Gift to Captain of Scroll of Names 'A tea-party given on Friday by the China Inland Mission for the children ard teachers who were on the Tungchow made a happy finale to what doubtless was the most exciting adventure of their lives. Nearly all the children attended, entirely diiing the Mission dining-room, where five large tables had been gaily decorated for the occasion, while the parents who accompanied the young' guests were entertained in another Toom. Capt. James Gordon Smart, a popular hero in the eyes of all the youthful Passengers, had been specially invited; but at the last moment news came that he had to attend the official inquiry and would not be able to be resent.
'A parchment scroll had been prepared, signed by every child who had een on the ship, as a mark of Jappreciation of Capt.' Smart's. kind-nest and disregard of his personal safety In guarding the lives of his young passengers. This scroll, in a handsome oak frame, was to" have been presented to the Captain by the children at the tea party, but in his absence they handed it to the Chief Engineer, Mr. Roxburgh, the only Tungchow officer present, asking him to convey it to Capt. Smart fon their behalf,
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