IN THE CHINA SEA

A NARRATIVE OF ADVENTURE.

B 7 SKIT ABO W. BOPKXK8.

bead of mj sweat comps "Crickmore, listen to me. aged man. I hare suffered i

spirit is broken. Yet can I think

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CHAPTER X. ■ "had ad ranee J as far as •hip-bnilding,' “'"ery well. To begin, then, we wiUl .n ^ir intelligence and skill, must go back thirty years, boy— ue wonderfully simple. They are probably more than you hare lired. ]{^ e children. They are rery moral. Well, thirty years ago I left dear old j t ^ re adily be understood then, England—ah, Miss Arnold, it was not that we fonml here a fruitful field,

so simple a thing to leare England , f onn d a people then. Thirty years ago, I left old I truths that '

England with my wife, to come here

and teach the Gospel of Christ to ^ ^ . _ _ these poor people, then quick to learn 1 jgy wife 'established schools for the and anxious to become one of the their children. It was a hapj nations of learning in thewor’ J - ~

And my heart ’ **»-—-

as you will

the only course for yon to pursue. You 'Would not piece this fair yonng girl st rthe mercy of that bloodthirsty tyrant in the palace of Quiental. I say to yon, in the words of trnth, I know it ,well—bitterly well. Once the eye of

people, then quick to Jesrn 1 My wife MUWUhed schools for them y ° U rem * m

Mias Arnold was now weeping as if

her heart would break.

"Oh, what will become of us? What

can we do?" she cried.

There was no answer. Mr. Areiy sat with his chin bnried in his uninjured baud, his thin lips workingoon▼ulsively, his eyes bent on tue ground. I mnsed sadly upon what be had told us. In trnth, oar troubles stemed

only to hare began.

At length the old man rose to his ieet, and placing his hand on the fair head of my sweet companion, said:

In the Chi enthusiast

t you must rein, ist be patieot, a

hare been for twenty years. You shall have shelter, and if you are discreet.

as you will see. W e came Here, tnan^ .bowing the quaint thirty years ago, and found Talmoooh pe0 p| #- Commerce a flourishing plaoe, a promising place, | tabliabed. We hop a magnificent piece. Let me describe W onld make a t it fully, that you majr more abl^ ap- j the smaller natic

"Ah! Plot if yon will, but be oau-

. __ __ tious. Plot if you will, and if your eril day in etore for us. plotting can bring you out of here in ^ "The greedy end ooretons eye of “'“V. »®U and gooi Plot tf you “ d the Chinese fell upon the besutiea of "‘U. “ d « *>y your plotting you can

will, end if by your plotting you

free this noble people from the tyrant's

y the bleating of God rest upon

a this: ‘Whet was thi

e gatherthe wall

preoiate the contrast later on. I all around ns, where you see

spreading palms, the fragrant and j t b #

beautiful flowers, here was the , Talmoooh. You may—or you may temple of the people of Talmoooh. and not—understand the coTernmental here they worshiped their god. hay, ; iyjWm'of China. To be brief, the . „

yon need look for no falling waUe, ' ^ mplra U no, under the rule of the . Tf 11 , _ .r „ no crumbling mine. Not a stofle wae | guntahqn, e prorinoe of northern ln 8 cl women that I saw oxer the wall in their temple. Their p>d was the nt.i w . The Emperor has been called to-dar, and why U thU porUon of the God of Nature, and in this rest and I or WM when I was of the world—a isl,in “ from the cruel hand of

MgniaowH „th.drd ol Hi. Wi- I ^ tet aj ! Hea-Ko-HiJ"

work they came to worship Him. Be- has led me to believe that greed F° r twenty years, Cnekmore,' oa

" ..d ora.Hj u. .boot tbo're i. to : ~id to ~plj, "i.™ tb. ol M14 i tbo ObioM. reliaion. Aooatia ol tbo aioooh pr.yed ia that ... tor delirer- ! ta^, rcHor (,E.i 1. w ko.8ti.ot ot “<»■ 1° Iotittpt time, tb.y caie talomded witb | ot th. M.twa prorSU. Thi. to tM. torwt to pray to tb« god ot a.w “* mu', a.iae tru Hu-Ko-Ht. It tar. I k... Uagbt tt.m to pr.y U I uid that b. tell ia diagraca with tba . oar liriag Oodaadyet thaylook to W “ hk ”. U : Emparor. aad to tutor, hiau.lt to 'h« aaoradtoraat. H.a-Ko-Hi,

he eat out to conquer some new their^eimj

yon soul

iatbward about twenty miles.

^.•'araSivn^jn^ >» ^ ^

ineral wealth. The

rith fill

nooent

true,

they might

tbtmen, buV otd’y \hat

t defend their homes | 7T_a !

population ! .^beqnsr. At any: it one hun- | tbi, monster He

ment was a the people had

advanced to take any other form. They are not, perhaps, equal to governing themselves. There was s king who was chosen by the people. He had no life tenure. The throne wae not hereditary. The ruler was he whom the people declared the beat fitted for the responsible honor. The e divided into two tribes.

ior in celled

The Jnmars, perhaps tbs super point of intelligence, had e townt Galneor. It then contained

twenty thousand (souls. You would •be utterly surprised to see this town •in those dsys of pesos and ‘*~

The streets were wide and houses were small, but

I down upon onr

Ind * #d ' brought death end

"I cannot begin to tell yon of the monstrous cruelties and awful barbarities practiced by Hen-Ko-Hi and his followers. The ruling family at Quiental, who were Ealeks, were ell put to death. The men of Talmoooh were ruthlessly murdered. Tbs women were treated in the most brutal manner. Some of the women of the Jamais-were very beautiful. These

were taken away. A government

clean. The

2

A gore

established which was similar to

of a tribute dependant,

largely to the maintenance of state at Pekin. Hen-Ko-Hi proclaimed him'

Hes

ihip, built that re forbidden to

of

1 trsnsgres-

1 the people

CEgee it, aqd the penaltv

sion is death.”

“But how comes it, then, that you yon are here end that the soldiers of the governor do not come on this tide

of the well?"

"Hen-Ko-Hi made of this forest ■ iting-ground. For some years he

hunt, bat of late the •art have occupied

hunting-ground,

hers to hi of his ooi

plei

his time. As to my being here, oome

with me. As you are to b

you may st ones enl

end

! followed him.

e fli

accident that I disoovsaid, "and with s little lished to suit me. I did rould ever serve so noble it will to-day. Enter al-

ia . After a short walk over

the flowers and ferns, hs stopped before s large tree- It was a dead tree

and the trunk waa hollow.

self governor. He set np his court at i “It was by r—^ Quiental. He appropriated tbs palace . ered this," he of the farmer king. He prevented any 1 Work it was fix

intercourse between the people of Talmoooh and other lands. He levied taxes that were excessive. Ha prac-

ticed all aorta of outrage.

"My own dear wife was taken by the hoi!

this hated monster, eh, American, he disappeared. I hesitated, you can appreciate my Borrow—my knowing what had become of him.

Igrief—my hate. Pardon these falter- i "Follow me."

jog words—these tears of an aged ......

Yea, the blasphemous hands * ' * “ upon my

Quiental.

not know

s purpose as

ter me.”

Ha bowed his head and wei

ollow trunk. Imi

voice sounded as if it ci

bowels of the earth. I put my d in tha aperture through which he

i, and there, several f

-ked in the mines or in the mam factoring establishments. Everything was done on something like a co-oper-ative plan, subject, of coarse, to the crown. There was no great individual wealth, but on the other hand there was no poverty. Every family had plenty. A margon, or, in English, a mayor, was the representative of the

king in Galneor. He waa chosen for I ^ Md the WM taken to Quiental. had gone, and there, sevaral feet hts wisdom His rule was wondrous- ^ that she put herself low me, in s slanting direction, I saw and the people to death sathKthan submit to tha in- him standing, with a lamp in his hand,

waaping. Miss | . "Ah* I see you now," I said. "1

slight taxation to provide for'the | ““ r in . F d D0 ‘ fir * t 1 w ^ t 11 t * ke “ 8 , ‘ . hands and was sobbing. The blood Von away so suddenly.” I followed .»d'£. w XSilsJ“““, at " ld “r%

• - * ■ 1 ‘° i “ °° t - i

xn many unoa. The sad memories ha had aroused asgs led away toward the wall, i is perhaps the most Uiely to put an end to the ‘This passage was dug for — »~

ly wise The oo

.ntry

farming lands, and thousam pie had their little holding

!toa

and t little 1

tares

were famous "Talmooch

northerly of the

perhaps tha most

lerly of the Philippine group. It ' far north that it might almost b« lie off the Chinese coast. It ii j

nth of Formosa.

th»

id mi

likel) .

missionary's story, time, and ashe did i

to hiin.

Kaleks, not so

gence, but more warlike. Their sit] was called Bromporrah, and held ~~ thousand inhabitants. It was like Galneor in every respect, two peoplS ware practically one.

a at Quiental,

seat at

fortified town at the other end ot tl island. Bat I tire you, do I not?” "No, you do not,” I protested; "os ie contrary, I

without a full understanding is before us. I hope you v

need."

^ do. Mr. Avery,” sail

Arnold. *T am eager to-bear

:s anj

■

attempt to push farther on our w

“ iderstanding ot whai

hope you will pro

“Tea,

“Very well^bTSid, smiling wear r. "But we might, I suppose, with

ly to put ai. — . .

story. I waited a short the Jumsrs, among whom Iliva," proceed I spoks Mr. Avery, when he had joined 1

i"Yon will have to bend yonrselvi

happiness

you in England?*'

A bitter smile played around

month.

"Crickmore," he replied,

you have felt" yon will also

i"You will jlitUe for m ; Heads, as ▼

“But why do you remain here now,

Mr. Avery?” I asked. “Are there ' ilesds, as yon see, to s Urge cavern." not happiness and forgetfulness for ; The light of the lamp he carried

' showed us that ws were in a

replied, "when

Borrow I have felt.

1 e morbid pleasure is But bs that as it may,

mid not leave, even if I would, twenty years there has been nc opportunity to eecape. So severe it the penalty here for any apparanl effort to defeat the objects of the gov eminent, and so complete is the system of espionage established by Hen-Ko-Hi, that not one soul ot us hat ever been abU to escape. We can die,

roomy cave, hollowed into a soft stone much like pumice in iU porousness. Strangely, the sir was fresh and •holesome- ThU was due, so the

wholesome. This

misiionary told us, to the poroi of the rock. The cave was always dry, except in the time of greet rainfall,

which the Ulead of'

had.

good judgment, retire farther into tha forest to escape unfriendly eyes. Tee, I think U beet. Let us go beak hers

that UsU. And ay time will aoos oome. I am far on the pathway now.

What matters it?”

"But of your arm. Is that, too, t testimony of Hsn-Ko-Hi's cruelty?" . ‘•Aya, even this ** ‘

lees

U far superior to the

gorgeous cruelty of the pal so* of Qtuental, where the fate of all U death. A few eomforts can be fur-

You may depend upon

„ .— — „ ome of them will come • , . . has many tunas fait the might oj hare. The woman who saw yon,

to ton

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Uaraad with so much

s island of Talmoooh seldom

He set the lamp down on a flat

of stone and turned to us. This, my dear young friends,

HWVHH iust be your abode, until it becomes the will of God that you escape from this unhappy place. Bare and eomfortli

fca H U, it is

groffMtoual

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