The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1915-04-21

| any trial whatever.
Twice parties OF responsible Chris.
tian business men and preachers weni
to stand security for these two men
but were driYen-away by the soldiers
without seeing the officials. When
arrived / went straight to officials
quarters in company with my teacher
and did not wait for permission TO
see anyone, j simply handed my card
to the soldier on duty and ordered
htn TO taSe 1t in to the official and
tell him was coming in to see him
and forthwith walked right into the
Official audience room. After a while
an Official came in and announced
that he was the secretary to the /.
tung ling or head military official. and
| informed me that the tung ling was
| away on official business and that the
wal uen, the under military official
was out and he did not know at what
time he would get back that evening
! AS had to get back to where was
living, about miles from there. he
fore dark, | left my card and tcld the
secretary to mako an appointment
with the wal uen for me at eight
o'clock the following morning. II
expected he would play trick on mt
ana be out when called so got
ZIP before daylight and got there be-
fore they got up and went right lr
| and waited till the first under official
appeared and asked him to call tho
wal uen as | wanted tC see him on
official business. lie snid that neith-
er he nor tile tug ling were there
both being in Canton on official busi-
ness. told him that the whole crowd
OF them were a pack Of liars and ras
Gals. as the secretary had tcld me the
previous evening that the t'ung ling
mad gone to T'oi Sbaan in the opposite
direction from Canton. and that the
wal uen was in Kong Moon on the
previous evening. | told them / Ind
TO see the Official in charge right then.
ana would not move from there till
| had seen him.
then, sat down and made myself
comfortable and wrote the circuu
stances to the consul in Canton Ia
present to the governor SO that hc
could send some one down to enouire
into the case, and sent my teacher
Off with it. instructing him to have
my luggage and camp bed sent to
tne Official quarters, ,fas / was going
TO camp there till either some one
wou.d see me. or the governor sent
4 representative down to enuuife into
the case. In the meantime 1 went
| out to q restaurant ard had good
Chinese dinner anti; returned to the
| ohicial quarters an 4 ordered my lug
gage taken into the Official audience
room. We, ss
AT this the 5lndey5S iIciats began to
protest that rs pfa4s for me
to stay there but simply told them
not to worry as would soon find
place for myself ana the oniy way
they could prevent me from coming
III was by using force ] told them
that they had arrested these men for
doing what was perfectly Within their
right in coming TO demand an OK
planation about this matter. and i had
come to demand the garne explanation,
as / was the lessee 6f tie property
so they could put nus under arrest cs
well, cr if they did not care 10 do 80
/ would put myself rndcr arrest, and
IL they feared l might run away the,
could put ME IN tho irons they ha2
/ threatened these men With. then PRO
cecded to spread ont EIy camp bel
and went of to he'd About nidaigh.
i tho rageal who arrested these tw
men returned. aud began b:usseria.,
around and cprgins ard sRearing
! the under officials foS letting me in
but they said they din not dare /
prevent me. .Aitir Q while thia rasca.
came IN tc' haze a ior.s at lnG think
ing that was asleep. but when he
Egot right opposite my bed I opened
up my eyes wide end stared at him
as wanted to have "a good look al
/ him SO that I luistt recognize him
concert him. as he weflt of to bed
| without mother word Next morning
! 1 took up my pDAiticn at tho exit
SO that no one could come In or out
!, without mic seeing, as Isswatited ia
catch another sight OF ttis man.
| About 10 O'clock he came out tiress-
ed ready 60 go of somewhere, bnt ]
stood in the entrance ia front OF him
, blocking his way, and told him
wanted to see him on official busi-
ness. Re turned back inside with "a
string of abusive language and hegaT
dividing out three rcast pigs and,three
large Jars Of vine OF about 9 to 8
gallons each, which some one haj
sent as q present? for some serylct
performed. II we had sout In sonle1gI
thing similar we would hnva had no
difficulty in getting anything lya war.
ed. They spent the irorni,,.s Satitit
The pigs and drinking sthe wine, IN
stend OF attending tS.Ssss business
About noon the t'6ng ling camc 80 1
and Immediately sent "a. my carf
. to him, and ilts 81 isssts me nn andicacf
Immediately, ile ordered the iInmed,
ikte release of these two mon an
promised to make good the damage
done TO the chapel by the soldiers EIe