The semi-weekly messenger., 1906-09-04
tf--fam MOwbray.)

- --.euI and |. It was
useless. immoral, and dirty.
...4l Il Chinaman to take
... .-- ne animal came back
-- -.red round the house.
...-.G. and I gave it some po-
. ....:1-. 1t died quickly and
IT, -....a-slr. We watched it
..-.- ...e ever seen an animal
.-. particular means you
--.a.a~.v want to see it again.
g.. easy death.
..-. ...- a-J We bribed a clerk
..f-e.- gaUen. He was to have
f.. would send us word Of |
.-.l AL. ...re Of an execution, and |
.. .... f We got to the place
..~- .-r.u cash equals about 80 |
II. boy was laying the table |
..- rHu. and | had just got |
:. .-.m work, when my colleague |
~. heal II he door and said.
? .... here is going to be an
...a We put off down the |
.....- ..-- .s " could, arriving at
.... ... early. We lOitered FUR
.r direction from which |
.... -.. procession would cone.
.--.... "D zGW q slight distur-
.. .afic ahead, and some
-, "ar~ appearing abOvt he
D.. .t ..- .r,Td. We TUNED and |
g.. ky back to jhe place. A
g". rAaps fifty people, had |
... u aX"cution ground in rhe
&. -..... INNING cast and west |
a. -n.~ hunninS north and |
p .... .f '.a execution was in tn |
,...--... # ."rGs from the corn
STREET / HUSY ONE.
... ..~ street. technically in the |
.uIIsf outside the inner
. .r Still inside the suburb wan. |
. .-.o.:u, of such n city as this |
.o-. G~ rhichIy populated as the
-. - .. r""- more so.
p. ..". eur sand under an Cp2n
. nr,.a.-.a@ rom Il house standing
" ..r .-.t back from the street.
-~- -.n .".l was a barber S shop; |
.-. b. small window We could |
a man 5.iag shaved.
- s.#8 slightly increased, be-
d.. .."l always holds neWcOm-
.." middle Of the street two or
LIZ We're standinf. One Of them
.--#r.-..e by the fact that he
fellow, with mis- queue
'-. "-D ~ mot. the upper part OF
." and Nth the lower part
- .-. 'rtuSers instead Of the
.. ." lie was not the exc
... .r r.. man WHO held the !
-" minutes and the proce: sion
"Z.n men carrying long
... .l.1l them two men car
s.t. s.UuE on their shoulders
. .. was the condemned
..os ieI he1nnd his back,
'". .", his body. He was
except for d pair Of socks,
..".r.1- -l.4htly.
r.. ..", ncrhaps thirty, brought
.a they had followed out Of .
Il >P-&men halted, the basket was
.~. .." man dragged out Of it
.a.. or rWO forward, while it
>-~L aside.
Il AEATNESS AND DISPATCH,
"A".H,ur drew his sword. 4 ,
%Atly curved one, per
... a. naIf feet lOng. He
ment with his back 10
d" hueeling criminal and
- b.. ."#I hen lifted the sword
kind Of a salute, hold
. + and Point, gave 4 cry
'.. 't"naps he translated as
.... "t the law" turned, md
o.ac'.
"- .,""t The condemned man !
.""s. lhc Man in red
...,. forward his head. the
-'t and fell. 4 man step
md. quietly picking up
sd i back "a the yamen
Tie sentence had been
1. probably rejOined he
/. 81. the pit into which both
IN Men simultaneously step !
"a. proceeded quietly 10
., Ginseng. which they
.~e wooden skewers, Il he
When dry these would
--"'glne of marvellous virtue.
r.. Men dragged the body onto
-'.>" universally useful reed
-.. .-t3>tened the cords from
t0 Is not cheap in China.
.-. at one side OF the road,
VAS room now for the two
n "5. which had been obligeE
p minute, 10 pass.
.~ TIP caught sight of the
.-... ~, ...' 'a~aer's shop-the barber
-,.--~ -jS hair with absolute
~ BACK TO HIS TIFF1N.
o.. He place FIVE minutes, at
p Her he arrival of the pro-
4. lie trunk was still lying BY
" H. road, and there was a
r..: ~ lrople- 1t was rather
IN. ,-,.,-r as the streets are mar
regular traffic was in full
-. overturned wheelbarrow
-. zen much worse obsta-
g. -.''tC. II was not horrible