The whole scheme of multiplying the leader's Identity wax therefore given up, the cohort of "round-faced, ge, overfed Shantunse was disbanded; and Chang took, instead, three myal friends, disguised og countrymen, and set out for the Ta Ch'ing river and, striking it near Lotinghsien, chartered a junk and out to xoa——four passengers. four junkmen and four mauser pistols, worth mentioning that final sition wax delayed five hours} Chang's determination to. hav a ble pair of countryman' shoes mate and that while the fugitives were waiting they heard firing. that told of the final ack on hie remnant of an army Semionoff has been staying for some days at the Yamato Hotel in Dairen it has been assumed here in public gossip that he anticipated Chang's jooming by special arrangement, and that these two famous adventure fers are about to link forces. That the meeting was anticipated, seems extremely unlikely under the cireumstanees of Chang's arrival by junk, and a direct question to Chang Chung-change himself to-lay drew al blunt and seemingly honest statement that he had no relations with Semionoff and certainly was foot ole to have any.
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