One yangban, Yi Sŭng-hun, provided a new answer to this crisis of authority: while in Beijing serving as a diplomat, he was baptized a Catholic Christian and went home to propagate his faith.

These apparitions were, after all, but shadows cast by the stout islanders told off by Colonel Maxse to administer the Bengal fire that was the factor chiefly employed in producing these oglesome eye-delusions; …

Divers plans and numerous devices were tried to stop the leakage.

A brilliant blaze, kindled with dry wood, enlightened the whole interior of this fresh looking, roughcast, timbered apartment.