Letter from Wong Kai Kah to May Wright Sewall.

AUG 29, 1905

Washington, [?] Legation.

My dear Mrs. Sewall:-

Thank you ever so much for your kind letter. The two photographs are very good. I don't recognize her. [Lin?] as I have never seen him or his likeness. As to the picture that is supposed to represent my mother, it is an exact image of Jung Ying. Probably, my mother when of Jung Ying's age looked like that. Of course I could not know that. But the very resemblance to Jung Ying would warrant the

belief that my mother sat for the picture. The [?] of the other world are unfathomable, perhaps after passing out of this sphere they revert to their younger selves, that way assend for immortality. I have one picture of my mother, a photograph, while my sister possesses an oil painting of her, these were taken a few years before my mother died, they make her look much older. The picture you drew must be monther in her younger days.

The large drawings had not reached Japan when I left, they certainly [?] to be there

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by this time as it takes 2 1/2 months to go by way of New York, Suez to get to Japan. My wife will look after them in their arrival. News came while I was leaving Japan that H.H. [?] [?] had another daughter born to them in July, so your prediction is verified, by month with her clairvoyant power forsaw the event. It remains to have the picture of [?] [?] painted to complete the happiness of Her Highnesses.

Of course, I am coming to Indianapolis, only it is improible for me to say the exact

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[?] I am coming and I [am?] sure I will be with you over everything and all [th?]. It does not rest with me as to what I am going to do since I am under orders of my government. One thing is certain, that is I will not stay long in this country. My future I am ignorant of unless my mother has told you something about it. We will ahve a good quite talk in the subject when I come, in the meanwhile accept my best regards,

Yours faithfully, Wong Kai Hah

29th Aug 1905