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Show , Ate Heart' of Assassin. A correspondent or tho North Chin Dally News describes what followed tho exocutlon of nn assassin: "When the heart of Hsu Hsl-lln was cut out of his body and had boon laid before tho remains of his victim as n sacrifice sacri-fice to tho lato governor's mauos, members of his bodyguard, to signify their zeal nnd hatred of the assassin, seized Hsu's still warm heart and cutting It up Into mlnco meat, boiled It and sorvod the grewsomo dish among themselves to bo eaten. This seems n poor way of rovonglng tho death of ono patron, especially since It wns duo to tho very Incptltudo and subsequent panic of this very bravo bodyguaid that enabled Hsu Hsl-lln to flro bo many shots, without any kind ot hindrance, at tho late En Jlln." |