“All the most distinguished actors in this country take another name,” he said reflectively, when he had drawn forth a parchment of praiseworthy dimensions and ink of three colours, “and though I have nothing to say against Kong Ho Tsin Cheng Quank Paik T’chun Li Yuen Nung for quiet unostentatious dignity, it doesn’t have just the grip and shudder that we want. Now how does ‘Fang’ strike you?” and upon my courteous acquiescence that this indeed united within it those qualities which he required, he traced its characters in red ink upon a lavish scale. “‘Fang Hung Sin’ about fits the idea of snap and bloodthirstiness, I should say,” he continued, and using the brush and all the colours with an expert proficiency which would infallibly gain him an early recognition at any of our competitive examinations, he presently laid before me the following gracefully-composed notice, which was suspended from a conspicuous pole about the door of the tent on the following day. FANG HUNG SIN The Captured Boxer Chieftain. Under a strong guard, and by arrangement with the British and Chinese authorities concerned, FANG HUNG SIN Will positively reënact the GORY SCENES of CARNAGE in which he took a LEADING and SANGUINARY PART during the LATE RISING. ALONE IN PEKIN Or, What a Woman can do. PANEL I. PEACE: The Missionary’s Tent by Night--All’s Well-- The Dread Warning--“I am by your side, Beloved.” PANEL II. ALARM: The Signal--The Spy--The Mob Outside-- Treachery--“Save Yourself, my Darling”--“And Leave You? Never!” PANEL III. REVENGE: The Attack--The Blow Falls--Who Can Save Her Now?--“Back, Renegade Viper!”--The English Guns --“Rule Britannia!” FANG HUNG SIN, The Desperado. There is only one FANG, and he must be seen. FANG! FANG!! FANG!!! I will not upon this occasion, esteemed one, delay myself with an account of this barbarian Festival of Lanterns; or, as their language would convey it, Feast of Cocoa-nuts, beyond admitting that with the possible exception of an important provincial capital during the triennial examinations I doubt whether our own unapproachable Empire could show a more impressively-extended gathering, either in the diverse and ornamental efflorescence of head garb, in the affectionate display openly lavished by persons of one sex towards those of the other, or even one more successful in our own pre-eminent art of producing the multitudinous harmony of conflicting sounds. At the appointed hour this person submitted himself to be heavily shackled, and being led out before the assembled crowd, endeavoured by a smiling benignity of manner and by reassuring signs of welcome, to produce a favourable impression upon their sympathies and to allure them within. This pacific face was undoubtedly successful, however offensively the ill-conditioned one who stood by was inspired to express himself behind his teeth, for the space of the tent was very quickly occupied and the actions of simulation were to begin.