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They had taken the wealthy Ohimse away next day, and when he was returned a week later both his thumbnails were gone, burned off with electric needles, and be mhuddered when he talked about the Japanese. His wife was a rather pretty French womasti in her late twentie a. She had been living in an apartment not far from the Convent, with the four children, all pretty little things, two girls and two tiny boys. arlier on, about four weeks before, the Chinese husband had been away an she had been alone with the children and some servants in ti aper went. #UpBORBE officers had discovered her, and after two weeks, in desperation she had gone to the Mother Superior of the Convent and bogged her to take them in, saying that she would kill twrself otherwise. That is the sort or thing that is going on in Hongkong • And no one knows what the husband had to pay to get avAY, Jome say $30,000, some say a good deal moru. It is a painful business being a rich Chinese in lonkong these daysha
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Sir Arthur and Ledy Blackburn were at the French Hospital on the 22nd returning to Stanley on the 23rd. sir Arthur had been for some time in the Tweed Say Roapital, as he had been far from well, and was brought in for ray or his injured leg. misunderstanding they had been told to pack up their belongings and be ready for a trip to Shanghai. Cn their arrival at the hospital, they found that this was not correct, and Sir Arthur begged to be allowed to stay over an extra day and to be permitted to see Mr. Oda. Unfortunately Dr. Selvya-lark could not see his way to doing this and they were taken, bag and baggage, back to Stanley at 2 o'clock. I arrived from t. Stephen's at 4 o'clock and was very sorry indeed to miss tiwm. I particularly wanted to see them and try and persuade them to come to the French Hospital, from Stanley Prison. I felt sure in view of the very great kindness shown me by Mr. Uda, that he would extend the same privileges to the Blackburna and wanted to see them to make sure that they would come before taking the matter up with ur. Ode. because I had heard that wir Arthur refused to leave Stanley as long as the Riches and vans remained there.
Lady Blackburn left a note for me to thank me for parcels of food I had sent out to them. the said they were entirely without money and greatly appreciated what I had sent. And that they found it difficult to share a room with eight people and a baby without friction. This from Lady Blackburn, wie is one of the kindest and sweetest tempered of women surprised m She would rather die than complain.
I have heard since from a number of people who saw the Blackburns frequently in Stanley, and in particular, from Mrs. Knippa who played bride often with Lady Blockburn, that they are in the dining room of a flat. That there are eight people in the room and a baby, that the quarreling in the room asema to be directed against the Blackburns due to the inferiority complcx of a Mra.Wait, that life is being mede urbesrable for them by this woman, that the Blackburns have just the corner of the room occupied by their own three quarter bed, with no privacy what so ever. This bed is without a mattress, kas bara bõards covering the springs, with a steamer rug over it. And that they did not know what they would have done without the food I had been sending them regularly. This rews reached me after we embarked on the daeme Maru. But Dr. Court, the Superintending doctor in charge of the French Hospital, came to tea with me the day after I arrived there, together with Dr. Oriffith and ir.
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