The Archive · 1935

Are in Peiping

Saviour of Lives During Boxer Rebellion Br R. W. Swauow There lives in Peiping, a Chinese lady named Sai Chin-hus, who lives quietly and in a very modest style, but who is frequently invited out to: meet distinguished travellers, many. of whom greatly wish to see her and to hear her tell the story of her-life. The usual custom is to send her an a re 7 invitation to a Chinese feast and there introduce her to those who wish to make her acquaintance, and" to hear from her own lips a story which fully illustrates the saying that "Truth stranger than fiction." 'Though she is now 60 years of age, she looks po not more than 40, and as she quietly tells her story, she creates a very' favourable impression on her hearers. Times are now hard for her and is the custom, when she has finished her story, to' give her some present to help her along.

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Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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