in 1910, the shelton family returned to the u.s. on furlough. it took 89 days for them to travel from batang to san francisco. shelton brought home with him a collection of tibetan art and curios which he sold to the newark, new jersey museum for $2,000. he spoke extensively across the united states in a fund-raising campaign for the expansion of the overseas fcms's missions and achieved the status of a "missionary-hero." his wife, flora, published her first book, "sunshine and shadow on the tibetan border".