Arizona republican., 1900-12-11
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had been unrolled for the casual in

had been unrolled for the casual in spection of a passing coolie
 Into the midst of this scramble the jack tars of her gracious maiestiy, the quen of England, rifles in the sings over their shoulders, both hands free.. straw hats on the back of the head, eyes of amaZement and grins of pure delight. silk in rolls was new to them, but the first torn bundle was the clue. Instantly the Chinese recognized the new element, the advent of the master spirit. Coolie after coolie hurrying to his hatch as fast as he could, paused
 to offer half or all of his load to the first white man he met. The sailormen
 fn"7 their arms ard piled it up about their feet, calling to their fellows to go get a cart or bring some of their mates to help carry the stuff away. They
 chose it without regard to color or
 quality or condition. A green roll Of silk was as good as a yellow coat, and
 white fur or black made no difference
 to themi This was the street Of the silk merchants on the afternoon of the
 day that Eien Tsin was taken.
 Everywhere throughout the city it
 was the same. The Chinese were the
 first to find the loot: they knew the
 way. Then came the soldiers and took
 it from them. Not all; that was impos- sible. There were not men enough in the allied forces to do that, here and
 there a littIe a selection of this and a sample of that and of it all a great pile, but only the fraction of a little part of
 the whole. Hundreds of Chinese who had been slaves all their lives got plunder enough to make them indepen- | dent and their families after them. The foreigners only nibbled at the edge of the pile. The natives gob5led it all | and licked at the last crumb.
 Among the foreigners there was lit tie difference in method at the start. All seemed more or less diffident, mindful that footing is not recognized in the modern articles of war. If there
 rad been men enough to establish , guards all about the city it is probable that the Chinese would not have had such a riot Of rebe.ry. But it vas a Chi nese city after all; and when the Chi l nese were footing it themselves, why should not the men who had fought t0 take it have Q chance? Tommy prob ably did not think it out for himself aling such lines. He merely saw mob
 of coolies running off with the stuff he would like. and he took it, simply and | directly, because he wanted it and could get it. From this general rule | there were only two exceptions, the | British and ahe Japanese. The Brit l ish footed officially, and the Japanese | hardly al all. Everywhere through the l city where plunder was to be had ! British officers wandered about with
 stretcher parties of their men, gather | ing up what goods they could find. Tho ! Japanese looked on but held aloof; | only now and than would q man be
 seen with a loot. anI even then rarely | of any value.
 It was in the afternoon that it got | into the blood of the soldiers. The ci- williams from the settlements who had i been hiding while the fighting was go- i ing on now came ou, boldly and sought | to "recompense ourselves for our loss
 es" They knew the city as well as thG
 Chinese and the soldiers soon learned
 to follow them. Gun butt. hammer nose and az head were the working