However, Captain Sutton's lucky star has been shining very brightly of late. He is by profession an engineer, he served through the war ini the Royal Engineers, lost his wight arm and won the Mi Cross, Then he came to the Far East and went in for gold mining in Siberia. Previous to the war he had been engaged in mining and engineering projects various parts and can tell many interesting tales of adventures in South After a while he came is partner to Mukden, both being perfect strangers and tinacquainted with the language. Wi out any clear object in view they secured an audience with Marshal Chang Tso-lin, the result of which was that Captain Sutton reorganize ed the Marshal's military arrang ments, perfected an improved design of long-range heavy calibre trench mortar and equipped the Fengtien army therewith. The military chiefs and other experts have been generous in their recognition that it was this new artillery perhaps more than anything else that gave-the Marshal his, immense superiority in the field and which held for him the advant-Jage even at Shanhaikuan, where for time it scorned that, despite their better discipline and better equipment, the Fengtien troops searcely would be able to} stand against the tactics of Wu Pei-fu. Marshal Chang Tso-lin was so grateful that, in the presence of hhis chief Generals and the Star, hho conferred on Sutton the honorary, yank of a General in his army and sent his own tailor to fit him out.
'A Happy Chance When Captain Sutton and his! partner sought their first interview with the Marshal, they wore refused Jadmission to the gatekeeper's lodge. By chance, however, an Eriglishfapenking Chinese of some influence passed that Way, overheard—the faltereation and, apparently taking, fancy to the adventurous engineer, secured him the interview from which so much resulted, The gods lof chance apparently still love him, the extent of $224,000 for Y.10. And at the time of writing, the correspondent still is chafing through ignorance as to how many furlongs, the bonnie little Grey Kilt finished In. front of that wretched screw from the F.A.S. stable.
"The above article, written and posted on November 6, reached Shanghai only on Monday morning, having taken 11 days in transit.
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