'The house, reached, the animale four foreign goals, a' dog and a cat and the house-boy's eldest son, a baby, were put into the van, together with the superintendent' and the other foreigner. They did not start immediately, however, for the earth was quivering every few moments from the explosions of bombs which were intended fora Chinese eld battery several hundred yards away.
The noise was tarrie and the battery fire almost continuous and in Such "quantity that the finding Ure best. shelter on the best side seemed to be merely a matter of luck, 'The two foreigners began to fear that bomb craters would make Hungjao Road impassable for' the Feturn journey but, during a ull when the aeroplanes seemed to have gone back for more bombs, a start was made, Noise was still going on, Dut, of a different sort; one of the goats was backing into the side of the van with a "boom" and. then lurching forward and butting the dog, which was howling, At times, the commotion at the back was 80 great that the two in the front thought the van doors were going, to give way.
Things went fairly smoothly, however. although a bumpy bit of road through the Momeside Farms at Chungsan Road made driving some what dificult. Owing to the depth of the ruts in the road, the car chassis grounded, but cleared again, the van: Was on' asphalt once more. A few hundred. yards and the rally way was reached; through the new Chinese. tines. in' Rockhill, Avenue, past the British outposts—and. the adventure was dyer, with everyone safe and sound, 'Tue Russian Emigrants' Committee and Relief Association acknowledge with grateful thanks the receipt of §200 for "milk supply for the nursery at 350 Avenue dui Roi Albert from the Rotary Club of, Shanghai.
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