Sajikol, Seoul,
Sept. 23, 19,23.
Dear folks:
It was adding surprise  to pleasure  to  send  me  two
letters  in one week.     The  second  one  came  on■ TTednesdav .a   The
Carolina   Institute was not  sure  that I had  come  to  Sajikol  yet,
and  one  of the  students who was  coming by asked Mrs.   Swinney
and  told her there was a  letter waiting for me;   and  so .1 went
right  over  for  it as  soon as my  study  for the afternoon was  over.
It  is  the nearest  compound  to .this.
Tour abundance, of  good  things  certainly  sounds  like
paradise.     Suppose  you had to sbuy all  your fruit by the piece,
four to  six  sen  or.more  for apples and'pears,   which are  the
cheapest.     Trapes and  bananas are more .     ^he pears are  the
Japanese variety,   shaned  like an annle    and very hard ane!   crisn.
After a while n^rsimmo^s wi i~i    a>o  o i ^qqi   •fHg  qv-] ~< v  fru^ ^   1*^ ^qy^vcit
and  in the winter time apples.     I  have not  seen an arange  or
lemon  since!  reached  the Orient. .  I  know it was a. big task
cettino*  al^    thosp   sryvanp^   y'&gAit   -for*   fhp a>0y>irpf .   j   wl oA   t   i*m rM +
have helped.     Of  course  I  miss  the  fisrs*   I   sunnose  I   shall
never  £ce^   nvcr ion^irp* *^*or +"Hp-w
want  vou  ^o   f^el   ^s^is^ied  sbcit   ^y  b-,a*r£r hovo  *>f
the  Swinney1.s.     They make  everyone  feel   so much at  ease and at
home * know  thev a*^e  anxious  t o make *h's   c^^^or^n^"' s  ?nc^  want
me  to  ex ore - °- rr<Tr de^ir*013.     T o^ a ^r "^   cfotiXd   not * v&xr ^tc!   ■*■ p ^ i ^ n cr ^ h e m
i^e  cream,   so I   could write home and   say the dav did not nass
linn Cit"^ O Pf] .        T^"1 pv   Vi o ^    all     +-V* p    1 ^p    ,-»Y»oa^n   wp    aoiiI r^    .00 +■    o +    t n^n    + rv*'n ^7
^fo usual rTaGtr of vari^t^ 1 n th^ Or^ ^^+ £b*nt§£ 1 ta^] f Viprp too*
I "have seen .nothing but varilZa i.ne cve&r*  ariyv^Ver0> Put ice
aes-aoi of'any.sort is new. here, as shown by the fact that the
English name for it has been adopted. At the railroad stations
in Japan the cry of "ice Cre-e-e- ^ is one of the familiar sounds.
Omelet,:' mli]<a,; butter, table, knife, cap, shirt, 'and many other
•words-have been .introduce^ into , Japane se: and Korean a|f Jhe-^
Swinney 5 t old me that ,I - could invite a guest any time I wanted to.
You. sooke of hoping that we received a warm welcome.
It is known throughout the foreign population'when a new arrival
comes, and It is customary for a crowd to be at the station.
Everyone, even outside our own church mission, has been as cordiaJ
as could be.'ipl saw Miss Bertha Smith,at the mission meeting, but
Hiss Kate Cooper is on her furlough this year.
I get great pleasure out of my guitar.  It seems to
be the only substitute for a piano; and since both the places
that have been my home here have been without a piano, it has
been particularly indispensable.  Besides satisfying my craving
for music, it seems to furnish a good deal of entertainment to
the others.  No one has seen one before.  Mrs. Fisher always
wanted me to be present when she had callers or company and play
for them; and the Swinneys ask for it nearly every evening.
They sing some of the hymns with me in Korean which they want to
memorize7 The Stokes have a piano, and their sixteen-year-old
son Is taking violin lessons; and so I went over there yesterday
and we had a. good deal of music.