Clara A. Lefiingwell, Florence Moyers, and Edith Graves, American Froe Me-thadist Mission, arrived in Ohéngehou,; we did not coming until about two hours after their arrival. When we looked them up that afternoon, they had already got settled in a Chinese inn. Bo-fore Mr, Lawton left with his family for Kuling, he did what he could to help them secure a place in the city, but they were unsnecessfil. Our compound as there was no tarried 6 could not invite them to arters. After-a month they succeeded in renting an old Chinese house, and went to work vigorously to make it habitable. It being so far, from the inn it was necessary for them to move in and pair were going on. the month in the inn, the heat, the worry and nerve force, as well us physical effort, necessary to clean-up and repair an old dust-buried Chinese house, together with the fact that they wore unable under such: circumstances to get. proper foil, was telling on the strength of them nil, It was on 'Tuesday, the 4th of July, that Miss Leftingwoll was taken down' with dysentery. Miss Graves was also taken ill the same day and with the same disease. She, however, was better in a fow days, but Miss Logingwell continued to, grow worse until the and. By this time Mr. Lawton had returned from Kaling and was untiring'in his efforts, doing all that was possible under the circumstances to help them. The French physician, from the railroad, was called in and put in charge of the case. They telegraphed to Hauikow for a nurse, but there being none available, -Miss Cream, ©. I. M., Yin; ch'éng, very kindly came up for a fow days, and as it was not possible for her to stay, Miss Saltau, of Siangchénghsion, who is an experienced nufso, was sout for. She arrived too late to be of any assistance to Miss Leffingwell, but was a great comfort and help to the young Tadies in their sore affliction. After about thirteen days of illness, Miss Leffiugwoll away on Sunday afternoon, the 16th July; at 4 o'clock. She was conscious until about four hours before "her death.
was a sad death, and a working of Providence which we cannot quickly an-, Gerstand. But as we sat that night under
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