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During his absence he left his family in Reacheng in the charge of Hative Christians.

When the blow fell lust.

Thursday (1ttany?) it was thee Fortiquer, one whe an it fell. There is no tidings of any native Christian having been litten killed or wounded. telegram, we have received tymed certainly have

mentioned it, had it occurred.

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the murdered badly wounds d. Four were the Stewart, his wifeand littleson with the

• nurse, the remainder were Missionary sister - paing who in different parts of the County were themselves to teach and in many longs to bethe numbers of poor women who fladly cance. them-some for a layer come for a shorter timer supporting themes clors recancshile. There were also

Aphanage

larga sabes of each away number cach-awong female children whe received and in another place a flourishing twell-conducted firls school. I had the pleanne of seeing some of these sumple, happy horne last custume in. How, I suppose, they are all a blackened ruin. The three wounded

the asters (the niby nie were Miss Codrington. apparently left alive)-

left alive) - and M. Stewart; two little

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where a

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I need hardly say that not

one of these Missionarie, had done may thing to provoke ill feeling. They lived and moved.

ausing

the poor people as their friend, and were so in the happiest terms with them. It was a ano ixperience in the dull remistorious lives of these Chinese women & pils to find the maple es

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educated English Christine ladies.

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I think, Sir, I have now

mentioned all that is most important to suable Sta to to rea alize the civemustangs the Secretary of under which these fearful outrages took place. Your Excellency may not suppose that it falls within the scope of your request for

a statement

that I should enter on the subject of a possible

Strips. Stel, remedy for the present st te

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I cannot close without a word on that bubject which must be taken simply for what it is

Aakt.

.....

There has been a

For in Nusacuries of outrages in China on since the Fientsin Massacre, and there appears

long procession

to

daughters who were evident you a visit to Heirs

at the time. Soathered were they all 20.8 cmptoral the

no danger.

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