Delta chief., 1884-02-27

lain tower. 1t was grand structure,
made of bamboo-wood, and on a raised
stage was huge wooden god, all cary
ed with snakes, lizards, dogs heads and
monkeys. The building was a light
structure, but capable of holding ten to
fifteen thousand people. In the morn
ing no Bowsher appeared, but nothing
was thought of this, as it was general
holiday. We all went ashore except
the watch in charge, and after taking
arac, the drink of the country, proceed
ed with the crowd to the joss-house.
which was the center of attraction.
Chinese bands were making their bag
pipey. squeoking noise. Everybody had
on holiday costume, and the stores and
booths were livelier than usual. At last
we reached the grounds.
"A strange sight greeted us. On top
of the porcelain tower, two hundred
feet in the air, stood Bowsher, waving
the American nag. How he got there
was the question every ybody was asking.
and what in heavens name his object
gesticulated and pointed. and Bowsher
drank something out of a bottle and
waived the stars and stripes. There
was no entrance to the tower and no
possible way of reaching the top, as it
was too high for ladder, and the pig
tails were dumbfounded At the cheek
and daring of the man.
but he was q sailor, and had sue
ceeded in flying kite. and, by drop
ping it over the top of the tower. had
drawn il down on the other side and
succeeded in getting stout rope lash
ed over the top. On this he had
ascended and drawn the rope up after
him. Well, Bowsher drew a crowd.
They blocked the streets, and eyed him
with spy-glasses. OF a sudden he
reached down. and taking up tin-can,
drained i, TO the dregs. then hurled 1t
down 10 the crowd beneath. ! was
psralyzed with dread. for the expert
ence of the other night flashed upon
me. Next he lifted up long. black
bottle. and drank a deep pull at that.
The crowd hooted and howled, but he
apparently paid no attention. When
he had finished il he hurled it down:
then, as il struck with some terrific
shook. he gave n yell that made the cold
chills run down our backs. II was the
| concentration of demony, the howl of
the concentration Of the damned.
Why, believe they heard it all over
the Chinese Empire. and way over in
! Bcloochistan and up TO the head-waters
of the Ganges. He pressed his bands
! upon the pit of his stomach. distorted
| his face into horrid grimace of pain
| and agony. and jumped into the crowd
| beneath They speedily fell back with
terror. and it was well they did. for
striking the ground, the force of the
conclusion Jared the dynamite. and
| there was enough in him TO have blown
mp the British parliament, and the
poor fellow exploded and blew all to
pieces.
Blood, gore. bits .. Gcsh. pieces 81
entrails, diSmembercd limbs. broken
/ toes. bones with laccrated skin hanging
{ TO them. We're hurled in every direction.
The wealthy mandarins. clad in costly
silks, were blood-drageled. The almond
eyed Chinese women were many of
them splashed with Inflated Bowsher' :
life blood The shock broke the win
dows in the adjoining houses. The p-o-
pie. who are terribly supcrstitious.
thought that there was something super
mn ntural about the whole proceeding.
at once told the captain what I had
/ st'n INV niHilN W pbN-HtI :
night tramp. He ordered me to keep
still about it till we got out of the
country, as the prejudice of the COM
mon people against foreigners was in
tense. and the fact Of our having
dynamite on board, which was consign-
ed 10 the Chinese government for war
purposes, might cause us trouble"
"But YOU buried the poor fe,luw?"
"Buried him? tell you there was
nothing 10 bury. The conclusion was
so great that he was cverlastingly torn
10 pieces. Had he been mangled by
wild beasts. blown up in powder
magazine, the wreck could not have
been more complete. II was an utter
impossibility To get together enough of
his remains to bury, for the tearing as
under and separation of bone, sinew.
blood, muscle, flesh and ligamen,. was
so complete that bare vestiges of any
thing ike human being remained.
The sight of the bloody Cinnamon.
dressed in their gala attire, all bloody
and gormed up with bits of flesh and
gore, and running about shouting in
their unpronounceablc lingo. was one
that | never shall forget, and pray to
God | shall never see again"