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the incident. It was so obviously a matter of personal 

 ill nature on the part of the captain in charge of the 

 gate police that they realized it was not a subject for 

 further discussion. 



After the luxury of a bath and shave we proceeded 

 to Peking. Charles and Gup had rather a beastly 

 time getting in. The car could not be repaired suffi- 

 ciently to carry on under its own power, and, through 

 a misunderstanding, the relief party only went as far 

 as the pass and waited there for their arrival. They 

 eventually found it necessary to hire three horses to 

 tow them to the mission station where the "hard luck" 

 story ended. 



