Cloverdale courier., August 27, 1915, Image 4

PROFESSIONAL
A n Incident of the
Boxer Movement
In China
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Som e y e a rs ago H u g h W orthington,
u young m a n of fortu n e, d esirin g to
e n te r th e held of diplom acy, secured
uu ap p o in tm en t In th e service o f th e
U nited S ta te s g o v ernm ent at Peking.
W o rth in g to n w as m ore In terested In
seeing th e co u n try th a n in his official
d u ties, w hich w ere nominul, a n d he
trav e led over such p a rts of C hina as
w ere open to foreigners. One d ay he
fell in w ith a m an d arin who had been
a good deal In E n g la n d and spoke th e
language. T he m an d arin traveled In
style, being c a rrie d lu a chair, com m on
In E u ro p e u ntil n e a r th e beginning of
th e n in etee n th ce n tu ry , by tw o m en
an d a tte n d e d by several o th er s e rv ­
ants.
W o rthington, who trav eled ou h o rse­
back, on Joining th e m andarin rode be­
side th e ch air, c h a ttin g w ith him. T he
A m erican knew enough of C hina to
u n d e rsta n d th a t It w as infested w ith
robbers an d w as arm ed to the teeth.
T h e m an d arin w as a n elderly person,
u n u sed to arm s, bu t bis serv an ts w’ere
p re p are d to defend him . They w ere
arm ed w ith pikes, sh o rt sw ords and
o th e r w eapons, w hich W orthington
considered n ex t to useless In a fight
w ith an enem y pro p erly accoutered.
S uddenly w hile p assin g th ro u g h a
n arro w c u t In th e ro ad th e p arty w as
a tta c k e d by a dozen m en bent on rob­
bery. T hey w e re not m uch b e tte r a rm ­
ed th a n tho m a n d a rin 's serv an ts, bu t
they o u tn u m b ere d th e la tte r, w ho 1m
m ed iately took to flight, leaving th e ir
le is te r In th e h an d s o f th e enemy.
W o rthington d rew a revolver from
un d er his coat a t each ldp and began
i! fu silad e th a t pu t th e ro b b ers to
flig h t Upon th is th e s e rv a n ts re tu rn -
e 1 an d hum M y hogged th e m a ste r’s
forgiveness for hav in g d e se rte d him
lie w as p ro fu se in his th a n k s to th e
A m erican, w ho had not only saved a
co n siderable am ount o f m oney fo r the
rh ln n m aU . but Ills life as well. lie
begged W orth in g to n to n am e som e fa
vor th a t he could do him . but th e lnt
te r said th a t lie w a n te d fo r n o th in g In
th e world. T hen th e m an d arin took
up n bam boo um brella a n d opened It.
C alling for a w ritin g stick , lie w rote
on it so m eth in g us u n in tellig ib le to his
p re serv er as the receipt o f u C hinese
lu tindryuian In A m erica. H a n d in g it
to W orthington, be said In a voice so
low us not to be beard by lbs se rv a n ts:
“ A tim e is com ing w hen th e re will
tie a m ovem ent on the p a rt o f our lg
uoraut an d su p erstitio u s people to rid
Chinn of nil foreigners. K eep th is um ­
brella and If u(tucked open It In the
face of y o u r would be m u rd erer."
W o rthington paid no a tte n tio n to the
m an 's w arn in g
E very one knew th a t
foreigners w ere tinted by th e C hinese,
and th e re had a lw a y s l>oeii talk ab o u t
tho la tte r lieltig m assacred . T h e A m er­
ican w as young, an d th e y o ung tak e
little th o u g h t of dan g er, ltu t lie w as
too indite not to a ssu re th e m an d arin
th a t lie w ould keep Ills g ift a s a re-
m om hran v o f him a n d th e episode.
An A m erican n am ed P re sto n lived in
Peking, w ho oiH'ruted u b an k in g house
w hich w as a bran ch of one in New
York
W orthington s|a>nt a good deal
of tim e nt Ills house, a ttra c te d by the
b a n k e r's d a u g h te r. E m m a P rw to iu
W hen th e B oxer tro u b le broke o u t a
m onth a f te r th e foregoing episode
W o rthington w its nt P re sto n ’s house.
It w as w ithout th e regions of th e em ­
b assies
and
en tirely
uiii*rotecto<L
W o rth in g to n on th e tirst sign o f dull­
e r n tu rn e d t«> th e em bassy fo r leave
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to a b se n t him self fo r th e pro tectio n
o f th e fam ily in w hich he w as in te re st­
ed. H a v in g a tta in e d it, he w as ab o u t
to s t a r t back w hen lie noticed th e uni
brella given him by th e m an d arin .
T h e «lay w as v ery h o t a n d it o ccurred
to him to ta k e it fo r protection a g a in st
th e su n 's rays. As to th e w ords spo­
ken con cern in g it if u tta e k e d by an
enem y, be h ad fo rg o tte n them , b u t he
did not forget to ta k e w ith him a cou­
ple of revolvers a n d a supply o f c a r­
tridges.
As W o rth in g to n ap p ro ach e d th e P re s
ton hom e he noticed k n o ts o f C hina­
m en ta lk in g to g e th e r excitedly. Some
o f th em scow led n t him , bu t since
they had us m uch d re a d as h a tre d o f a
"fo reig n d ev il." th ey d id no t a tta c k
him. H e reached th e P resto n hom e
safely, b u t found th e fam ily in g re a t
trep id a tio n , ex p e ctin g th a t a t a n y tim e
a m ob would a tta c k an d m u rd e r them .
T h e a n tic ip a te d tro u b le occurred th e
n e x t day. T he b a n k e r's residence w as
well know n, a n d a crow d of C hinam en
arm ed w ith all so rts o f Im plem ents
from a scy th e to a ra zo r cam e dow n
for m urder. W o rth in g to n kuew th a t,
though arm ed, lu* could not w ith sta n d
so large a force; n ev e rth eless he s ta ­
tioned h im self a t a w indow o v er th e
fro n t door, te a d y to u se up his c a r­
tridges.
T he how ling m ass .n in e, stopped be­
fore th e house a n d wen» a b o u t to m ak e
tin o n slau g h t upon It w hen suddenly nil
th e ir eyes w ere e a st to a w indow di-
rectly b e n e a th th e one W o rth in g to n
occupied.
T h en ev ery w eapon w as
low ered, every k n ife w ns sh e a th e d an d
the C hinam en m oved on.
W o rth in g to n w a s n t a loss to ac co u n t
for th is sudden change, b u t It w ns soon
explained to him . O ne o f th e fam ily
had ca u g h t up his u m brella, ns a
d ro w n in g |»or*on will ca tc h nt a stra w ,
opened It and belli It nt n w indow on
tin* ground floor ns a protection ngnlnst
stones .h a t wen» tiotng th ro w n tn. On
It w as n m essage sign ed by n m an t«»
whom th e n«>x«*rs looked ns a com ­
m an d er
tv * man and h!s family and hi*
property
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