The Frenchams were held for thres days in Ningkiang and then forced to march with the Reds over the hilly border country to Li Chia Pa jin Seechuen. "Mrs. Frencham, owing to the condition of her health, found the three days journey in the snow exceedingly difficult, but Mr. Frencham was showed to help her when the Reds saw that she could manage the hardest parts alone.
'At the inn at Li Chia Pa the couple were treated better than their Chinese fellow captives. The food was very poor Indeed and the accommodation bad, but during their stay: these were' gradually improved, according Mr. Frencham's letter. Mr. Frencham was asked to write for medicines, and the long silence that was taken as confirmation of the vivid stories of their murder told by refugees, is partly accounted for by the fact that the Reds decided, after the letters had been written, not to send them.
"At intervals and on special acc sions Mr. and Mrs. Frencham were allowed out under q@cort, and in times of need Mr. Frencham was. permitted to see his wife, During this period Mrs. Frencham's health, mused much anxiety to them both. They were, however, treated with consideration, though they had to do what the Reds thought best and keep, clear of all their attains.
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