As soon as breakfast was over we were hurried on down the steep hill. Rain fortunately began and we were) able to rest ina farm house, The' farm people gave us corn cobs. As! soon as the weather cleared we started on. We were taken over another hill. We obtained Chinese: tea in dirty bowls from another' farm house and were so thankful for it, At length at dusk we! reached a ruined ancestral hall belonging to a Chang family. It was situated in a thick grove of frees. Approached in the moonlight it looked most eerie. We were taken up a flight of steps and told that a long narrow room on the left was our apartment. The brigands took up their position at the top fops and through lattice work complete view of our room.
told them we were too exhausted after two such days without proper food to move on next day. Fortunately rain descended and we! were able to rest there for two days: Saturday and Sunday. The ladies wore glad to sort out what had been left of our goods. They had been picked over again on Friday. Many were wet and were bung up to dry. Our room reminded us of a Debtor's prison. We had to get a laugh! Where we could. The ladies had no irpins and earned the sobriquet Salvation Army lassies from their new style of hair dressing.
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