'A night prowler of this persuasion came too near a hen-house. He was shot, and finally killed. His flesh was eaten by the Chinese, his. skin adorns the cottage of the successful hunter. Recreation.
Lawn tennis is the. popular amusement. There was,-oris, an amateur photo-Kodak club brook-bathing for the. boys and flower-gathering for girls. But the height of comfort for a tired man or woman to got w long chair on a shaded verandah, with the southern breeze fanning gently as the loaves -of a* favourite book. are turned. The: abundance of. cold.spring water and mountain strolls furnish fine appetites. A recent writer on the food question says: "Everybody should make a total change in some one or more articles of diet when ho takes a vacation, in order to get the maximum benefit from a summer outing."
Chinese Heroism. 3
One of the native houseboats returning from Mokanshan, furnished a rare example. A Chinese woman fell overboa: hor husband jumped headlong after her. She caught him around the neck, pinned his arms, so he could not swim; then held him under the water, while she screamed for help. When pulled out of the water the husband was nearly dead while she was tearfully vigorous. He said on coming to consciousness; "I wanted to save her or dio with her." The rescuer in a small Doat wear by was made happy. Besides the merit for saving life he got ten cents in cash for his trouble
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