The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-03-16

with long pheasants' tails In their cans n,d
large rabbic on football proclaimed that
his excellency had arrived. Alioht,ng fr,,,
a gorgeous green sedan chair. borne Inv dv.
teen men IN livery, he greeted me most po.
h'ely and accepted my invitation 10 take
passage IN my zig of Co tho ship A large
portion OF his escort followed, occupying a
small fleet Of sampanS
Inc Viceroy was ushercd into the cabin
and strange to say, selected a chair imme.
diately In front Of the door Of the closet i'm
which the refugee was concealed.
After few courtesics had been exchanged
! was informed through an interpreter that
irlnce ichang, the leader Of AN insurrection
VINO had been captured and condemned 70 be
oeheaded, had made bis escape Suspicion.
they said, seemed 30 point 10 his being So
GREETED ON board my ShiP, a sampan had been
seen TO 60 alongside OF her the night before
about midnight; 10 reached the ship with two
hoatmen and one foreigner. and returned 10
the shore with only one man, and he made
OF IN great haste as soon as he had landed,
leaving tho sampon adrift "Of course tho
captain knew nothing about the escaped pris-
oncr, and so he could have no objections 20
"At''ftn NAN" "NNN p N' I| r'IiI N"IIfNi
This was subtly put To refuse TO allow 70
would be equivalent 20 acknowledging that
the man was on board and would cost me
my place in a company whose interest 10 was
20 placato tho unfriendiy Chinese To allow
the ship to boz searched involved the possible
discovery Of the man. and in chat case bis re-
capture and certain death. as well as nay OWL
dismissal from the company.
Either course might onlauger the lives Of
the foreign community in Annoy, against
whom the hatred Of the Chinese needed only
q pretoxt 90 begin a general massacre felt
the color come and go In my checks, and for
n moment 1 thought Of delivering the refugee
up % certain death, saying that whom took
him on board was not aware Of the nature
Of the ofense. and then rcvu.sion Of feeling
came over mo- ! thought "thls man has
I trusted his life in my hands and, hunted Grim
inal that he is, viii not betray him.
All this flashed through my mind in an in-
slant, and when turned TO the viccr0y felt
the same spirit Of helpless yet indomitablede-
fance that every true sailor feels in the fury
Of the storm. / said quietly: Certainly,
your excellency; my steward viii turn over
the keys 10 your servants, bat they viii find
no such man ON board my ship"
The search party went all over the ship
directed by the crew, and after probing into
corners and peering in amongst the bales OF
silk and boxes of tea, no stranger was found
This was reported 20 the viceroy, who said;
"Nou have not searched this cabin DO s0.n
! was wild with excitement and ALARM bat
my relief was intense when my fmtivo glance
showed me that the search party did not dare
10 ask their master 10 move from in front Of
the door. This relief was OF short duration.
for he again asked if they had searched
everywhere. Everywhere except in That
apartment behind your xcellency's chair
We viii look there, too; where is the keyN
! now became thoroughly frightened and
fumblng for some lo0ph0le TO escape,
/ told the viceroy that that was a locker
where kept my wines, ani-l was ashamed
20 confess 10 20 so high arulcr under the "S0n
Of Heaven -that ] sometimes hidopium and
other contraband articles there Would bis
exeellency forgive me if 1 begged that that
place be left unopened, as my pcccodillocs. If
discovered, would cost me my post as cap
tain "In that CASE said the vicoroy, 81
will save you from trouble by inspecting my
self the keyp
g Doubtful whether 90 confess my completely
or % brave it through, thought of the mys-
FERROUS nature of the whole affair, and hoped
that the strange passenger might in some
mysterious manner have escaped. This straw
OF hope that drowning desperation chung to
saved the day. reached in my pocket and
with trembling fingers pulled ont the key.
The yiceroy unlocked the door, opened it,
and closed it hastily behind him.
Ny nerves were then SO wrought upon that
/ could almost have heard the dew fall, and !
fancied ! heard a word within spoken very
low. Then the door opened again, and there
was a rustic Of silken robes, the door closed,
and the yiceroy said i'm Chinese, $40 one
theren
felt my heart throb with one great bound
and things seemed 20 reel around me- When
/ recovered my composure enough % look zap
with pleased and grateful eyes / saw am ox-
preston / thought / recognized, and in ana in-
slant l knew what my own unstrung nerves
and the regal robes had before concealed
the miserable coolie Of the night before was
uone other than the viceroy Of the province
Of Fuh-kiod the absolute ruler of twenty-five
million Of people / had uo longer a doubt
that my mysterious passenger and the royal
INElilNt were NNH SAINT NiliA tiiNN tt4a fiNA'l
himself was conniviug at his escape.
The ship sailed on time, and Prince lchang
was landed safely in Hong Kong where le
lived under English protection until severe
illness let him have that privilege most NOR
tails enjoy-of dying with his head on.
Subsequent developments pointed 90 The
fact that the viceroy was influenced not only
by personal friendship, but by am enormous
bride with which the rich prince bought his
head, and that fearing the treachery Of any
Of his subordinate, De bad planned and exec
cuted the escape entirely alone. OF my be-
trayiug him be had no fear, as the word Of -
foreign deyiln would then weigh nothing in
a Chinese court
Two years alterward received from the
viceroy Of Kwang Tuug gorgeous pair Of
vases and some magnificent embroideries, 'lu
gratitude for past inequalities and found
that ny coolie friend had been promoted 20
the government Of one Of the largest prov
t.....- q. 81 .....,.fr., Trtfo EInor