The Savannah morning news., 1900-10-08

particular yamen's jurisdiction. Arrived
al thar point che escort always lsft ut.
and We had 10 strukgi, on Hs before
Mise Rice WIS KILLED on the road airy
II north " Tachchnufu lu Shaua. Thnf
day both she and Miss Houston stt down
on the roadside saying ths1 would Will
iuElV die hut walk another step they
could rot In the previous c'ty the maRia-
'rute had given NJ q small piece of silver
which We had 90 carry iu our hand having
nowhere else 20 pat We Thought We
might Doe able 90 hire cart Tor thesr lud
SEES with this piece OF silver 20 two ~ us
went TO "a village 90 negotiate The yI-
lagtrs refused the cart. bat a. Tho same
cine they pounded uur knuCkl,s With
stick till We dropped the silver. and thsu
drove us down tho road away from our
party just then % began 20 rain anal the
party With the exception of the t~o lhd
isa. retired for shelter "a an empt, Eu1ri-
house near There e mob Ten upon them
and drove them on. and in thI. way the
two helpless ladies got ifn and wrrr
beaten 10 death Nothing could Do" dom"
uu rschrhau was reached when thc mae.
tstrats cent back 90 inquire Miss Rice
was found to D.. already dead. but MisN
Houston. although drCndfully injured whH
sun alive She died tfterWard a. Nunm-
ung ~ Hupoh and me body WAS brought
on 20 iIaukow Tor burial
The crossing 90 the yellow River was
one ~ our most trying experience. Tho
Namcn had placed us 700 carts. ANA promis-
cd to send us over llus les soon as We
were loo the boat the carts drove away aud
che hoatmrn ordered us Co land agaiu as
They declined point blank 10 have anythlus
10 30 with MS For TWO days We -ht ON thc
bank OF The yellow River not knowing
wht 60 do W. were like che tarHvlitrs
1i the Red Sea Pharaoh wHa behind
neither right nor lrf Was their amy rc.
trent and mo- means Of crossing over on
the third day the hoatmen UNEXPECTEDLY
changed their minds and took ua over
The Orst city We came 80 south 81 thc
river was Chaurrhou The MAGISTRATE
was bitterly anti foreign ard said had
We only arrived twenty four hours sooner
DE would have had the pleasure OF killing
ua on His orders were go allow uo foreign
devil 20 escape. hut the Empires nowasof
had taken pity ON them ana DO had just
been instructed 90 have them an sent at
prisoner. into Hupeh Accordingly. from
This point We were sent across Honau.
/ from city 20 city. a. prisoners hy Oh, va
mcn. sometimes in carts and sometime
mounted on tho hard wooden pack sad.
dies OF donkeyH For food they gave u-
bread and water, and nowhere showed us
any Kindness fill we reached SlnyhuRt hou
'he last cisy m Honau. Here We were no
longer treated a. prisoners. aud here met
with the Glovehs from tuau. who had
arrived there after similar Journey The
I Hupeh magistrates we're exceedingly kua
/ At the first city. iingshHn. We were sup
! plted with fool and clothing and kept in
| tho yamen i've DAYS aa che road south
was blocked by soldiers proceeding 90
I Pekn. whom u would not be- safe 20 meet
Tho Ningshan native Christians also
sought us out and showed us great kind
ness a. they also did az the cities Of Tehu-
l gan. Nunmung and Hsaolnn Mra =
/ Cooper died az YinEshan Of the iuiuriea
and hardship undergone. and her body Wa
brought 10 iionkow for burial Thus ended
/ az Hankow on the l4th ~ August tour
| uey Of hfty days duration Of which tho
wonder 10 that single one survived 20
I tell the tale