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Show •Jlhnt I heve tali ft» at Yiitaiho hss been to keep you interested t i l l the thin" should happen which i l l hive t^lk-iS about and looked foreard to all suamer, and which, if it had not cane that summer, would have disappointed a large number, especially th03e of us who were there for the first time, - The Torrent- If Tfltaihn Valley ever takes to advertising, the Torrent will be a dr*»ing card? and it is surprising ho* many altogether from as far away as Peking ana vicinity have gone there. 'The heed of the Language Sehboi in that city owns a fine Mill in the Valley. If it corars, it cones in haste. Oaa day just at noon the servants called out "The Torrent is cooing!" Hurry as fast as *e could, it nns came when *• ran out. I have told you of the "dry river'.' it <JS not dry then. It n i wry wj|. It was full. Yes, it »aa uproarously drunkl Mini you, we had hid no rain. " If cloudburst there*I -eon, i t «r*s in the .Ountalnn. Rushing, tabling, and bringing rocka *itb i t , i t m» a no ! Lrg h tI„d nrow M r i ' AC ° 1 d ' * " a c r C M th° '^tre^'- at any tin., '."ceded sJNr-Haw Ar eUPr Bye-;j;g w r:.r a;:'slufyf j--^a rras2r^ ^• .wraa sxs ts . » gig not see., possible, » watched the flood. It wa. getting af ter one o^clo^a^d ^ ha ao ,t,d but l i t t l e . OGr couple was plucky. ft. gentleman said to his ,rife. who was not bigger then a pint of cider, "I'll take off mj , h o . . U j take yon ovor p i c « bad" She was en independent little Wan and said, "Indeed, you'li not tote 1 *&*££" , : I', V i t h E 0 t*f f t 0 : 9 e l h i * *»r. *•• nan want ahead and held his .rife*. han-i »l< guided her «ro,s ; but making a Unttn, was a orobl*,. Each ttae they L , „ elab un on the bank i t caved away as the zmter rushed u-Ar it l l u l A - ^ • L r : 1 1 lDn hs *'*> h i * - spouse A t^rA J 'not ve« f i r l - ™f • smiled, .faved back, dressed th»*+ *•-+ -J a A , ^-S^- KWX ve2T jinse? They o'clock and „ T * £ % ? [ £ ? * 'Sl'o^rl"*"* ** * " ^ They • - ^ ^ t i U / How to account for the deluge Ma a puslo. it seemed to me Ufa a „rank. ««-. there *any g i s a t s on the rcountoins Ao had been keeping their bath tubs fu^o dirtT water for weeks? Did they decide that i t would be fun to dump t h a » ! i lA !L .. tune and surmise the dwellers below, especi-Uy the "fori. !»r « v *"8 a scary lot! It cerUiniy furnished kt , n ^ Z fo us ^ t « ' i . 2 7 " ' ^ t " 7 the farmers. Ihey irrii?»tf» tw** «m«M #4 ^ A A * X1 a s 0f r 9 S * u®® "to ohe of the reasons^Httle X S u - S T o ^ t e S ^ ^ »«*U«^ that in regard to their "water ri<*t* " «*.* JZZ x Id"0 / ' J , 2 i t e There ara strict rules in Often this is done at nigh ' C 0 ^ t Z ZTAHy f f \ f ™ •.h,,• " " °P*" W s s l t t i«- •ould open his gate and stand fuardto n r e v L r ^ o ^ f ** ^ ? ht>&r P0'"*"^- One guard nodded off to sleep, anofhor I f *7 °fe s l s e dealing the water. if the dose that sluice and open hL o. n! ,£n ^ 2 1 ^ 1 ° * ^ * ? * * **"" « * - t ^ i t 1. considered cuite iegiti^te fcr ell lut J to v! A " 8 ! ^ t h e r e i s « * » -Pi«oty -eaeh.the foot of the Valley, little ie fiW U . t ^ ^ A ^ ^ L T : « ? pent their effort. This ti-e . young ^ 2 L ou^ M ^ i ^v ^ WS WiUine to rein a Mm ..roe. the My to be with7 k%Z / I « ^ beBn Elp«Pi°S «ch night ha »«, ealled a»ay on bu.in.„. Autjre "ftcMnf tb M ^ ° M h U S b 8 n 3 Snd f ^ s r equally brave and replied:- ° l \ cc*i„AX A A ^at night. ae lady on our side was old Chinese fara9r plodding to.rd us & 1 ^ m ^ ^ t T t ^ U S ^ Z Z |