Memorials of R. Harold A. Schofield, M.A., M.B. (Oxon.) (late of China Inland Mission) : first medical missionary to Shan-Si, China / chiefly compiled from his letters and diaries by his brother A.T. Schofield.

  • Schofield, A. T. (Alfred Taylor), 1846-1929.
Date:
1885
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Credit: Memorials of R. Harold A. Schofield, M.A., M.B. (Oxon.) (late of China Inland Mission) : first medical missionary to Shan-Si, China / chiefly compiled from his letters and diaries by his brother A.T. Schofield. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    for he slipped, and his two little legs stuck through the plaster into the room below, sending a shower of debris on to the bald head and down the neck of our indulgent tutor, who had just looked in to see if we were there. In 1863 Harold left these scenes of revelry and freedom to enter a private school near Manchester as a weekly boarder. He stayed here for some years, gradually rising through every class to be head of the school, and receiving, as we well remember, the “ pink report ” (a special distinction) with undeviating regularity every quarter. His name was inserted on the roll of honour of the school, and long after he left it he retained his feeling of love for the old boys, and used to go regularly to their little weekly meetings. His piety was as well known to all the boys as his diligence. We all remember the dogged perseverance with which he, on his return home, after a brief run round the house, would settle in the dining-room to work, always sitting in the same place. He completely wore out the carpet in this one spot, and he often wore out my patience, too, as I sought in vain to draw him away for a tricycle ride or a row on the neighbouring lake. He was, however, fond of rowing and riding, and also of going short excursions on a double tricycle we had. The most considerable run we made in it was to Stafford, a distance of sixty- seven miles, in one day. We also went into Wales with it, where, in those “ pre-cycle days,” it was regarded as some new sort of agricultural machine. The following short account will serve as a sample of the wild adventures incident to primitive tricycle tours;—