Guelph Collegiate Vocational Institute - Acta Nostra Yearbook (Guelph, Ontario Canada)

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,,,f ef 1117 3419 gs '1' uiirraria TAN -YAI 121-11111: .llt'1.eu11. Xlllli 'llhe niountain hreefe was eool up- she tlanihered to tl1e 'Iihere, she sank, her inatted tlll l1er shouls lithe hody clothed in o11 her lace as higl1est erag. long hlaek hair ders. llCl' strong. a coarse l1o1nespu11 eloth. Her exes were serious as she gazed tltNt'll upon the village ol' Xlvilll hen i11 the xallex below. Tan-Yai was a Chinese lll2llklL'll ol sixteen. Her lather had heen lllL' thiel- tai11 ol the village: 11ow she alone niana- t ged the allairs. For three xears tl1ere had lDCCll war against tl1e japanese. 'lan Wan. het young hrotlier, had joined the Guerrilla forees. How sl1e wished that she tnight fight side hy side with 'lan NYanf Each shot wo11ld 111ea11 o11e less ,lap- anese to slaughter her people. Her glllk' swept along tl1e huts to tl1e single lield hexond. There, tl1e young boxs were s1ri1'ingt llrantieallx te, harvest tl1e grain. Raising' hersell to l1er knees, she looked tl1ot1g'l1tl'11llx' te: the South. She thought ot' I.an-Hat, dressed in his dark green lllllltlllll. lights ing lor China. LHII-Hill was her sweetheart. lt had only hee11 three inonths ago that he had told her ol his intentions 1.1 ask her father for her. TansYai's lathei was shot that saiue day hi' Iapanese snipers while lCHKllllg a pack-train tt the forces along the Mantele River. Suddenly a shout, sounded flillll the village. Seainpering down, lan- Yai saw a crowd ol' c'l1ildren, aged one, and the boys froin tl1e llield. lnstantlx she realized Xtllfll had happened, 'l'l11 lapanese troops had hroken through at the South. Now the village was in LlIlIl!Yf?1'. Quickly she organized lllt' evacua- tion. The aged and the children were to leave iininediatelx' for the Cave ol tl1e Dragon. well hidde11 hehind the Xllllllefl' lYlllL'llLlll. 'l'he llll53 were to lollow. tarr1ing tl1e liood. supplies, ain- lllllllllltlll. and dxnainite. Ks the last group ol hors lelt the tillage lllll-Ylll saw a ligure. tuoxing slowlx' down tl1e lllflllllllllll slope. Lan-Hai! sl1e shouted as she ran to lllL'L'l hini, His llllll' was disherelledg his uniforin was cloaked i11 dirt. l1is lace was gaunl. Between inouthluls ol' dried ineat Lan-Hai related the defeat at the South. He had to get word to General Chang- Kun, so that his 111e11 could retreat to saler ground. ll someone drnainited tl1e pass. the lapanese would he delaxed at least a dax. 'i'You tan tlxtiatnite the Illlss, and I tan take the IIICSSHQCH. whispered 'l'a11sYai. lt is a long iournev , gasped Lan- l-lai, HilillL'l'L' is no trail. I shall reach him . Plilllll-Ylll so- leinnlx' promised. Quieklx she donned a rough coarse dress llllkl goat skin Cloak. She left the village helore dusk on the trail along tl1e river hank. 'l'he hriel' spells ol inoonlight flowing hetween low dense clouds olliered little l1elp. The hours ol, tl1e night passed. ,Ks tl1e lirst gliuuner ol' lllL' sun appeared on tl1e distant horizon, Tan- Yai lell exhausted 1117011 the rocks. The trail had ended i11 the gorge. an hour helore. Now she had to find her wax. The sun's raxs XX'lll'lllL'll the wearx nutscles ol' her hodv. A look ol hope passed oxer her lace, Taking some strips ol goat ineat liroin the pouch at her side. Tan-Yai ate hun- vrilx, Rested. tl1e xoung Chinese 111211- den restnned her iournev. She had to cover as nianx iuiles as possihle helore