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That was the beginning of the end of Bishop Samuel Heaslett's 41 years' missionary work in Japan. He spent the next four months in prison, charged with being a spy. From a Japanese Prison (More-house-Gorham; 60?) , published last week, tells the story of those four months...
...escorted to a corridor washbasin - cold water and no soap. One morning a woman prisoner smilingly offered him a piece of soap. The gesture restored his waning faith in human nature. Coarse rice, a piece of pickle, vegetable soup and tepid water were the daily fare, but Bishop Heaslett had the privilege of having food sent in from a nearby restaurant. He shared this with his cellmates, noting that there was "neither coarseness nor apparent greed among them...
...Bishop Heaslett welcomed this priest's friendship because he had trouble cutting his nails with the prison scissors. He persuaded the priest to bring along his own scissors, and while the two of them compared notes on Buddhist and Christian theology, the Bishop took care of his finger- and toenails...
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