The Savannah morning news., 1900-09-10

ed down human Ilfe a. thoroughly as the
careful reaper his field. The people fled,
and with them such Boxers as were lett
alive after contact with our troops, The
match was touched TO the interior OF every
house.
Dead Cinnamon In the pei-Ho.
did not attempt 10 count the number
Of dead Chinese which lay on the banks
Of the river. where they had been washed
by tidal now They we're not into the
thousands. as some one had told me, but
there mus, have been more than a hun
bred. II one OF The savage chow" dogs
Of the country was not munehlng an arm
or a leg he was lying near by the corpse,
gorged. and waiting further appetite TO
go OF with his ghoullsh work.
IL was dark just before the tug ap-
preached Tien TSin. Just outside the town
we passed another launch, or. rather. a
small steamer which had on board the
wounded of Admiral seymours force.
Their work In the war with China was
over. and they were returning go their
ships. Russian pontoon bridge pre-
vented our tug from going as far as the
young naval officer who commanded her
eNrected TO 30. He tried 90 get the Rus
sian sentry 90 make an opening for him.
to coujugate understand In England.
This allied army is a Babel of tongues: a
Midway Plalsance OF civilized racial char
acteristics,
I struck our across the pontoon bridge
into the European settlement to seek the
American consulate and information as
TO where / could get nights lodging,
and TO call on Capt. McCalla. Rus
sian officer. with three cossaeks and a
Chinese cart behind him, came trotting
along on cTeam-colored pony. lie in
vited me TO throw my blanket roll into
his cart and he started out 10 show me
10 my destination He was a little mixed
on his topography, and eventually ci'i-
zen told us than the street which we were
following led In the opposite direction
from, the consulate. The officer would
take no excuse. Americans and Rus
SLAMS ought TO be good friends" he said
He. his cart. his cossacks and his pony
(which he had captured from a Chinese
general. he told mel. escorted me 10 the
very gate OF the consulate. one OF the
CoSsacks insisting. in rough good nature
upon taking my blanket roll up on the
porch. where the consul. Mr.. Ragsdale
WAS resting from the worries Of the siege
Cant McCalla was asleep he said. He
reiterated what ] had already heard on
an sidea-ihe admiration which our vaii-
ormen OF Seymours force had won from
all the foreigners. An orderly came with
q message for the captain. and when che
cnnsu woke him up he received me.
The ltst time that 7 had seen the cap
tain was % Apart. where he had Glv IN
a tired correspondent an American break
fast which had made that correspondent
feel as II he were something OF a man
again. Before ieft his room n was long
after midniEhs. The story OF the expedi-
tlon which set out 10 rescue Pekin ana
had dificulty to rescue itself as he told
IL TO me I will relate IN a later article
suiice II that he left ut'three import
am facts. one was that he was shot
throvrl the flesh Of the back. the sccon
that a shell wounded him IN two places
the third that he went on directing his
men on the hring line without stopp ng
'for repairs" and hobbled into Tien 7'sin
a. their head.