"We had scareely stopped whea in came the card of General Chang Chih-chiung, Tutung of Chahar, with n verbal request that General] Hsu should descend from the tr have tea with Gen. his quarters. In Yerponse to this request General] Hsu, who had long turned in, replied in polite terms that he was extremely tired after his three dav in Peking, that he had already gone to hed and that he really' needed all the rect. that ko could get. He further sent a friend, Brigadier Ling. with and who had not yet taken off clothes, to act for him and convey his apologies.
there came a Kuangsi mao, Wang, who said he was Geneval Chang Chih-chiang's chief] of stof and who very courteously] anid that if General Chang were not severely wounded and also suffering, rom a cold that he had contracted he would have been on the platform. ty welcome General Hsu since hel not only wished to welcome him bat also wanted to beg him to execute important commission, General] Wang oxplaine? farther - that his chief, "General Chang, had something very important to convey to General Sua Yueh, the new Tupac and that he thought General Hsu the fittest. of cil persons to cary] the message to Tientsin, General] Hsu again protested that he was teo tired to et up, so when General Wong had withdrawn, there was a noise among the soldiery outside and the whole party in the} stated to the writer's agent in Tien- special car distinctly' heard aa tun by the most reliable and sober-|cfficer say: est member of Hsu Shu-cheng's "If he refuses to come out, drag, entousige, It runs as follows: him out'
An Unlucky Number After General Hsu's various entertainments in Peking we set out from the Chien Men Station by special train at about 380 on the Hfternoon of December 29" and reached Fengtai at about 6.45. Including the. General, fiends; secretaries, wards, servants and the rest, there were just 13 in the party—an unlucky" nimaber.
Fenigtai we were held for nearly hee hours eeause. there. coomed to Be a" bhvok. of traffic. chead''es Suddenly Seized "Meanwhile the train had been held during period which it would be hard to determine accarafely and both corridors leading to our parlor car had filled up With members of Feng's Big Sword Squad
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