IN THE CHINA SEA i

A NARRATIVE OF ADVENTURE.

Bj SEWARD >r.; HOl-KIX*.

TRS DEXIZENS KEIOND TH* WAilk The follovinK n early Astir. I shot breatUst. This it being tiniahed, we journey down the o

■lowly, oarel ground, the

I hoped to meet with some person. Exen a ssTAgo would be welcome. I knew that most of the semi-civilized tribes on the Chinese border wore warlike, chiefly when pressed by au enemy or when forced by hanger to pillage. Especially is this true of the Soathern tribes. In the northern and colder provinces, where the climate indues greeter activity, the Tartars, the Mongols and the Mantchooriss ■re of a more savage nature. Bnt I did not expect to And any of these in

this land of flowers.

At every step we trod boaatifal

into the yielding earth. No ig hero returning from his ever walked his charger over

a patnway strewn with roses of so rich a perfume as had these that were destroyed at every step we took. Over oar heads grew irait in plenty. Apples of tootnsome tartness, oranges of the brightest yellow and mangoes of delicions flavor were scattered throagh the forest in prodigal profusion. Crest palms towered above ns, iz whose deep shades the cooling freshness of endaring moisture could bo

felt.

Birds of wonderfal beauty hovi around ns, as we tramped all

Among them I noticed

blossoms

/conquering

"vicSories ever walked

"No; I found no gate, but that doesn’t signify. This m^h is rea< aonably sure. That wall did not grow. It was built by human hands, and not centuries ago, either. If this 'wall is all that Bcparatea ns from 'hntnan beings, we will find a way to get over it. Bnt now I am going to icconnoiter." "What are yon going to do?" asked Miss Arnold. I had unbuckled my sword and laid \i on the ground. I then selected a tall tree ana commencea to climb it.' “If I can’t get up that wall, I can get up this tree,” I said, "and it is sometimes quite an advantage to bow the situation looks to a man u

I

•I least I am as luckless—nay, ■ thousand times worse off than your*

eel Tee."

t I put down my rifle. Miss Arnold Rooked courageous again. There was no mistaking the honesty in the old man’s voioe. "Then if yon are a dweller here, tell us where we are and how we esc get to Hong Kong," I said. Again the old man's lips parted in bis mirthless smile. "The one were easy to tell—the other, impossible. ’ But I offer you my hand. See, it it the left one. My Hght is powerless." "Slowly, general! Easy!” he said, as I shook his hand. “I am old and

frail.”

"Yon mistake. I am not a general," I remarked. , "You wear the uniform of aKhan—. n offioer of high degree in China.”

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yaoht and were | We know nothii

we sew on oar wey throagh the for* end whet I sow over the wall I was

a strange sight." I?" asked tho old

i stolen one—taken

I Mi

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, an Englishwoman of We drifted about in a e grounded on this land.

g about it, as

S

Hong Ko: yaoht and

i know nothing about it, aaro what

way through

WOT

up In a tree ana si

"What did you man, eagerly.

"I saw about a thousand worn

o nimbb

•T

msand women i sz ”?£

_ . . .. I “Then—what?" asked the old man. rent, until I reached the . .. mA yon ^ * them

iches. Settling myself “No. I simply watched them until

d stand without disoom- veDt , way .- the wall. The | It „ Vel i. Had you I looked was a | e1ollB a , Qar to them,

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lover ed

along.

..olden pheas-

ants, orioles and a bird unknown to ate, but excelling oil others in the brilliancy of ita plumage and sweet-

rilliancy

Bess of its sorg.

Noneol these Krinced the least fear, and we could, hod we been so inclined, reached out and caught num-

bers of them.

The sweet songs of some of these thered beauties made cheerful

songs

feathered beauties made music to oar lagging footsteps.

From among the branches over oar beads the comical faces of little brown monkeys peered at us in the most

friendly way. Some of thei

about to extend us

■hip.

Here and there, bounding from tree to tree, or scudding throagh the ferns sad floorers, were playful squirrels. We munched apples and oranges as we went along.

ime of them seeme s the hand of felloi

years ago.

Up, up I went higher branch

scene upon which I looked was a 1

startling one.

Back from the wall, extending several hundred feet, was ■ clear space, poop this space were abqnLe.tbousaud women, Kneeling with theft fa toward the wall, evidently engaged in !some kind of pn “ ' ‘

g with theft tapes ently engaged in

ind of prayer. Gestures of entreaty and supplication were easily

distinguishable.

These women were of dark-brown color. They were clad in garments that were simple, comfortable and] adapted to the climate. A critically! inclined observer might claim that

dreeaed, but this' rally true. Their a. loosely hanging!

■round the neck, armless, belted aM

nd a skirt reaching a

low the knee.

‘One thing is certain." I said.

Jear of starvation. We

land."

ime miles we halted

sold

"There is no

have plenty on every hand." After a walk of some miles i for a rest. Miss Arnold eat on a mound, and I reclined on the near her. 1 told her of Ainr* 1 — the wonderfal lands of

t the \

west of the Rocky Mountains; how railroads sprang up; how mining lands were developed. In all this she showed great interest, and I snore to please her lest in becoming lonely and gloomy she should lose hope. Tbzt night we spent as the night before it bed been, and the stars of the •onthern skies kept*watch over us at

we slept.

Morning broke calm and clear. 1 was oatir long before Miss Arnold, and by the time she had oar frugal breakfast ready I had been ’some distance

down the i freshing j

to the forest.

"What do you see there?’’ asked Miss Arnold. “You look interested..

Are we near a town?”

"I don't see anything that looks like a town," I replied, "bnt there is a

gigantic prayer-meeting goi

All women. And t

tan. Their features are, our own. They all kneel, 1

facing this way, and are praying alou<~

’ *‘i look like civilized f

thei hro-

>wn os 1 ich like o

t thei

joing on over 1 they are as

:y don’t look like civilized people, nor do they look like savages. I have heard of Amazons, but I never heard they spent much time praying. I don’t see any weapons of any kind. I

am going to call to them.

Miss Arnold watched me anxiously as I placed myself in the tree where the women oould see me. I gave

a load shout.

The effect was instantaneous. Amazement seemed to seine upon

them.

They stopped prsying and oommenoed to laugh and shout. Then, »s if overcome by "some sadden fear, they turned and fled into the forest. In an instant not a woman was visible. ‘They are not Amazons,’’ Isaidto

closed your presence to them, you would now be a dead man and your companion would be a captive." "Mercy!" exclaimed Miss Arnold.

"Are all Chinamen bad?"

"AU that I ever saw. There may j be good ones, bat they are not here. | Bat yon said yon were going to eat. f

Shall we not?”

"With pleasure. I am anxious te hear yon tell as of the land we have j chanced upon, so fall of mystery and :

trouble."

“Ay! Youmay well say it. Trouble singled onl Talmoooh for ita own and has kept it." We found comfortable places to sit down. Miss Arnold rested near me, toeing the old man. “Go on, friend," I said; “teU ns of Talmooch, if such be the name of th» ‘To begin with—your name?*' "Crickmore—Dr. Archibald Crickmore, of San Francisco. And yours?” "William Avery, of England an$ Talmooch.” '‘England!" aaid Miss Arnold. ‘'Yes. England is my home, or was. Bat of that later.”

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.d be,, W dietecoe .Miw Arnold ^ "I

coast and had enjoyed a re- how we coaid get to a land of brown

calling plunge into the salt sea. people. We didn’t have time to gel

"Vie wasted no time, but immediate- verv far from China."

ly after breakfast took np our line ol j “Here cornea somebody now," I said.

! “Hello! ’ This is a place of mysteries.

We had not gone far when our pro- toee a Chinese soldier—a cavalryman, gress was checked by a high wall of , slowly ridind along. Now another stone, which effectually cut us off from i Chinaman on foot he is a whatever was beyond it It was about , texx I must not let them

ind out into deep wa

mold sank upon the ground.

Mias Arm _ _

Her pale face betrayed great agitation.

Bhe looked at me despondently. "What do yon suppose it is?” she

asked in a whisper.

“I don’t know,” I replied. I hove read of the Chinese Wall, but did

expect to find it in the

1st, of conrsc, be

but di

louth Seas.

There must, of course, be men beyond that wall. The thing is to scale it” “Do yon think there can be any

opening in it?" she asked.

"I can easily find out," I answered. ‘The land is probably not very wide] here. I noticed when wo loaded from! the yacht the land sheered in this di- ; section on tho left, while we hove followed the coast to the right. If so, we are on a peninsula, which for some reason has been walled up. Now, if you are not afraid to remain here alone, I will follow the wall as far as I deem it advisable and seek a place to

get through it."

"I shall be safe enough," said Miss .Arnold. "If the wall keeps ns on this

side of it, it must keep aide whoever is there m

pt the

I must not let them see me. re talking together. Now they

{ toot

| They are _ _ . are going np the rood leading into the

forest.”

"Oh, dear, I am all of a shiver," said Miss Arnold. “What willffou Me next I wonder?” I remained in the tree until I wa* tired, and nothing new transpiring, I

“What shall we do?” asked Mies Arnold. "We are not so much better off than before. The women may'be so frightened that they will not let anyone oomn to oar assistance." “We most be patient and see. If one comes after a reasonable

construct a ladover the wall

[eanwhila lam going to take a bite.” “I will join you,” said a man’s voice both started. Miss Arnold

no one oomes after length of time I will c 0er and we will get Meanwhile I am going

near m

We

CHAPTER X.

TUX OLD scisoioxaet’s stort. “Yes," continued the old man, as be settled himself in a comfortable | position; "this is the island of Tal- : mooch. Yon may have heard of it. I Not you, in San Francisco, doctor, bnl j Miss Arnold, there, may have heard it mentioned in Hong Kong." “No, I cannot recollect having heard the name, Mr. Avery, ” said 1

Arnold.

"Ah, well, it is no matter. The fame of Talmooch is a thing of the it The island was at one t‘

for the snpi

aes to be fonnd in the off there," pointing ‘And it wm also fa

the high civilization of its

ho. ' *

1 aal ! in various manufactures, sueh as silk ” 0, ‘ and steel. Yon may have heard of the

: ‘Jnmar blade’ ?”

"It seems to me I heard the term used at a meeting of the officers of s militia regiment to which I was attached," I replied. “If I remember correctly, they spoke of it as a desirable thing, bat ona that oould not j at present be obtained.” "Ah, yes, that is too trne," he said sadly. ‘The Jumar blade is of the past, save for the conquerors of thiV unhappy land. Bnt I am anticipating my story. Yon ore in a strange land. There are difficulties before you of which you have never dreamed. It if bettor, even at the expense of a littls time and patience, that I tell yon my own historr and that of the island, that yon may judge for yourself the wisest oourse for you to pursue." “Yes,” I oaid. “We are eager to hear you. Is it not so. Miss Arnold?” “It is so, Mr. Avery,” added Misi

Arnold.

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sepsua c

on the other here now.”

0 kept the pistol, which experimcK had shown she knew how to use, and shouldering my rifle I started to

follow the wall.

I walked from sea to hour I found myself at tl wall, and just as far from _

it as ever. Not a gate, not a hole oould be found the whole length of it. It completely oat oar peninsula ofl from the rest of the laud. Disgusted emd wondering, I hurried back to Miss

d us—at least not a He wa# apparently

Bi

was coming toward

formidable one. He was apparent . a man more than seventy years of age". He was tell and thin. His face was haggard and coursed with deep lines of suffering. He was dressed in % dark-brown suit, and his feet were

clad in eondale. His hair was thiu <

and white. No beard wa* on his face'

. ***• , . “ I •*»« ‘be short growth of a few days, the end of tbe His nght arm hung, oMless, by hie

aide.

‘‘Who

standing with His thin, ashen lipe parted as if in an attempt te smile. Bat it 1 •mile in which there wm no min

9 yon?" I asked, still

h my rifle ready.

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