Hope beat high, Finally it se ca og though the place were almost} entirely deserted, with only o¢- easional noises to indicate that some body of men were occupying parts of the village. Were they Tingering bandits or the newly arrived vanguard of the soldier forees? To the waiting, listening] man the suspense was almost worse! than coniplete captivity had been. Finally he heard voices coming nearer and knew that someone war the white man's captivity. Without the coat which he had thrown away) lhe suffered much from the cols dur-|tiberated. ing the nights. He dared not s0 much as stir out of the small room Tue Rey, 1. S, We RyoINo for four of attracting attention with fire results, He no longer had Old White Hat to provide for him, and was very, very hungry all the time. " Bandits wandered about the court or sat about in the: varlous facing onto the. court, area] sionally coming twas and, at times, leaving the white nan altogether alone. They reemed {to have entirely forgotten. him in their sercaicr concern for their own safety, He was altogether neglect-fed, an still was unable to go about fand help himself, There. was nothing that he could do, To attract nition to himself in any way, fwoull be to deliberately invite peri Te could only wait and pray and suffer.
Each night some of the bandits sneaked out of the village la small parties qnd made their escape, What Ins, Ryding feared most was, that the present remnants of the bandit army would dwindle nway in. this manner and that the soldiers might finally withdraw and leave him. in the hands of the small remaining! band. A. foreign captive woul Jday, (Tuesday, October 12,) many fof the Chinese captives had been.
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