Under marching orders : the story of Mary Porter Gamewell . sion passed through the mission gateinto Filial Piety Lane, thence across the greatthoroughfare which led southward to theHata gate, and turned westward into Lega-tion Street. First in the ranks marched thetwenty marines, led by Captain Hall, andfollowed by the missionary women and chil-dren. Behind them a detachment of Germansoldiers bore upon a stretcher the woundedman who had been the interpreter for Baronvon Ketteler, and who had almost miracu-lously escaped death in his flight to the Meth-odist compound. Then came the one hundred
Under marching orders : the story of Mary Porter Gamewell . sion passed through the mission gateinto Filial Piety Lane, thence across the greatthoroughfare which led southward to theHata gate, and turned westward into Lega-tion Street. First in the ranks marched thetwenty marines, led by Captain Hall, andfollowed by the missionary women and chil-dren. Behind them a detachment of Germansoldiers bore upon a stretcher the woundedman who had been the interpreter for Baronvon Ketteler, and who had almost miracu-lously escaped death in his flight to the Meth-odist compound. Then came the one hundredand twenty-six school girls marching insim^sle, quiet dignity as if they were on theirway to a religious service or a school of Chinese women and little chil-dren, followed by a large company of menand boys, were next ia order. The handfulof missionary men, armed with rifles orrevolvers, closed the line of march. It was a brave, sad caravan proceeding onits way from danger into danger, and thelongest, hardest test of endurance was yet to. {.?opj-ri^lit, UTukiwoorl & Underwood Turning into Legation Street I^rom Hata Men Street Boxers and Barricades 151 come. A steady confidence, born of the habitof living in the presence of God, dominatedthese men and women, foreign and Chinesealike. An American marine watched withkeen admiration the conduct of the ChineseChristians and remarked: The missionary-society that appointed those ladies to takecare of these Chinese, knew what they wereabout for certain. As the last of the Chris-tian refugees passed within the barricades onLegation Street, the semi-siege was over andthe real Siege of Peking speedily began. BESIEGED BY FRENZIED CHINESE 153 BESIEGED BY FEENZIED CHINESE One equal tempter of heroic heartsMade weak by time and fate, but strong in willTo strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield. Of all the great cities of tlie world, Pekingin the old days was the most inaccessible bothby land and water. Other cities renown
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