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Show 4&. ff> not crossing for fun* but to get home from his work. A bargain was struck with him . to carry the lady over on his back for twenty coppers. This was but a few cents, bat i t w?f. a rare chance %mt the -man to ra;ake some pin money. He'agreed to do i t if his passenger would hang on. He needed both his hands to manage hip spade* She was gaoie and aith arms itround his neck and feet curled under his arms, off they started* a* watched breathlessly t i x i she was landed and the old man returned- The next morning she skipped b&ck for breakfast without inconvenience. So we had had tea Torrents, sad there had hem years .then the summer colony in the Valley had misseJ out entirely on this t r e a t . W* eers elated! ,. i Summer saaeij and plana hsd to b^ made for a return to duties. She friend .nth ah on I had caae eaa to stay on far several, months of work in Shansi that sinter. A Y..V. CA. Secretary from Shanghai and I arr?.n*ed to travel together. Litters #era engaged to take us to Taiyu^m, wbwr* re could gat our train. ft telegram sams informing this young raaaa that, aaaaaae el excessive heat in Shanghai, i t ras not best for her to re« tura there for a time. A dear l i t t l e American lady, #ho spake less Chinese even thaa I, aas anxious to get home to Taiku, and she wes a t l i i n g to t#ko the tjttra palanquin, 10 I agraed to retrace my course WJM Sail*. Off we started, the f i r s t tine either of aa had tried this mode of travel. Dr. Arthur J. Brora, in his hook, "Mm Forces in fed China,5! describing a abendsa. or mule l i t t e r , Basra;* -:-' "It consists of a couple of king poles aith a re^e basket in the middle and a covering of matting. It is borne by teo md** *al had the a d v a n c e af eroteetiav the traveller from m and light rain , * | ft * * Jn orlinarv conditions o, a level road my mules averaged about foar miles an hour. The motion i s a' kind of sieve- * X ? t t ^ **% U *" S° * * * " " « ®* - ***" t n a . s e l v tr our ^^^fi^t^^ vsss a 2A?LU: « ? ± ** •la *fc* feaaag*. *# *u U1 * I ^runit exactly f i t s into the rope hammock which woSn on' S 2 T * & 2 ? S i i b o t r . ^ l ^ I i ^ , ^ ! 1 5 " " ' *° ? 6 * " S ' * ^ * • ' . baggage when travelling in the i n e r i o r o ^ » f l ^ T L T ' ST* °* 6 V ° ry under their loads, i t i s time to sim.7 \ k 1 ' Whm *'U l s r e a a » a n d the mules very fin>, but whA your t X £ * % ? . $ ^ ^ ' l " ^ ^ * t a 0 d™ * " • " u n i s the opinion expraa.ed by . b L , ! , y " - A - t n L J ^ A ? ? " " " t X«" * " 3 **"• .able cars were a familiar 3 i SM ' S, J r » , V" ** * * " °f y o r a ' " »• h'.iiee a i * i samee!" * had b-th A 1 , ^ ^ A , - T * 9 8 ' n ' puii9<5< ^oee like blank, a l l sanee! ""** * " ™ U " ' b u t « " not *o l i k e biankety- * counted that 1 had ten feet to ) L , , ™ « f A , US f * e i ta»» *d M "Urtng. called into requisition, - L c 1 ? h f "f 0 , , n ' * * * ffiight'or •**» " o t , b. r e c t . There wero two L r C Y o S ^ e \ Z £ l Z ' T ^ t " E S S ! ***" b* " ^ " ^ • n n . p w t o r . J l t . . , rho was before the h e n « K X . ?'*stOKar'oonJuot^>braka,,<Miba3sage a «agon; not having „ n , a o r nrtger, i t ' n w L t t t t t i t k « * " • » « • . ccuii not be called er wing, nor , ? M j , i t c e r U i r : l y c s n 4\H s 4 ' t ^ T * ' ^ ^ h«r t - « - * * - ever cliristened a i U t t o r , " I do not k L , ,^if v Uylng *-achir.«. «V *« -fan fiah.flcah nor f owl, - but , e i ^ - c r o " of", I ' S ^ T r « *" " " ^ «-ughbred " i . a l l right, but if they'do ^ ^ K ^ S ? L ° V 2 . ^ , ^ ^ ^ |
