The evening world. Newspaper, September 13, 1916, Page 8

vr —e ee he ee he & A THOMAS H. CLAD OR4 genial disposition Hut conditio Coney! should hate bees sow he might pruuge inte @ refreahing balk 6 ou w the clul ead play ou the ub ject mn ruehie a Wie sal Neat wees you yn pect to hear from me in Mure \ tall, or | may poseibiy bid yoW, te relia ine indetiotte rumors and underground rume rm which have socom @ in thie wettie Jinary personage Hingh have assumed of jate that wor ment of an © known @# Ali euch proportions be failing 18 my A ke you aware o wit your thorough knowl Hast, the mere name of the man Inu sound ludicrous, How te it possible, you may well ask, that Mohamme Gan Ali should be coupied with ultra nt wo ait part of later mystery which surrounds the man, 1 have never seen hun. “My information ts hearsay, In thts letter 1 shall not even wl you jts gource, Hut you can take it from me that thie enixma embodies in Himself the sublest characteristics of every eastern race. Ho seems to be equally powerful in Ghina, Japan and India, While in no sense an emissary of any recognised govern- ment, he controls the people—all the people, without distinction of creed or clase—in wa: utmost @chievement of an: darin, eamural, amir or a Me ts immensely wealthy, educate; above the average, @ scientist of real Duty, stmittedly sheer fanatic in hie hatred of the ‘West and his fixed resolve to exalt the yellow races at the expense of the white.” 082 “OF course if things should come to —and scribbled on. “No one knows whence Ali obtains bia money or his power. Tis itary fact in my thie foment concerning bim or hie family is that his niece, a Mile. Najia, is now betng educated at an American col- XK This, you may argue, should tell in his favor, I wish I could think #0, Unhappily the presence of such @ girl in our country and the friend- ships she must inevitably form may become an element of real danger if and when Ali Singh should even at- tempt to carry out the pi famme of destruction with which credited, As you are aware, near! ry city in the United States contains one or more Chinese tongs, or secret socie- ties, aa they may be termed for lack of a closer definition. I have 2 to believe that these organizations, almost without exception, are pledged te support Ali Singh. Their leadere know him only as the ‘Higher One, ihe ‘One from Within the Shrine,’ the ‘Oue Appointed’ and other similarly vague and bigh-sounding titles. The mark or totem of this new and strange cult te that of the crescent, or new * moon, “Here again you will note the sing: Jar breadth of purpose underlying All Singh’e hidden menace, because such @ token te equally comprehensible to the Bedouin of the desert and the two sword man of Yeddo, Ali Bingh is described to me as stolid, yet dom- ineering, eecretive yet wonderfully geeens toward those subordinat iho yield him unquestioned obed! ence, @ man of barbaric tastes and impulses, yet one well versed in the ways of courta and thoroughly up- to-date in the laws and progress of the West. Somehow—I cannot ex- press myself more shen eaee, ality impresses me as cons 4 an to civilisation as we it" veritable Unquestionably the consul’s letter wes one of serious import. He was end it with a yenewed p Ise of a more comprehensive ai ment to follow by next mafl when a young man entered hastily, sweeping aside the chick, a closely woven fibre blind which guards each open door- way in the East, admits air, keeps out files and lessens the glare of the top!, or pith sun, wore a sol helmet, had evidently walked rapidly through the midday it. Hie attire, too, ordered, whereas Americans in the far East usually affect @ spick and SPAN appearance, Mr. Clark «woke up in eu Net even Watson, his persona stant, should have di rudely while in the + position, “What ts it now? he cried irrita- bly. “Another mutiny, I suppose?” The question was meant to be aar- castic. One or two minor panics had oc- curred of late in the American fet- tlement, and the consul had expert- enced some difficulty in persuading his fellow countrymen that ff they magnified every petty quarrel be- tween rival gangs of coolles Into a threatened rising against all white men they had better leave the coun- try at once, use life in China would become Intolerable Naturally Watson was aware of his ¢hlef's touchiness on this topic, "I fm sorry to bother you," he sald earnestly, “but things do really look fo ugly this time that I hurried here to warn you, coming as quickly as I dared without exciting suspicion.” “Now listen to me, Watson!" stormed Clark, ‘I may have to stand that sort of nonsense from mission- aries end frightened women, but from rine. z ure you there mischief Drewing in the bazaar broke toda in the assistant, braving@iis sentor's wrath in bis anxie! credence, In ity to FIRST EPISODE THE DRAGON'S CLAW ewe and belt of Weee sod ehrube which made the ony te @ arming desert of Gust Clark wae @orried and very wide awoke 4, bere) Manning Hut, oddly enough, p, thinker of “yet reputed & we hat a weeness wesene cones) ie weely port of Mong Mal, creahed pouderousiy in bis ehalr aad the CBinene w Normally My, lars wow tied © man of generous properions * Bet porma: just them Lamted, ngiy waneied. At that hour of » hot dey im Aprii the ag comforlably efter @ good meal, eo that enjoy Ue ewitt rush of ine WIL Me Grvuiee Ul i wee the in New York and deemed he hed been bee gathered near A ere the Huddnit temple on the river bank, end of natives, many of who 1 have never seen te ing every road in the eettion 1 tried to claat @ Whole bunch ul of the main bul instead of moving etly suum of t Fatuned | v' ag ont ground where my shadow had fallen. “Tom!” growled the Ing to be @ Wish to goodness Ue stupidity of a the fow optuin-doped coolles was worst diffieulty 1 had to deal with. Hut he was fated not to comp: an essay on All Hingh that afternoon, ‘The two mon heard the rattic of an approachin, omeart. A firm, | led on the verw authorities in « negh- 6 oor jon, The Consul head met him at the club and knew that he was in the neighborhood vate bly on @ shooting expedition, but vir- tually by reason of an arrangement between himeelf and the command- ant of @ amail detachment of Ameri- can marines who formed the consular guard at Hong-Kal. “L just called * Mr. Clark.” he eald, speaking with the slow, wel! bred drawl of his caste, “to tell you THE EVENING WORLD, WEDNESDA THOTT EET tet rte 160 69 eeneCeteeteEs: THE YELLOW MENACE | eee oe eee Pee ee LiL User eee Cer eee ay AY, SEPTEMBER 18, Frorn the Fiirmm Spectacie of the Serme Name Released by the Unity Seles Corporation A CHINAMAN OF SUPERIOR RANK HAD TRIED TO TEAR DOWN OLD GLORY. Anything to wonder at to the style of his specs, frame epics when @ince & man does not the real pinch “The rascale mesa business that some of my fellowes are full of Somes - . bazaar, It le no secret from you that cont 't 10. the Sue ae Captain Frank le down with fever Sort. 0 Be ogg eocd 1 am hanging about olose at hand por mel wee ee tan until he te to take charge aga! x ybody im oante why fesorves ancthereh, @2Ould gather at the consulate, Wa helped me last year when in my battalion was ab- every sent, either Bo I Hy} want to there anything in thie rumor and you need assistance ca me and my men at & mfoment's no- BOOT. souned, good of you, Major Proved himsecif a man of action. affably. @ boll we civilians must hold the sunken wall outside Women afd children are in aafety a active service or sick: eve © Hurry now! © s © Hi take @ revolver! you can count MAcreet, butgdon't hositate to shoot if ec pearing in the roadwi devile must pull Wisps of dense smoke were curling the compound unt the You may need it! Be Ou must get through.” the bulky consul groups of fugitives were ap- Ominous together and Titcall.on you at once. UP into the placid eky about the But can take it from me that in Cu! the there is plenty of amoke of without fire. I've spent twenty rved roofs and terraced minarets the distant bazaar, Occasional years Shota could be heard too, The East in thie God-formaken hole and have pee suddenly lost Its age old repoas. passed through gsoores of when the ae ot euatioy Bas more om! they are to-day. ‘We meet at the club £0: a ly I muppore?™ maa- ol! than Ing musketry, the boomin @ knote of running people, the imbing emoke columna, the sputter- ofa bronge ng now faintly audible, were each 4nd all eloquent of impending dis- lajor Cameron saw that the consul aster, was busy. He took his cue nodded, saluted and went out. mutes neither the Thereafter for some mi! the ‘They java or hia aasiatant epoke. Seard the wh of the majora dog- cart crunching down the pukka rond ¢ until the wound died away, He did not live in the American cantonment, but was encamped outaide the town. Consequently he failed to t the one herald of disaster who: adven| his own behalf, helpless folk committed to hte care, understood only too well the horrible t risk there was that some of them, thy It wae as though an extinct vol- 0 had awakened to turid life in midst of the city, and the red floods ‘ere already oozing through its gates, ‘lark, paliid with foreboding, not tn but because of the feoblest and the dearest, might be quickly Aispelied the consul’s unde oo riitas in that ghastly tide Nef, “Heaven help us, Jackson!” he Watson was busying himself with correspondence, and Clark was once more reading throug what he had | written to Manning when both became conacious of some one ru ning up the steps and panting labori- ously for breath. The chick was flung open and an American named Jackson, @ man well known and highly esteemed among the commer- clal community, staggered in. He wan white-faced and breathiess. “Clark,” he . "do something quick to save our people! The whole Dazaar hae risen. If we don't act mptly not one of us will be alive Tr’twenty minuteal” “Oh, look here,” the consul fa 8 rsriag. Sogn “Tes C08 Ge WI those — “Fed up!" screeched the other, in @ weird falsetto, “Good God, =e my wife and two ghildren are 4: and my house is in flames! The devils from hell caught me unaware! I wae on the top floor of a ware- house when I heard screams and looked out only to see my dear ones butchered before my eyes, What could I do? I was absolutely de- feonselens. I wanted to rush down on the fiends and at leant aend some cf them to thelr account before my own turn came, but I remembered fust in time that my house was probably the firat one to be attacked and tt was my @uty to warn you and the reat of our crowd, And now you tell Boott, Jackeon, you must me!" erted the consul. “Com Help Watson and me to get! along! some of the boys together a supply of arma and ammunition tn | very mildest movements. the consulate, But you understand, | old man, horrthie though your own experiences may have been, I must not precipitately, In taking menmuren for nelf-defense wo must avoid provoking @ general attaci here's a chance, you know, that yours may prove an tsolated case It was no moment for argu A few minutes might decide the fi of a great number of Christian peo ple-—men, women and children for such is the price too often demanded for the priv shaking the gold thi mohur tree ring tte spotls, | ¢ The thre Mt. ‘They were | Just In time to se InAMAN, AMAN | yy, superior rank if Judired by hin at tire, endeavoring to tear down the| American flag which floated from fall mast tn front of the consular duliding., They ran at the seoundret | and reached him before Old Glory fluttered to the round | None of the three w ef or! ¢ the Chinaman would have | a been shot then and th As it was |e his Ment was expedited by # vigorous | n kick, Mr. Clark, ike most stout men, | a was singularly active on his feet and| contrived to reach the flagstaff before | tw either of the others, Nie “Well, now, what do you know | iu @bout that?” he gurgied, nor Nd te ee eee AU NE PUM Oe 1 have |UD by pernt healthy material to take Ite 5 munt 4 nourtshing ff | ne } idea Medion fattening foods, muttered, gaging darkly at the ever Teasing crowd of terrified estening toward the co: “Thw outlook te bad, very a! become of us if Watson ng the troops? them we're done Jackson! Pull yourself to- If the worst comes to the wt, warn every man that he must Though a Falstaff in physique, Con- wal Clark waa a Harry Hotapur ta Valor, Once committed to energetic measures there was Bo @bhred of doubt or bint of lethargy tn his actions. The first able-bodied adult of the ecat- tered community to reach the consu- wae supplied with automatic tly cr instant duties were the clearing of the road from the cantonment and the safe conduct of emall parties which came from houses outside of the city limits. Mr. Clark in pereon led the contin- gent which marched to the gates. Hw neither del: d authority nor asked any man take a risk which he himself was unwilling to share. The little company was emerging from the compound of the consulate when some one noticed an imitation arrow lying In the roadway. It had been cut out of a plece of flat wood, waa painted white and bore a@ biack crescent on that portion of the shaft which represented the feathered butt. It waa a token of sinister tmport and was evidently meant to convey a threat because ita point was directed toward the hou The finder exam- ined this crude aymbol without giving it any real significance until another The Evening World’s Beauty |* and Health Column Conducted by Pauline Furlong —— OE ————— Through This Column Miss Furlong WUl Reply to Women Readere’ Questions Regarding Exercise, Diet and Other Means of Preserving Good Health and Good Looks. _———eDoan To Reduce Flesh, Exercises for the all-round re- duction of flesh must be strenu ous to cause pro- fume peraptration in order to bring resulta, but this should not be at- tempted until a woman la well practiaed in them and all of the lormant muscles have been limbered ent training with the The old worn tnsues are torn down rough Increased physteal activity and must be bullt up with aew and co, We on proper and yond entire ode for thia, other wine that wngorou b ihust remember that it t ary to take all of the erclsos ech , hor any of ther Hat a thie 1 int remarkable how ! not t ioclew Hf regular Letters From Readers, LARGE ASDOMEN-—-Mita, K. oH “ ry bost exer bdomen t anyw of exer and y 1 oat Cover. 18 ok brecins Welds &% | should not be worn uncomfortably teht, as it stops the circulation of the blood through the important tn- ternal organs, causes indigestion and constipation, FATTENING FOODS—MRB, T. H. J. asks: “Please tell me if cucum- bers, ontona, spinach and summer squash are fattening?” Al of these foods are allowed in| the obemity diet “BUMIK" — ETHEL a. aske: [Piease toll me how to make the ‘sumik’ you mention for gaining weight” Let Sumtk’ is Deaten sour milk, * bottle of milk stand eovered until clabbered and then whip it with an| ekk beater until frothy, Drink om much of this as you dewre. It ta nouriwhing and eany to digest. SWEETENING DRIED FRUITS— MAMEL K. anke: “Why do you ad Vino dried mtewed fruita in the obonity diet, whe wa they have to be wugar?” Dried wholesome and real ort bent thing to ra ones T) 1 he wanhod we Nt and then gently in the water in nuked. ‘The water ved With any ugar FATTENING FOODS —minH D. a. T. ake: “Are corn and Mima ann “ly fo Tam tenting hates two mtn Thin will rese arily, but any t ‘ulate the er avior e oormet ewinging ead all thing Drove the wide: the nature of All Singh's “wign” Hoe @huddered, but aid no word. was now quite sure of the fate in store for him and his family if the men gained control. any western power was stationed any nearer than Shanghai, 260 miles away. vided an efficient coast patrol, and one of these craft might possibly come up the river when warned by telegraph of the mutiny. But for the time being, at an: during the next jonger, the Han Koi community of traders, miavionaries and officials m such eventuality it had been decided months ago that the consulate and its compound offered a better rally- ing ground than an antiquated fort in the city, a ramshackle place which would be @ deathtrap if battered by artillery, but gave adequate barrack accommodation to @ detachment of marines. moreey ery: the fort was en- secured, while the consulate stood on open ground, from two main roads and could be approached easily by any armed par- ty advancing from the river, * man, you will find @ real charmer in “Flora Bella’ the work of the American Federation of Labor were It not for the fact that the names of those concerned in the writing of the book and music sug- gest @ congress of nations, Felix Doermann’s book, it appears, waa re- vieed and adapted by Cosmo Hamil- ton, an Englisnman with @ leaning toward this more or leas peaceful land of ours, and Dorothy Donnelly as a sort of Madame Extra—if this clever actress will pardon @ bad pun on her way into @ now field. Theo musio fe by Charles Cuvillier, wrote the score of “The Lilac Dom-~ Ino, are others who might be mentioned as contributors to the production, life le short and espace is limited, Let mo hasten to say ao operetta that combines the charm will aid if you are young. GK, asks Kood for constipation similar arrow, picket up close te the city gate, was produced lay pearly a mile 4s could be ascer- od these dumb Dut most eloquent fers bad been put in — jon *, (bus tending to read nature of the ¢ afternoon, and the whole city rose covernable uproar within Aftesn tm, Happily for the white people, how- mob about conspiracy bad eo muideply ever, the med organization @prung inte murderous activity im and control. The fate of the com- Hong-Kai Mr. Clark alone knew munity hinged on two considerations, In the firet place, would Watson be able to bring the American marines id Chinese regu under Major meron to the consulate before both parties were surrounded by an un- conquerabie swarm of rioters? ondly, granted that the consulate oould be garrisoned and quickly put in the best attainabdie state of defense, was it possible for a few ple, helped by « handful of adherents among the Chinese—all told the fight ing men would not number 200— either to hold out until relief came or Quill the outbreak by ir own un- aided efforts? The answer to these Questions lay on the lap of the gods. Watson, chief assistant in the con- sulate, was warned by people flying from ths city that he would be killed without mercy once he entered the gates, Others, too, tried to persuade him that the marines were already en route with the Gatlings. But he pressed on doggedly, well knowing that the non-commissioned officer left in charge of the fort would hardly abandon it without orders during the Each member of that little band No warship of A couple of Chinese gunboats pro- Fate, and possibly forty-eight hours or it protect itself. In view of some y native habita- first fow minutes of a rimye, while it necessartl, be de- was all !mportant that the tity should stroyed before @ field of fire could be be crossed before the sheer num of the mob rendered practically impossible, He encountered his first real dif- floulty at the main gate, which had been closed and barned by its guar- © THE NEW PLAYS o “Flora Bella” Pretty Operetta; Lina Abarbanell Charming BY CHARLES DARNTON if ¥ YOU Mke the sort of music that flows from an apparently everlasting | #pring and you can endure the shock of flashes of real wit in the kind | of entertainment presumably designed to please the tireless business | Casino, @uch @ course was readily accessible This operetta might be considered of “The Merry Widow" with the spirit of a cabaret show. The music, | especially that of the opening act, ts Just one pretty number after another. And then, it ts a pleasure once again to hear Lina Abarbanell, who singe delightfully, She has nothing in common with the @o-called prima donna of musical comedy, She never ecreeches, Melody is of first import- ance to her, and she never fails to! bring it forth. Her excellent stage training is evidenced also in her jdancing. In ahert, she la an artist, not @ mere performer, It doesn't matter that Miss Abar- banell, in the role of @ Russian prin- cess, speaks with a German accent. | We can't be too particular when it} comes to operetta, But it does sound @ bit odd to hear Lawrence Grossmith | siving an English turn to everything 16 says as the father of the Russian | princess. However Mr, Grossmith is so amusing that the mere accident of Wirth may easily be forgiven, You can't help ing @ sympathetle in- terest in him when he remarks "Bor- rowing money is my favorite tndoor FRUITS AS LAXATIVES—MRB, | SPort—and we've had a jot of rainy | “Aro frulia laxative and | Weather lately.” If he's not careful, | though, be will soon grow to look like the lato William Hawtrey, harles Purcell sings and behaves who, and Milton Sohwarswald, There bu that the result is you to «row taller, especially | Most fruits are laxative and good overcoming constlp When 1 as @ laxative th very well as the bored husband whe otween meals and followe | falls in love with his wife when she | A ghinses of water, 1} Koes back to a cafe to sing for one raw; oranges, | night only, ph Link giv Whos, BPAPOH PLUNES, es, dates | sentiment 0 | hd fig are some laxative fruits, seone in which b ila's | enraptured old ma ined to overdo her flaming a herself rer, though he is Quite aside | Hudson ¢nspicuous, ow to overact majestic beauty BIG HIPS-—-MRS, FRANK L. asks; | "Which ts the very best exercise for | Lippe is a EAR WAX—R. Le writes COTTE HE ETN er teet rr rnnnne Oriental afternoon would offer @ first rat ir| who bas her uses, and tho falrly good | tn clogged with wax, What © |tooking young women of the chorus | move tt?" |sing very nicely, Use the blunt end of a hairpin to] The pretty of ora Ia" unove ft, but be careful and do not should attract crowds to the Cdino deeply in the ear, for many « nigh Scenario and LOUIS TRPe LE Beeee Le eee Le Pee ee Novelization by TRACY ane Every native was stretched face down on the ground, while a tall man Whose gar- ments suggesies some caliph of romance, ' } rather tha } strode rapidly amodern Chinese dignitary, forward The American consul knew that at last he was face to lace ata be for vented é “ Watson therefore thundered op the . ae 4 for admit vrais on feet ttack wave Watson man, ¢ an dec The shooting he shouted, driving 1 order with @ punch In the Jaw that sent the Chinaman reeling et the wall. would have been fatal tn that crisis to display the least hesitation or do other than assume that his command would be obeyed without demur, Bo, literally taking his life in hie hands, turning his fluence of he atrode on without ad and (much ta the in- nfiincing purpose on the mind) passing unscathed through @ crowd which could not only have torn him to pieces but would have asked no better amune- ment. Thenceforth, though scowled at unceasingly and threatened not ones but a hundred times, Watson's resolute bearing, aided no doubt by the revolver which he carried openly, brought him safely to the quarters occupied by the American marines Here he had @ pleasant surprise Major Cameron met him, having al- ready transferred the Chinese regu- lars from their camp, “Geo!” eribd the American, “I'm glad to find you on the job, majo: had more than my are of lu In getting to this point 1 don't be- Neve I would have won out as far as or smiled. I, you see, drawled, “my fellows are noy acquainted w t Unga, and 1 thought that this quie op- portunity about pens, read charge “Good for you!" can, “But now part of the push, the consulate.” to te them a or ne gun's action, So, as it hup- pu will find both your guns in ss and every spare mugazine grinned the Amert- comes the hardest We've got to reach “Is that an order?’ inquired the calmly, sir.” eron barked at @ squad of stolid and an American ofiicer emitted some sounds which brought two smart gun faced Chinamen in uniform, noncommissioned equaily weird crews to attention, Without an tn- stant’s delay and in a formation al- ready planned the march besan. The marines and Chinese suldiers closed up in front of and around the guns, At first they met with litle real resistance and troubled er to whoot nor fix bayonets, but simply clubbed their rifles and broke a few of the more obstreperous heads, in this fashion they quickly neared the city gate, More strenuous methods beoame necessary there. Some sort of word hud one around that the junction of the two partes of whites must be prevented, and a sharp fight took place at that point, when It becaine necessary to empty magazines and drive home bayonets. But the men at the uns never mackened their pace, The detachment carried itaelf 4s though it were a Greek phalanx, @ phalanx that shot and stabbed un ceawingly from its fringes, but to move forward irresistibly by Weight of its wolid centre, Limbs and faces had been slashed, of course, Many of the rioters were a9 wild-eyed with fanatical fury that they stood their ground and did not heed the death coming swiftly upon them until bullet or steel had don its work. At tlines, then, a last de- spairing itar stroke would reach the avenger, and @ gun-browned cheek of bare arm would sudde assume @ deeper tint, 3y the Lord," gasped Watson, “we'll be only just tn time.” Cameron said nothing. He aia not even increase the pace. It itally 1 ssenual that the be exhausted ¥ into action, face of thing: reagon for hurry, . Clark had marshalled p cohort on the interior and @ pe of the su wa inded the con Y ne the la hard-fougy 1 hundred ten thouss clous supe en ch sur sources of the river had ¢ promptly The Second Mmstalment in the Sertal “THE YELLOW MENACE’ ! WILL BE PUBLISLE WEDNESDAY, with the enigma, the menace, Ali Singh had hep (he east at bay nin the « Time ant defenders It waa evident, tow, that the defense had sireaidy tniticted heavy loans totere, and even in the exc ewilt rueb through the tered horde few « he whites reordinary di 4b met on that i Chinese, 0 but email, & fow tall « @ eprink hovsee of 1 awarthy and tw of Arata in flowing bur con- ang melange was uy what never tlovlortd stripes ata wokO and dust tt © out exa Haut the gur mou! lay o t of t AViOIAte apot where Stripes wtil Boated proudly above t Arnage beneath. On they ry man pot actually draw- jauing pow forming part of ak spearhead which forced a hrough ¢ © poor fellows in the fring line, Wholly unacoustomed to isved, were too spent ~f (be arrival of the guas, but a d sory of joy went up from the woinen and obildren who had been packed into every room of the spacious building That ebrill eound, the heartrending appeal of womanbood for succor, changed the American marines from men jaded by @ long run through humid heat and) conunuous = etrug, against heavy odds during the inet three- quarters of @ mille into beings of al- Most superhuman energy. The Gat- lings wheeled into position on either aide of @ stunied palm tree which oc- Cupled the centre of the lawn, aad fire waa opened with the rapidity and precision born of long hours of train- ing. ach gun Mterally sprayed lead on the horde in front. At point blank range the machine gunner does not take alm—he merely pur & deadly scenes of even to ¢ hail into the mmnoke and dust, and nothing can live within its periphery, The effect of the Gatlinga was in. etant Ne Der forms would apri rward out of the murk, only » crumple up with blood- urd is with the advent of ‘the fight seemed to redouble 19 undise!plined mob, ly on Its own voll- eader, @ blind, Ine ; implacable monster, never ed of dividing its forces. By the mercy of Providence none . thought of this ob- . Where the bat- st was the point en theless, tot t d thicke whieh each fugious wave of the as. suult flung Itself. The one faint eles of control centred around ao Huddhtst priest whose lunatic vapor- 4 had led to the outbreak, Un- ) his eyes ablaze, this wretch screamed threats of lowest hell to rds and promises of unending Nirvana to the bellevera who would exterminate the forelgn devils, With him was an acolyte who beat an tm- mense bronze gong, and the shrieks of the priest, the thunder of the gong, served to rally the maddened mob, And #0 the human holocaust went on, the defense losing one man to @ hundred of the enemy, but still losing since that hard pressed islet of ctvili- zation could less afford to lose one than the ocean of barbarism @ hun. red. And then when tho strugste wos at its helght, when men's hearts were bursting and parched tongues lollod out through arid ips, when the mind reeled and the mere lust of killing gave way to an Automaton-like af Ing “into the brown of them," a great voice with the olarion sound of @ trumpet came from among the at- tackers, Instantly there was @ lull in the firtng. Again that marvellous voice sounded, and the mob's rifles and tchlocks were now wholly allen A Nght breese lifted and swept the heavy pall of amoke, and the ase tounded white men discovered that every native within was stretched face down on the ground, while @ tall man, richly attired, whose garments suggested some caliph of romance rather than @ medern Ghi- nese Gignitary, strode rapidly for- ward, Whosoever he might de, this amazing personage had @ most com. man individuallty, ~The very majesty of his manner, the contempt= us confidence with which he moved through the cowering multitude, in uc A species of awe amor defenders of the conanlate. nse wldress of burnished gold the sunii#ht tn dazzling t men disregarded the mage his apparel wheng they | fury of his piercingPeyes, ‘ble “anger betokened by lips meron half raised his re. wered {t uw the ec aaa but | as 4 ; h pedily, Ry ion he felt that he wag ts the en of some being far ree ieiad the common level of Rie And the Amertean consul, though rly beside himself with anger ne take n of his’ people, ist he was face to face with the enima, the menace, the nt Aes AN Singm (To Be Continued) SEPT. 20... <