has already been mentioned that Li Lien-yin, the Empr ess Dowager's favourite eunuch, who was ¢ upposed to have died April last, instill i'a the land of the living. This resurrection has been confirmed by the fact that when er tering Tungkuan Pass the other day, Li Li en-yin considered himeelf insulted by the sub-prefect of the place who presented him with Tls. 50 for his "expenses in other words Li Lien-yin considered th ¢ amount too small, but kept the sum ané(handed it over to the Governor of Sh ensi, complaining of an attempt at bribery, and requesting an inva-tigation. This matte sr became known to the magi trate of Pyuayinhslen, a day journey to Hsian, wind when Li Lien-yin arrived Huayin, the magistrate gained his favour by presenting him with Tls. 500. There Were to complaints made of the magistrate's conduct.
But soon afterwards the: guilty sub-prefect was cashiered and thrown into "prison on the ground of bribing! courtiers, while the magistrate of Huayin ¥as promoted to be sub prefect of Shang-chow, Shensi province. This shows that Li Lien-yin is still to be reckoned with,
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