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The morning call., 1894-09-30

sleep. screen of ragged blue cotton
formed the front of these huts and all of
the cooking of the owners had to be done
outside. 1t was cold and l shivered in my
overcoat. l saw one family lighting fire.
They had no matches and were trying 10
ignite the wood with flint. Another hut
had linrikisha in front OF it. This was
the size of baby carriage, and its top was
foot above the roof of the house. In
some places there were holes dug into the
earth and mating placed over them. The
walls of the city formed the back of many
OF these beggars' homes, and others were
built against the banks OF the river. You
find beggars' quarters side of every
Chinese city, but there are few places
where the poor suffer more than they do in
north China. Tientsin is as cold as Min
neapolis, and these holes covered with
straw mating are the homes of thousands.
Passing these we went over the Peiho
River on a bridge of boats, and then drove
through suburb after suburb until we came
out upon the great plain, and began our
trip over the Chinese Appian Way.
The Appian Wayi What fraudl What
trayesty on the name of road 1t was
filed with ruts. aud the dust was knee
deep. Here and there stood ragged road
maker who pretended to keep the highway
10 order. He smOothed the dust down into
the rutS with long g-handled fat hoe, max
ing it so that cart could get a tumble
without being aware of its danger. The
road In many places was so narrow that
TWO carts could barely pass, and nowhere
was 1t much wider than the average
The morning call., 1894-09-30
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They felt it coming. The crackle of the
fire was loud then. when the lions closed
their mouths for crying for food. The
canyon was still and holding its breath for
fright. Then l would have given worlds
to hear again the welcome sound of living
things, the cry of lions l would clasp the
yellow names to escape the horrible dead
alive thing, the apparition. But my heart
turned to water as l heard the velvet paws
steal away in the darkness, as l heard the
lions say, Come, the time for Stiffness has
come l realized that l would fall into
death. l would lapse into nothing. if the
thing came, the grisly shadow of life.
Mira. Americano If my body was not
cold as the water. if my blood was not
stopped, might have stayed. The horror.
the instinct of hunted beast came to me.
For the first time since | saw the dead
eyes | turned from them. Then felt my
blood gush through my heart. my body
stung with prickiug fear. l leaped up
and bounded away from the fire. The
thing was behind me. L knew it was fol-
lowing me, yet L could not scream. The
trail, remember. was rough and full of
bad rocks, but think you that 1 saw them?
DO you think l knew when l fell and
arose again? All. amigo, you do not know.
ran with my blood throwing fire into my
heart, pushing me forward, with MY eyes
sharpened ten times sharp. But with
sharp looks l dared not turn to see the
fend.
Il felt with my life slipping away and
all sounds dim 10 my ears that the thing
was overtaking me. The strength of the
pursuing demon hurt my soul. Ah, alb,
closer it came. As l ran do you think
was scared when a great lion, frantic
with fear. leaped from my pathway aud
whimpered like a kitten as | dashed by?
Which way did runP How do l know?
How far? AS little.
"But you shall see, Americana, that
frenzy and fear we're not all from behind.
II fear was in my heart already l was
now more beside myself with maniac
fright, horrid curdle of the blood For
why? beheld the specter before me-in my
path-yes, yes, standing before me as if it
had known no other spot. Its foul yellow
The morning call., 1894-09-30

knew well that they hungered for my
blood. What would you? Can a man
sleep then? There was no thought of any
thing but the lious-the fierce yellow
beasts. l looked around, up the canyon,
down and across. Nothing, only two yell
low lions. Ah, well, said L. the lion, like
singed cat breads the fire. l am safe.
Il looked up. Ah. Coil There on a
mass of rock, great rock. what did l see?
Tell me, Americana, what could you cali
it? l am old since that tine. Yet it was
not lion-ha, ha, no. 1t was not dead
man, either. No, no, not dead. It was no
being of life, either. Can you tell now,
Americana?
THE thing was in human form-talI,
beautiful. Its eyes were upon me, they
saw me well, they looked through my
heart, they hurt me with their looking.
Ny BODY was like cold stone. 1 did not
move. grew old and wIinklrd with fear
What was it-a specter? Dios can tell. Il
seemed to know that | saw it, that felt
its stare. 1t moved from the great rocks,
from the shadows, and walked, but the
brush was not moved All, no. the thing
The morning call., 1894-09-30

American alley. 1. follows the telegraph
lines, and in some places it has been
built above the surrounding country.
Here and there preteDse was made
of repairing it, and gangs of SOL
diers and half-naked coolies were at
work carrying dirt in baskets and
spreading it over the holes. There must
have been thousands of these workmen.
They probably got less than 10 cents a
day as wages. They worked under over
seers, and they sang as they worked.
was much interested In the way the road
was pounded down. A round disk OF
metal or stone, about three inches thick
and as big around SIS tobacco keg, was
raised by eight men by means of ropes
which were tied TO holes in the edges. A
ninth man sang a song as tbs gang worked
and a a certain note they would. pull on
the ropes. sling the disk high in the air
above their heads and let it fall with
thud. In other places the road was
pounded down with msllets and The stones
were crushed by half-neked Cinnamon,
who raised heavy sledges high in the air
and brought them down with thump. /
was surprised how fast the men worked
and what great quantities Of earth can be
carried in baskets. They swarmed over
the road like bees and each human ant
added his mite 10 the pile. The road was
made entirely of mud, and there was no
pfetense of macadamizing or any sort of a
permanent structure. The roads grow
worse from year to year, and they are by
no means 50 fine to-day as they were 800
years ago.
Inc nlnety-mile ride from Peking to
Ilentsln was through one continuous
stream OF carts, wagons, wneelbarrows and
men. Many of the wheelbarrows had
donkeys hitched In front of them and men
pushing behind them, ana on some parts
OF the great plain they actually use sails in
order 10 help the wheelbarrows along.
got photograph of scene of this kind
and the stiff wind which was blowing
materially aided this Chinese freight car
on its way. There were hundreds of man.
darins riding on donkeys. They were
dressed in silk 60 WINS of green, yellow and
The morning call., 1894-09-30

He was clad in wadded blue cotton, aud
his gown reached TO his ankles, and my
quarters were in the middle. l slept at
night under piece of mating, and my
servant cooked my meals. When the wind
was in the right direction we put up the
sails, and when it died down the sailors
pushed the boat along with poles, which
they dug into the bed of the river or fas-
tened long ropes into it and dragged it
along ty walking on the banks. We did
not know how long the voyage was going
to take. and we considered ourselves happy
ID having it made in four days.
The Chipese cart is a surer means of
locomotion, but it is by no means so pleas
ant. The roads are full of ruts. The dust
sweeps over you IN storms and your bones
are racked with the jolting of the cart. l
doubt whether there is clumsier vehicle
in the world. and certainly no other could
stand such roads. The Chinese cart has
two wheels, each as biz as the front wheel
OF buggy, and each has a weight about
ten times as great. The wheels have mas
sive iron tires. Their spokes are as big
around as a baseball club, and the wooden
axleS are as big as your arm where they
come through the hub The shafts are as
large as telegraph poles, and they are fast
ened directly to the axle, and the body of
the cart rests upon them without springs
The bed of one of these carts is FIVE feet
long and four feet wide. You cannot
stretch yourself out fiat upon it without
resting your feet upon the shafts. There
is no seat connected with it, and you lie or
sit fiat on the floor. A little box-Iike wall
The morning call., 1894-09-30

blue, and some of them sneered, turning
up their yellow oses. and made faces such
as are only possible to Chinese physiog-
n0my.
We passed many villages. The farmers
Of China do live upon their farms. They
have sQualid houses bunched up together
with fences of mud about them, and there
are no signs of comfort anywhere. The
houses are of sundried brick, plastered
with mud and rooted with long rows of
reeds, which are tied in bundles and laid
side by side ON the rafters and then are
pl1stered with mud. These roofs reach
about foot beyond the walls of the houses
and you have usually 70 duck your head if
you wish to get under them. The huts of
the poorer classes are often not more than
fifteen feet square. There are no windows
facing the street, and the only sign of life
is thin wreath of blue smoke that curls
out of the mud chimney of the shape of a
gallon crock which stands on the roof. Ii
would be very bad taste to look over the
fence of Cninaman'S house, but | was
forced to see into some of the yards as |
stood up In my cart while riding by. Dirt
and sQualOr reigned supreme. There was
no grass aud no flowers. Gayly dressed
boys and girls ran in and out of the gates.
They wear clothes of the most horrible
cOlors, and the brightest of green is the
fayOrite. The little babies have their heads
shaved in spots and the girls and women
lather themselve with rouge and powder.
They stick paper flowers in their hair, and
they hobble about on their heels, turning
their Ditifnl little feet upward and not
touching their toes to the ground. All of
the old women carry canes. and those who
have the smallest feet have to be helped
along by others. 1t Makes you sick to look
al the females, and | saw many little girls
who made their way over the rough roads
with their faces full of pain. Their feet
seemed to be resting on live Goals. There
is no uglier costume in the world than that
of these poor peasant women of North
China. The skirtlike gCwn which falls
from the neck to the thighs shows no sign
of the bust, and below this ugly wadded
drawers of highly coIored cotton or silk
fall to the ankles, where they are tied on
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'%m< or ~ ERRBE ADSEsTRE =
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PomPoso CeRNAN TE5
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mother of gold Because they are of no
wit-tontos, estupidos, apes. But Pom
poso-ah, be shall load The Wise One
with gold. He shall turn his face to San
Juan de Dias with riches, and live like a
grand senior.
''While / worked thus, examining the
darling gold into my pockets and building
the most magnifcos castles in Spain, be-
hold, it was night. All, then / knew soon
why my paisanos had fed from the ac
cursed place. With the bIackness of night
came the lonesome cries of all animals.
But over all noises came the noise of the
great solitude where no man was. The
solitude.
''Ah. Americana, you know not the pro-
founG breathing of the solitude of that
accursed canada. The cries of the lions
there made my heart beat fast, but the
solitude smothered my heart entirely.
Then. again, came the closer cry of hun
CRY lions
81 grew aEraid-I, fearless PompOso
Cervantes-I trembled like coward or a
woman. But building a big fire-pff II
was calm. 1 coOked my coffee, my carne,
my frijol, L whitfield my cigarro. and said,
'POmpOsO, amigo mo, thou hast no fear
OF The lions of the DESERT l was cOntento
II rolled into my blankets and drew my
serape over my head. [ lay thinking,
thinking, and in my ears the shouts and
yells of the lions grew more frightful,
more diablo, more internal. Dios de mi
vida. said l; yet 1 knew the fire kept
them away. They would not come close,
said l.
There were two lions on the side of the
canyon not more than twenty PAGES. and l
The morning call., 1894-09-30

eyes were upon me as before, its skeleton
hand pointed toward me. as if TO strike or
curse. The dead, stale light was around
IL, scaling off from the apparition.
Il do net know whether my limbs STAYED
their flight or mott know not whether I
flew or run-but L found myself upon it,
with my knife in my hand. The knife
grew into my palm like tree, rooted deep,
my arm was steel as | struck full into the
face of the thing-full into the accursed
eyes. But-pH-it was nothing-noth
saw my hand pass into the eyes, into the
head and through the knife ceaved the
phantom head and it was nothing-noth-
ing at all. And vet it was there. The
force of the blow threw rue to the ground.
Like lion. like a tiger Of the desert,
arose. Then l felt pricking, a cold itch
of creeping horror and the ground came
up to me and swallowed all in backness
and sleep.
"Blackness and long sleep.
Il awoke. 1t was bright day. NV
heart was beating high, my mouth was
full of fever. my hand dry and hard as
wood. The world danced and SWAN be-
fore me. battled through the multitude
of sand. l looked, and behold! 1t was
San Felipe Plain. 'Ab, ah!' said [. In
my heart | could feel the wild thoughts.
The strange voice in my throat was not
my own. / stood aside and saw another
Pomposo Cervantes. and something told
me l was crazy. The thirst, the cruel
pain of drouth and the exhaustion racked
my body, l knew, but this was not hard
for me to bear. for was glad. l laughed
loud with joy and shifted the great desert
breeze. l said, 'Pomposo, the fends of the
hell are not for thee, my buen companero.'
''HOw did l come here? There is the
desert; Dios can tell. There were two.
and one said go, go. Now l see two, two
men, and one is old with fear and the other
shakes his head and laughs. One is al
ready ripe for death; his tongue is dry
and cold. The other is very alive. muy
vivo, and guards well the darling gold and
laughs.
"Ah. Americana, favor NE. Send the
moZo with another glass of the blessed
teQuila. Here is gold = plenty of gold.
THIS gold comes from new piacers. very
rich. in the Canada de Tres Leones.
Very pretty-no?'
This is the story of POmposo Ceryantes
as spoken in the patio.
The morning call., 1894-09-30

came without stirring a pebble. 1t came
toward me-yes, yes, toward me, Pomposo
CervaDtes, where l lay. Ny brain was
clear. my eye bright with much fear. /
could hear and see well. The fire was
bright also. l made out in an instant, to
my own heart. that it was the ghost, the
apparition of the Americana, murdered in
the mysterious canyon. Some foul crime
had made the place aecursed, and the
spirit of wrath had come TO my country
men and sent them away.
"Ah. the dead eyes-the dead yellow
light of them! 1t had not The look of life.
the show of blood. Its eyes never moved
from mine. Before it moved far the
beasts. the lions, seemed to know, too.