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viz., \\*al)al)i mulhihs. I Ic seemed ready, several times during
our conversation, to admit the injustice of liis demand, hut each
time those fellows Iiad So much to say against us that ho finally
decided against us and slmU us awav. Wlion we reached uur
room we found it empty, they having l)(、rnc our possessions and
Salome away to the boat, to which they took us bv the nearest
road, put us into an open boat, ami wo put out to sea. During
tlic ni^ht a storm arose, and the sailors pullal down the sail and
cast anchor, l.’or torty-oii；lit hours \vc wore tossed about with
scarcely aiiytliintj to cat or drink. Wo fiiuillv reached Iiusrnh,
and back to Hah rein by steamer on July 3d.
Tlic poison story spread up and down the gulf, and uur men
were beaten or imprisoned, or both, at several places, lint the
plague died out, and a reaction in our favor came, as it lias come
in China ami in many other fields after trouble, and the work
looks more promising than over before.
Dr. Zwemer writes that Salome has rental a house at Kuweit
and is there selling biblos.
\Ve have been greatly disappointed in our search for a suit-
al)lo volunteer for the medical work, and wo arc earnestly praying
that some youn^ man or woman. fully (jualifiod and strong in
• Imd). and purpose, may volunteer and be sent out verv soon. All
of us \\lu) know the conditions just now, feel very keenly the
urgent need of a doctor being sent at once.