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bers Of our own mission there was
Dr. Pedley, a Canadian missionary,
10 help make the journey a pleasant
one. At Kobe we visited Mr.. and
Mrs. oxford and Harry had the OPP
portunity Of addressing that SPLEEN
did body Of young business men at
PalmOre Institute. The school is full
10 overlooking as usual and the
chapel exercises are very Impressive
We took dinner with Mr. and Mrs. X.
S. Stewart one day and ] had my
first actual realization Of what a
brave little woman she Is. Their first,
and only boy had infantile paralysis
when a baby and now, although he
is about six, he cannot walk and has
no more mind than sX-mOnths old
baby. He crawls around over the
house but Of course has 20 be watch
ed constantly There are two other
children, aged years and l6 months,
both very attractive girls Mr.. Ste
wart is away from home nearly all
the time as his work is strictly evan
gelistic. he is doing a great amount
Of good
We spent a few hours in the home
of Mr.. and Mrs John p. Cobb, en-
the Palmore Institute Compound.
Little Margaret Cobb is nine months
old and this was the first time we
had seen her She is certainly an
active little body and the JOY and
pride Of the home
After attending 20 some necessary
shopping, having given directions for
some furniture 20 be made, etc, we
went on to Okayama, where we stay
ed over Sunday. Our Japanese friends
there seemed quite glad 20 see us
and we enjoyed the services In the
new church building there. In re-
Spouse TO the pastors welcoming
speech at a reception on Saturday
night Harry expressed our apprecia-
ton in japanese. However, | was
not so brave. We found the Okay-
anna fruit just as delicious as ever !
surely wish the factories there would
learn TO can il properly. They put
IL up too green While living IN
Tokyo we tried some canned in Yo-
kahoma and found il very good.
After travelling four hours on Mon
day we arrived at Hiroshima, where
we spent the night. Mr. Stewart IS.
A. Stewart and r. s. Stewart are not
related) was not al home but his sis
ter. Miss Agnes, and Miss Nellie Ben
nett made fine hostesses Since lit
tie Josephine Shaver died in June
and James and Lillian Stewart are
in America there are no children in
Hiroshima now However, Harry NJ
found a good playmate IN Miss Agnes
because she set some hens and fed
the chickens, etc He is out doors
now helping his father set out some
strawberry plants.
Early Tuesday morning we took a
train for Shimonoseki, ferried across
the Moi (ten minutes) and took the
train there for Nakatsu, arriving here
al 80 that night We we're agree
ably surprised 10 find that our beds
had arrived and that Mr. Callahan,
who had come over from Matsuyama.
had had them set up. 30 that we did
not delay long IN using them.
The Japanese workers here have
riven us n very hearty welcome
There Is % be reception az the
church In our honor Saturday night.
There are no other foreigners In Ma
katsn but 40 far We have not had a
chance % get lonesome because we
have no servant and ! find myself
very slow with the cooking and house
work. We have an unusually large
yard and Harry has been busy get
ting u IN condition after the two
wears that no missionary lived here
Harry NJ. has some christian play
mates NEXT door
October 2, 1871
Since beginning this letter W have
been greatly saddened BY the news
n he death If hlIhop LAmherih
ILL., leadership ~as great lnsplla'