, 1923-03-25

vince of Hansi, China, becomes in
fatuated on the ship, while travel
ing to rejoin her father, with
Jonathan Brachey, n distinguished
writer, on his way to investigate
rumors of Revolution in China,
Brachey admits he is married, blu
tells Betty he and his wife have part.
ed. He decides 1t is better not TO
see her again, but being told that
T'ainan.fu is the center Of the bitter
feeling against the foreign Ho Shan
Company, he goes there. Chinese
officials AXE him to the Mission
Compound to have him identify him
self properly and there he sees
Betty. At first neither Of the two
speaks. u as he is about to leave
he dashes up stairs and whispers
a few words to her. This astonishes
Elmer ~Boatwright, in charge at the
the Mission, In h absence Of
Gr,ggsby DoaDe, Betty's Father,
who is at So Tung. where Chinese
Of the Great Eye Society, or Look
ers," have attacked employees of the
Hon Shan Company.
Mrs. Boatwright, strict housekeep-
or OF the Compound. is told of the
meeting between Brachey and Betty
anu ktAb nun ~ bhA NAN 1HAAA9
sion that she knew Brachy was
married. When Mr.. Doane returns
with news of a massacre of the Ho
Shan Company's employees at So
Tung Mr.. Boatwright tells him OF the
affair between Bracney and Betty.
Doane goes first to see his daughter
but lacks the courage TO speak to
her about Brachey. He exacts from
Brachey. later. however. n promise
that he will leave T'ain.an-fu without
seeing the girl. Doane then starts to
walk to Huna Gran. In the morning
Brachey receives n note from
Mr.. Pc. Interpreter at the Yamen OF
Judge Pao. telling hin that the Great
Eye soldiers are planning to attack
the T'ainan-fu mission, and that Mr..
Doane a been killed. Brachey
carries the news to the Mission, but
in the face OF death, the whites re-
fuse TO leave their native converts
and girls. Mrs. Boatwright orders
him from the Mission. and Betty, to
the horror of the rest, decides to go
with him.
Accompanied by Brachey's Chinese
servants. and Mr.. Pc. the latter es-
Gaping disguised as a muleteer, Betty
and the writer travel toward Ping
Yang, spending three nights on the
road.
Betty is ostracised by Mrs. Boat
wriEht and the other women of the
mission, the whole mission staff hav-
ing hurried TO the Ho Shan company
compound at Ping Yanls. The Look
ers. or Soldiers Of the Great Eye so
clety. are ~repulsed at first but soon
settled down TO a siege OF tho com
pound. Elmer Boatwright is awak-
ened TO find Griggsby Doane. who
had been reported dead, alive and in
his room.
Doane attacks Brachey and beats
him insensible. g.
NJ. POurmOnt, in command at the
Ping Yang Compound. orders him to
forego personal matters in view OF
the common peril and Doane resolves
to go through the enemy lines and
send for ala. AS he leaves. Betty. who
knows nothing of his attack and the
l~ooked.for cabIegram announcing hts
divorce.
MIR. Pc Bears Good Tidings
Doane went out through the lines
as he a come in through them,
crawling, hiding. feeling his way foot
by foot. He had allowed two hours
for the journey through the lines,
but 1t consumed nearly four. and to-
ward one o'clock in the morning. now
well to the eastward of the besieging
force. he swung into his stride.
1t seemed. in the retrospect n b
surdly like the play OF children to be
hldlng II crawling about the hill
slices. But lie was glad now that he
had somehow. painfully, kept his
head. Barring the unforeseen. the dip
lomauc gentlemen up at Picking
would find the news awaiting them
when they came TO their desks in the
morning.
shau ring was but another OF the
innumerab'e rural villages that dot
northern china.
At the telegraph station Doane
wrote out his messages. n stood
over the nan until they were sent;
then walked toward the inn. Fasten-
ing his door he stretched out on the
kang.
10 was awakened at the close of
dny by the inn-keeper bringing food.
The man set cut two plates on the
dusty old table. Doane sat on the edge
Of the kang and crwsily wondered
why.
There was a knock at tho door. In
Chinese he called 'Enter!'
Tn door slowly opened. and a drab
little man came in, walking with ?
slight linn. He carried a packet o.
papers.
"GriE5!" he exclaimed softly.
Henry Withery!"' cried DoanA.
What on earth are you doing here ;
withery smiled and laid hat ard
packet On the table.
I've arranged to dine with you "
he explained. you won't mind?'
"Of course not, Henry. But WY
are you here?"
81 came back to find you. A rum or
came that you were killed"
Withery asked about the fighting.
The whole outside world was watch.
ing these hills Of Han, It appeared.
The Imperial Government was al
ready disclaiming responsibility.
Troops were on their way, from Hong
Kong from the Philippines, from In
do-China.
by tho way" said Withery n little
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