Thad to continue my journey west, on the north side of the river Wei, as there was fighting all along the big road. T met the missionary who had been residing in Tung-kuan: he had to get away because the soldiers had destroyed his home and made it impossible for him and upon the mission house soldiers walked along the roofs and fired through the windows into every room: one held up the gatekeeper with a revolver and demanded $200: as a result the old man died soon after. With their swords and bay-tenets they hacked to pieces every: door and window on the compound and it was only through the grace of God that Mr. and Mrs. Swensen gor away with their lives although the poorer in possessions.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.