"December 2.—We are still here waiting, wondering, and praying Our chief has been absent several days. Don't know what he is up to. Many here treat us kindly Some come and want us to preach to them. The man who was ugly fo us a few days ago seems to feel better now. We bought him some candy yesterday, and that no doubt helped to sweeten him up.
"Our hardest work now-a-days lice-picking. Can you see us both sitting next to a poor Chines" lamp taking off garment after garment and picking away? We did not know what lice looked like
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