They were conducted to the mandarin's yamen and had to await that august personage's appearance in the public hall, surrounded by a surging crowd of Loxer fanatics. When the bigoted man appeared, he began to abuse the missionaries for not secking his help and protection in the first instance instead of flocing to the fastnesses of the mountains secretly for safety. As a matter of fact Mr. Green had endeavoured to obtain an interview with the magistrate, who was well-known to him from 2 or 3 previous meetings, but met with a rude rebuff and was more successful on a subsequent attempt to procure his help and protection. He then ordered them to be conveyed to the Governor of Shansi or Pechili ab Paoting-fu; but meantime suggested that they should go to the 1t.C. Mission station at Chéntingfu. They were placed upon a cart, escorted by armed Boxers and taken to Chéntingfu; but to their dismay on arrival at that city the inhabitants refused to let them enter the place, because they were accompanied and guarded by Boxers. The Chéntingfn people had d termined to keep out all Boxers, well knowing their looting and outraging propensities, Accordingly the Boxers brought them back to Huolu and the mandarin ordered them to be conveyed to Paotingfu when the Governor of the province would decide their case and the ultimate disposal of their persons.
It is highly probable that the subprefect of Muolu befriended the missionaries, as he was a man of moderate views and personally acquainted with Me. Green; or it may be that the high officids dared not openly Kill the missionaries at this time, but preferred to pass them on to some one else more bl odthirsty and determined on extirpating the foreigners.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.