Word: changing
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Gerson is no great loss to the race. But in the last act, prisoned in the lacquered mansion of the dread Chang Kai Chang, the Hon. Nancy and "Chinese" O'Neill nearly meet their doom. At the last moment the adventurous Celt obtains a Colt, takes a pot shot at the munition-laden ships of Chang Kai Chang?"Master of the China Sea." He does not miss. He embraces the Hon. Nancy during a thunderous holocaust which signals the utter destruction of all their enemies...
Just two months ago the young women wept and carried on, but could not dissuade doughty Marshal Chang from setting out with a shipload of adventurers to capture the Chinese city of Chefoo-just across the Yellow Sea-and thus repossess himself of the rich province of Shantung...
...years ago as "Chang of Shantung" he wrung more than ten million dollars from its hapless people. When driven out by the Chinese Nationalists (TIME, Sept. 24), he absconded with women and loot to Dairen, bought the hugest house, made it huger, and tried to settle down with 30 pleasingly proportioned young females of assorted races. It was no use-too much of a good thing-and grizzled Marshal Chang sailed off conquistadoring...
Suddenly, at blackest midnight, wily General Liu made an unexpected sortie from Ninghaichow, fell upon and routed the besieging army of 25,000 men. and advanced straight upon Chefoo. Seemingly Marshal Chang had left the siege to be maintained by subordinates. When they informed him via field telegraph of their rout, he instantly demanded two millions more from the terrified merchants of Chefoo, threatened to burn down their warehouses, kidnap their women, tear out their beards and worse-if they did not pay. When he had collected all he could, the "Sweetest Sugar Daddy in the World" sailed from Chefoo...
...Imperial Japanese Government, hitherto friendly to Daddy Chang, announced at this juncture that he would not be allowed to re-enter Dairen. When this news reached the hugeous mansion, Miss Anabelle ("Trixie") Cronan succumbed to hysterics. Chang's 34 other women-mostly Orientals-had all the blinds of the house drawn, waited...