The Millions 1898 . through the crowded passage to the street, where a great hootingcrowd awaited us. Opening out to let us pass, they closed in behindus, and began to pelt with stones and mud. We faced the crowd fora time, handing off the stones, but they began to come too heavilv,and a runner was hit rather hard on the head after warding off withhis fan a big stone that would have struck Mr. Evans. The crowd,too, began to surround us and to throw from behind, and therenothing left but to run. Turning down a very narrow street that ledto the Prefects la-men. we made the best of our legs, arri
The Millions 1898 . through the crowded passage to the street, where a great hootingcrowd awaited us. Opening out to let us pass, they closed in behindus, and began to pelt with stones and mud. We faced the crowd fora time, handing off the stones, but they began to come too heavilv,and a runner was hit rather hard on the head after warding off withhis fan a big stone that would have struck Mr. Evans. The crowd,too, began to surround us and to throw from behind, and therenothing left but to run. Turning down a very narrow street that ledto the Prefects la-men. we made the best of our legs, arriving at. WEA \ COMMON FORM ol- PUNISHMENT IN CHINA the fa-men bootless and breathless, followed closely by a yelling,disappointed mob. who hung about the Kates lor some tune after wewent in. Shortly after, we heard a great noise from the directnthe old house, and knew the work oi destruction had begun. Bthe night was far spent our house and the Lien Chu Tang (Romanplaci i. outside the city, which was in charge of natives, hadbeen ra/ed to the ground, and every scrap of our propcrtj destrtIIk- officials weie much distressed, and after promising to makeour pecuniar) losses, sent us under strong escort by a round aboutway to Pao-ning, starting at daybreak the following niotiun. CHINAS MILLIONS. i39 without a change of clothes or foreign food, we suffered a good dealon the way, but arrived safely at our destination. We found a good deal of excitement and unrest among the people ofPao-ning, for it had been the talk of the city for some time that on the15th of the month the Gospel Hall was to be des
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