The charm of the Middle kingdom . NEAR THE VALLEY OF FRAGRANT SPRINGS. SHRINE IN THE VALLEY OF FRAGRANT SPRINGS THE CHARM OF THE MIDDLE KINGDOM Western ears, were not without an element ofmusic. Id give a fortune for this picture, Iwhispered across to Ragot. You wouldnt live to enjoy it, he crypto-graphically answered. You dont mean— I began. But I do, he said, laying his fingers to hislips with an ominous Sh. We watched them for upwards of an hourbefore they began to tire. First the very oldones drooped away, and then the very young,leaving the most virile to continue the dancealone. Knowing
The charm of the Middle kingdom . NEAR THE VALLEY OF FRAGRANT SPRINGS. SHRINE IN THE VALLEY OF FRAGRANT SPRINGS THE CHARM OF THE MIDDLE KINGDOM Western ears, were not without an element ofmusic. Id give a fortune for this picture, Iwhispered across to Ragot. You wouldnt live to enjoy it, he crypto-graphically answered. You dont mean— I began. But I do, he said, laying his fingers to hislips with an ominous Sh. We watched them for upwards of an hourbefore they began to tire. First the very oldones drooped away, and then the very young,leaving the most virile to continue the dancealone. Knowing that childless foreign womenworshipped the little mud gods of Fertility Icould not be surprised at the superstition ofthese paragons from the hills. We clambereddown from our perches in the trees with all thereluctance of persons getting out of bed on afrosty morning. Like men surfeited with richfood we saddled the ponies, asleep where theystood, and rode out of the Valley of TheFragrant Springs, back to Pishihchai. When the railway was building, Pishihchaiwas not
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