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Show FAITHFUL TO HIS TRUST. Chinaman Carried Correspondent Through Country Bristling with Dangers, The route led directly through the heart of the "nung-hutze" country, which was at that time In n stato of dlsordor, writes T. F. Millard. In the New Far East. As I had no passport to travel In that locality, I was forced to conceal myself In one of those instruments in-struments dl torture known ns a Peking enrt, my luggage occupying another. an-other. The arrangements were mado by a Christian friend of mlno In Mukden, Muk-den, who committed me to the enro of an old carter, with instructions for hlra to got me across the border. Wo left Mukden just before tho dawn one morning, flpMly arriving safely In neutral territory. Two nights I slept In villages Infested by "Hung-hiitzes." It would havo been a simple matter for them to havo mndo away with me and seized my effects nnd my carters could havo easily betrayed me without fear of detection. But such was my confidence confi-dence In the integrity of the Chinese that I did not feel the slightest uneasiness, uneasi-ness, although I was entirely unarmed. During the entire trip I was compelled to trust absolutely to tho old carter, not being able to hold any communication communica-tion with him, ns ho did not understand under-stand n word of English or any other foreign language, and I cannot speak Chinese. He showed great cleverness In getting mo across the Llao river, past tho Cossack border guards, without with-out being detected; nnd when we arrived ar-rived at Slnmlntln he seemed even more pleased thnn myself, and refused to accept any remuneration In excess of the sum agreed upon. |