At one Large place, the rendezvous of one of the Boxer leaders, he was waylaid with the angry remark: ' \hat, are you still going around? Dou't you know that all the *Fa-nang' (foreigners) have run of? Don't you know your own neck is in danger?
"Ah!" said our good friend.
"It's no matter, If they have gone or no is not 10 important. T've got the treasure "Why? Whyt treasure?" they now asked, thoroughly aroused and interested.
I've got it in my long shoulder-bag," said our wise, wily friend; here it is And he brought out his' New Testament and Hymn Book. Needless to say he had a good opportunity, as usual with him, of telling the villagers something of what that good Old Book says, and then went on his way woharmed and happy.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.