The charm of the Middle kingdom . TEMPLK OF HEAVEN APPROACH. THE AIAJUiLE BOAT THE CHARM OF THE MIDDLE KINGDOM practical they saw no need to exercise theirfancies merely for fancys sake. What theydreamed, they realized. Life was mostlyugly. If there were a heaven it must needsbe brought to earth. And in this instanceheaven and the fullness thereof is Peking andits environs. The Tien Tan against a purplesky! No wonder Orient spells Imagery! 127 CHAPTER IX Though I did not know it at the time, Iwas never to see Ssu-ling again. Her HsiKung left her, pressing tenderly his own hands,while she press
The charm of the Middle kingdom . TEMPLK OF HEAVEN APPROACH. THE AIAJUiLE BOAT THE CHARM OF THE MIDDLE KINGDOM practical they saw no need to exercise theirfancies merely for fancys sake. What theydreamed, they realized. Life was mostlyugly. If there were a heaven it must needsbe brought to earth. And in this instanceheaven and the fullness thereof is Peking andits environs. The Tien Tan against a purplesky! No wonder Orient spells Imagery! 127 CHAPTER IX Though I did not know it at the time, Iwas never to see Ssu-ling again. Her HsiKung left her, pressing tenderly his own hands,while she pressed hers. For this is the fashionin China. I went back to my offices in theTientsin Chinese city, and for an unconscion-ably long time I could see nothing but thepurple rim of the Western Hills with the roofsof the palaces glimmering a little way Tung Ma Lu, or Eastern Road, servedonly to accentuate the beautiful memory thatwas to be forever mine. In China time flies with a vengeance. Ifthe romantic, the strangely beautiful, was notalways happen
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