Under marching orders : a story of Mary Porter Gamewell . de the most fiendish at-tempts to destroy the British Legation byfire. They poured kerosene upon their ownbuildings which were close to the legationwalls, and burned them in the mad hope thatthe quick, fierce flames would consume theforeigners. At the same time they kept upa perpetual fusillade of rifle-shots, thinkingthus to damage the defenses. Eeckless beyond belief, they set fire to theHanlin Yiian, their library of rare old booksand ancient records. So sacred had this na-tional museum been considered that none butChinese had ever p
Under marching orders : a story of Mary Porter Gamewell . de the most fiendish at-tempts to destroy the British Legation byfire. They poured kerosene upon their ownbuildings which were close to the legationwalls, and burned them in the mad hope thatthe quick, fierce flames would consume theforeigners. At the same time they kept upa perpetual fusillade of rifle-shots, thinkingthus to damage the defenses. Eeckless beyond belief, they set fire to theHanlin Yiian, their library of rare old booksand ancient records. So sacred had this na-tional museum been considered that none butChinese had ever passed beyond its now, in the frantic desire to expel theforeigner, they would willingly sacrifice theempires treasures. The library was locatedat the north of the British Legation, not farfrom the dwelling of Sir Claude gale of wind was blowing from the northand would vastly aid their efforts to bear theflames to the ambassadors house. Over in thelegation courts, men of all ages and racescarried water-buckets, manipulated the small. Ruins of the Hanlin Library
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