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called Chaotongtu Tin Yunnan Pro
wheel.
Two days out from this place pony
Kicked me and broke my arm. This
brought back malaria; on the trip
down In a fearful valley was struck
1own with my second sunstroke; the
bad food that I had to eat in this
locality brought on an acute digestive
disorder; and when, delirious with
pain and a high temperature, was
compelled to lie down exhausted in
The snow, was further afflicted with
SnoW-blindneSs. Arrived at the next
Dig city. two English missionaries set
my arm and nurSed me, the result be-
ting that I stayed with them recuper-
attng for several months.
] eventually made a complete re-
covery. finished my walk across China
and came out at Bhamo, went down
20 Rangoon and ref1tted my caravan,
then returned to the same neighbor-
hood. During that time I travelled ex-
tensively among the Hua Mao and
other practically unidentified tribes
found In that extremely uttle-known
part Of the world, and It was during
these trips into the wilds with one of
the finest educators who ever went to
China that I found myself in the dirty
little hut have mentioned.
For days we had been nursing those
sick with dysentery and cholera. One
Of the men in the village was In a
desperate state. and It was clear that
il he was to Be- saved, either my com.
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In two preceding articles Mr..
LAmpie- has recounted his narrow
escapes from death at the hands of
Chinese ruffians and at the claws
OF savage tiger. In this, the con
clUding article OF a series describ-
ing his adventures In far inland
China. he relates his struggle with
elemental forces.
On one occasion Mr.. IaInpier ard
g missionary companion. on horse
back. were pursued by a band OF
ruffians, apparently acting under
orders of the rulers of Nosula nd to
kill the missionary because of his
success In converting Chinese to
Christianity. They eluded their pur-
suers by forcing their horses to
slide down a precipitous hillside on
their launches, a teat that Is re-
peated in this article.
Later Mr.. Lampier, arriving at q
Chinese village In terror of O man.
eating tiger, was hailed as a ma
Sician who was to rid the villages
OF their scourge. Weaponless. he
waited at the head OF a bridge,
consisting OF a single rope span
ming a gorge 1000 feet deep. while
the tiger was driven toward him.
With fhe beast IL feet away and
prepsSt1og for a rush, Mr.. IIalnpier
aid 0ss:'n the rope to it's middle.
The GEsr, cheated OF its prey,
teaped against the rope with such
force that Mr.. Lampier was in
danger Of being shaken from his
precarious position. and then fell
to It's death.
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; Soon after the sun had risen we
found ourselves at the top of this
first range, all merry and bright. The
tops Of the others to the northeast,
lofty and angry-loolzing, were point.
ing through a curtain of mist, and
around us was a scene Of majestic
beauty 80 indescribably glorious that,
as I looked out over the wide vista
spread out before me, felt that the
climb was compensated for bv that
treat.
I'VE can slide here" said to All
Pooh, who opened his big mouth in
wonder at me as drew his attention
to the slippery clay. Shortening my
| reins, and bidding him do the same,
I forced my animal back against the
slope Of the hill, so that he was prac-
tically sitting on his launches, with
his forelegs stiff and taut in front of
him.
Then by a clever movement Of his
hind quarters and keeping his fore.
| legs straight and stiff, he edged his
! way along down the incline, until
~ gradual momentum he was goin
down that hin at speed In places
of certainly Is miles an hour.
All Pooh followed in fear and trem-
bling. having the shock of his life as
those sagacious little half-bred ponies
lodged huge boulders and negotiated
difficult places and rounded corners
with astounding speed and sureness
Of eye and foot.
To cross to the next hIlls we torded
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rtaken to Save Life Brings Peril in Mountain Torrent

could feei that / was badly bruised,
but things could have been much
worse.
I then determined to reach Chao
tongfu by nightfall. This resolve cams
by no other channel than self'preser'
walton. / was not at all heroic in tho
interest of the other mani deter.
mined to save myself. Did ! stay In
that place all night, 1 undoubtedly
would suffer from wolves or soro
animal more deadly.
Accordingly, ] took Off my overcoats
wrung 1t out and throw II TO tho
bank: the same with the other articles
Of clothing. Then, by jumping found
/ could reach the lowest branch of th9
overhanging tree, and by degrees sI0L
ceed in pulling myself up. SO that In
short while had crawled over TO it's
trunk, had climbed Gown and now was
safe
My wet clothing I had put on again
there was nothing else to do. for the
rain was still heavy. Climbing about
$50 feet up a rather steep bank, ~
once struck a pathway, examined the
footprints and found them to be those
of human beings. and presumed that
the path led to the city, twenty u
(about seven miles, away.
When / had followed this trail FOE
about half that distance, was over
joyed to come to q small hut. where
the sounds Of human voices made me
realize that I was again among
Chinese. They took me in. gave me
to eat and drink. dried my clothes
over the fire kindled in a hole IN tho
ground. and promised to show me an
easy crossing at the river when
should return. One man. upon my
promise of favors to come, volunteered
to lead me by a short cut TO the city.
where I arrived however, long after
the city gates had been closed. To
gain entrance through them I had 10
write a note TO the missionaries wins
resided there to come out and idey.-
tify me.
Without sleep, merely waiting for
nv clothes to be dried by q fire in tbs
foreign mission hospital, I COM
mandeered another pony and com
rnenced my return journey, knowtrs
now that I might be. the means Of
saving the life Of the dysentery
patient. Tho native who acted as my
guide took me over the river where
the bottom was as level as billiard
table, and at 4 o'clock the next after
noon Prescott heard my war whoopT
from the middle of the hill.
And we saved the mans life.
copyright. 1920
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then was the object of his artless af-
fection, and he little thought that he
would live beyond the day that she
should be the bride of another. But
with a sigh such things came to pass
and ere the last measure was trod
under the pale light of the Apollo
room Belinda lavished her charms on
another and Jefferson was left to the
consolation of his treasured violin.
When Shadwell burned, Jefferson
asked q slave If his books had been
saved. mo, Massa." replied the
slave, "but we saved your violin"
And 1t was well, for Jefferson loved
his companion of the softer hours
with a love second only to that which
burned in his soul for the treasure of
his heart in after years.
To Williamsburg came Patrick
Henry to practice in the court there
and as q member of the House of
Burgesses. Jefferson and he whiled
many a long hour away over their
violins, and 1t is recorded as q tradi-
ton In the county that there was but
one worse fiddler in the colony than
Patrick Henry and that one was
Thomas Jefferson.
Yet, so did Jefferson love his violin
and so love music that he kept that
instrument by his side throughout
his Nfe, beguiling away charming
hours Ia France with its sweet ac-
cents, and at Philadelphia and in the
White House at Washington finding
time to draw a strong and ardent bow.
1t takes no spur to the Imagination to
see him at the seat of the Continental
Congress where was debated that i'm
mortal document OF his, alone at his
tavern. tunefully reviving the happy
days at Monticello and wandering
again in the fields of his immortal
college love.
His friendships were beautiful and
without exception, where they were
mutual, extended over a lifetime. His
affection for Dandy Carr, a bright star
in Virginia's constellation, husband of
Jefferson's sister Martha, may be
likened to that of David for Jonathan.
The attachment, formed early in
youth while still mastering Coke and
Littleton, deepened and ripenedi with
the years. terminating only when
death struck from the roster of the
living the brilliant and rising youth.
Beneath an oak on the mountainside,
not far from his home, then a wilder
ness, Jefferson with his sister and
Dandy Carr often stole. and there on
a rustic bench beneath the murmuring
boughs, within sound Of falling wa
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some concoction made with boiling
water which we believed was
weak tea. And then All Pooh, riding
my companions pony. led the way.
-
TT was still dark when we gave our
= ponies their heads.
BEST of luck. Lampier, old man."
said Prescott, shaking my hand at
parting. IF you can return within
48 hours, I believe you will find this
poor fellow still alive" treferring to the
dysentery patient), but he cannot last
after that. Anyhow, I shall expect
you when see you. Cheerio!"
One of the four ranges we had to
cross ran formidably up In front of
us. The lowest pass to be negotiated
to enable us again to get down to the
valley beyond was certainly 5000 feet
higher than our starting point. Thence
the three other ranges ran practically
parallel, at right angles with the first
range. and through my field glasses
could see that the last was the worst.
1t was bitterly cold in the early
morning. I was dressed In n dis
reputable half and haif-some foreign
garments, some Chinese. The Chinese
gown 1 wore over my riding breeches
1 tucked up in my belt, and my heavy
Scotch tweed overcoat I buttoned up
to the neck.
On my head was a gigantic straw
hat, common to the neighborhood--a
great pointed affair, with gold tassels
dangling at the sides to prove to oil
and sundry that was a great man.
DARN. On my feet were foreign
shoes, over which 1 wore native san.
dals of straw. for these tended to
prevent me from slipping on the clay
roads.
For a couple Of hours. before the
dawn broke. I merely sat unheeding
in my saddle, but with the first streak
Of light the terrifically broken nature
of the mountain up whose side we had
struggled prompted me to gather up
my reins and guido my animal.
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Jefferson, as Revealed to His Friends,
A Man of Exceptional Human Qualities

as his coat, His stockings are
woolen, either white or gray, and MS
shoes of the kind that bear his name.
His whole dress IS very much neglect
I'd, but not slovenly. He wears a conn.,
mon round hat. His dress when Ofs
horseback is a gray, straightforward
coat and a spencer OF the same ma
'erial, both fastened with large pearl
buttons. When we first saw him he
was riding. and, in addition to the
above articles OF apparel. wore round
his throat a knit woolen tippet in the
place of a cravat and black velvet
CATERS under his pantaloons. His gem
,.ral appearance indicates an eXtraor-
dinary degree Of health. vivacity ana
spirit. Hts sight is still good. for he
needs glasses only in the evening. His
hearing Is generally good. but NUM-
Der of voices in animated conversation
confuses it."
Jefferson at this time was between
81 and So. He was feet tall, his long
frame thin and spare. His red hair
had now a grayish tinge reminiscent
Of sandy coloring. His small eyes,
never brilliant or striking. were filed
with an Intelligent light. revealing the
soul and character Of the man. HIS
complexion, formerly light. bore the
marks OF age and skin affection. One
shoulder was higher than the other
and he walked with an easy, swinging
gait
One other view Is sought of him.
Down IN the valley from the hilltop
by winding road lies Charlottesville
Here, under his eye and by his Guid
ing hand, was erected the dream OF
his life and what we may we'll be dis
posed to believe the crownpiece Of al
his earthly labors-the University Of
Virginia.
His spirit shines bright among men
today as a true apostle of freedom,
and It is because OF this detached
'uminary quality of the man, perhaps.
that the character ghouls have not
disinterred his soul to the world. Only
confuSion-blinding confuSion-could
~ s,1,ct,
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panion or I would have to ride post.
haste to the city of Chaotongfu for a
certain drug. Prescott, who, as have
| indicated, finally gave his life for
those people, had a wife and family; l
had none, SO that 1t was obviously my
place to so and take whatever risk
| there was. Prescott, moreover, was
not as good a horseman as I.
1t would have been foolish, how.
ever, not to recognize that 1t was q
| pertlous trip.
1.-THE reader may ask why--why was
trip of only few hours from
| the wild surrounding country back to
| the large, provincial city OF Chao-
tongfu fraught with such danger
yes, why?
Because in that unknown part of
the world, one of the few remaining
spots where the story OF the world S
| youth is being chanted down through
| time. life is as 1t was back in the
Great Beginning. There are no roads.
no bridges. no accommodations as
good as the worst barn or stable in
the poorest farm In all the United
States. a region, moreover, where the
traveller has to be a mountaineer to
cover the broken country, which
rarely Is below 5000 feet, and some
times rises to over IL 900 feet above
the level OF the sea-
One has to live on a small and un.
nutritious variety of corn, raw in the
cob, boiled, ground into q coarse meal
and In any other fashion that he can
entice 1t down his throat. There is
also dry and gritty buckwheat, with
which one mixes some dirty honey to
make 1t anywhere near palatable. 1t
is difficult to get water to reach the
boiling point. and one constantly runs
the risk OF contracting some dire dis
ease which runs rampant through the
insufferably uncleanly villages.
Yes, old man." said Prescott again,
III you can make It, we shall be able
to save this mans life. You have
four distinct ranges to cross. Once
ing clear through into the city
1t was then about o'clock on a
bleak, bitter October day. At this
time of the year the winds are so
strong that sometimes ones riding
pony cannot make Roadway at all, but
is held back painting in the rarified air,
helpless against the hurricane.
could not even guess how long It
would take me to reach the city
maybe few hours, maybe days.
CculO lfOt carry any SupPllSS, LOT
we had none-transportatio was out
Of the question. 1 could not take q
quilt or blanket. other than the one
under my saddle. And the worst of 1t
was that none of those almost savage
people knew anything Of the route /
should follow.
AS we two fellows came out OF the
hut and pointed to- the ranges which
would have to scale, we were Joined
by a Mao called All Pooh, who told
us that he knew the way, that he
would indeed act as my guide. but
only over the first two ranges-if he
went further, he said, hundred to
one he would never come back. Even
that was as far as he ever remem.
bered any member Of his particular
village going.
Just over the FIRST hill, Great One,"
said he, with intense feeling, the
devil waits for travellers. Should
go. should never come back, but
with you--a Great One-things are
different. The whole world knows
that the barbarian from over the seas
has power to see below the earth, as
we'll as around and above, and can
divine all that awaits him everywhere.
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tail. I shall never forget the sensa-
ton.
Then down down :.
down We went together. twisting and
turning in IL whirlpool just like a top.
How long we spun around l do not
began. and In tho mad fury Of that
fearful torrent ! cannot remember
much. Yet ! knew that we were be-
Ing carried downstream to a gigantic
waterfall some 80 feet below, which J
had admired 30 much when 1 had
recently sought "a place to cross.
Twas clear that this was to be the
end. As ! write ! seem to remember
that l had no regrets. Life had been
kind to me. and all that now would
happen would never be told to my
friends. In that infinitesimal space
of time my whole life's doings seemed
to pass before my mind in long,
Kaleidoscope pageant--my hopes and
fears, my joys and sorrows, my ad
ventures. all that life had been to me.
But my principal concern, somehow,
was for my pony as we were carried
with the current. / did not think at
all OF saving my own life, for.
strangely, an unconscious understand
ing crept into my mind that / was
already doomed-but, oh, II only !
could save my pony!
Then, though I was fully alive to
my condition and could think. quiet
peace settled in my mind, so that
can remember calmly releasing my
grip of the pony's tail. Before me
could see. only q few yards away, the.
beginning Of the cataract-could see
that I was soon to be swept dowr
over that 50.foot stretch Of roaring
water to my doom-the dreaded water.
fall seemed to be waiting for me.
was near to long, narrow, tree
covered "island" in the stream not
more than 10 feet from the bank had
hoped my animal would reach, and
Ia a moment OF quite urlaccOuntable
inspiration / beat out with all my
strength and reached this island" :"
pulling myself up on it. AS L did
my God, he's going over. he's 60
ing over!' / heard myself yelling
against the noise of tho clustering
river.
For there, in midstream, being
tossed willy -nilly with the surging
waters turning round and round In the
eddying current, was my pony.
turned faint. He seemed to have no
control whatever, and the look in hts
eye the last time I saw him / shall
never forget,
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I IGHT without heat. long an ideal
Of scientists. Is achieved by O.
plant which shines IN the dark. the
fungus known TO botanists as Agari-
Gus melleus. and sometimes found I'm
decaying wood. This efficient organ
ism was described in a paper presented
before the Optical Society OF America.
by DIR. W. w. Coblentz and c. VI
Hughes OF the Bureau OF Standards
In the course Of their study OF the
kind of light given out by this fungus.
ommonly called fox fire." and also
hat of a small shellfish called Cypri.
lima, which likewise shines in the
lark. photographs We're made with q,
pectroscope, which analyses the light.
It was, found that the illumination
rom the fungus was just within the
limits to which the eye is sensitive.
1t did. not contain any OF the longer
leat waves or the shorter ultraviolet
waves which are present In sunlight.
:hough they cannot be seen by the
,ye. The, spectrum Of the luminous
ihellfish was similar. but did not con-
ain SO much red light. while that OF
he firefiy, 1t was stated. contains
little blue or red, and Is mostly yellow.
iSh y n
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Burgesses on that memorable GIVE
me liberty or give me dealh!" day.
Adams who cried out: You have
turned me out: you have turned me
out" when Jefferson with that cour-
tesy and delicacy of feeling for others
in hard moments, paid a soothing call
on his arrival at the Capital in 1900,
and who remained estranged from
him for years, was finally won back
to the circle of ancient friends by the
gracious and forgiving heart Of the
Master of the Hilltop. Before the
curtain of life dropped forever on
these two co-laborers in the cause or
American freedom they were CORE
spending as of old and the last
breathed words of Adams are recalled
as, Jefferson still lives"
But the true picture Of Jefferson is
not to be found in his holy labors for
freedom but amid his books and with
his daughter, Martha, at Monticello,
where every day he rode over his
farms experimenting the building of
fences, laying out the fields to crops,
and watching the harvest in the
hands of his multitudinous slaves. At
tended by his overseer. he rode hither
and yon about the plantation,
mounted on his favorite saddle horse,
giving directions IOr WOTk anu Op-
serving with a trained eye the minut-
est details of all his worldly affairs.
A practice begun early in life and
augmented by his love for mathe-
matics made, for him, attention to
his estates q labor OF love.
Old age did not preclude the prac-
tice of this habit. and IS long as he
was able to stride his mount. he
might be seen afield, absorbed in
contemplation of his acres, hunming
tune or running over in his mind
some plan Of action that would inure
to the benefit Of the Republicans. His
health was excellent, as q result OF
an inherited robustness from his
father, years Of right living and reg.
ular daily habits,
After his retirement from the presi-
dency, he lived for II years. all of
which were spent at Monticello. In
the morning he rode after the break
fast hour of 9 or attended to his cor
respondence in the library. At he
dined, and at returned to the draw
ing room where, he discoursed with
his guests until 8, at which hour he
retired. Daniel Webster, who visited
him In 1924, spoke Of his diet as be-
ing simple. restrained, apparently,
only by his taste. At breakfast he
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L
man--if you can make It,
we shall be able to save
l. this fellows life. but If you
can't--well, one Chinese
more or less won't matter"
AS he spoke my companion paused.
looking directly into my eyes. I was
contemplating going into one Of the
"great unknowns" q the world.
''Of COURSE LaInpier." he continued.
you are good horseman. but all the
same no man has ever attempted It,,
and you do not know what you will
encounter"
Man alive, Prescott" 1 replied, ad-
dressing my friend. who some time
ago passed away and was buried out
in that same wild region, II don't
mind the risk of wild animals or any
thing Of that kind. It's the rains that
I fear"
Yes, and you may meet them, too.
Well, there is unquestionably some
risk OF HE. but''-and as he signifl-
cally repeated what he had said be-
fore, Prescott looked down on the
straw bed where q dysentery patient
lay on the verge of another Great Tn
known-'ir you can make II, we will
without doubt save this chap"
With q score OF the most savage"
and tlliterate people in the world, we
two sat in a dirty little hut in village
in China Far West that has never yet
appeared on any map. The whole wild.
wtnd.swept area through which we
were travelling is even today 2 closed
book. 1t only bears the elusive legend
Of "Unsurveyed" In light italics on
maps available to any pioneering spirit
who would be such a dare-dev as to
want to know anything about the
country.
Why vas I there? The circum-
stances were somewhat as follows:
had made UP my mind down IN Singa-
pore to walk across China, and thus do
something that no one else had ever
done; had pursued nay weary tramp
frcn the busy city OF Chungking, at
the head of the Yangtze Gorges, and
had arrived at a fa;nine-str!cken city