Needless to say our feelings upon beige herded mtg. tne wailing Junk Snuntien were. beyond Com ton, "Vindd. recollections thor pmrowing veperences ott Sale lour" minds, We saw ite oman. and, Newchwang captives Stoepect of tele. and many weeks bFthe utmost discomfort before us.
"Upon our departure from the ship five of the British and one Japanese were kept in one junk and the Chi hose captives isolated in the other vessels.
Later we separated into 14 passed Monday night under sleeping on rope coils and evil smelling fish. In spite of this, {iredness enabled us to snatch a few night sail we arrived at the pirates! rendezvous and were greeted by the remainder of the gang, Whose fearsome appearance would have done credit to any movie pro ducer's imagination. Inquiring as to What would be our fate, we learned that the following day one English~ man and one Chinese would be despatened by Junk to Tainan to present a letter to the British Consul, Fequesting a guarantee from the Chinese government that no military fiction would be taken against the nee the ramaiting four Britshers iraes, a8 fang this writen asst~
would be "shot.
Chinese, hoping thereby to prevent them from. firing on help which seemed 0. imminent.
"The aeroplane visit expedited our departure and Mr. Shen Tien-ling and T'left immediately, our sampan crew proving to be simple fisher folks Impressed into service by the pirates. These people proved very friendly. After going 300 yards down the creek the plane returned and fired on the junks. We continued towards sea hopeful that our release would come shortly as we knew the Eagle must be. in the vicinity.
"The sampan had proceeded about three miles to sea when T rigged up fa sheet and waved it frantically. The Blane noticing the signal, dropped a osage to us at sea, Veteran 20 miles distant. Eagle sending plane 1330. Hoist ting again if anyone left behind with pirates. I returned the signal overjoyed.
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