Show THE CHINESE WALL Where Is the man who wrote Jessie Brown 1 He should be in Peking Lucknow was not more terrible the relief was not more thrilling What a Joy must have filled the breasts of the soldiers of that relief party how speechless must the rescued have been when they tried to express their thankfulness thank-fulness We wonder how many thousand Chinese would have been sufficient to have stopped those soldiers I I sol-diers when they got within sight of that accursed city And when the mission mis-sion was accomplished when those I bamed beasts of prey were hurled back would it not have been good to look Into i the faces of those soldiers the Russ tho Jaj the British and those boys of ours under the old flag Maybe May-be there was some cheering some playIng I I play-Ing of national airs some tears likely enough from eyes all unused to weeping I weep-ing i as those begrimed soldiers reached their countrymen and countrywomen and little children that for months had been walking through the valley of the shadow of death I Is said that the great Chung or as sometimes called Sheh Hwangtl whoso reign of twentyfive years ended 221 years before the coming of the Messiah Mes-siah built the great wall of China the most marvelous work ever performed per-formed by human hands I with its branch Is 2000 miles In length I climbs mountains scales the highest crests follows the sharpest ridges and mounts the loftiest peaks I Is thirty feet In height and twentyfive in thickness thick-ness Its top is paved with broad flags and makes an easy passage for troops between tho fortified posts which crown the wall at frequent intervals On the outward edge embattlements rise higher than a mans head when standing These arc pierced with loopholes loop-holes while above are spaces provided through which archers and crossbow men may discharge their weapons The wall was built as a defense against the Mongols of the North and tho legend has It that when tho wall was under construction fthe land was threatened by a raid from those pillagers pil-lagers whereupon Chung commanded the sun to stand still which it did for seventy hours until at that point the wall could be completed when the Emperor Em-peror graciously permitted it to set Another legend tells that some of the men overworked fell asleep whereupon where-upon the Emperor directed that they should not be awakened but shOuld be walled In and the Chinese guides still point the tourist to peculiar cavities where those who fell asleep on tho long day have found rest ever since Wo have brought In this account of tho wall because it Is typical I was built to keep out tho world and the sun of advancement has been made to stand still there for more than two thousand years At last the gates of i the capital of that mysterious land I have been beaten down by cannon shots Is it the beginning of the end Does It mean that the surgery of the bursting shell and bayonet was necessary neces-sary before the immemorial wound could begin to heal I Is too soon to answer but certain It Is that there Is a mighty stirring In the fearful hive and to all human appearances It Is about to swarm I It does then civilization civi-lization vlll be put upon the defensive as never before Today China Is the worlds anxiety |