inthe drama was at Weiyuank'ou, a little town on the south bank of the river, 10 miles above Chichou, His Imperial Mujesty lind come to that place in a boat carr; ing opium, Evidently careless of his reputation he lind spent some time amongst the houses of ill-fume situated near the river side for which Weiyuank'ou is noted. One of the houses of worse character than the rest lind been sealed by an official ard our hero amused himself by tearing away the paper and opening the doors. Some soldiers from a gunboat nent by seeing this net re~ monstrated with him and finally brought him before the official. Tu a high-handed manner he addressed the mandarin and evidently impressed that worthy with sense of his importance, who fearing to punish the man on his own responsibility sent him to the grenter magnate at Chi-chou. Being tak the presence of the mandarin there, Liu by name, he refused to Zowlow or even kneel, and contented himself by 1 slight acknowledgment of the official, merely raising his hands, The mandarin, indignant at this want of respect, reproved the stranger and he forced to kneel by the runners standing by. When asked his name he replied: "Don't ask me," and being pressed (o reply stated that the Emperor Kuang Hu was his elder brother, the Emperor being the third and he the fifth in the family. Lhe oft asked for the truth and wanted no nansen: The man then said: "K'ang Yitwei is my brother, too." When asked x third he roused the old magistrate's ire byw fa string of names from the Pel Chia-hsing who finally put him in the outer ward of the prison, Whilst here crowds of people came (0 view his Majesty through the bars was remarked how well-dressed he w: On his tobacco box were two dragons, on his n, an article of superior ship, were two, He hal money and_ provided himself with good food. On two of the other prisoners attempting to eat with him he struck them and asked how they dared to literary. prisoner was reality a member of the Court at Peking. So in he was called, and as the old man is a bit of photographer he was shown the photos of several worthies auch as Li Hung-chang the Emperor himself. (The mandarin's interest in and possession of photos I myself can vouch for.) He was asked if he knew whom the photos represented but stated he not know a Afterwards in the prison he told the gaoler whom the photographs represented.
Agi gain he was seen in the prison and was observed to take a cash note or notes which he tore in pieces. He was asked why he did and where would he get any more mon "Oh, old Liu will have to pay," Ihe said. AMI this time the ningistrate was more uneasy than ever, and at Inst after calling the boatman on whose boat prisoner had travelled, and question him, he released our hero. But his Majesty refused to go and hung about the yan last, "to end this strange eventful history," n boat made ite appearance and a letter was handed to the mandarin stating that the mysterious personage was invited to Wuchang, This filled up the old cup of bitterness and taking the strange his summer pavilion, he seated him on the Zang and prostrated himself two or three times in his prose He then gave Majesty his own chair and following alter in another acenmpanied im to the boat and thence to Wuchang. The above story I heard months ngo but, no importance to it, let it go us h for what it was worth. Since then however, the young man lias made self notorious and has enlisted the sympathy of many, If he really be the Emperor, and this catches his eve when he regains his throne, Lhope he'll deal gently with the old Chichou magistrate and men= tion him in his will.
20th March,
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.