LUMPS OF SILVER.

Grey River Argus, 12 April 1912, Page 7

LUMPS OF SILVER.

■'fuel at yennanlu was cXt-'itMiioiy scarce -We .burnt .all tne vwou u»_ coum ' uoici vi. j^Liriiiy -uif. . ium£,' jouiiioy 10 rionantu we.iound all ;iif. uins ivm\ been lootea, and ilv win-uau-frames and uoors taken lor luci. xlie windows in ibhensi afe all lacuccu With -'paper. The money- 1 oonoweu to get away wivh Was ail in lumps 01 S'lvc j r, which 'have to bo weighed > m exchange for copper 'cash.' There arc innumerable standards or 'weight, ana values vary : accordingly.- • Uhe result j of the revolution wUi ■be tha: missjon--aries;in future will not need to wear native dress, and there .will'^'be real religious • freedom in China." 1 - Mr. Artniir de L'arle Sowerby, ihe young Englishihan, born • in ' China, w ho leu the relief expedition, is only twentysix, and 'is .a hiemo'ur of the 'Legion. of Frontiersmen. ■'■ tie has been a cowboy, rancher, and trapper in Canada, previous to 11)07, when he returned to China, in "November last he set out from'Pekm, w'uli eight other brave men, Ny ls 1 - r0.n1," a Swede, ''and seven Brivish and" Americans— Palm;ei|, "Dan-ver-J ones, Keyte, Le-rig (a relative ol Mr. Walter Long,) Warnngtony Fairburn, and Evans.- ••- . . They- took, their lives in their' hands. Before finding the Borst-Smi-hs they rescued the Rev. James and Mrs. Watson and their two children from isolated Sui-Te, and afterwards many others, conducting the gradually increasing party to safety,- with constant- vigilance. The expedition, occupied eight weeks. Among numerous instances' of extreme bravery, Mr. Sowerby himself rode, right up to. tho muzzles of hos-. tile rifles at JL-Chun, when the gates of the town had been slammed in. front of the party, and boldly parleyed in the vernacu/la-r, ■ securing (eventually hospitality. ' ; ■■/ ' ■