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corner of the old building--Seen Fah was
    found! A small, dark closet, overlooked in the earlier hours of
    the search, was discovered. A lighted candle soon revealed a pile
    of empty rice bags and broken boxes. Pulling these away, the
    object of the long search was discovered, nearly smothered beneath
    the debris. Dazed and terrified, but safe, Seen Fah was at last
    in the hands of friends--and the slave ring had lost just three
    thousand dollars. Later on, Seen Fah and her new friends were
    haled into court. As usual, the sleek, well-paid attorney appeared
    for the Chinese owners. But they and he were alike powerless to
    drag back into slavery the rescued girl. There was but one course
    for the court to pursue. _Finding that Seen Fah was over fourteen,
    she was allowed to choose for herself_ between the life of
    Chinatown and that offered by the Mission. She chose the Christian
    Home; so to its care Judge Cook consigned her. To-day, a free
    happy girl, Seen Fah joins gayly in the simple, wholesome life
    of her new surroundings. Rescued before the blight of slavery
    actually darkened her life, she will never fully understand from
    how great a danger her guardian angel snatched her. But we who do
    know thank daily the kind Providence who thus protects His own.

    No. 7. Kum Ping. She was married in the American Consulate at Hong
    Kong in the most approved European way. Her new husband had made
    a good impression on the old aunt who was her guardian, and for a
    small consideration in Mexican coin, Kum Ping became his property
    according to Chinese custom, as well as his legal wife by
    American law. When these arrangements were completed, passage was
    immediately engaged on the Korea, bound for that harbor