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Updated: June 12, 2025
One of his chief supporters was Pak Yung-hyo, relative of the King, twenty-three years old, and a sincere reformer. Hong Yung-sik, keen on foreign ways, was a third. He was hungry for power. He was the new Postmaster General, and a building now being erected in Seoul for a new post-office was to mark the entry of Korea into the world's postal service.
~Pak Choi.~ Evidently of the Kale class; no heads. ~Chou de Burghlez~ and ~Chou de Milan~. These are coarse, loose, small heading varieties, allied to Kale. The latter is of the Savoy class. ~Earliest Erfurt Blood-Red.~ Decidedly the earliest of the red cabbages. Very reliable for heading. A Drumhead; smaller than Red Drumhead. Very dark red.
In this place was a famous monastery, or temple, which would be an object of much interest and wonder to Yung Pak. It was decided, also, that Wang Ken should be one of the party. He would be able to explain to Yung Pak many things they might see on the way. There was much to do to get ready for the journey.
On top of them great stones were piled, and afterward the monastery of Chang-an-sa was built upon the site of the battle between the priests and the dragons." Afterward Yung Pak visited the great kitchens, the dining-rooms, the stables, the private rooms of the monks, and every place which might be of interest to an inquisitive boy of his age.
Like most boys, however, they managed to get a generous share of time for play. It would be impossible to tell in detail about all the strange things Yung Pak saw at this monastery. The chief temple was an enormous structure of stone and tile and carved wood, all decorated in gorgeous combinations of red, green, gold, and white. Within this temple was one room called the "chamber of imagery."
At Ki Pak's command a servant led him to a sleeping-room. Yung Pak and the other members of the family also retired, and were soon buried in peaceful slumber. It sometimes happened that Ki Pak, in performing his official duties, was obliged to make long journeys to various parts of Korea.
Yung Pak already knew that Korean women who devote their lives to religious service kept their hair closely clipped, so the monk did not need to explain his reference to a bald-headed nun. "'On this account," said the man to Cheng-chong, 'my father broke out into mourning in these words: ""Why have I lived to this age? Why did I not die years ago?
Leaving the banqueting hall, Pak Yung-kyo and his companions at once hurried to the palace, informed the King that a Great Event had happened, and told him that he and the Queen must go with them for their safety. They took him to the Tai Palace, near at hand.
The Japanese blew up a mine, and, with women and children in the centre, flung themselves into the maelstrom of the howling mob. The people of Seoul were ready for them. They had already burned the houses of the Progressive statesmen, Kim, Pak, So and Hong. They tried, time after time, to rush the Japanese circle. The escaping party marched all through the night, fighting as it marched.
He wiped his sweating hand across his thigh. There had to be no failures in the tossing of the flare pak. Choosing a spot, not directly in line with the lamp but near enough to dazzle the men, he hurled it with all the force he could muster. Then he was running down the ramp, forward to the area of the ship. There was a flash shouting Vye curbed the impulse to look back, darted for the flitter.
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