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AMERICAN MISSIONARY'S EXPERIENCE WITH BANDITS.
KIDNAPPED IN KWANGSI.
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CARRIED TO ROBBERS" LAIB.
and my guard then gruffly consented, but burried me and told me to keep on my socks. Little did that robber know how glad I was to obey that order.. Es did not know that down in the book of one sock was a roll of billa that he would
A missionary who was robbed, kid. [hava liked to have. napped, bound with ropes, and with 80 other unfortunate captives led into the mountains by a robber band, finally escaping unburt under a brisk fire from robber rifles has sent a long and interest ing account of his experiences to a friend
When we reached the shore I did not take time to put on my shoes, but walked in my stocking foot and carried my over coat in one hand and my loather grip in the other. We followed the river for some distance and then turned in among the hills and walked on paths seldom at Shanghai.
frequented by man or beast. We were He was on his way to Wucho toward the robbers' den and what awaited being led deep into the mountains to- attend a missionary meeting, and the
us we did not know, launch on which he was travelling was
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attacked by robbers armed with rifees we walked along I could tell SHANGHAI LINE:-SDng
vain.
MANILA
BORNEO
just after leaving the "market town of Lokkes. About 400 shoty were fired 'be
that we were travelling about north-west. fore the crow gave in and abandoned took mental note of the different lands themselves to the mercy of the robbers arks, hills, trees, rocks, etc., so that I who swarmed upon the boat and looted would know which way to travel if I ever all they could lay hands upon "The got away, I did not expect, however, to HAIPHONG amount of loot taken was simply enorcape very soon. All natural help was mous. The launch contained over 60
It was hard tramping made the more cases of opium, each weighing approxi mately 900 15, and the greater half of by our wet clothing, and as we were hurried along my bare feet were cut by thin was taken by the robbers.
the sharp stones that lined the rugged paths, and caused me at times to limp TIENTSIR
Bittle. But the pain was almost fer- gotten in the new sounds and scenes that BANGKOK greeted us at every turn, and the thought
TAKEN CAPTIVE..
Of his own capture the missionary
writes:
the uncertain fata that possibly await- td us before our journey was ended.
f:
TO THE ROBBERS' DEN.
It was not long before kidnapping be gan. Men were tied up with ropes round their neck and arms, while women were taken unbound Presently I was selected (and I stepped out a captive. I thought I might be held a prisoner for weeks and
The crowd of captives bound with ropes. s4 asked if I might taken my leather bag round peck and arms, and the captom containing bible, tracts. tooth brush, etc. with their stolen booty and urging the This request was granted, but when the captives to walk faster, and striking them robbers saw the bag they made a grab with stones or sword, presented quite a for it. quickly opened it for them and picture, and I thought as I walked along emptied the contents on the four. But that after passing through these experi hed it in such a way that y parse and ences I would like in preach an the Baby! a rop of bills containing to entrusted to lonian captivity. The ropes around the mely basicess mad ja take for him captives, neeks, and my own especially i to Whchow, was retained insideand no reminded me of Dr. Mantle's illustration noticed by the robbers. Several of the of the political prisoners in England, I robbers made a scramble for the nose forget the illustration, but, I remembered silver that fell out upon the floor, and the rope. while they picked up the money I picked up the papers and tracts and my bible and put them back into the bag again. My capter noticed the tracts and asked me if I were a missionary, and when I told him "Yes" he said he would let me go, and 1 went back and stood by my berth feeling like AmeleckSurely the | bitterness (of kidnapping) is past.”
The robbers worked very leisurely and We had travelled for some time when were fully ra bours in carrying outwe came to the foot of a high billibe their work. I was left alone for a long top of which was enclosed by a high time while others all around me were earthen wall. We could see ahead that | tied up and lod away." The tears the women and the pleading of the men were allin vain. Entreaties were useless, The least resistance was the signal for the rattle of rifles and the brandishing of knives. It seemed as if nearly everybody was being taken, and seen one fellow rougher than the rest with a yell grabbed me by the collar. I told him I was missionary and had been let go once, but he said, he did hot care what I was; he wanted me. He started to bind me and I told him he did not need to do this as
I would go quietly, but my request only brought forth harsher treatment and so I kept quiet and held out my arms to be bound. The rope was fastened round my neck and then my left arm was bound. The rope evidently was not long enough to bind bath arms and so the right arm was left free.
THE JAWS OF DEATH.
The robber that was following me did not hit me, but he gave my hand-bag some terrine cracks with an old style execu- toner's sword as he yelled. "Fiti," hurry up Soon had a bole pounted in the side of my portmanteau and fearing lest my leg might get the next bang by mistake 1 walked faster and got ahead of
the next prisoner.
the robbers were occupying this hill, and also other maller hills around it from the summits of which they could see all over the country and watch the roads running in different directions. Robbers laden with booty lould be seen ascending the highest hill to the enclosure above, and we could hear distant shooting to the north and thought, perhaps, the rob bers were attacking another boat.
SOLDIERS TO THE RESCUE.
We
When we reached the foot of the highest chief came down, signal flag in hand, and Bill, one who seemed to be a robber consulted with our men as to what route we should go. We had a moment's rest and then started off again, this time the robbers going before and behind while the captives were kept in the centre. had not travelled a great distance when bullets, began to sour over
our heads, Another halt was called and then we wero The robber then drew his knite "and hustled off the path and through the long looked me over. I knew what he wanted grass to the right. We passed through as I had watched the performance on the in small corn field and as we did so buljeta other captives. Each prisoner had a came crashing through the corn and then small piece of his clothing cut off which for the first time I realized that soldiers the robber put in his pocket as an identi- were coming to our rescue and that a fight fcation mark so that later when the was on between them and the robbery. captives were claimed each robber would. It was becoming evident that our arowd know his own"man. One or two robbers had to change its course and retreat. suggested that they shoot me at once as The retreat began but every now and then they had done to three others on the we had to drop to the ground as bullets boat, but the others said, No, take were whittling past us every minute. The him along" A piece of my trousers was running threw us into disorder and cense. ther cut and I was told to stand aside,quently we were not as well guarded a and wait for the small boat to come to before. The robbers, threatened to shoot take me ashore.
anyone who attempted to get away and I All human hope fed. I had been shown knew my chances of escape were slim, no preferences, but had been roughly in the crowd Chinese might dadge to handled and roped up like the others, and one side for a moment unobserved, but | what was before me I did not know. I did not so a missionary dressed in American know, however, that. "Man is immortal costwne. I knew therefore that an un- till his life's work is done." and that the God of Elisha who surrounded the trust ing prophet with unecen chariots of fire could do the same for me, and so I quietly stood and waited for the next order. While waiting thus I whispered to g Passenger kindly to pick up anything I might have left after the robbers bad giving them the details of the robbery and notifying them that I had been taken.
WERP vis Singapore, Penang, gone, and hard it over to our mission
Colombo, Suez and Port Said.
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Tuesday, Tuesday, Friday
HAMBURG, via LONDON & BOTTERDAM.
LIMA MARU
MATSUMOTO MARU LIVERPOOL via MAKSEILLES,
MALACJA MAHU
17th Jan, at 11 24th Jan, at 11
3rd Feb, at 11.
Thursday,
19th Jan
Tuesday,
Li
7th Fab.
Thursday, 9th Feb.
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The
I was still standing there when one of the robbers found a box containing two large Chinese cakes and when he began
successful attempt to get away might mean instant death, and so I kept close beside my armed guardians. Iran when they ran, stopped when they stopped, ducked when they ducked.
ESCAPE.
They probably guessed by the way I yielded to them in everything that I was
married man." That yielding spirit, however, was all on the outside. Inside I had a few little thoughts that I was keeping to myself and anxious for an opportunity to put them into operation. Finally after a run and a brief pause we
to eat I asked him for some as I had had started on again. I feigned to start with no breakfast. The robber broke off a the rest, but didn't and as the robbers great big chunk and tossed it to me and were on the run they did not notice me and I divided it with other unfortunates for a moment and bag in hand, I turned like myself. Then later as we were going and darted backward through the long SYDNEY & MELBOURNE via Mandia, Zamboanga, Thursday down the back steps of the boat the rob grass. When at last I poked my head up
Laland, "Townsville
bere stopped at the kitchen for some could see the approaching soldiers, but poodles, and I asked for a bowl too. in the distance, in the excitement they. had to gulp the noodles down hurriedly mistook me for a robber and levelled Down I went to for the robbers were urging us to be their rifles to fre. quick, and the small boat was back for mother earth and crept along a little Another Inad.
further. Three soldiers ran toward me with rifles ready to shoot, but when they came closer they saw I was a captive and they lowered their guns.
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20th Jan
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Wednesday,
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18th Jan.
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The boatmen, pitied me as they watched me being tied up and later led away, but they could not voice their sympathy and were powerless to help.
LED INTO THE MOUNTAINS.
AGAIN. KOUDED,
By this time-the-robbers bad-noticed- As each boat load of prisoners and that several prisoners were escaping and boaty reached the shore the robbers and they turned & brisk fre in our dirertion, their captives started off on their journey. The ground was stirred up about us by I was in the second last boat to land and the bullets and the soldiers told us to there were five other captives tied up in run and they ran with a. When we had the boat with me. While crossing to, the got out of range of the robbers' rifles shore I busied myself by baling out the the soldiers grabbed us, and searched us boat. We were landed on a small island for money: My bag was opened and and had to wade a long way to shore. shoes, mouth organ and other things that I asked permission to take off my shoes the (rst) robbers had missed were taken" to cross the stream, but this was refused and then I was unbound, and the rope.
wice, but-I-anked-again-and-told the taken off my neck and arms Later, the robbers that leather shoes when wet were soldiers pitied me and gave me back my too slippery to walk on the wet stones, shoes
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