The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-04-05


ssrse. bat yoss never like him Iess than
wh~rs vou f1rst set e9Sx on him. and
before / had gone Tar with these ]
iearnsJ that usany virtues we're esn-
cealed III their little brown bodies.
F0ssr rouies sd sir men were at the
landing. the latter being three gsoosls,
two soldiers, aud "a interpreter. Cine
pasaY Nax Tor me ID ride ar0u
the second were strapped my bag,
canvas hoIsi-AiI containing rug ana
sleeping arrangements, camera aad
ruf1 the third was hardened with two
boxes OF provisions and . siozen bod
ties az mineral water. for IL IL nfces~
sarp 10 carry with you absolutely
every thing you need 70 eat and drink
here; while The fourtb pony had al be
could do 20 transport the money Tor
current expenses. This sounds. 20
doubt, a. II we're travelling ike a
second Jay Gould. Alas tar from II
The pony only carried about 70 hexi-
can dollars. Is.
The personnel Of my little caravan
IL decidedly curious. but moi very I'M
preseise The grDofns. called nsaposs.
are good -nasured, gsinnlng creatures,
low down In the social scale. dressed
Ia extremely dirty white cotton robes
ard trousers, With straw sandals and
battered old wire hats. or none The
soldiers. called kisiou, are tail, well
buiIf fellows. distinguished from civil
Hans BIZ n broad -briuued hat oil heavy
black felt. with 4 scarlet ts4ft trailing
behind. and coat of rough blue cot
ton, shaped exactly like the exag
gefatesi drsss-coas, reaching TO the
heels. that one sees In q huriesque on
the gaiefy stage. They carry no
weapons bat q long staff, and they APP
peared amuked when I asked where,
since they were soldiers. were their
guns7 OF my interpreter / stand
somewhat In awe. He II tall. really
handsome man, with q striking re-
sembIanee 10 the speaker Of the house
Of commons. dressed Ia spctIess white.
topped by q monumental black pot
hat made Of woven horsehair, and
with nothing undiEnified about him
but his name. which u ! Cha Sam
The bill OF expenses furnished me By
Mr.. Creaghis ~ follows: - -.
horses, ~ 5o6p cash. CO..
tintefpretsr. falsely so-cslled a--. 4.o0(
soldiers, g 100 cash = day. IL days
s"kHmshaws" ftips, 70 soldiers and
inferpretef. ~ su0u
Total, = go cash. say IS Mexican
dollars. plus travelling expenses and
food
The journey overland frora the east
coast TO the capital generally occupies
five Gays, at the rate OF something
over 20 miles day. Thirtysiive miles
from Gensan. however, north OF the
overland road. Is the great Korean
monastery OF An-pien tspellesi An
byan on Petermafu's map1 which
was seriously assured was the only In
teresfing place in All Korea So | de-
termined 10 lose q day and visit this,
all the more as Captain Walker,
OF the 7ukaehsAs. experienced nav
isafpr. eager sportsman, delightful
companion. and one OF the most popsl-
uiar men IN this part OF the East.
promised me his company so far. We
said good-by 10 Mr.. Creasb about mid.
day ard pushed on fast through the
filthy lanes and among the sasalling
ptgs and the native town OF fseusan,
aud We should have been here before
dusk exeept for two unforeseen incl
dents. One was that an hour after
starting the Hapeu leading the money
pony, upon which has been temporar-
i;y also placed Captain Walkers blank
cts and his provisions for Two days, let
II escape and we had the exciting spec
tacle OF the provisions being dashed
and scattered in all directions as il gall
iopsd wildly across the rice fields. The
money and enc blanket we recovered,
as the former was securely sewed up
in strong sacking. but OF she provisions
not yestage returned. The second
incident was that halt way 90 the mon
astsry, where We passed through a
valley Ut paddsslielsis "a mile square
where the wiid ducks were flying in
Thousands, and the captain stopped 20
shoot. Bad cess 20 him. As II hap
psaed the delay gave as remarkable
experience
The red shades OF evening were now
appearing. and for the nexs two hours
sc logged along at our best speed
When II was quite dark We reached A
little Korean ian, where our grooms
hal already aroused everybody. Out
OF house If apparently two rooms
twenty whiie-rolsed travellers turned
out anil squasled in a rpw ike tired
ghosts 10 ssaf. al US, Oar men we're
all for stopping the road ahead vas
very steep. the woods through which
IL passed were infested with tigers. the
ponies were tired. the naosaastsries
would he closed fer the night, SC. &c.
HIT We locked sc those Two rooms and
those ID travellers. and hardened our
hearts. Then The soldiers. seeing that
we were determined, rose %
ths occasion. One of them
shouted 10 the Ennkerper % turn out
and bring torches Co hight Us, and his
manner. | remarked Ssth Interest, was
pesenapsory. The innkeeper demnrred
ia hikA tone al Tesee. when without
another word this excellent Aisses. took
one step towArsl him. ard whark with
. tremendous slap In the face sent
him staggering aeruss the road. The
ssaddsaness 81 ssss hsow took me fairly
Alsaek. bur nobody seemed In the least
surprised o. annoyed, aud the inn
keeper appeared minute later with 4
hlassag pine knut and led the way
We lett The read az right angles, and
- sarsfs from thu Inn We plunged into
the woods ard hegAn a sfeep ascent
along narrow stsne path
Aranwlsile the road aseessssesl sar-
idiy and the stony path grew mar.
rover. ill AZ last we we're climbing q
mountain side. AT enc ssoFnent gs
were is sAick weeds st another = prees.
rfce uf considerable aepth saeresl 4
yard or tuo 10 oar left. then we were
struggling ap a stone heap on "a i
rlatpAn where halt dozen miserable
houses forraed village. No European
horse could have made a hundred
yards at the reai. yes cur paaiss
stepped ierzedly orer everything,
ucyer stumbling. and catching them.
selves agafa Instantly ii they fslL. We
soon learned tkss the less attempt we
made 10 guide theau she safer ne acre
before leaving senSAN Mr.. ssresSh had
said. II seu IDEAS nsesi the sossasers
- aa escort. yea Z Ind thens very Csc.
tnl IN other Esspeets And | SsAssft
learned hax The theory ~ The ka.
rean government i hat the rssxsrAe
exist fer sae officials And As HAD
abs escort vas travelling As an ga
efai. and therefore entitled 10 demand
any services from the people 30 sneexl
me on nsy way. The night wss sssteh.
dark. ard without sogrhVs we could
aot have gene Yard. There sorv the
soldiers levied lights frosm the rsss-
PIE. A. saon ~ they spisa a
hoyes ahesd they shouted eoapae
Of wessis. the man cArryiug the torch
help4nS Hastily | sNana later the
waesi< we're ssnrly zea.i s'sfa. hiring
out Ere ard no matter haa late the
hoer, hes bad she weather bow far