The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1891-07-09
a time along the main highway amid a

time along ,he main highway amid a
stream ol
FIN And HORSES
roingand coming. soon a road hranchcd of,
and ugu.ru. OF mandarin, who was riding
Ly, for ihc Iosa 80 "Show e-shJn,' the
Chinese Hamo ol the summer Palace We
Were grave y waved lnto the WIDE, paved,
though er.s grown thofongh.aro, and in-
formed ,hat We only had 10 follow THAI: il
Wauld take directly there.
Nc Ny.e glad 90 escape from the crowd,
for our motley dress and our being alone
had caused ma comment among he coolies
VINO were travelling n The same direction
we were.
Frccd from the blocked road we put spurs
20 our horses and merrily swung along,
jmariumg ourselves the French troopers In
eaaer pnr-uis of the Emperor The cguu-
Try WAS quiic ihiclly wooded, and fora dis
tapcc of f1ur miles before we reached the
entrance nue q nigh wall on lhe tftinclosad
Ia wo .f,eWaud lound) The grounds ol the
palace
Fum ,hc time we entered This road we
did NOT meet q s.HE.e porsCn So,
TRUSTING TO luck,
when we haa gone, as we believed, l2 miles,
We looked ab.ut for some entrance gate bul
could SEQ u.ar But q mle farther aud ac
fouuG lfl,4c gate, on rather door. dis
maun. anna entered hy pushing my way
iLraaeu eaHe bushes that had entirely
clos q 5h, doorway,
Once inside, J saw, not quarter oi a mile
away huge confused pile oI bright, many
colored hIipss. llwas Jhe Iuin sUrr enough
but ve mut seek a better gate farther on,
q
Sl8Wly rang along The wall we came 10
what was probaty the servants gc'o, Though
now it n#s oIl ly a ruiry9 house, inside q ruined
wall we entered anu tied our horses where
thev could lcea 0n the leaves ot some oak .rCCs.
AS wc emerged .fou the ruins about the gate
we saw "a hoaulitul panorama.
For .Unr lr tvC niiI. directly iu front the
ErGuuGa bad been carefully hid out, lakes iuN
~ lotus aUd other flowers. grand marble
bTiageS 0l dozen arches spamrin. the streams
while lttla rsyIions on islands spoke oi se-
clusi0u and gHi.t. lu the distance The rising
ground gaRe opportunity for cascades aud
gluttus, tron amid groves Of Trees tho CLEAN
o. white ma-lle promised some hidden beauty
The hand VI Time uurestrlued, had COW
cred the pa,ls and roads with rrass and weeds
ILe hand Of sAan Had tumbled the payilions
and gle.tos into
FJaPTLESs HEAPS.
LNeh tte lhhih'c 1luEea were GrlhceG, Inc
Gnely-CsIygl taiHstTades upset, pitched into
The watcr. broken. gone.
After "a lg5g iooi. we turned 10 The right, and
then behea al that was LETT of the palace a
huge pile, ully POO feet high, OF bricks and mar
bio Trees and bushes had sprung up on the
heap. The scorchiug mark o. fire aud smoke
sill darlBngi The marble. We could Just make
cat tire general features OF The grOund plan.
"A flight lf stops. 100 feet wide by 30 high,
seemed 10 have led up 10 = terrace, out on which
probably tle Imperial apartments opened. The
lower parts seemed 10 have been the quarters
OF tho host OF servants Of the royal household.
Huge carvings ia marble had decorated the
wide stains; lions tigers, and heavenly dogs,
all bat one now lay IN fragments among the
general wreck.
krigli cDlored brick Of porcolain-red, yell
low, biur green, white-of various shapes. or
nameuts C0ruicCs, columns, panels, all broken,