MRS. HSI was in great mental distress. The
blow she feared had fallen, and her hus-
band was a prey to the bewitching power of the
" foreign devils." How cleverly the trap had been
laid. Firstly, the offer of a monetary prize for a
classical essay which he had won ; secondly, the
insistence of the foreigner on a personal interview
with the writer, on the occasion of which, certain
as her husband had been that he had tasted neither
food nor drink under his roof, some means had cer-
tainly been found to introduce into his system
some of that subtle foreign drug which, as every
one knew, must eventually compel the victim to
embrace Christianity and follow the " foreign
devil " to the world's end. Thirdly, he had been
invited to become the teacher of this dreaded
man (Rev. David Hill), and she had foolishly yielded
her consent. She had taken every precaution
and had, on three occasions, sent for him on plea
of her own illness during the time he was an in-
mate in the foreigner's household. His clothing
had been carefully searched for traces of the
