THE NORMAN TRANSCRIPT—NORMAN, OKLAHOMA
PERILOUS JOURNEY THROUGH
CHINA TOLD BY MRS. MORSE,
MISSIONARY PARTY MEMBER
Running the gamut from the dan-
gers encountered because of Tibetan
robbers and traveling through moun-
tian passes with bare space for walk-
ing, crossing gorges 1,1)00 feet deep
on filmsy bridges, on down to the
trivial cares of the housewife and
the joys of a baby boy, three letters
were received Tuesday by George C
Howe, 401 Chautauqua avenue, from
Mrs. J. Russel Morse, missionary
and member of the party of Or. A
I*. Shelton, Enid missionary who was
slain by Tibetan bandits.
The letters, written from Decem-
ber 27, lr21, to January 3, 1922, were
mailed before Dr. Shelton had met
his tragic end. Everyone in the
brave little party was happy—espec-
ially so, because their long and ted-
ious journey had ended—when the
letters were written.
In her letter of December 27, Mrs
Morse says, "We are here in our
home at last, safe, well and happy.
We arrived December 23 at noon
We were certainly glad to get here,
•f. We started the last day of October.
' m fifty-five days in all. We actually
traveled forty-six days. The first
nine days we were in great danger
of the Chinese robbers, in fact, we
had little hope of escaping them en-
7 I tirely."
I Perils of Journey Told.
Again, teljing of the perlious jour-
ney—"Many times the path was less
than a foot wide, with the roaring
Mekong canyon on one side and the
overhanging rocks of the mountain
on the other. Many times when I
was in my chair, I was suspended
over canyons a hundred feet deep
and then down a thousand feet to
the Mekong river. To look out of
my chair and see nothing under me
but the great, deep canyon leading
very steeply and dirtily to the roar-
ing river, was really somewhat
"scary." If my chairmen had never
slipped, had never let my chair fall,
it would not have been so bad, but
they did."'
"Little Eugene" is mentioned fre-
quently. "Eugene is well and as
happy as can be. Actually, it seems
he is always smiling. He has won a
reputation all along because of his
smiles. Even when he cries or begs
there is a smile back of it, so that
people are accustomecf to ask me,
"\W11. is he laughing or crying?"
Again speaking of the baby, Mrs.
Morse ^ays. "He is very loving, and
loves the dirty natives just like they
were his own people, and always
simles at them. Our servants think
so much ot him and will do anything
for him."
Referring to their missionary du-
ties. she says, "Well, we are all hap-
py and anxious to get to studying the i
language ^o we can begin work." 1
Rope Bridges Explained.
"One very interesting thing was
the rope bridges," Mrs. Morse says
in describing the scenery and events
on the trip. "These are composed
of a single rope made of split bam-
boo. fastened to a pole ser firmly
in the ground and braced by large
rocks. The side you start from is
high up on the cliff, while the other
is lower down. There is a groove
made ol hardwood which fits the
rope The straps and ropes are fast-
ened to the wood groove and the
man gets into the "harness." With
a shove, he is off across the boiling
.river. If the slant .is not sufficient,
ie may stop in the middle and have
o pull himself across, hand by
hand."
An idea of the height at which
the missionaires traveled is given by
!he following: "We traveled up
■ hove the clouds many days. We
•ould see a most wonderful snow
•overed range of mountains just
cross the Mekong river from us
which has an elevation of 25,000 feet.
)r almost twice as high as Pike's
Peak. In many places we were 14.-
K)0 feet above sea level. Batang is
9,400 feet.'"
Too Dirty For Anything.
Mrs. Morse tells of h r difficulties
in training her house servants.
"They j;re just too dirty for any-
thing," she declares in one of the
letters.
Except for one letter received by
\. G. Smith of Enid, those received
l>y Mrs. Morse's father are the only
ones from the Morses. All of these,
however, were witten before the
time of the attack on Dr. Shelton
vvhich resulted in his murder. It is
believed he had taken a trip away
from the missionary camp alone
when slain. Relatives and friends of
the Morses anxiously await word
telling of their safety.
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More Facts You Should Know
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In Yellowstone Park!
Each year since Yellowstone Park was
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The figures for 1921, just announced,
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during that season, 412 more than any
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ACTEOR IN •BARNSTORMER''
How does tlii> sound?
In "The Barnstormer.", his latest
picture for First National release,
Charles Ray-
Appears as a boy on a farm who
"knows" he was born to be an actor.
Practices makeup secretly, n ing
putty, lampblack and other crude
materials.
Tries to photograph him-' lf in
character.
Is hired as an actor, but finds
himself a porter, call boy, piano
player, stage hand, and a tew other
things.
Rustles trunks passes handbills
ami runs errands.
Mimics the leading man.
Saves an audience from losing all
their valuables.
Falls ill love with a girl soda foun-
•ain clerk.
These interesting incidents have
.been woven together by Richard
\ndres, the author, ir o ,i starv
| which is packed with laui;!i the
jkind that only kay can aron «
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a two day ennient.
next week or ten days. The team
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Open Shop" question will be debat
TRYOUTS FOR GIRL'S
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Because of the inability >i one «>r
two orators to take part, tiv tryout
Tor the Norman high seho< 1 girls'
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Although a definite date upon
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not yet been set., it is probable that
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