THE NEW HEBRIDES.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 4450, 21 June 1893, Page 4

THE NEW HEBRIDES.

The Boy. Dr Lamb, mlssionaiyoftht 5 . Presbyterian Church itatumed in the i Now Hebrides, has written tohia relativci • in Ohrißtchurch, informing tliern that hii twin children had died somewhatsud denly, and gifing , '"mo particulari touching the hardships under which hi and his devoted wife are suffering li 1 their isolated home. Following are er t tracta from hia letter :- ir"""' Sunday,^pril U, I send you a few lines to tell you c [ another new story of sorrow andafllk tion, Eyery week, nearly, sincowohav been here, some new trouble or trial ha 'f ippwe^iWinltb'> witil P t( )a» ft 3 -* Jnewithuß. " Wn«i« to be the troubl ' , ' tbiaweek!" Such troubles have a /' toon inseparable from the life hen ,/ and are quite what wo might ei n ' pect among Buch a people and i 1...1. . Im.il: On fith of March wi

the hurricane, the following Sunday Mrs Lamb was nearly collapsing from the continuous Birain, and 1 feared the few was coming, but getting hot bomb to the now room .straightened things np a bit. Tu-day, two little fresh graves ante the banyan trees give you : the climax. We have had a sorrowful s time.'for every day or two reveals some |,' fresh'evidence of the destruction the t, hurricane wrought on out little house;' ' '" hold goods. We can only feel and see ;■• bit by bit its terrible effects, to that I %\ begin to say-"Don't be surpriied at : 'f'..' some wowe discovery, for we have not | jeenlbo end of the cyclone yet." Idtdi i'f pot know haw--troe it w< The

trees Kavu.ua no shade, boing leafless, mid .the babies had to nit in doors, The,' temperate in the corner of the room rose one day.to i\ deg Fahr, Btill they not every care 'rum tho first, nearly, tho babies hac cen fed on artificial food and goals iilk, condeiißcd milk, Nestle'B food, ete ,11 had their tarn. Tho horrioaw rought auch destruction, and the herago was blown away or burned up bj ho storm, bo that one would think a fin ad passed orer the land, The water oarly failod and tho clothes wore rowued by the bud tank water which ws saved. I did all that care and know? :dge could suggest, and the bnya thrived airly ml). During the pub week, wo i»ve had great heat, lightning atoms nd thundeiy weather, bo that somo of iur parly worn alarmed, and it was hought wo should havoto fly with the hildren agsin. Tho food, auch us weoould ;e', sucmud to do well at tint, but after a ow days tho bt>jß bogan to look a little rhite. Last Wednesday thfj got worse,' iiid to-day wu are childless, Eveiything »as done to tave them, but, alas I only a niracle could liavo done that. Mrs Lamb s Bitti'K in front of mo talking about horn. Sho seems lilted out of herself, A'hititwill be to-morrow and /or many i day to come I sometimes dread to think, !or tho babies wcro so great a pari of our ivca, Yet 1 think we ahall both tool ihained to this torriblo spot and to our irork by tho association of those little 'lies. The natives have been mote than rind to ua, and all camo and said goodjjo to tho littlt ones; the women first hen tho men and chiefs. Th.6 chiefs ihook tlwir little handi,and the old blind ihicf, who had stood boßido the children ,n the earlier days and christened them, Mt down toside the baßflinetro and held Jioir hands till 1 had to toll him to go, 3«9 chief brought his wife to givo theboya uolher'a milk. How kind I Another. ronlod to kill a pig for thorn. Whun nil TOiiverlhanntivesgathetedjsonMfroma distance, and wanted to'raise a cry, but it would almost have kil'od Mrs Lamb, 'ihe men all stoud with their faces to tho nonhM-ast, aud begun to sob in a wsy that would break tho heart of a stone. At tho grave they sang two liyouu in Aiobiymoso. The little mounds wcro bcstiowcd with.flowen brought by tho natives, From the gravet 1 went to the house to Mts Lamb.; She was sitting at the door to keep her sympjlbißers out, for in genuine sympathy they would havo tilled thehouae with weeping and crying. As it was there wore few faces but woreßtroaming with silent tears. April 9lh~Sunday morning again, Things havo gone on nicely all tho week Mrs Lamb and myself woro up be fore the sun this morning, and went tu threo villages together. , The ponplo all gave us a wolcome. They fed for us in our loss, and thoir pyosofteu glisten when our little onoß are mentioned, Wohnve hard, slaving work in frontcf uo bc-fiie wc shall have another little homo, audfoiiii'ofour friends must help us. Mr Mantfield is giving tbo hunt a thorough oveihaul, and this week we go to the other side to engngif moro " boys," Home of ours havo got diehrartened and gone away Four are still with ÜB, but two aro not voiy strong. We aro in good health, but feel the work veiy hard and tbo trials sore. Uor prospects are bright,andtwo)ittlo graves aro ties to bind us hero, and God's call to us to work harder than evor.—Christchurch Truth.