William Čoka, b. Černovír, Moravia, R.C. priest came to US in 1871 and took charge of St. Nepomucene Parish in Chicago.

They should publicize all my novellae in order to bring merit to the many, and if, indeed, I have erred, it is my fault, and I apologize.

We were to travel second class from Shanghai to Tsinanfu, a distance of about 700 miles, so Brother Keihn suggested we had better enter our compartment early in order to secure our seats, inasmuch as it was a night train, and usually densely crowded.

Some, how briefe the Life of man / runs his erring pilgrimage, / That the ſtretching of a ſpan, / buckles in his ſumme of age.