Jailed for stealing food for orphans in her care, Lucy meets a prisoner who marries her before his execution and wills her his fortune, but after her release th

The story of a missionary girl in China who finds love and fortune at the height of the Boxer Rebellion and returns happily to England.

Born in a Mission in China, Lucy Waring finds herself with fifteen small children to feed and care for when she is thrown into the grim prison of Chengfu and me