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We wish them long and happy life; Hurrah!

The most of love and least of strife;.Hurrahi
With health and strength and sorrows few,

And every good for the one which was two;

Then shout Hurrah as Crowley comes marching homeo
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Then we repaired to our own house where we had a good
night's rest.

Sat. Dec. 4 - 97

The day was mostly spent in opening up goods and rearrang-
ing things to suit the taste of Mrs. Crowley. Nothing of
interest out of the ordinary happened. But all the boys
on the station were as proud to see us coming in as were
the white folks - an a host of friends outside of the
missionaries met us at the train to congratulate us.

Sunday Dee. 5 - 1897

At 10 o'cloek this a.m. we went to the Congo service &
Mr. Graham preached. We had just built a new chapel and
this was our first service in the new house. In the Peme
at 4 o'clock we had an English service and Mr. Jeffreys
preached. In the evening - as it was the 1st Sunday in
the month, we had communion service. This service was
held in Mr. Wooding's house and was conducted by Dr. Sny-
der. We had a most enjoyable sunday - for our 18t in
Conge, after our marriage.

Monday Dec. 6 - 1897

We opened up our dished to-day and put them in the pantry,
and they make a beautiful appearance on the shelves. We
are going to hang up some nice creton for curtains, and
in a short time our home will be a model. Nothing of
importance happened today - Exeep a big washing.

Tuesday - Dec. 7 ~ 1897

After breakfast it began raining and rained for some hours
and in fact is raining now. My wife is at my left in the
dining room hemming some table linen and Dr. Snyder is in
his room writing on the type-writer. Today, we expect
the Gov. General & Maj. Thys & Gov. of French Congo and
all the flags are up.

Tuesday continued = The expected, honorable gentlemen came
and we all (missionaries) went down to see the train come
in. I had the pleasure of shaking hands and exchanging a
