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Mr. G. took the tent down this a.m., & it's well he did, for
this aft. we had a fine & much needed rain in which
we all greatly rejoiced. He & Dr. T. came up to our place after
dinner to talk to the four or five girls who had expressed
an interest in Christianity & a desire for further
knowledge, for our converts are not allowed to make
rash promises, but are first put on probation, as it were
and tried before being admitted into the ch. I did not re-
main [remain] for the interview as I knew I couldn't un-
derstand [understand], & that perhaps they might feel freer to talk
without so many in the audience; Ma T.T. came
with them, & they waited in the office for a little while
as we were having great excitement over a tiny mouse
which finally got behind the heavy sideboard & was
then reluctantly left unmolested. Miss P. said he
would have wonderful adventures to relate when he re-
turned [returned] to his family; he certainly had several hair-
breadth escapes. It was 10 p.m. when the men at length
departed, an hr passed Miss P's bed time, & as she has
to be careful, I know she'll feel it tomorrow. I
worked at the books all spare hours today, & have
finished dusting & stamping all except the bottom
shelf. Found several Testaments, which Miss P. used
for her Bible class; also one of Miss Lawrence's books
which will be sent to her later. Tomorrow the sort-
ing [sorting] begins. Another one of my dust rags has disap-
peared, so I had to get a new one for this job.
Ma Kim Sein, whose mother is so ill, returned to school
today after an absence of about a month, as the B. doc-
tor [doctor] are now leaving has exerted a remarkable in-
fluence [influence] over therm; the little sister is here also. Ma K.
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good mind, so won't be long in catching up with the
class.

August 8, 1922 - Tuesday

Was so busy correcting notebooks & doing various odd
jobs that I spent almost no time in the library today.
Some of my Eng. class I know now will never pass, no
matter how hard I may work with them. I reveiw
then every few days but some do make the most ab-
surd mistakes. Started the calendar for older classes
on the 24th, a fortnight ago, but no bulletin board yet;
it has been made, but remains to be painted & hung.
Broke the pin in my silver broach so will get out my
old swallow, & french lady, ones to wear for the present.
The T's left by boat this eve; will make a no. of
stops in route; no prayer meeting; it's our time to
have it, so will come next wk. The christian girls &
teachers gave the T's a nice present of money, which
she proposes to invest in a rug for one of their
rooms in their new quarters in the Guest House;
thanks arrived which Miss M. passed to me & I to
Mrs. E., & then back to the teachers again. Miss M.
took several of the new mature study books; she is
rather pretty; it is a pity she is so dark; she taught
for 3 yrs. in Maulemein, she told me, before coming
here last year - she is quite young looking. There
has been quite an argurment going on in the paper
about the money from racing, which was offered
to one or more of the C. of E. institutions, & which the
Bishop seemed to be about to let them accept going
back on the position he assumed last winter. Our
Dr. McG. took up the guantlet in an open letter,
which B. Fife answered; then he wrote a 2nd