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Mabe "te fiat Many years ago, when she was! young and beautiful, she became the concubine of a Chinese official, who subsequently was made Minis: ter to Germany. He took his young concubine with him, and not " only was she received into society, Berlin, but her beauty and vivacity made her very popular. The Minister was tom with jealousy but he could not bear to part with her, so she stayed on, continuing to become more and more popular and adding. to the number of her admirers One of the most ardent of these was a German officer named Waldersee, and not only did they meet frequently, but a very warm triendship sprang up between them and this, increased as she became proficient in the German language.
In the course of time, the Minister returned to Peiping and settled down the humdrum life of the Chinese official, and the vivacious and beautlful concubine became once more a. member of a household bound by the time-honoured conventions of the East No doubt she would often dream of her life in Berlin and of the many friends she had made there, but these were nothing more th memories, for China was then ruled by the Empress Dowager, who at th time was the ruthless enemy of all change and reform.
Then came the Boxer Rebellion and by a strange stroke of fortune, the Yeader of the allied troops wag no other than her one time friend Waldersee, It is said that they met accidently in the street, but whether this is s0 or not she became his innest in the Imperial Palace, where his troops were quartered. Her influence over him quickly re-asserted itself and it is said that it was on her account that the stern reprisals which. had been contemplated were, to large extent, not carried out." As the result of her pleadings every effort was made to keep the foreign troops. im check and to. prevent robberies and. Tooting
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