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0147 Among the Celestials : vol.1
天の間で : vol.1
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doi: 10.20676/00000297
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the north, will, in course of time, gradually
force the poor Mongols into the depth of the
desert.

I was warned to look out for robbers in
this vicinity. Some uncanny-looking gentle-
men came prowling about my camp one day,
and the guide told me to keep my eye on
them and have my revolver ready. But I was
in some anxiety about my Chinese boy, Liu-
san. He knew I must have a large sum of
money with me, for I was obliged to take in
lumps of solid silver sufficient money to pay all
my expenses as far as India, though he did not
know exactly where it was, as I hid it away in
all sorts of places; one lump of silver in a sack
of flour, another in an empty beef-tin, and so
on. I was afraid, therefore, that if a loaded
revolver were given him, he might make it
very unpleasant for me one day in the wilds.
So, to inspire awe of our party in outsiders, I
gave him an unloaded revolver; but after-
wards, thinking that doing things by halves
was of little good, I loaded the weapon for him
and told him that I had the most complete
trust in him. He and I must be true to each
other; I would look after him, and he must