
appearance
One of the strangest sights she saw.
that appealed TO her American eyes. ac-
customed to our enterprising ways OF
that rise in so many places sheer from
the river Could it be that the Chinese
were calling attention to the merits OF
this ones soap or another's breakfast
food?
But she found on tr-nslating the writ
ing on the face of nature that it was
merely the Chinese way or dropping into
pcetical appreciation Of the landscape
'.Chiang ten vi sai.' written high upon
a cliffs face meant the river and the
sky are one color"
"Shan shut ching yin" lettered upon
pinnacle, was from one wayfarer to an
other, saying. "the hills are bright and
the waters dark"
Shanghai. Hankow and Ichang are tho
ports open to the trade OF the foreign
devils and above Ichang not even the
term foreign deviY' is known TO the
people, and it was through country
where many OF the population had rarely
seen white man and most or them
had never seen a white woman that
Miss Cole travelled with nothing to pro-
tect her but her pluck and her faith
in her Heavenly Father
How many girls would venture upon
such a jOurney-even to get married?
Miss Cole only smiles quietly when you
wonder, and says
Il IT wouldn't care particularly to do It
. again-but I am glad did it, wouldn't
nave missed the experience lOI any lulne-
She was just one month making the
trip down the river, having left Sui-fu
on the 18th of January and reaching
Shanghai on the 18th of February.
The wild and perilous part Of the jour-
ney was on the upper g-tse-Kiang,
as far as Ichang. and even as far as Han
kow. From HankOw TO Shanghai the
I journey was made BY steamers comfort
able. well equipped American-built steam
er, and there were no more rapids to
shoot. but there was the uncertainty OF
the Chinese temper toward foreigners to
consider.
The trip from Hankow to Shanghai
was one Of physical ease and comfort
compared with the exciting days OF travel
in the small boat. but II was not without
it's anxieties and apprehensions until Miss
Cole and tie little girls found themselves
safe and sound under an American roof
In Shanghai
Then she could look back over the ZOO
miles of adventure and congratulate her
self on having done what no other Amer
lean girl has done alone before