Early in the morning, on the day out, when slowly reaching the dest ofa small pass, Holder heard few shots, and turned in time to See his militia escort making them= selves scarce, Looking down the road he stw his animals being stopped by @ band of robbers and, finding that he could snot protect him. selt once his guard had. disappeared he too took to his heels, leaving with the brigands a good part of his earth. ly belongings. "What could he do? He was unarmed and the men sent to defend him and his belongings were-Funning as fast as their legs Jeould take them. They made" no effort to put up's fight, and as the young Texan was quite helpless to Yecover any of his worldly possessions he too decided to put 'a safe istarice between himself and the Eentlemen of the road, But he was four days and more rom the. capital ud "by food and were securely "strapped to, the backs of the pack animals, AY last look in the direction of the robbers and the Gtlssourl graduate travelled as fast as Is legs could, carry him towards Yunnanfu, This problem of the Yunnan Jangiage distressed Holder almost gs much at the currency: both seemed to change from day to day and what was euro vent in cash and language In. place seemed to be ignored in anther; and the daylight robbery, even, with an armed guard, complicated oth, He put Wis loss down at $160, which totalled 1,500 Yunman paper dollars,
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