The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1912-08-23

EW-- Interested him curiousy. was
= 80 12:. ~, = from an old friend and associate.
whom he had believed to be
another example OF unaccountablo disappearance
Frederick Townsend Ward had gone to Mexico
than two years before TO sell some old ord
nance to the government Having accomplished
this In due season. he had suddenly dropped ou
OF ken on the eve Of supposedly returning home
Fancy then. the surprise which greeted these words
II any act Of so erratic person could amaze.
Il have entered into the Chinese service, have
very fine prospects at present and hope soon t'
have comfortable fortune have been trans
formed from a Yankee into Chinaman In COOK
style. with a good establishment l. few day.
ago took the second city OF Importance In the vice
royalty from the rebels. ! have made prettl
good thing OF II and hope In a few weeks to TAXI
another city"
This communication was veritablc bolt from
the blue A restless. almost penniless Vagabon'
OF n man. whom his friends had given up as los'
suddenly emerging In China as n master oil men AM
a conqueror OF cities! our own bloody slaughte
house had not yet opened its shambles. but IN
newspapers absorbed In an eNtraorulhhr
political situation that they gave scarcely paru
graph to such curious piece OF news when " W"
made known 10 them. ,.
a few weeks later another similar letter reaehe
the staid merchant; -,
81 was then referring to his nrst lctterl about
starting up country but have since returheu
having been badly wounded while auempuns w
scale the walls OF Sing Poo City ana was 'o'
gut several shot wounds the worst ohe VIZ
through the cheek and down through the roo'
OF the mouth. They, that Is, the mlhslun".'V
and some English and Dutch merchah'h' WN
very badly about me and my measures haNhs
used both rather unceremoniOuPly when iouhu
having connections with the rebels; but, jack
| am Independent Of them all and consequent"
do not care - for them
"Chnn is the country for n man VINO u
able to take risks and IL gifted with Gooa com
49,. 40 Ranm
weeks than could at brokerage In New YORK III
twenty years" ....-..s-.-.
sixty years ago American pupis ard church
conventions rang with the glad udings mat n
Christian movement had sprung spontaneously
ms II were out OF Chinese soil The future OF
missionary effort was thus assured, II was hoped
in the blossomlng Of n far-reaching native ioree
that would speedily win the heather to the pan
ners OF the cross These hopes, however. were
blasted az tho rise OF tho religious cult OF
Makka schoomaster developed into one Of the
most ruthless and devastating civil wars OF MS
tory. and the nature OF the outrageous travesy'
which had perverted few Christian doctrlnes
into a grotesque blasphemy came TO be under
stood.
Hung Su Tsuen had sought In vain for that
recognition before the literary boards nj Canton
which was the passport Of official ambition In
Canton he had absorbed some crude notion OF
Chrlsa doctrine from q Methodist missionary,
and when he returned home, crazcd by disnp
pointment, TO live as n humble pedagogue. he
began to dream dreams and speak prophecies as
directly inspired from heaven, AS time
went on, his propagandism drew to Its banner
hordes from the ranks OF discomfort and crime,
and an army Of ragged desperadoes began to
move from west TO east In the early mites to
establish the claim OF the crazy fanatic (who
prnfesscd 10 be the younger brother OF Jesus
Christ and directly consecrated by the Holy
Ghost) 10 be the imperial head of the empire.
the annals Of Oriental barbarlsm. II was esti.
mated by conservative opinion that In ten years
this Internal regime known rs the Taipns rebel
lion had cost tho empire some two and half
billions OF dollars and the destruction OF several
millions OF lives by war; starvation and whole
sale massRcres
Hung Su Tsuen as Tlen Wang or Heavenly
King" was cnthroned at Marking and he prac.
tlcally controlled the great provinces OF Kiang.
Su and ShehKiang, the heart Of tho richest
tea and silk production OF China His robber
bands indeed ralded down to the very gates OF
Shanghai and the foreign merchants there were
som0tmes hard put TO II to defend the city,
though nominally on amicable terms with the
Marking despot on whom their trade largely
depended
One autumn morning at Shanghai in 1859 n
slight darkcompexloned Misunderstanding
man called at the office OF Tahke, n mandarin
of the third button. banker and merchant well
regarded by the foreign residents
II was Frederick Townsend Ward, who had
Just landed In Shanghai from San Francisco. lie
rough and seedyloolng, with n sailors roll
IN his gait. but with glance Of FIRE and a solid
squareset iawbone to redeem his face. Tah.ke
was not encouraging when Ward spoke Of his
desire TO enter the Chinese service as a free
lance and answered that he could get n belly
full Of hghtIng by Joining the Shanghai yolun
teers
Thank you for nothing" said Ward. but
can do that without your help didn't come
for that sort OF advice. | could make you help
me and help yourself at the same time. You
don't see It now, but you Will"
Who, then was Ward? Born at Salem, Mass
about thrty.two years before his arrival In
China, he came Of race Of deepsea skipperS
who had sailed all oceans arctic and tropis
cal and been noted for their handsplke and be.
layingrln discipline. Daring AMI resolution ran
in his blood
Al the age OF nineteen he had won his FIRST