The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 12, 1900, Page 16

to assist the dying coolle appeared to him, nightmare had been with him wt he hastily picked up the lighter pack up- Slept, and he had not forgot on which he had slept. and cautiously ‘housht for the moved across the waste toward a st g S E4ed 1o bear gling fleld of corn where he hoped to T caiia i lu a shelter for the hours” of approaching tried to move » daylight. Heartsick, weary and footsore he succeeded he @fagged himself Into the seant thick- aching, and s et of low growth just as the straggling t beams of the sun crept over the desol ng waste and lighted up the land of his foes Breathless and with a whirling b lay like a hunted animal close ground, each whisk of, the wind thre the drying leaves of corn brin ment of agonized anticipation. overwrought, and utterly exhausted phys- fcally, Felix fell asleep and slept deeply. ) The red sun faded into pale yellow, and Sl Tece vl : then beat down a white heat Felix n“‘“‘ e ““'.'“” ‘\“‘] peril in the air and that at any moment fast. Far down the edge of the canal, With tireless eves watched beside him. awoke feeling cramped. He attempted to . = " 2 w might come the outbreak of the rebellious past fantastic bridges, gaudy pa- Presently there were wild sounds off Tise, but found he could not. His hands o o element, which meant a horrible and re- godas and the grotesque temples toward the dark line of horizon and Were bound. His dazed brain began to volting death for all the Christians'In the of the neighboring villages, then Chung Foo sprang to hig feet. Physical comprehend. He boops g iy settlement of the valley of Good-to-look- out into the illimitable plain, with exhaustion had rendered Felix insensible and left to dle of starvation. There at. To him had been intrusted the mess- its network of canals, where the to the danger of abandonment and he a discordant sound beside him. Felix plsracrins age for the commander of the French stretches of brown fallow showed a slept soundly. The words of the coolie heard it and understood starvation was o v {d:‘ o squadron at Shanghai and through him dreary, clean-cut horizon, unbroken by reached his ears but not his senses, as not to be the only torture. It was to be ' 1 hey was to come the assistance which was to trce or hedge-row. Toward the rising of Chung Foo hastily muttered in pigeon the terrible punishment of the parrot, of eTves as day tt felt words of gratit Wong Kai m no re save the mission if it were possible. He the sun the . and.when it was light English: “You stay; me go look see. No Which he had heard. Hands and feet se- o o "0 5 0 W50 - knew that his was no easy task; that the they breakfasted and started on. Jour- come back you run likee devil. Big sword curely bound, he could not move, and to . ", . " - . i ay through a country wild with riot- neying on they passed the sail-carts of man come, me sabe alle day, makee fol- his belt was chained a monster green bird. o, o\ "p . oo 7 ing and nervous with the breath of hor- the rice farms, with canvas spread and low.” The flends had sought him out while ha Luc ¥en Fellx made him lie down to rible crimes. He knew that there was driven by the wind. Here and there were The little yellow man darted off, ghd- slept, and had done this thing while he ., o) o * 5 0 PO Prn e little hope of threading a safe path barges riding on wheels through the ca- ing through the grasses, and Felix slept lay senseless in the stupor of exhaustion. , .. ...~ . ., o Tt g "‘ through the perils of the section through nals. That was all—an endless waste of on. Roused, after how long a time he Great beads of perspiration came out . .o @' wo oo apateg which he would have to pass, and that the g the treeless level. At knew not, by the most fendish succession ©on Felix's brow. His face was White and O =" hme o s gy the uncertainty of life carrled with it frst there trouble and they passed of heathen yells ever given vent to out- drawn. Presently he would grow hungry, ~ . = . =" horrors of a death unspeakable. But Ufmolested through the groups of boat- side the limits of the infernal regions, and the bird—would eat. In the horror S & At the fur el of the cornfleld, leav 2nd no coward. Men and villagers, simple folks trace of their rchand was naware Felix leaped to his feet, instantly awake of it all, with the pitiless white rays of t g A R - footsteps, 1 \ <t of the red sun sunk out.of that their country was at war with the to the perils of his position, and found the sun beating down in his face, Felix oty vf’ = \ allied powers of the world. But a day Chung Foo missing. The momentary sus- cried out, one‘agonized, despairing cry sight behind the rice flelds Felix set out, close at his heels the servant of the mis- slon, Chung Foo, with a bag of provisions At the hridge where the est they met a tall, serious tim. But they saw no when it was dusk th erings. servant came.back to him as a bitter re- Then he lay still. The bird hopped upon rThey traveled fast It was when they turned from the great proach a few minutes later, when the his breast, cocked one efe and looked their long day of res waterway and struck . aeross the plain real situation unfolded its horrors to his around curiously, then it settled the gaze sunshine found them and a night brought them to a place of picion of treachery against his faithful that lost itself on the shimmering hot alr. scowling faces and ominous mu It was Wong Kal. With toward Shai At every village the realization. The Boxers had laid hold of Of two round walting eyes upon Felix's city of Fh:m'»'h;-u-. At noo as the 5 ;“{“ higii e o :m‘t scowls grew blacker, and the coolie crept the devoted coolie and were torturing him face, and. it too, was stfll. The lagging f\::]c':::d:{ N‘;»!a;‘{’: a“m uch _squadron o B l‘ml long after the “lently at the heels of his master, ner- with the fury of disappointment. They minutes crept Into hours, the two round him. It was to 1he ot Chat & Beaeen vous | watchful. Belng refused a had sought his master. Peering from the eyes still watched and waited. It could ger from the Jesult Mission of Hot Mun, lodging Felix grew afraid to ask and they embankment, Felix beheld a sickening not be much longer, then the sharp beak in the Valley of Ho Tal “Me sabe he zo." mused WONg, took turns at sleeping In the open fields, sight. By the light of torches, a dozen and the black claws would be at work; ence with the admi “Mishee Flgh& go Shanghal. Wong Kal or in the cooler nights under some friend- howling fiends circled around the body of the way the parrot gazed with those '€rS of importance. e admiral’s lunch- %0 too. Mishee Flelix g0’ man. No likee ly bank. They skirted the towns and poor Chung Foo, lashing him with whips round, red-rimmed eyes into his own told ohres 1ot fAnished, for with the coming see go dead.” Then when the sun was avoided inhabited places and prodding him with sticks, burning Felix what would be the first work of/the cf’n:”‘,F":«r:"“;:‘-mpi‘gl} g O At not &t all and the dark had settled over One 'night. but forty miles from his him with flaming torches and throwing sharp beak.- In the horrot of it all he irn, he wi ¢ Yy~ good-by. awaited an a and brought let- return, but he was not alo A Freach B!l “THEY MET A TALL \ JERIOUS MAN.IT WAS WONG KAI . “THE DIRD TOO,WOULD &ROW HUNGRY,” was Pre t one of the windows there was & stir. 1t was the window of Fath Honore's ry and the curtain had R S e “Yes, father,” returned the young stu- the mission of “The Open Door” a dark, destination, they stopped for rest. With Stones and missfles. Felix felt a mad, fainted, and knew no more. escort of sufficlent number to insure re- Sit down, my son,” said the g dent simply. He knew the danger t stealthy form slid Lhrough the swaying the messages safe In his breast Felix hopeless impulse, born of the injustice of - it spect went with him, and thers was alsa fathe The eir is stifiing. You threatened the mission of Hoi Mun and grasses along the canal and followed. crept in beside a bank, and with his head his suspicion of a few moments before, Waking, he opened his eyes to the cool arother. It was the faithful W it is your wish to go?" all people. He knew that there was Felix and the coolle servant traveled upon his pack fell asleep, while the coolie but as the utter uselessness of all effort night alr, and closed them again. The ERNESTINE COT Some Little Favorites in <“The Brownies,”” who Are to Appear at the California Theater 'FITZGEROLD, it hl TILTOMN . PHOTOS BY BUSHNELL