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Show A Chine, flatarnnr. Tahang Yao, tho goreruor ut tho province pro-vince of Sltantimg, who ille-1 recently, waa one of Ihe bighrnt dignitaries ot Ihe Celestial empire He ha 1 a highly ad rrnttinms cnieer. Horn In lowly jawl Uon, ho waa nl llge,! to Cea In bis )outh on acoount cf lotting murdered the tor mentor of an old man. He became a robber nml soon stood at tho heal tit all tho brlgan la wlm mad Hi proline of Iiunin unsafe When, during Jho ro-belli ro-belli m. the chief town of the province was thfeatrneil, th governor iMticd a proclamation in which ho promised the hand ot Ida daughter to tho man who would save the town from the enemy. At the bead ot MO bandits, Tshang bent off the attack of thn rtbell, nud led borne on the neat day. as n reward for bis bravery, the almond eyed lieauty. Then lie made rapid l regit-. He was not able to read or write, but was ot great Integrity, and died poor as b tens born. II was eatled by hi people, on account of lill ibarlty, Tilling, "tue blue sky" It Is aald, nowetar that bo was not alwa a Jutt toward Uumpeans, snd especially tho uiiwlonarita. |