The three officers pictured after release and in Shanghai on Sept. 14.
{umes from the lamp and the stink out within three weeks, the No. 1]and learn that it is a rival from the joss. sticks, which burn bandit saying we would be. incessantly: We soaked May They tell ne that they oe 3 the place is leal ing) ting three consecuti suc ence out, so, we are expecting bandit arrived, saying that we could pnt so, golden) About 6 bana games. of) get- they tell us that they ate Manchou-
The junks shift again HPome news. "It has buckea'es' us £0 back to the Junin as they had this morning and proceed down considerably. There are now eight driven the attackers off, so we all The bandits in. We notice several threatened to out eir ears of." We jenks here.
May 25: We are settling down free beck a near Hulutao, to our new quarters, although they June 19: messenger arrives! but we cannot credit it. leak terribly. during. the rais,|from Pansban this morning, and we brought halt of @ pig a May 15: To-day, "trid pork, "To Our utmost joy'a parcel a deal with Panshan, but direct with Later) We had. a good feed re told to write a letter refusing to. we had two feeds of otk {good to|iren tu, and' the. accompanying) Yinkow. wtunily sthe|fetter contains comforting "news, June 20: About 2 p.m. four junks Scraps they have not eaten). fishing nets are stretched across the again).
Also (The patience fas worked oura observed going up river. Our ten junks follow them. "Then it Is river, and we get a bit of fish.
It rained all last night, obs served that ten more are fullow-We are surprised this id we had to cramp ourselves red to put on morning by a pai thrust down very small space to avoid and tie up our Our hatchway. being drenched through. In fact, belongings. Our junk pull into the this morning there is about four in-Dank, and the bandits go ashore to ches of water at the bottom of our gate. Later they return, and.|compartment, and our mats are parently things are alright, so we Eraeraplane is observed approach: [soaked through: fntie our things trouble today. At about 3 piny just as we are in having our sfier= hoon meal, there is a sudden rush-jing about and disorder. Heavy firing DDreaks out on. the right bad, and is directed at the junks. We crouch down in our compartment, huddled-'Jp, with every" blanket and. rag plied around us. The bullets are Fitting the junk with great rapidity, and the bandits are on deck respon: ing to the fire. "It is a real battle, Some one shouts down to us to get deck. We hesitate, but are threatened, and so we era! up, and lig down fat Bullets are' whiling with "great. rapidity past "us, ant Wwe are ordered to' jump into the water. The three of us jump and are followed by three. bandits, We swim to the opposite bank and scramble in amongst the reeds, Tt now that Hargrave and. Blue ceted in getting away. orson is immediately dragged by the three bandits for some distance in the needs 'The bandits discover thatthe other two of us are missing. The! tell Johnson that one-man' is ne food and he, has a revolver thrust at him, Blue is Caught After about half an hour, Blue is caught, and brought along. "More and more bandits leave the junks and join us, About 7 pin, Hargrave is recaptured and brought along. By this time nearly the whole gang Hind collected. Hargrave's feet were bad-cut, "for we had been' without shoes or socks, and the short sttimps from last year's crop of reeds had pierced our fect. The bandits con-Hinue to answer the fire from thi bank, and we are marched along th dyke. "By this time the moon up, and after walking for three or which been "beached. These four, miles, we came to our junks were relented and we were bustled them, and yulohed down the yee The sound of the walk we had been attached by topes, inter and fainter. During the gain, {Baanferuard against our escape, We Fis appears to us aa if the bandits ing." We are rushed ashore and June 7; This evening we hear June 21: The fact on their being nally spend the might meth gine have "itis mence negotiations and we are curs- sbyiously seen us, as it comes di- Pat "been "unable "to com-lints the cods. The plane has Jie 2: This owing evening we hear] June 24: The fac Iie their stupaly. in the evening] etc er"gh, wakine'a Sep Swe ik owing to lack Of water and el to waler|and ight on the atler, has has rather Tied inca te Tega teAR, eae ch al vane cane att'
Choma mace atte ile hate a] tahr unsoft! its say amongst the father [are taken Early this morni reach us. ashore," and." Aldden
Moy ¢: In the morning we try to[hemvy fire on "it, "but apparently [rived this morning, brought by two|"ailway bandits. All the same, our|to gestion the No. bandit as to what without result, for it rises again|men on horse-back, it is evi it is. evidently FAng are digging trenches alor tell us that soldiers us from the Jun ace Wg ott The bandits on bat our Chinese vocal and disappents. bad news, for Johnson is made to Weare now are nearly round us. We go back to the junks ary iso limited that we learn fay 18: We are given to under-Rollo eu suever oat
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