She did not return that evening and Mr, Fel lay on the cold ground chilled to the bone by the coo! mountain atmosphere, hungary, thirty and in great pain. In this condition the tong awful night was passed. The following morning og Mrs. Fel had of returned Mr. Fol started slowly: fo crawl along the narrow pathway He crawled all day until four pin. when he was found by tribesmen—members of is party who having: missed them the might before had Started out to search for them. Mr. Fel asked about his wife, but no one had seen her. Mr. Fel was then carried to. the nearest Yao village and a general alarm call was sent out.
Tribesmen from various villages responded to the call and for seven days they followed the mountain trails searching the wooded hills in a vain attempt to find the Tost woman. On tke seventh day one of the searchers found the body floating inv mountain stream. No details ever Will be learned, It is surmised how-fever that in her determination secure help Mrs. Fel continued tramping onward until night overtook her, when In trying to eross a swift moun-tin stream eres whic the path Ted, she was washed off her feet by the swift current and carried down into deeper waler.
'Mr. Fel and the body of his wife were carried by the tribesmen to Konghau, a market town on the West River, a' day's journey by launch from Wuchow. The coffin was left at Konghau until it is decided where the body will be buried. "Mr. Fel was brought to the Wuchow general Hospital for medical treatment. He is still confined to his bed, and as his Injuries are severe, the doctor expects a slow recovery.
Primary Schoo! Ordered (0 Close 'A recent order from the provincial capital orders privately-conducted On a recent trip of tke regular Jaunek: running between Kweihslen and Kwalping, the passengers were [subjected to a trying ordered. Robbers Wwho had boarded the launch as passengers waited until a lonely section river was reached, and raving] gained points of vantage' they brand shed. their arms and called on the: passengers ta submit. Some passengers, who in the first fright tried to escape, were ruthlessly " shot down fand others were taken for ransom. After the launch had been thoroughly ransacked It was stopped and. the robbers made off with their booty in other sections of the province robberies have also been reported. Possibly the absence of large bodies poorly protected, and os tke Chinese New Year is coming on the "Green Forest men" want to make hay while the sun shines and prepare for the annual festivities that will Soon be here.
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