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Show "Russians Sailed &&omen and Children. We occasionally heir ndverso reporta of'tho conduct of the ftuailnn aoldlcr In the field Ah n matter ot tact, such reports generally emanate from untruthful un-truthful sources The fact la that, were It not for the protecting arm of the ciar' eoldlera In China, terrible bloodshed would havo resulted at many points. Borne days beforo the capture cap-ture of Telnteln n company of Ilutslan eoldlera entered the city. Of their heroic efforts In behalf ot the foreigners foreign-ers Mrs. Charles Denby, Jr , wlto of tha son of tho ei-mtnltter to China, wrltea i from Tientsin "Enormoua fire In the -Y- ,.t,pHTo city were atarted und the Iloiera JMi'" " began their attack on tbj settlement, so wo were nil aroused at i o clock, and every one who lived In the extra concession went either to friends on the Victoria road or to the town hall. As It happened, Mrs. von Hnnnckln ' bad asked u to come to her In cam of alarm, so wo escaped to tha town ball. There were, pcrhnpa 100 peoplo who remained In their homes. All tho rest wero huddled together In Gordon ball for ten days. "Tho Chlnrso troop were everywhere. every-where. Two days before the alarm 1,700 Itusalan troop arrived. They saved our lire. Had It not been for them all ot ua would hnvo been slaughtered. slaught-ered. On that Monday they fought M1SBTILUEFAHR. In Native Centime. 8,000 Chinese well-drilled troopt tor twtlvt bourn. At one time tbey thought they could not bold them at bay, but In the evening the Russians till maintained their position. How Ruslan fought and Buffered! I cannot describe their courage For three, daya they lay In the open, exposed to a terrible ter-rible Are, without being able to fight back. The Chinee wer behind trenches, so the llusslan could not afford to waato ammunition "All these days we were waiting and waiting for re enforcements. We could not believe the admirals would bombard bom-bard the fort at Taku, plunge us Into war and then leave us with only a few hundred troops Such, however, wa the case. No one knows where the fault lay. There were three dreadful day of flghtlnn. Hut when the second additional troops were dlapatcbed from Taku, after the arrival ot Jim Watts, the brave Russian rider, they were ablt with auch n re-enforcement to work their way through. Tbua they all arrived on Sunday morning nnd we were aved." Mlai Tillle Fshr of Ban Franelaco, who wo olio a refuge at Gordon hall, HMH pay a high tribute to Jim Watt in her diary of June 19 she says: "They nro bombirdlng lis heavier today to-day than heretofore Early this morn Ing I stood behind a closed window peeping through tho shutter tlats Kour bullets pierced the shuttera, but did not atrlke mo. I rushed to the commanding officer and told blm that tho tbullot mutt havo com from a Chinaman concealed In a tree flanking tho window. Calling four Cossacks, we went to the tree, and sure enough shook out a Chinaman, who flrtt Inquiry waa whether he had killed the lady, t told hlrd I waa very much alive. My would-be assustln waa Immediately tried nnd ahot. All ele may bo dead, but heroism still live, Jim Watts ride to Taku to bring ua reinforcements re-inforcements Ho heads for Taku, but may rldo Into the ery jaws ot death. It I n most perilous undertaking, but bravo Jim Watt gladly, gallantly risks his life. I myself heard him offer it. 'Bomo ono must go to Taku,' said the commanding officer 'It m'ay mean tho lives of women and children It may mean denth to tho rider. Who will goT' 'I know tho roads, every Inch ot of them; let ma go,' said a voice. Then Jim Watts stepped forwnrd 'I shall go; It Is right- I am tho older brother.' We saw him mount hi horse, wa heard tho thud of the hoof boat moro faintly and die. Hopo took no new lease of life from this. Before re-enforcement could reach us It would be too late, granting that bravo Jim Watt ever readier Taku And what moro unlikely than that!" "Juno 23 Through tho glnssra I saw tho troop coming nearer and nearer, Aro they rc-enforccmcnt for the Boxers Box-ers or utT Closer they como, and yet wo cannot distinguish them Eyes Drain through glasses nor catch a clow to their Identity. Another half hour, Suilculy something flutters to tha wind Tho stnrs and stripes, thank Cod! thank OodI They aro coming to us and wo shall not die. How good heaven Is, how sweet Is life! The star and stripes, and we wept and HOPIH) the first tlmo slnco that day long ago when wa camo to Gordon hall. Cod bless Jim Watta! Other flags are now visible It Is 10 30 In tho morning. Tho troops reached us before 1 o'clock. Tho rest ot tho day ha been very quiet. Tho Chlness are evidently evi-dently puxxled what move to mako next. How atrango not to hear the libelling! There aro other discordant aounds, though the moo of the hungry cows, tbo broy of the donkeys and from the other atarved animals cornea a cry for something to eat. Poor creatnres; yet It Is Impossible to spar food for them." |
