"Aster four days they moved hing to another house, where he wis kept in a filthy room for over week. During that week, he got only three small pieces of Chinese bread a day. You can imagine how weak the poor father wes. When hho was in the weak condition, they, again threatened him with volver and demanded that he for the ransom. He refused, then, they held him down on' bad and forced a lump of opium down. his throwt:—After a little while he became semi-unconscious and the bandits thought he was dying, 90 they took him out and laid him on the ground, where he was surrounds ed by an immense crowd, Feared Burial Alive "Prom there they removed him to a field about 400 yards away, and a pile of wet straw, Ho laid there all that day under the sun, in & semi-unconelous state. He was 80 weak that he could make no attempt to escape and ho says that during all that day a terrible fear possessed him, that it he bes ernie unconscious, they would bury him alive, 40 he struggled desperate= ly to keep awake, In the evening some good sout brought him a bow! of hot tea, and afterwards came and brought him to his home where he gave him something to eat, and a bed of straw for the night. Next day thi same good man sent him to Catholic family and from there ho was taken {0 one of our Missions, That's the story as told by himself
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