Searching the Countryside: Boy's Lucky Discovery From-Our Special Correspondent, Tsaochuang, May 30.
The recovery of the jewels belonging to Miss Aldrich from a rocky mountainside in Shantung, just two weeks after they had been hidden under a flat rock by their owner during her hurried. flight, was told for the first time to-day by Mr. J. B. Babcock of Tsinanfu.
After Miss Aldrich's rescue by Mr. Naill of the Asia Development Co.'s staff, she gave him a rough map of where she had hidden her jewels and Mr. Naill handed the map over to Mr. Babcock, the Standard Oil Co.'s representative in Tsinanfu, who started out soon after in search of them.
Although Mr. Babcock roamed the Shantung hills for nearly three days he was unable to locate Miss Aldrich's property, principally because her sketch map was only roughly drawn and left out necessarily many of the most important landmarks. He returned to Tsinanfu and told his No. 1 boy of his difficulty, and offered him a substantial reward if he could find the jowels.
Last Saturday they both returned to Lincheng, and carly on Sunday morning set out again on the search. They tried their best to trace Mise Aldrich's route from the time she left the train until she was rescued. Late that afternoon when they had almost given up the search after wandering over the country side for many miles, the boy stumbled against a short flat rock, dislodging it, which revealed Miss Aldrich's handkerchief, soiled and crumpled, but containing her} diamond and emerald rings, valued approximately at G.$50,000.
The rings were taken to Peking on Monday by Mrs. Babcock and safely delivered into Miss Aldrich's hands yesterday.. When she heard that they had been found by
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