The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-11-11

ment for himself, when his eyes fell riv-
cited on a placard which native Off
cial in Tapping hat and goggles was
tacking up on the wall Murray was not
too proficient in the reading of Chinese,
but he made out quickly enough that the
red and white poster offered reward
for the return of Princess Yu Tus body,
dead or alive, and. great Scott, an equal
sum for his own; for the rich garments of
the princess had been found by the po-
lice directed by the cook and boatmen,
stuffed in the bureau drawer of his room
at tbs Astor house in Tien Tsin! Tee
little princess. from the window. also
read this CHEEKY announcement; she did
not drink her tea Murray got back into
the car without partaking; the train
started.
we will get off at the next STOP" he
said to her in English DO not be
afraid will yet get you to the right
side of the great yellow pagoda, but
| probably not by tonight
And the princess replied, "All light; me
| not ahald, good foleign mister. Me see
Fa Moo alice time in eyes; me gettee ia
Moo side, one time.
At the next stop, accordingly, which
proved to be a wholly unofficial unofii-
cial one, the result of fracas between
the train coolies and the European en-
CINE driver and a miserable mud village
| in the middle of a swamp out got the
| princess and the foreign devil; here also
| the encouraging poster greeted them from
| the howell of a station; but nobody seemed
| to notice them as yet and Murray hest
| tated just second whether to dare all
! and re-enter the train, when the Inenac-
| ing cry of "Yau-Kwei-Zu! Yau-Kwei-
| Zu!'' assailed his ears from a group Of
| Unconditional looking Chinese men and
women at the other end of the platform.
| 1t must be recalled that beneath all the
| smooth civilities and really engaging and
multiferiOus courtesies of the yellow
| faced millions, that a hatred as impla-
cable and as positive to assert itself
! some time as death reigns supreme, ii
| often unsupported, over every Chinese
for every white-faced man. Murray knew
| this well. He also knew a trick worth
hatred generally, and now, as the train
! for Pekin moved away and left him and
| the princess standing amid q growing
! crowd he played his trump and won. He
| bought g. suit of native clothes for him
! self; retreated and put them on; bought
| wheelbarrow and a parasol, all purchases
| being made of course, at fabulous prices;
| Informed the princess in English that she
| must now assume the role of master, all
on account of her sweet little useless feet
| while he would pose as her servant; set
the princess in the barrow, opened the
! parasoI over her supposed o-be mascu-
line head, hired a coolie at ruinous
| rate and set forth, the cOolie dragging
! to the fore, Murray pushing the barrow
! in the rear Their destination was the
| village of Kwan-So, which lies between
the railway line and the Pei-ho; and there
Murray knew that it might be possible
| to effectually lose themselves for the
nonce by attaching themselves to a camel
| caravan.
The one thing he did not know was
that Kwan-So lay on the other side of
the river: and the hither shore gained
the coolie promptly declined to DO any
mortal IL ng, except return when he
came with the barrow. BY dint, how
| ever OF nuch persuasion and liberal
commissions every fee is a Commission
| in China) the clipping princess and her