T sent for Wu to come in and answer, if he could, these charges, before I should present the complaint to the magistrate. Ho came,"and he told a story quite different from the one of his accus Then some friends of his came in to talk for him. They told still a different story, acknowledg. ing "that, Wi had tyken money for the "pien" (which they still insisted on present-but denying that he had oppressed the people at the tine of the distribution. I denuded that both sides meet face to face and tell their star so that I might find out how much ood was on side. Wu claimed that these enemies of his were accusing him on account another affair, They all agreed to come certain day, and we were expecting a court scene in our guest rom, But the night before that day, Wa and the chief man on the prosecution had a fight and tore each other's faces up considerably. Early the next morning Wu took opium. They sent here for medicine to expel the poison, but it of was no avail. He died that day. And this is the end of a bad oan and of this story.
Lith June.
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