The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-09-24

in her leg and a Sikh received a ball in
his face, near the nose, which passed out
OF his left arm.
Now we are on our way home and j
do not expect that we shall ever return
TO China. The siege was an awful expert
ence and I. for one. shall never forget it,"
WERE VISITING CoNGER.
Miss lone Woodward. one Of the most
beautiful ard accomplished girls OF Chi
Cages Four Hundred. was visiting Min
lister Conger and his wife at Picking with
her mother when the trouble came. Miss
Ctcile Payne Vas also visiting the Con-
gers Mrs. and Miss Woodward and Miss
Payne are returning TO Chicago. Mrs.
Woodward. who did noble work among
the sick and wounded during the siege of
the legations, is III at present and more
or less confined TO her cabin. She Is feel
ing the reaction from the terrible physi-
cal and mental strain through which she
went In the Imperial city.
Miss Woodward was not behind I'm doing
all that she could 20 lend a helping hand
wherever IL was needed. She. too. has
felt something OF a reaction, but is now
enjoying, TO all appearances. her usual
re bust health.
Really. / don't want TO talk about my
experiences in Peking." said Miss Wood
ward when seen by an Advertiser reporter
yesterday. They were terrible enough to
be sure. without talking about them any
more. ! want to get all memory of that
time out OF my mind. IL worries me To
think about Il. Yes. know we were all
reported dead. II seems rather funny. in
a way. to md out that ones friends have
believed one dead for weeks. But / am
very much alive, thank goodness, and am
anxious 20 get back home 10 Chicago and
/ let my friends see that / am still in the
I lend OF the living.
] No IN Of
lives every day for almost eight weeks
and we had 20 live on horse meat and
poorly prepared bread and lots Of US got
sick and some OF the people died from
sickness.
Minister conger did everything in hi.
power to protect US and pacify the fanati-
teal Chinese. but he might just as wei
have commanded the ocean to dry up fol-
all the good that was done. Still, think
Mr. Conger did wonders as II was"
Were you much affected by the tryinl
Experiences OF those eight weeks?'
Was / frightened, do you mean?
was certainly not overcome by fear. as
sure YOU" Miss woodward spoke will
spirit. scorning the idea of having beef
afraid.
MY mother did much TO alleviate tn
sufferings of the wounded marines an
lother women in that regard. But excus
me now. my mother calls me-.
A BOY DEFENDER.
w. G. F. squiers, youth not owe
twenty years of age, a son of ii. .
: Squiers. first secretary of the Amen
. can legation at Picking, is on his wa
home. Young Squiers handled rifle a
, Peking when the trouble was on an
helped defend the legations. He is
good shot. and sent more than one CHI
nese TO the pipe-dream country. ii
speaks most highly of the bravery G
the marines in defending the foreigner
and native Christians. Squiers is goin
! to New York. Last night he cam
/ ashore, and, after dining at the Ha
waiian Hotel with friend, started
see as much Of Honolulu as was posi-
5 BILE in a few brief hours.
WAS AT TIEN-TSIN.
E Rev. +. Brown is also a passenger o
? the Coptic. He was in Tien-Tsin dur
3 ing the bombardment. and tells
! graphic story OF his experiences. hi