factory. My hope about him is that, if he keeps conversant
with the Word of God, the Spirit may give him no rest till he has
courage to take his stand and make his confession.

'We had a splendid month in the market-place. Chinese and Mongols
in plenty, both to preach to and to heal. One Mongol betrayed a
most intimate and full knowledge of Christianity. The drought gave
good opportunity of speaking of many things, and in most cases we
had respectful attention. It was a _hard_ month's work. Seven till
noon or a little after was our market time; the afternoon private
patients, the evening inquirers, makes a very long day, which
begins at daylight and does not end till after the second watch of
the night has been set. The Chinese usually secure a rest just
after noon, but frequently just then some patient would turn up,
and put an end to quiet. In most cases the strain is relieved by
holidays through rain and storm; but even this was wanting this
time, so we had almost uninterrupted work.

'I am more than ever eager to have the medical work given over to a
medical man. One day in Ch'ao Yang a man came swaggering across the
open space in the marketplace. People pointed towards him and
laughed. He was laughable, the ridiculous part of him being a straw
hat which was an imitation, caricature rather, of a foreigner's
hat. I could not help laughing. It was no laughing matter, though.
He was a messenger from the cavalry camp just outside the town. He
had come to take me to treat two soldiers who had received
bullet-wounds in an encounter with Mongolian brigands. I had never
seen a bullet-wound in my life, but I knew I could do more for the
wounded men than any Chinese doctor; so I went. The wounds were
then forty-eight hours old, and I dressed them as best I could,
paying a daily visit for about a fortnight. Two wounds, though
deep, were merely flesh; with these I had no difficulty. The third
was a bone complication. I knew nothing of anatomy, had no books,
absolutely nothing to consult; what could I do but pray? And the
answer was startling. The third morning, when in the market-place
attending to the ordinary patients, but a good deal preoccupied
over the bone case, which I had determined should be finally dealt
with that day if possible at all, there to