One dreadful day the other swept upon the Chang clan and stroyed every male—except young Chang Tsoslin, who happened' to be Jebsent, He was seventeen, and came back to find his village full of dead men, of weeping of dead women, and biaging homes." Whitefaced, his heart bursting with fury, this lad of five foot swore Tevenge or death. Nobody hag ever. denied his bravery. To those who say that China can produce mo leaders, and that the Chinese lack the fire of courage, one can only "point. to Chang Tso-lin. The pity is that his lights were dim and is Teadership Jed nowhere, After the outrage, he had to ta the hills for safety, and there joined one of the many bandit bands that roam the Manchurian hills, halt foe, half friend to the peasants, a8 in Corsica, "So able was he. that presently "he became their leader, fand one day he in his turn Ted. his band down on that other clan, This time the destruction was utter, No. ady was left to tell the tale, oF plan revenge.
But he had done the unpardonable thing: he had taken the Taw into his own hands, and henceforth the law hunted him and his band, Tradition has it that he was harsher in his depredations with the rich than the poor. pardoned During the Japanese-Russian War, however, he had his chance of returning to the life of the normal that pathetic desire of every in the long ran, With guerilla band he helped the Japanese so efliently that at the end of the war, which brought them triumph, they interceded with the Chinese Viceroy of the three East ern Provinees (which make up what we call Manchuria) and obtained his pardon.
When Chang was pardoned ihe andi his band were incorporated into the Chinese Army, for his military handling of his band had gained the admiration of the Japanese, and the new Chinese Army, just starting on its modern ways sadly needed efficient officers. He was given the rank of colonel, and presently settled down to a life of comparative peace a military official in vat Chinese cities, ever growing in\ portance till at Inst he became get eralissimo of the armies in Man-
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