her. A lady who writes so well ought to
write better." She was then at Philadelphia, and at the moment of his
introduction to her was undergoing the process of vaccination. As soon
as it was over he entered into conversation with her with some
abruptness, demanding of her how she could employ her talents in writings
so trifling and so little spiritual as those he had read.

Emily met the rebuke without offence, but defended herself by describing
the necessity of her case, with her indigent parents depending upon her;
so that her work must almost of necessity be popular and profitable,
though, as a duty, she avoided all that could be of doubtful tendency.

The missionary was thoroughly softened, and not only acquitted her, but
begged her to undertake the biography of his wife Sarah: and this threw
them much together. He was fifty-seven, she twenty-eight, when he
offered himself to her in the following letter, sent with a watch:--

"I hand you, dearest, a charmed watch. It always comes back to me, and
brings its wearer with it. I gave it to Ann when a hemisphere divided
us, and it brought her safely and surely to my arms. I gave it to Sarah
during her husband's lifetime (not then aware of the secret), and the
charm, though slow in its operation, was true at last."

The charm worked. Emily Chubbuck was ready to follow Dr. Judson to the
deadly climate of Burmah, to share his labours, and become a mother to
the babies he had left there.

They were married on the 2nd of June, 1846, and five weeks later sailed
for Burmah, leaving the three children at school.

Emily seems to have differed from Ann and Sarah, in that she had less
actual missionary zeal than they. Sarah at least was a missionary in
heart, and, as such, became a wife; but Emily was more the wife, working
as her husband worked. She had much more literary power than either; her
letters to her friends were full of vivid description, playful accounts
of their adventures, and lively colouring even of misfortunes, pain, and
sickness. She arrived at Moulmein in November. One little boy had died
during Dr. Judson's absence, but the other two were tenderly cared for by
the new Mrs. Judson, who threw herself into all the work and interests of
the mission with great animation. It proved, however, that both the
Burman and Karen missions were well supplied with teachers; and Dr.
Judson thought he should be more useful at Rangoon, where there had,
since one