New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-08-23

| of his achievements reads like fairy taie
Armed only with a rattan wand, Gordoh was
ever in the forefront Of the fight. unframed ana
triumphant Thus he led assaults upon Walleu
cities. and put to fight armies ten times the
s,za If HE own Thus he fought and won thirty
three battles IN eighteen month";, and ended a
war that had dragged for many years
II was at Shanghai that Ii and Gordon met
II was at Soo-Chow that they parted. That city
was the scene of the last stand or the 1ai-rliF7
Hung had made his escape elsewhere Dut MS
son and the Wangs were there, with all th"'
uoe left of their armies Gordon. with match
less skill and valor, stormed the CITY, ana ~
manded the surrender of the Wangs They did
surrender trusting 10 his promise that 'h'"
lives should be spared But while Gordon was
hnsv with other details of the capture Ii came
unon the scene The Wangs actually In hand AT
,asto on with their rebellious heads. every one
~ tborn, II was done. And then Gordon came
back and learned of it. Men who were there
saw his wrath was comparable only with the ut
most fury of the elements.
"Who did this?" he demanded In tone that
made every hearer cover in terror
They told him 1t was L.
And where is La?
ua crushed his magic wand Of victory TO
slivers in his hand, snatched up a revolver anu
rushed like a bloodhound on the tran 10 'a"e
yeverge upon the Governor who had broken MS
word From building TO building, from street 10
street he sprang He made the circuit OF the CITY
walls without pause Swift death Tor ii Na9 !"
his heart in his eyes, in his hand that SO heiN-
ously casped the deadly weapon And Ill lieu Dc
tora hin, "a before death itself and hid himself
in closets and clambered over housetops anu
enaIlv concealed himself in boat and dropped
of 81
that his prey had escaped he tore his commits
s,on into bits and stamped II into the mud, ana
dung down TO keep It company the insignia OF
his rank
"No English gentleman can serve Govern
want that does such things" he cried. and that
worry dav he shook the polluted dust OF emma
from his feet
Then Ii came out Of hiding and was re-
warded with the order Of the yellow Jacket
which only the Emperor himself can wear De-
eide For the Wangs were dead and the re-
heuion crushed; and what mattered bit or
broken faith?
And thirtv-one years afterward Ii visits Cor
dons cenotaph and lays wreath or flowers d.
the statues feet
A. soo-Cbow two civilizations met. and the
c,emency and faith of the one were sacIlhced |"
a.. stern old bood-law of the other. In London
they met again, ana '"' i"'''' '
former reverent obeisance and rendered the
tribute of weak human passion 10 se'e"0 "'
almost godlike heroism.
After the fall OF Soo-Chow Ii took up MS
abode in the palace of the Chung Wang, whom
be had slain and soon after removed 10 Nankin'
ubere he became Governor-General. lie was
made a noble Of the third class, and received
the order Of the Two-Eyed Peacock Feather.
In 1865 he was sent to the North to crush the
rebels of Menu which he did with dispatch'
Thereafter he was made Governor-General OF
the two provinces Of Hope and Ho-Nan Again
in 1870 he was sent to the North and West to
deal with the Tungans, or Mahometans OF Kan
Su and Shan-S. Before he met the enemy ne
was recalled to become Governor-General, or
yiceroy. Of Pc-Chi-LL but SO great was the