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AN ADVENTURE IX CHINA '
The summer of 1876 was an unusu-
V hot OI1C in flliina T?ra;,J r
a
Sha'njriiac passed' their time in an ar
t ilicial temperature produced by 'pun
kahv hung over desks, dining tables
and- beds rSdeed in every practica
hie situation. In the latter part of
September cam.--the first relief cool
nights, then at hist some refresliicg
days. I was dressing one morning
wlien my -bov" announced "One
Ijecee gentleman wantchee' see you."
Strtckcd an extension chair on
thevt-anda. I found my friend Man
son, an-individual -with whonVlliad
heeu partVmlarly '-chummy" at col
let;e years before in the Stas an
af chnI thoroughly aniever
flWt.ngidPound without any apparent
object in life ccq,t to pass away the
time. Kesponcliijg to my delighte.1
ami surprised greetings, he told me
that he hadA suddenly made up his
-mind to visit the fur JCa.t
na at just the wrong Iituo. Ho harl
been nearly dead with heat, narrowly
escaped a sun .stroke at Gaiiton, and
was eauirht in a tvphoon between
lauila and llong Kong. I had. a
Ttjom iiKUle rendy for him, and found
. him a good Canton servant.
liKafew weeks I made up my mind
to taketwo or three days' holiday and
Curry mCkeherishetl plan of a boat
, trip on the Yangtsze, and Manson
Agreed to aeconYpany me. We had n
lare ''house boat" of Chinese model
and. rig a fair sailer, nd very ctin-
fortablc ; and our two CSnton boys.
Ah Wing ami Ah How, and oinok
were Mire -to give u. good living.)
was obliged, on account of the illness
of my iUl "lowdah" or captain, to en
gage anew, one atrhort notice. I
did not know much al'out him and did
not like his looks, but I never dream
ed of any trouble. There was a gun
rack in the cabin, aud i had put in a
couple of Enfield rifles and two
Sharps, thinking that we might com
pare their performance at a target.
Mansojn,-:to my nimin inent, added to
the armory an elephant ritle, Which he
h:id l.rv.!p;!tt-IV:niCev!on;and Ids own
o1l K is
had. been-
t i'.i'.r ri tic. -which he
. no said, against
v.W 'M.hcrt.
As we left the sctlh r.ient behind I
Yell like, a hoy iKiviu hi-s first holiday.
We ran a long way before we anchor
id for. the p.ig'at. In the morning we
were under way in u;ood season, and
lore for the Norih bhorc. We iiad
our c'otlve an 1 toast, tijul -were, sitting
aft, when Ah Wjng. my favorite ser
vant, came ait to speak to me.
Master1 .a;d lie, 'ju'ssee now mi
sec two pieced juuk come, Ii thipkee
he no good junk ; lt fear he b' long
lalleeloon (tin?y arc ladrones or pi
rates). Mi askee that lowdah ue
mouf no spe.vkee ploppa (his mouth
docs not answer me properly). He
say junk b'lorg hefiea (is his friend).
Mi welly fear he no good man.
I ran forward and looked at the two
junks. We had changed our course
and were running west, witli the wind
on our beam. They were coming to
ward us, but both considerably to the
north, and one more so than the oth
er. Their character was unmistaka
ble, as was the expression on the
lowd ah's face. He spoke a few words
of pidgin English, and on my telling
him to turn, said with a grin :
VN'o wantchee go back Shanglme.-
There was not a moment to lose 1
I had not -even time to explain mat
ters to Manson. I jumped down .
companion ladrW crj.rt.i
volver, loaded and capped, consul J "
it under my coat, and told Ah Win
to come forward with
me. As I
ed Hanson, who was coolly smoking I
r
-....i.uo questions, 1 whispered
Stand by the helm, and w?f
the .word JLu -r nr,
.,,vw"- Urf I vv
irr -Ui u H'i -i ;n .a-.- i.
11 : r wue i
f ,
to tell the low-!
the low-
taod me, j
and that T v?nytoA hm .
He was off his fnal ,,, Z"?-
' V. Ill 111 Lll 1,11 I
a rapid Chinese seance, and ft? u'"
chuckle.
n a ;
4IIe talkee no wantchee, said All
Wins
I had backed up to the rail and
could put my hand on a sort of belay
ing pin. I think I even calculated
the force of the bbw that laid him
out on the deck, before that villainous
grin was off his face. There were
nve men in the crew. One was steer
ing, two I pitched down the little
hatch, which I secured. The others,
thoroughly frightened, did as Ah
Winer, not a bad .fliW i.ir
them.
.
Sanson nut the he m hnr.i
down, and in a mnmf k
- v
"rawing, and we
v,4 niuuffniu, anu unaer iuil
I end way. I gave my revolver to Ah
Wing, with directions as to rvbat he
was to do. We dragged the lowdah
aft, and pinioned his hands and feet,
in anticipation of his coming to him'
elf. Manson had the helm, and I
asked him to give it to one of the
crew. Ah
Win2 was the
1 j .
iTf i ii.il m twrr-r - . .-.as;, ?
.'""tLr ,ertJ or
t.-.i MHtmr.-nmi m inEwn sai ors t,nnr, i
ft ' I
they moved, exccpllxinder orders,;
from the positions in which they were
placed-covered by the revolver
they were dead men ,
At your leisure,' said a cool voice,
'perhaps you will tell me what this is
all about,' and Manson lighted a fresh
cheroot. I explained to him that we
had barely escaped destruction by
treachery, and were icven then in a
dire strait. We could not expect to
jail as fast as the pirates, and our on
ly hope was in their beingjso far to
leeward, and in the range of our rifles.
I was perfeetlsure of my man, ancj
there was positively none inmy whole
acquaintance whom I would so readi
ly have with me as my old friend, the
blase, indifferent, dilettante Manson.
lie shook me by the hand and said
in a cheery voice, wholly unlike his
ordinary one :
'All right, old fellow, we'll beat
them.': i f
A more impetuous, though equally
brave man would have been far less
efficient. The rifles, six in number,
were brought up and laid side by side
on, top of the cabin. Ah How told
me that he sabc loadee thatgun,' and
to my great surprise, our old fat cook,
('IWldha, we used to call hjm, as his
coiuiHenance expressed the idea of
eternal silence and ,rest), volunteered
his services in this line as well.
Then we settled down to our work,
Could we keep those junks out of
jingal range until we reached a place
of safety? They had high sterns, and
the steersman couklube plainly seen.
Manson took his Kentucky rifled knelt
down away aft and aimed slowly and;
carefully. Almost simultaneously I
succeed in 'drawing a bead'j on a large
man in the bow of the junk nearer to
us. Just as the rifles cracked she fell
jfr visibly and lost way before the
dead steersman could be replaced.
Nor was the large man again visible,
i 'I am afraid I can't do as well with
the elephant rifle,' said Manson, 'but
I can trv. Let us both fire continu-
ally at the steersmen.' We did so.
witk varying success. The iunks
were heavily manned and could quick-
ly supply the place of those whom we
shot. They also arranged some kind
. a . .
oi proieciion ior tne neimsmen. al
though we pierced it more than once-
T Komn t r fft (apiKIr- taIRsIi .1
; : T. nuiU3U' tt"u
so nuea witn rage at our antagonists
iuai 1 coma oniy with difficulty con-
i .
ASHEBORO, NORTH CAR0LI1
sutnciently to a.mdeliber.
y ; out my friend never showed'
s0ns of an acceleration oil his pulse.
As regularly as clorli-.wnrV i.a
!l!,gU? from the CMiiamab, and
v w- urr 1 1 if i l.
nev.
r Second befre his aim was
L . " e reste short time at
,ast . take a survov of thJ.
and could not disuisp-fr
was serious. The junks Were
"arer, and we were still quite a lorn
I Way from Ti-j ! a J VfT
I - v naa UULUJU.Ur V ' . . . .
ins ior it nut tn cm tr.
r "U""V
we did. For ten minnta i ...
we did. For ten minutes nr 1
o w.ix again, ana
kept qp an Incessant fire, and, altho' 1
!we e"ently did much damage, the
. ,
,9tancbetwn had
ocen pefteptibly lessened. I We must
soon expt to hear the report of iin
lals. It cne in n. Innmpnf mnrp nrl
f e clumsy u fen but little short of
1 as- MansonVrne(j to me till chee
ry ant cool.
'I beluve th
said he, 'who
a foreigner there,
ecting and inspir-
ing them. He h
escarjed us thns
far. If I can get a?ht Qf him and
can hit him. t beliK we shall t
nd of this junk. Se u Dicked
off that last steersman oW h5mrtQf
. iauea on Vcidedly.
j iv en, mac
is not so badie contin-
nor? no n J I 1 t. li -j A
' iM " J,ua' uau scrucKhe raast.
pad the
Kentucky rifle himself
and mVsured
out the powder, wrapped the in
a scrap of buck skin and rammtd it
carefully home. Then he knelt down
and watched his : chance j All" tlis
time Ah Wing had kept his eyes arid
the revolver on th Rtnnrcmon a
our boat had done her best. The
jingal balls were eettino- nUftmfi,rt-
a o ---vwuiiuiiai
Enfield bullet throueh the1 hPH r
jguunur, just ! j
- . - w. u,
sigut. A1I atfoncl Fh'eaTd
port of Manson's rifle and
remark from him, 'Habetf I saw the
junk fall off, saw manifest confusion
on board j saw an opening for two or
three good shots, and .hail seized a
fresh gun, when I heard Ah How crj-,
'Master, hab got steamer, welly
near,' for half an hour. It was with
r
a strange feeling of relief and satis
faction that I saw II. M. gunboat
Petulant pulling along toward ns.
In five minutes she Wa- alongside, and
I saw my friend Lieutenant Graham's
jolly face over her rail. j
'What the deuce is the row, old fel
low?' he asked in a perplexed way.
I explained as briefly as possiblej and
told him that I thought
we. had al
most finished the job, but he was wel
come to the rest of it. He could
hardly wait forme to finish my story.
You won't come with us then ?
Well, god-bye, old fellow. See you
in Shanghae. Full speed ahead !
Beat to quarters 1 Look sharp now,
and clear away the bow-gun !'
In less than five minutes we heard
its report, -and saw the shot crash into
j the junk's side.. We had fighting
! enough for that day and concluded to
! push on for home. The! juaks had
'gone about, but we knew that they
I were doomed, and the roar of the
broadside soon informed us that it
j would be quick work. Aa Wing nev-
; cr moved. He would have kept that
j revolver pointed at the Clinameu un -
: til doomsday, had I not told him that'sh0r of curls, "how tired I am of!
' he might put it away j
! Ah How and 'Buddha' took the
guns below, and made everything U -
: dy, and we had hardly rounded Pa-
; oushan Point when Ah Wpg came up
' and said, "That cook makee inquire
i what thing vou likee chow chow (eat).
We had a jolly dinnjer the next
night, at which Graham and a couple
of his officers joined us. Tney had
handeil the survivors of the junks'
crews over to the Chinese authorities,
,Q whose care our rascally) lowaan also
was- They had made short work of
the fiSht. and met with no loss.
he fight, and met with no loss.
When the cloth was removed I tried
to get Manson to make a speech, but
the X?Z MZct h.im say
was that he had never been less bored
- ur w a..,: i.U t,u
i r
! f
i New Haven turns out 3.000.000 cor-
;scts annuallv.halfof the cbuntrv's sunp
ply coming from there,
TUESDAY, HAY 13, 1879.
TAnd you really fancy yourself ir
L .ui,"ii,! fir little skon girl?"
it: ilu i.u v-
Jr. 3Iercdith, a tall, noble featured
of Qftv, looked rather badly at his
usiastic youn nephew.
v nil A 1 1 1 M
Fancy, -under luai is uaruij uu
alropriate word to use. 1 am quite
pAtin oi iue iacv.
M . 1 (I
L H suppose you will consider me a
' v ... Z. w
,T tPll rou that I like her utile era;:, s ,
l.nre face best. Believe me, I.. ;rry,
dwure face best,
there IV-rm7iTr real stamina in Taith
Durr than m her pretty couiiu lva-
chad."
"There, sir," answered Harry reso
lutely, "is there I must beg leave to
differ with you."
That she earns her own living be
hind the counter of a fancy store
that they both do is no drawback in
my eyes. Independence and self-reliance
are to me cardinal virtues, and
even though your wife will be raised
into an atmosphere of comparative
wealth, a few lcssbns taken beforehand
in the impartial, school of worldly ex -
perience will be of incalculable use to
her."
Harry Meredith sat long that night,
before the snug bright fire in his snug
little batchelor apartment, musing over
his uncle's words,
. He had met the'two cousin's, Rachael
and Ruth Durr, at a quiet little birth
day gathering at the house of a friend,
and instantaneously felt drawn toward
the elder one elder by eighteen
months. She was a beautifi.1 blonde,
while the other wa3 rather of the bru-
nette type. During the three months
U4AiteHw
ue cousins several times a week,
er character and stronger intellect.
Sometimes he was almost tempted
to waver in his allcgicnce toward the
elder, and then betook himself with
very unnecessary sternness to talk.
To-night, however, he passed the
whole of the past few weeks in view
before his memory, and decide 1 that
inaction was the worst policy in the
world.
' "This suspense must be put an end
to," ejaculated our hero half aloud, and
then smiled mischievously to himself,
as in idea came into his head.
"111 do it," he thought, biting his
lip., "Of course it's Only for the fun
of ihe thing.. 1 have not the shadow
of a doubt that she is all she seems "
lije was silent for a few minutes and
thel arose to prepare for slumber.
'They are polite, enough to me, as a
favored child of luxury. Now I will
taki measures to learn whether this
courtesy is genuinely from the heart,
or iierely born of empty form and ad
ulation to wealth."
S) onr hero, lying his head on his
pillow, dreamed of private masquerade
parties all night long.
Rachael Durr and her cousin Ruth
were shop girls in Savery & St. Clair's
gr&&t"5mcy store.
dear V
sighed
Rachael, one
modng as she took off he? bonntl in
' the mtle dressing room at the back of
1 the ftore, and shook down her g -Men
i this horrid drudgery. How I wish
! Hairy Meredith would propose if he's
.goig to."
uth laughed as she smoothed down
Dei satin brown Lair ai.d tieil the bow
J Qf Crimson ribon at her throut.
! A rt wtit Art -f. 1 liint of rr.n
clel, I, who have such brilliant hopes
I
ot matrimony to light up the monotony
my daily toil?"
Rachael shrugged her shoulders.
"I don't see how you bear it so pa-
entlv I should die with vexation
; m ennui if I did not hope for some
i
k v
ii, better' '
'inner
; .-Hosh!" said Ruth, '-there 'is Mrs.
Vicks, the forewoman, calling i;."
oUow i h&ic lhc oid vixen !' Rac!.',
I . . ...... . .
t leiaculated. siowiv Uiiuwing iutu into
the store.
"lieallv. i;achaci Durr. vou.
j .
must oe a lime more punciuai. saia
(Mrs. Wicks, pursing up her math
to eeei" cousins several times a week, !tta., utr r. 1:.2 i hrri.-nui . ,r to
i ? ' fnsenaellu n .iWner in love coP fy urn DciiV-;r r.ThAV-,.;. -- r Al. -r jTe.
A V k ' V W - I 1 -111. Jtm T - k 'LI I IILI'I 1 - 1 W & "
the quiet i he was quite conscious of Ruth's deep- ; "My goodness. Ruth, what a fitSiri !' have something to show votiHi
1 . : r li' ' wurtrr-
lie
(cl
primly. "You are fully five minu
behind time, and it was just so yes
day."
Rachael pouted, and went to wfr
labeling a box of newly arrived jilj
bons. She and Mrs. Wicks had never
agreed very harmoniously, nor jlidbc
affiliate with the show girls. "A sUicJi
up impertinent thing" tuey caneap
. I I.-
Male she from the serene heights (r
..swisnfhonft davbeoom.
wc ...j..
- -
with a disdain that was, snythinV In
(the world but agreeable. ; lit
f .
In vain were Ruth's remonstraae&.
Rachael had always been wilful anil in
clined to supercilousness, nor wfou d
she listen to her cousin's mildly fn f -
fered advice now. - I
"It's all very well for you, tfu ji,
you've got to spend all jour days fceic.
but," she said, curling her prettyf lifts,
"DUi l snau soon DC llllCU out OI QIS
groveling atmosphere."
"It is by no means a certainty;"
"Yes it is," laughingly answered
Rachael, blushing like a damask: role,
3,
iiuu xiiUkU nvuivi oiu oj 1 1. 1 j
and
1 think how brightly the future was tin
Trolling its vast map before her pretty
little cousin. 1
j Rachael Durr waited rather latguld-
J ly upon one or two customers or pot
f ing. Kvidentlj her heart' was jpot
n
in her work, and Mrs. Wickes, fnfin ficr
lurking place behind the cash boi, cist
several evenomcd glances toward her,
premonitory of a coming storm.
Presently a new customer hohb
in, bent and 'crooked, and made
way directly to the counter where.
,ia
ehacl and Ruth were standing,
huge cotton umbrella protruded ill
waxlike manner lrom beneath
hi.-la
ejaculated Rachael, in a very afcdlble
voice. I
' si
"What can that bundle of second
hand clothes want here?" I I
"Hush!" said Ruth, almost sterlly,
"he will hear 3-011." 1
"And what if.be does? Wh;
at 1I0
care?"
and
"Uc is old and infirm, Rachac
his age should render him
ell
(your e3cs.M
; Rachael tossed her head sneer
j "IaUb, you are too absurd fof
ny-
thing. . I won't wait on him."
Rut the old man steered reso
for Rachael herself.
'T want to biry some gloves, M
"You'd better go somewhere
said the young lady supcrcili
'our store doesn't keep cheap g
fls."
'Please let me see the article.
Rechael tossed the box down
counter ; the old man bent his f
- ta
cled eyes down to survey the godi
"How much arc these?"
,A dollar a pair."
! ''Iiut I am a poor man, Miss;
h
j nothing cheaper?"
i "No," snapped Rachael, "I to
i
to go elsewhere, I've no paticne
! paupers."
i "I beg your parden. Miss," saldlhc !
jold man ; "I am not a pauper."
I 'Well, observed tliegirl scorrlfo
! "you look like one !"
"Appearances are often decLiUu!
f Did vou teil me you had c'Jea
er
' gloves?"
"I didn't tell you any such liiin
- "Raclnel! Rachael !' remon4r:
a
acr cousin, -j.ei me show yo;l vpr.l
you want," she said sofllv, turrlnl to
i:.e ok customer. -ve navels
me
- very nice gloves for seventy five d ni'."
"Seventy-five ter.U is a grca deal
of money to pay for a pair of glfir
said the old man, looking corrt.Tflly
down on the mended Su-er df t!e
he wore,, "hut the weather isLetlng
mm
- i very frosty, and I am not so yuni
I was." ? i
"I should think that was q-jiteini
dent," sail Rachael, fciih a Lfar'lwa
tSter.
I!u:!i u-.t toward lie old n.ln.
1
- mg m a l-;w s wt et vo.ee : i
"lauc iu? warm wur.stca "U
r:
s'.r.
tiCt
m-
i i ru c i K'vtr.iv uc tviu-
you s!ia!i Lave theai .for nflyJ
NUMBER 12.
self will make up the duTercnce to tho
s'ore. You are an old gentleman, and
I am your. and able to work." ,
r.ut am i.ottiing to ycu, Miss.
Kuth foi led the gke neatly In a
piece of paper, and handed them to
bun. ' , )
For the sake of dear father, who
die a year ego, old age can never be
.t . 1M....w1.m.'i llnt'
, nowiing u u.r. r. v....
me; indeed 1 Ucscrve no gramuue.
,,,l, l.ln.l.M.r
. .
while Kacuacl burst out into a laugh.
Upon my wiTil Ualh. you arc the.
greatest fool I ever caw!" the cried,
while the old gestlcman -hobbled out
of the store. "I woul.l have seen the
- old gentleman in Jericho Iteforo 1
! would have given Litn any IhHig!. Why
dees he not go to the poor hous??
J The days cret?t on, and one day iir.
j Harry Meredith astonished little Uuth
: iuir very inueu uy a-Kiug ucr iu u
his wife.
i
It was as if the gates of Paradise
had suddenly openedto her-
the mod-
est little girl, secretly worshipping
I Harry Meredith m her heart of hearts,
had never dreamed of the possibility
of such good luck being in store for
her. '
That evcuing she told her cousin ;
Rachel listened. in silence. The prize
had been very near her grasp once.
; Hut somehow it slipped away,
: "I think you must bo mistaken,
Ruth," she said, acrimoniously. "I
! think Mr. Meredith never would-
ed ! She "checked herself, for that instant
lis the door was opened, and Mr. Meredith
- was announced.
A "Well, Rachael," he said pleasantly.
a are j'ou ready to congratulate mo4
m, the sweet little wife 1 have won
forrr-
He put a tiny pared in hc?W ,
mi
j She opened it and out fell a pair
j worsted gloves.
She looked wistfull v in ins face, then
the whole tide of memory tamo upon
her heart.
I ! "Ilarrv I were vou tho old man?
1 "I was the old man, my dearest."
And then Rachael knew why it was
in; that the ship frcightencd with all her
; hopes had drifted away, when it was
ly. fso near the haven.
What an Old .Man lia Noticed,
- I . I have noticed purses will hold pen-
i nies as well as pounds.
s I I have noticed that all men arc lon
l -cat
when well watched. - -
t t
' j and jewels are often bought with other
! peoples money. .
I have noticed that in order to be a
I reasouablc creature it is necessary at
- !.:Vv 4 ,Tn.i.i i
I I have noticed that whatever is, is
i i
! right with few exceptions tho left eyo
and the left leg, and the left.sitlc of
-" e ..li.n r.ilil1 iHr.
I have noticed that the prayer of the'
while he makes everybody that owes
I have noticed that money is the
fool's wislom, the knave's reputation
' the ioor man's, dcjire the covetous
mans ambition and the ulol of them
all. ' , . .
I have noticed that be who thinks
every man a rogue U ccartain to se
one wIjcii he sbave3 himself, and Lc
ought, in mercy to his neighbor, to su
render the rascal to jastire.
Iouisburg will celebrate Us centen--
niaj oa jujy 4l0f and Senators Uan-
sora Vance are to be invited to.
ipcak on the occasion.
The numlr cf member of Yoang.
Men's Chrbii
statl. ;4 1 t
ian Asociation in the
to lie Greensboro
as hs 10'. Chapel
Hill and WmrJbn 50
c-ch-
Gd iVKro Mtfngnr:'.Th'i revival
a, Thompson's Chapl has been
br.H.gi.t to a cltAC. an 1 we learn that
over twenty persons have become
converts to Curia!. .
Acconling to the French :Nrwp3per&
there is general d:.trei. in t!c proviu
;! ruat;ufictiriig dUtthrt.
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