his wife at the head it- would have done your heart good
to see them eat. Mr. Graham & Mr.. Pinnock waited on them.
They had roast pig and stewed Qvauge pudding, cake &c.

and a glorious time. After dinner they played games and
swung and spent the day in showing their presents and
making a great display of their clothes. The Accra's &
Sierra Leon's had a big game of cricket. I went down &

called on Mr. Ohlenschlager. A lovely day it has been
for Congo.

Sunday Lec. 26 ~ 97.

Nething much out of the usual line took place today except
that the congregations at church were larger. Mr. Wooding
preached in the am. to the Congo boys & I in the p.m. to
the Aecra's & S. Leone's. Had good and attentive congre=
gations. 1, again conducted the service at night at Mr.
Wooding house (G.B.M.}) We always have plenty of work ~
through the week we work with earriers and do sueh work as
come to hand & on Sunday we are engaged in services all
day - it is a day of rest but we don't get it (rest)

Monday Dec. 27 - 1897

All well - thanks to Our Good Shepherd. All the forenoon
very very busy putting up curtains between the dining~roon
and pantry, and also putting up curtains on the shelves te
hide our beautiful nice blue painted dishes which Mrs. C.
brought with her. The drapery which forms one end of the
dining room is composed of 2 scarlet colored bed quilts ~
the dishes are curtained off with scarlet col. creton.

In the afternoon I attempted to fix up a stove which
Mr. Morgan lent us, but the door which keeps in the wood
was gone and no pipe accompanied it I found one joint of
pipe and managed to borrow 2 more - neither joints fittings
one another nor the stove ~ the head man at the machine
shops of chinin de fer has promised to make me 2 elbows
and then I can manage pretty well.

Tuesday Dec. 26 = 1897

Nearly all the forenoon I put all my energies to work in
trying to rig up the arrangement for cooking, but yet I
have not accomplished it in full; and Mre. C. is very
anxious to do her own work. We are still boarding with
Mrs. Graham. In the afternoon other things came up to de
mand my attention. JI had to fix medicine for 2 sick men
one white and the other black. I also took Mr. Morgans
spectacles over to Mr. Von den Eyndi - the telephone
repairer for chermin de fer and he fixed them. He brought
