The Savannah morning news., 1900-09-25

members of the family piled one on top
of the other slaughtered Tn q flash
Though the dead be- Chinese. ana there
was rifle ana plenty 81 cartridges near
a hand. the white man shudd,rs az such
"a sight. especially t. a. found iu one
house. ne secs one member Of the family
with hi- jaws ana nose shot on but sim
breathing ia bloody bubbles from hie eu,-
let
At a. m. when our troops first entered
the chy-hy our troops mean troops 81
the allies. the Japanese-thc city was as
silent as medieval town between tine
sentry g calls "Au's weUt The soldiers
had gone. Those o. the population who
mad been warned. ana had any Mace to
50. and who were not paralyzed with fear
had gone. These were comnarativoiy few
The rest holied their doors against the
power Of an arms-eveu as tho French
peasants did In lSa0-7l- and waited FOR
what the morrow would bring forth The
Chinese found in the street ran. II htR
legs were strong enough TO carry him
Otherwise, he fell down. his forehead ln
the aust wailirc his Innocence OF all
crimes against FOR Ign devils with the
breaking open OF houses iu the immediate
vicinity o. the wall. hy the very proper
order ~ the japanese general, ana the
destruction OF guns ana ammunition in
them the inhabitants finding We were SO
weak for that Is how they construe tt
as not 20 XIII them. went forth with "ko-
lows and Offering Of cake. melons or
whatever they bad. They swarmed up the
ola sisps TO a.. uasutias on tine wall.
which are az worn a. those 10 the Par
thenon. with food In one hand and a white
Tag IN the other. and begged for passes
from the soldiers The soldiers ate the
cakes except the Americans ana the
British. who stuck hygienicauy 10 their
hardtack. and Rrasped the situation In
manner worthy ~ men who night with
humor In their hearts
LootinE the City.
Every private hlossomed forth into a
ful.-hedged provost marshal 10 wrote
passes IN whatever his language was
And-espccially the Amsrlcans-was lit
tie embarrassed when the natives "kotow-
Cd IN thanks. These FIRST Chinese 10
break out OF their houses were deserving
OF Chinese Victoria Cross Tor a kind
OF Chinese bravery From their stand
point IL was most ticklish thing 10 do
BY ! o'clock the shops IN the main street
leading from the North 20 the South Gate
were well on frc. While the soldiers rest
Cd on the walls and enjoyed the Nerouic
spectacle Two lines Of Chinese. one in
siinctively taking one side Of the street
ana one me other. were following with
the Chinese disregard % danger when In
pursuit Of gain. the true Chinese bent
The line with sheir arms fun OF morchan-
disc were coming from the looting OF
the shops; the line with empty hands were
going. IL foreign officer saw pair
OF arms full OF silks ne might take pos
session 81 them n he chose.
The flth OF H. The fifth Of IL, This
expression unc0nsciousiy escaped from
Your lips. The spectacle was never rufn-
cient 90 drown entirely thoughts OF dlsin-
feetants and a hath-tub Even from the
walls the odor OF three thousand years
OF compressed sewage came 10 your nos
triis. Native Tien Tsin. with ~ dense
population, has no drainage The hoes
wallowing In its sinking pools are lts
scavengers. Tommy Atkins ana Johnny
fank Of our Marines. sitting side By sido
aud calling Mai. Waller a great man.
turned ~ their noses
SO 'elp me Gawd, It's hawfur said
Tommy
Well damme you have 10 smell Il 10
believe a." said the Yank.
Both wiped their bareback with their
coat-sieeves as II they feared that odor
might crawl.
Butt am exceeding my space: ana the
battle took place yesterday. ] cannot
tell you how much / reere, that tho
French Marines had this native swine as
we'll as pigeons for the banquet which a
Freuchman can make under any coudi-
tons. and how happy we an are that tho
Japanese hng hies over the East Gate. the
French over the West. the British over
the North and the American over the
South