The Portland daily press., 1867-01-18
Thrilling story.
. c.. .,..v. On board the rien-r.ius.

pened. 1T was during one of our early CAM
paigns in China. was only sub then,
though expecting every day TO find ny self ga,
zett1d to company OF "ours, for the fever had
knocked over good many of my seniors, ana
just till the very last, I had got off with only
slight touch OF it. But after a long turn le oi
outpost duty, in the middle of those lea aa;
swamps / was laid ON my back by anu ~
ly, and, when was about halt dead, 9o' la,rd
Iided home. Home never expected " u, aea el
My only chance, knew, was TO ca'1n ,ne hieA.
nail steamer from Hong Kong, anu t ha, ,our
ney down there, weak as was, l peheVed
would do for me- However, determined to
risk it, though it was more than doubtful
whether 1 should get there, by land, before the
Peninsular and Oriental boat started. '
al Che eleventh hour, a fellow knew slight
Nv. a countryman Of my own, commissioner
or something in the Chinese service, came to
me and offered me passage to Hong Kong,
from some little port on the coast where a
Chinese gunboat- the Ten-Tsing she was call
ed-was waiting for him. He was ordered
home, too; and, being swell, the government
had ordered round the Ten-Tsing to take him.
We were to start the next night-it was only a
run of some ten hours-and should catch the
steamer at Hong Kong comfortably.
L needn't tell you accepted Farquhar's offer
like shot. 1t was too good TO be refused.
The next morning found Farquhar and my
self on board the Tlen-Tsing.
A rakish-lool1ing little gunboat she was;
English built, of course, and commanded by an
Englishman, too, in Chinese pay--a fellow WHO
had been something or other, never Ane"
What, ia cur may, ne nalue w'l =, " .i, Gnr
ana d very queer nsh tnouSn' ~ ha,,sn tn
mock was, as he came out of the deek-house 70
receive US. A tail, thin individual beaIeeu 10
INC SySs'if q noiteS I p Shcoter in HIS holt
cutlass at MS sue anu s,a rat,, than nutbin
looking more like a stage plf''oe than hythiiiS
else. ID qI.. 4a .ls If u - as. ss -.I..
ANA Wiidt Eyes, ~ 7 ,'ossa5 - Nv ~ -
recCly ne iooAou e. sy Celestial o '"ho
10 iaso iots I'm 6slo,vs lnoxv IN at ,rbao a,,ar
s4pP1,s ,,d 1alrinm tra,nanSor IN n Uss :,
man li up - oina ,aannla naii - - -, q
tie iiil H. ~, - ~ es %niose
Iuy' i - - y ~ h;ai, III it ooh ri1er
o1uo i,, % ',, S,,ra ule Know
o ~ 49, IT, o+oUs t NV u Course
- tin III Is ~" Ia Un 800 oJ - ehere
ever aluol Maius, anu 10 '1 oid manu-, per-
IVY !, , = i - -l..l,I
gu, m1 i: looheo ~ captain uuInock hrst
,t ~ ,o9heo qusJi, pas sne mo
mem ne ioeheu az n'9 hhe" wnat ihaue Inenl
~ acoN %. oui lIiehu hau poen oid case Oh "
L. oi S G wan one, PERHAPS per-
Ai1 G"p e gu ~ ioph ool' 'iny uIlnA q
Sooa oeStt oi rum INC eFeiiu2 we caiiie on poira
the guhpoat.
W. al three, he; l, ana rarqunar the COM
missioner, sat IN ene deeh-cDih gu about hall
past eleven. we haa elected 70 sieep there on
Two little sofas uhaef mosquito curtains, IN
preference 10 20 d9w Il, 70 DC stlned beiowIthat
Is, FarqunT 1nu I. NC captain said ne snoau
De on aeeh Turing t sae p'sS"Se, ana lake ms
ehahce OF nap. ins pea was as sno9th as
III eiSnt hours easily, ne auue1. Inns was good
news M i9't 81 sno ii'i'ipoao now
a tiu 90 - y'.
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sofa Refween Ms was the littie eabp halle
So Wv ~ ;. ~ w ii.'io S'onii '""'o'
"ere mere 1a we 1 9sar
out ehele' yoa' M .ip'a ieio never oIealis
VI s'tnS ~ ;i1p %t 4hat inSt ~ ay III
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INV w. hoth dronned off tn sIae1' 0'-si
10 anaini of ba,a
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49, - - ~ 49, "A y"
oy 'ne tooh ~ cousin AIMS sue, when
fiin6 and sta1nn,,,r and ti,an = nistni sIot =
s-as h,oad 49, 49, -, r. PSI -svoi -
nv G,st thonaht 49, a. neai -, Snat .1-
o.Soss a ,,;,.Nf,s e;nnl, 80 IL ;t tniu Soiie
for an unarmed despat nb boat. and aot Us
erinp myself together. was inst ano9t 70
sI,riS7e, tr,,n, INV SOFA, and secur1 nv ra,,aI
yer Which inst Law out of INV reach an the
tabe when suddenly the cabin doors were
hurst omen. and with a veil thai made nv blood
rI coid 81 ahaol,ifelv yneartI,lv VS. II y ,non
1,;ti5 S,,s,y ,,,a 49,, "a - 500
;no sI,o,tar IL, fine otfar- ,nshed il, n,b;riro
th9 heayv c,1tloss ronnd his haaa and hIas,
nberaino and veliins like a fiand This man
fii77 ~, q, 80 81 - -, ,' -
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nadnnon 80 r' 1' N S-'e @""' --A0 =
~ -@'is e.,,,ool, f,o,,,;,o. -. -.
$500 VIC j;i ae tle NOUN, ms
~; ii7 iine oai 80 anu stsrtnS out
VI .ti9 - n oho ii''o VI ''Aen suddenly with
~ ~ -; -
,,, 80 NO ,s1i ~, ,iaway between the
WV ~ "a. = ino' aie iiorlipie giare OF ms
JSS' io' VIZ !. y 30 . al up Win me- Even IL
49, -, -, = i;t, 20 49, - y ds Ia0aef
ts 80 q I1 cioSe-iasteneu mos
49, ind =, Lieu NY spring,
'it oil0J ~ ~ mem, ne might nave
out Inc I , "tsnou' any troupie. 10 reach
y ietoiset was gu. u ene question; at the
P ~ "id nave p1eteo me 70 a
moran and 70 tLy anu gam the deck was hope
le d nre zen crew nad probably bolt
me up, was irea'
w "". -, VOC " W: II was naru, after
solns tnlousn tn9 Wnoie a1alf without
Scl"V9., " pe muIuereu ny a maniac at last
DuO mat enae would De late never doubted for
IiohenC. -
1 was Sitting nai uprlGnt on my little sofa,
mo- uaIlhs 70 hiofe-scaIeeiy caring 10 breathe
M nss VI the pastTTtnouShts OF those near
anu oes3r 70 me, Whom was never to see again,
iniinS!ed WIN strange speculatons as to who
i iiislo sos 1iie uoaoii Vacancy, hashed like
hgnntlillng shTougn my Drain.
$50 90 " 40 enei, Siie sweat Oh Inns deatn
SS7o1.y Pouieu uo"n NY iaee ike drops OF blood
r1utSSrinS slcn Worus OF prayer as mems lips
Iasnloh ~ lhelr olrest extremity, fell back
Oh Ivy pillow ae last. el
mAo JuSt III elile announcer second and
puuleU woula nave blown my brains out; for at
.nc in .S Wnei, my head dropped, the mad
niti. hie1 polde pia.hh az me. tf
ie 'tto snuu ol tne oaIi as IL buried 1T
oon ~ 'no puihheau at my SIDE, and felt the
WIZ Wi1 u 4. y a !s my lace,
t; l.n ene lnstiilct OF sei-preservatlon, lay
motloniesS as a corpse.
One sharp sllSh OF the cutiass and the mos
qoiSo o ~. eliIs loinu me were cut down. And
49, ~ NJ : NV ma - lulioch was Standing
rr;nie si iorIet tie moments oi
49, suspense "iioi ioiioWed.
., lVol now, sometimes, IN my sleep, feel
.,iAo seony once again; 10 die thus-l whom
ole .o9siau puiets Ilu sparedDwho had since
o"Iiiio my iiie ~ my hiia 50 oiten ana SO long
~, uAe h'Nc 'hlS' hclpless' deiehceiess, after
au NV, WHO'S enins oluh occupy the hall OF
ne ~ ~ ii tT eaAe lne 70 tel IL 70 you; put
Gr, oltS ,' ,o Use, rev noeis during which
naa+I ~ 49, M Seeiieu an as,
er. aai ,.'er was petter tnh TINS death ago,
~ ~ l' hofe .li once hd determined
w PtttiP oi n, 'iu ii''Ae one struggle now
T T- tyepie, ioi year me. ANA mink should
t t aotiS 30 - d siiSnt NOISE pehlnd mm had
,] 'y'a tiou 'lo iuni'h. ne turhed Sharply
tIid,, a. , oiSe; u opened my eyes w nat
p'seu 30 tht IL was not till
Faro,br Ia a aiaefs'o 20 II an
the nistnl shot h,'t hS myself o
P S 9o' ee''1ioSPihis1 nioie hehNiiy tilan