The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-02-08
MISS NEMTON'S
TALK ON CHINA
SHE WAS ONE OF THE MISSION
ARIES IN PEKIN.
Told of Some of the Horrors of the
Siege-Paid Tribute to the Chi
nese Christian and Heathen for
Many Acts of Kindness and Brav-
cry That They Performed for the
Missionaries During the Horrors of
That Terrible Period-rhey Are
Not All Bad.

Mrs. C. S. Weston afforded unbound
ed pleasure yesterday afternoon, when
she entertained large number OF
ladies at her home to hear Miss New
ton. who has recently returned from
China. Miss Newton spoke in the in
terests of the Foreign Missionary socl-
ETY. of the First Presbyterian church.
and the tale she told of what she had
known during that awful period Of
peril in Pekin was something which
brought close to her hearers the first
realistic view they had of the siege.
Miss Newton said 1t should not he
understood that the Boxers represented
China. There are good heathen. who
stood aghast at the atrocities perpe-
trated by the Boxers. The mission
aries were repeatedly preserved by
heather neighbors, at great risk to
themselves.
The young wife of one of the mis-
sionaries walked with her baby through
the streets of the city during that first
dreadful night. She met crowd of
ruffians, who were about to seize her
when a strange man came out from the
mob and said: Let my neighbor 60
You do not want to take away my face
by ill-treating one of my neighbors." 4"
He took her to his own house, where
his wife arranged her dress and kept
her for days He was not u Christian
neither was his wife, but he protected
the Christian from death
HER HUSBAND KILLED.
"a young woman, one of my pupils"
said Miss Newton, was married on the
n uh nj nf
was thought she ought to have pro-
tector. AS the young woman. with her
husband and sister-in-law. started out
to find a place of safety they met the
swarms of men hurrying to the city,
and looking with lanterns in every
place of concealment for the Christians
or their friends They seized the groom.
and at daybreak dragged him to a high
wall, from which they hurled him sixty
feet to his death.
"The poor women, heart broken, sat
down by the roadside to weep, but an
old woman, heather, muttered to
them: Pretend you don't care, or
they'll kill you, too The Boxers caught
them later, however, and making the
sister-in-law kneel down. cut off her
head and flung it aside. The poor little
bride expected the same death, when a
young man rushed from the crowd and
cried: Let this girl alone. I know
about the doctrine they teach 1t does
no HARM. and he persuaded them to
give her up. He took her to the house
of a policeman, Il heather, and he and
his wife took her in and cared for her.
Finally they sent for her mother.
WENT TO TSIN TSIN.
1.-The day after the massacre Dr. An
ncnt saw a little boy who said he
wanted to go with him to the Methodist
ed. He was a heather child, but said
he wanted to stay with the Christians.
Afterward when they wanted volun-
taers to carry a letter to the consul in
Tsin Tsin the boy volunteered to make
the journey. They tried to persuade
him not to try it as it meant certain
death, but disguised as u beggar, he
walked eighty miles through the Box
ers' lines and suffering incredible hard
ships. The letter that he gave the con-
sui was the first news they had re-
ceived from the besieged city. The one
he brought back was the first hope that
relief would come. Surely such fidel-
Ivy SuOulu llluke us respect lnG CnlneSe.
But if the heather Chinese are a
source of encouragement what shall we
say of the Christian Chinese?" Not
one of our Christian servants left us
until they had done the last thing they
could do Some of them went with
us to the Methodist mission. a wom-
an who had served me faithfully for
years, Sobbed as she left me To go to
her country home as there was nothing
more she could do for me. / begged
her to go with me but she wished to
help some of her people to escape. The
Boxers caught her and her child and
murdered them so cruelty that none of
our friends would tell me the details.
WOULD NOT BETRAY THEM.
"Why am | standing here today? Be-
cause of the fidelity of the Chinese
Christians. Why did they not sell in
formation or betray us to the Boxers
1t would not have been immaterial if
some of them had thought they might
as we'll save themselves but not one was
faithless. What shall i say of mere
school boy who ran ahead of the mob
to warn our elders of the coming at
tacks. The boy was not willing to
stay with us because he wanted to
save his family in its country home.