Each day brought more peace to the hearts of the people of Weichuang. From the news that was brought to them, they understood that although the Revolutionists had entered the city, there was no great change in the tenor of things. The Chih-hsien-ta-lao-yeh still remained the same official, the name of the office having merely been changed to "such and such" an office. Moreover, Chu-jen Lao-yeh had become some sort of official. The Weichuangites were unfamiliar with these titles and names of office. The same old captain still led the soldiers. However, there was one fearful circumstance; namely, that within the ranks of the Revolutionary party were a few bad men who caused trouble and who on the day following began to cut off peoples' queues by force. It was rumored that the boatman, Seven Catties, of the neighboring village, had had his queue clipped off by these men and had been so "mussed up" that he no longer looked like a human being. But this was no matter of dread for the inhabitants of Weichuang, who seldom went to the city; and if it happened that any of them should decide to go to town, they would
