An interesting account of life amongst the bandits is contained in letters sent by the Rev. A. Lundeen, one of the American captives held by the Honan brigands, to his wife, and his friend and fellow missionary, the Rev. D W. Vikner, some excerpts from sihich - follo Gaosindwang, 60 li from Kiahsien, Noy. 26.
"We were exceedingly happy to receive the letters and the things. The things are exactly what we need. Now we will be able to get along quite well. The lice are hard to fight, however.
"As to news of our release, I hope it is true. We are good and tired of this life, although God is sustaining and making our hearts happy. We do not have much "get-up' about us. But when we stay at one place for some time we preach for all we are worth, and se far preaching has not been resented, although not heeded much either. The robbers are a great multitude. We have seen their evil work for over 40 days, and we know they are not exactly a joke. We have seen them take six large cities. There is hardly a city in
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