Evening Star Newspaper, March 13, 1921, Page 62

4 3 THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., MARCH 13, 1921—PART 4 THE CONSUL’ S SE AL A Wang Foo Story by Sidney C. Partridge | fi'&.'.‘:&;’!fiea"é“ggl L . AN e : The Fine Art of Keepinga - hi ““Hongko Fak "I’ha‘Ik.ug(y Soclety of the Get Rich Ones &f Fragrant Waters,” which his : " . Y ¢ ND you are quite positivi Portuguese gentleman who taught me | that, your excellency, before you spoke.” 1T would just run up here and give it|friend the vicero: = Y escribed to n n n about the keys to the \ the unfortunate ‘system’ has in fia | Tindg e lh'?aig'gg':';:";mfi{ oo afoncer i that™ asked the |Dim at Canton. Ho looked and ls- (S e e a eal‘ rafe?” inquired Inspector Possession a United States consular| tive. interested host. g e y (th few Daniel Higgins of the Hong- T,:leu;::le Vfr:;n: hr:’end:nd :’v “nz l}; “"' i * k * ¥ B e ufl? caught one of our own|dollars that he had brought with him S omi e U gl it e ou have themn p ed dollars, if v el native staff, who we are very sure|and, passin into the street BY RING W. LA e awe o 3 Xong police; “you say you v 3 could possibly spare me the cash——" | AT No. 5-55 in the Red Cloud alley | must ® §6° “contederate. | Number Hrouth e "Eecret exit_in & cofin- LW (ARDNER. Srawers_are. sgmttimes, w0 aptiy securely attached to 2 chain 4 : Fortunately I have just about that | £\ jncpeetor Higgins met the Man of [ Three'—you know him, and I may say | maker's shop, resumed his normal ap- O the FEditor: The ides of | aicho 0 S0V a1 per a ,C':”,.'x never let them out of your hands— 3 S 3 :';,'fi;' pbflywp:;(kfln. t;fip&gd‘iflr. MS.'; Mystery and they spent a busy two I've had my doubts about him for|pearance and reached his home again March is at hand, which the | ance for spending money won't ha 8 o i orld is s | some time—came to headquarters|before daylight. soothsayer once told Caesar to !V dk:-vhv her xn[n co of all Kinds an the wise father will b beware of them on acct. of It | jome any 2d. hand cigar trayed a rather remarkable famili-| S B 08 Jl & sk 2 c c: o lock him up, and | ground catacombs of the gamblers arity with the facts of the case,|yhen we searched him we found a lot(and was ready now to srrange for a ‘Exactly so0.” replied Col. Oliver % / Rin 1 never heard of it in my life.” ‘Well. it's a formal document from being the date when you half to give etc. he picks up dureing the day. the infernal revenue collector the 1st Of course if the dependent ix ven to one of your own family?" 5 y s 3 . H even to any f you consular realese’ that vou speak of?|hours together. The latter who be- |y 'orC, 0 tHCCINe o0 lehu (native | He had perconally visited the under- Hopkinson, who had the honor of be- the consul, all signed and Sealed, in | asked a large number of leading ques- | 21T Te Setrehed him we OuBs b 1o | T the police, but this was not ing the United States consul in that . he ) 5 which he asks the local authorities|tions and noted- the answers in his 4 " be. the Pacific. “Even : T . . his girdle, and here they are, sit. 1|all. In a little sideroom apart from tally defective you won't autiful island of P & to allow any unfortunate Amegicans |litile leather book. thought I would bring them straight jwhere the coins were constantly hl?ndred thousand and pretty nearly | gog) or nowheres near s every place I been lately people was ! (o keep him going.. Take a Mrs. Hopkinson has a clear under- to return to Hongkong and he will| “One week from tonight. inspector.| s 1 e i ay i vi You because, you see, I rely on|jingling he had discovered an age be responsible for the payment lea will arrange for another interview, | .7 YOU Peratse o T ol | e &t & little denk, over which & dlsgusting their income tax though as | of leather -'nd’(u‘;l Tt up Mo di | ent shapes to make it jook like o ;n:-.:duhl coul'd make out nobody en- | gl RS CO0r M. < yed the conversation, but the worst| Then when you serve one of tge crabs of all is the fathers of a fam- | pleces to him at a mes standing on that question. Whén we| * y . K debts. a y ve s 1 h i were first married 1 said to her: ‘Now; N o TSI debts. ee ldea, that; T won | E e e e S aia: he. the|oMce interpreter, and ‘then 1 dldu't sign bore the startling announcemen; Mrs. H., I've stood up there before the care to have any of it get out ahead of time. Two or three of them have (« the consul's seal” he added. as he|sale to our guesta!”) and he parson and endowed you with all my S worldly goods. Of course, that's all 4 opened his wallet and laid the|chased from him m couple of exactim-y, ", = it f b Sk right and as it should be, but there’s 5 i packet on the table. pressiona of the United Stafes con. Dt e e o think ihe KoV | steakcs toughz 2 ’ Just 11 thing that the book Wang Foo took a hasty glahce at|Sular seal. . =5 quare deal In Ye-| Five difterent pleces of leather wyiff (K¥Ci cue waati ik : s the papers. and said, without a mo- | Was nearing completion® gards 1o personal exemption for 88me. | 1aat nim A s and he il had omits to mention, and that is the lit- 138 S ,:ngnll's hel‘ual]on: dYn this ll!‘cer- EE Well they's some cheape skates that | they's plenty of variety if vou cail the end ‘of i ainly an important discovers {eep ® " 3 ‘ i Tl Bunch ‘that singles o tha end ol d ; A ] him 2ecurely tooked Wb allow no one | <[TS all right. Mr. Wang," remafked this chain (suiting the action - 2 —not _even . the -native officers—to the inspector, as they.met by ap- word by swinging it around in the 4 Sy v R communicafe with him, and I will re- | pointment in ' Government House. wir), and so you will please always i % . m,!‘%“:he,w ,,n. the lmg,:,::_ K ‘;rh"e 18, nosdoubt :‘,"T“;: secured aget, : ; you are, sir.” answered the {the man this time, an ortul O e e Sal: Kish n‘a‘u BV e Y chief, who seemed quite pleased with|consul has him securely locked up.* “What's mine is yours—but my of this new link in the chain of evidence. | “Ah! Indeed.” calmly remarked the hyZn:u ol xownk hat do you *x % % defective, “and who, may 1 ask, do you X L, m ask, sir, whal o yo! o : X - Y b Siantrr In 1E a0t pois VWANG FOO'S two following visits|'“Why, nome other than our old Bla that Bedroon conlalid ei were made to Macao and Canton. | friend, Hiraldo the Goose!" e e the: Tked swiy wiingut At the former resort he stayed long| ‘‘And What is your evidence against red an Y ta enough to secure a glimpse of the re- Why, it's rather clrcumstantisl, to Your knowing it? doubtable Signor Rodiguez and to assure | “ 1% U8 TS CEECME L TR on “No, sir-ee! No thief takes those himself that though he bore a striking | °¢, SuTe: BUL REVERCIESS Sh L oom keys unless he takes Oliver along resemblance ‘to Hiraldo the Goose, he : 5% oUT deputy sea e Pertngaone . : could not be one and the same person, 1o ihailives, upin { with them. I chain them up to my o e eason that he had seen the lat- |Quarter there on the hill. and ;a found left arm the last thing before I go to ter that very marning on his way (o the I o e inai ¢ unti consulate. He was perfectly sure, how- s o el sntlgenens ten s s Y cver. that he was a rascal of the first | he was making for his friends. There's morning. ) Sater. and was employed as an agent | Tt 2 particle of doubt that he made a “Then, if the safe was opened an of the Portuguese government and also duplicate ‘of the consular seal—copy- the seal taken away. it must have of the Chinese gambling halls. ing it Ay by day as the consul went . been by the use of a duplicate key or At Canton he secured an interview |Out to tiffin—and that he's been sell- . by the picking of the lock—at any with his old friend, the viceroy, and as- | iNg impressions of it right along to rate, it was certainly not by the use certained from him the important news | the Chinese for illegal purposes. ©f your keys?® » that “Old Vegetables” had been cap- And has he confessed it? = ‘Most certainly not,” was the con-| tured and. under torture, had made| “No! Of course not, and what's sul's emphatic reply. > some startling disclosures regarding his | more, old Father Morilla, the Portu- ‘And_the outer door of your safe confederates in Hongkong. These facts, |Euese priest of the ¢hapel there, swears has one of those Amferican combina- with the usual Chinese secretiveness, | that he's entirely innocent.”” tion locks, has it not, that opens by they had carefully concealed from the | “Well, your excellency,” said Wang - setting the numbers?” English authorities. *“Look at - this!” | Foo o the governor, who had just en- “Yes, air, ome of" the best Isaid his excellency, as he unfolded be- | tered the room and overheard the last , fire-and-burglar-proof latest patterns. Tore him a sheet of vellow paper covered| part of the dialogue: “Father Morilla " There isn't & better one in all this with drawings and diagrams. *Here is!is right, and Hiraldo is entirely inno- + colony.” a chart of the ‘lower ocean hell' (as the cent! That seal was never carved by “And the keys are only used to natives call the underground gambling [a European!” . ®pen the inner doors, then?” . cellars in the colonies) with all its en- | “How do you know that?” asked the “Exactly s0. And that's the place trances and exits—not three blocks | astonished inspecto: . Wwhere I always keep the office seal. away from your home in the Red Cloud | “How do L know it?" said Wang Foo, i _ “And how about the tifia hour? Do ley. Now, what will your English po- |as he laid two papers on the table Jou leave it out on ths desk fhen? |lice say to that? before them, “this is how I know it " “Ne, sir, when I go out the seal I have suspected it for some time,” | Look at these two seals and mark goes in; it's never there alone a sin- was the quiet and thoughtful answer of | chrefully the head and eyes of the gle minut Wang Foo, “but I bave never been able | eagio. In the genuine one he is look- Bl e you close the duter door when to secure just the evidence I wanted.|ine vo the right, is he not?” 90 £9 1o tifine I will now make a personal inspection Esactly sor was the joint repl “No, a rule, I just close and lock 3 2 3 > of it and we will plan for a thorough Ands y“'y e _el :nl l-nky. inner one. A B B = J cleaning out L uiche countertaiCIhe ook hen the thief—or whoever the N 5 "4 personal inspection! You will take | "ELO theJETT L ~ rson might be—would not have to ; i y : ot life in yolr hands——* ‘Why! So e is! Strange that we 3 now the combination or to bother < 3 \ : | %0h, 1 often have to do that” was|BESEr Roticed that before. ‘with those numbers at all, but would e 2w ¢ "~z ;the nonchalant answer of the famous e left is always to the Chinees just have to open the inner steel = 2 . > 7 ! - detector of crime. the point of honor; with Europeans door?* - 3 B g B May the ald and protection of allfit 18 the right—that proves con “Yes, if he came in while I was at - : 3 J v 55ag, | the Budtflhud be. wml; you. l‘;nen, and cll},%;;l;mait.-mn.ntl::hg:d:"l;.‘h"' 's abo : : ey Gy 4 o o may east and west clasp han th B 2 2 r S PR tifin, that's ut alj he would have e ot 5 § Ereat cause of “Yil" (’ul’mce"fl"‘: ‘h: can we put our hands on him?’ | HE CAN GIVE nls'?fil.ctlgl%tTkmg{:vn;\i' PROVIDED SHE DON'T “And do you and your assistant, Mr. 5 b . i fariag ;| X 4 eroy’s benediction as he bowed his|eagerly asked the governor. - LIGHTS, Fielding both go 1o tiffin at the same - 2 i g - V2 i vl;grt'or ?ultl “1 the inner‘ apartment. Tooln 'By'l;lidgllt,:llldh:;n‘d( h,:l‘gl;lfnw”l tim . = R 4 & e following evening Wang ‘o0 | be safely locl eadq ers! 5 o “Well, I suppose we oughtn't to, 7 L o, o o s hor ood ol mnat1ssit the plan whichETnowisubs | Lrir oD Soding fenlt with the ES¥L 4L Tonh Qifcrent Ramok and ic b ®ut, a5 & matter of act, that's exactly » et nounced to the Venerable Grand One|mit to you can be carried out, and|]y ., w’ do with them would be load | stic a few pins :":cp;:‘(‘e‘ovf”:]‘\:l :Mh: ! 2 % [ that he was likely to be out very late.|this colony will be forever rid of thelthem jn a mud skow and send them to | leather and tell him to look out fif ince I > Sty eping. tver & ] ; 3 He wore the orinary robes of a Chinese | pest (of these underground moles™ y e, It & Mus skow £a0 send TUE 30 | (00 I ‘ask. is In charge £ 3 d B | gentleman, but carried under his arm a | “Splendid!” exclaimed Sir Evington, A e e e 3 > < < Earefully rolled package. He took a fin- | as he rose and grasped the detective's | take this occasion Lo eay to some of % %4 i are st tifin?" - ; BN | riicasha down to the end of the road |hands, “and pray what was it that]fY ore TesRoRtile. TN, B S far as his clothes is concernedy- “Hiraldo the Goose (i east for o B by the lighthouse and, paying off the|gave you the key to all this>” al flfl\t- l’du! n more than gen- apifn : “Portuguese’) and Old Wing, the boy, - 4 T coolie. sent him back to the city, saying | ~They were the words of the master | SFOUS in regards to personal “"“"l P him up in a plece of cheese at the table in‘the hall and : : . that hie would take a stroll in the moon: | on an ancient scroll: ‘Where the bird | Lions provided the father of the fam- | cloth and tell him he's Cleopatra. e can possibly: gét by them, so ¥ 2 light. He walked along the lonely cllff | alights. there It loves to rest. and,” |1y is a business man and runs his) next to a mental defective fhe’ 's perfectly safe k Boe—" B th until he came to the ruins of a|phe added with a smile, “it alwa: household on a budget system of some jest kind 2 errupted e _inspector, . . + ittle shrine, and being sure that he was | furng its head to the left when it does | ¥Ind- eaxlest, kind Jof eprndent S10 SRb P came In through secure from the gaze of any mortal eve, | 5o * x ¥ % port is a man or woman under "% WHISHY begin to thigk 2 he passed into the shadow of the little | **.; pave come. Miss Barnes re-|-HE rules of the tax is that for|yrs. of old., Their milk bill will rifh X ly he di, and that's the . = brick wall, and opening the bundle pro- | marked the bashful Mr. Marshall as = g e i, wery next point for us to examine. ceeded to put on the disguise which it [ marked the PRSI ChT i e hotel, every wife you got living with [up to $70 per annum and a baby Se you won't mind, sic, If Deputy “HE WENT OVER THE SIDE WITH THE AGILITY OF A MONKEY.” contained, and in 3 few moements was|-not at Lady Strathmore's suggestion | You, you can take 31000 oft of your carriage costs $15, but it's cheaper, Brownlow, with one or two native de- : : T orting tolior trom Tibee, k" | this time, but at my own to ssk you | taxable income and $200 aplece for all than hireing a taxi every time th to ‘name the happy day. the dependents you got under 18 yrs. [Kid wants to go any place. Thj Yoy "0f the outaids of the consulate, | SiPREE JU AT GVerE] timen, bt | 167 tha Biats Depuzimeatiknowalor Brklich omcer Hade e e e e o the. ssoita v saly |theirconsentrziahe avisd, av she pu| OF oif, St/ oy e B (0t ol L et isbiot eI ! the steps and verandas?” . |from all T've read in the books, this| “Probably not—it's just oneof those | rickshaw. o o ihe “Bam Wang Yo Fang:|four lumps of sugar into her cup in-|tive it don't make ng differents in re- 3 of Unilie of, ‘that's the time we -past | Bortuguess Macao place is fall f all| things that they couldn't understand, | in his upper room. which he loved to| (“Medicine Shop of the Three Kings’ stead of (wo. | erer un.|EATdS to their age X/ know caniiio) it for mothiag" (ede L4 e kinds of mysterious dens, where if a|unless they'd been the far east|call “The Glade of Quiet Reflection,” the | close by the Canton race-wharf. En- ma‘;‘fl e it ,;‘nmn“'dwu_ Well in the 1st place let us say| A man won't have' no difficultyn pean ever gets in he leaves all|themselves—but there's the fellow]uoiver of the colony's mysteries atretch | tering the dark and narrow alley by |folding a Sorm<Sebio 00 e (074 you have got a normal son 17 yrs.|keeping a wife on $1,000 per yr. ums» " fila 'x':fn:d’:i im)r:‘r.n'd and sometimes his ;:::-ms g::ho: !:ga ;flfie Do g:';t :1‘15 :g rnmhm;I out on his bamboo cofin ;.nla ;';3,2‘:;.“{..{"&':’:.2; g; :3;-2:;1 fl!:-: Ment ‘requires us to slgn and swear %] old which nothing is the matter With | lest he allows her to run a charge: ought tl it 0 . e fol- . - . i “Ob, you mustn't believe all you[to the boat ot ot apmeased to. be clear, viz; |He stopped and knocked. "It was |, Well it scems to require only one him. Well a boy this age should ought | ycct. somewheres. When a woman read in the books, You know. Our ! "By ‘the way. Signor Rodriguez. [ *First, a daring criminal had escaped | slowly opened by an aged female. |tRINE more.” ThD sweetly . - can tell them to charge it, she wifé ¥ Fulde certainly wouidn't det us get|this is my friend, Mr. Marshall.” in-|from the hands of the police, just as|*Lac Tai Talt Yao Fak Tsaill he| .. illy b 't ’ ? buy all the junk in the store but’ie” * foto “any dangerous places, and be- | troducing an elegant looking person|they were about to hand him back to | Whispered. ~(‘Venmerable Grand One, 1 ‘Why, you silly boy, can’t you see? - e store but’i sides, Mr. Marshal] has very kindly |With waxed mustache and goatee. e A horitica. This. of course. | wish to obtain riohes!”) “She ushered | It requires the consul's seal you give a gal cash money and say, | offered to go vlllhlu. himset as our| f";“fialg‘l’g;!fl:g 'S:::ggll}:;‘; yauis ;efiectli‘;n;’ upon th'e dlgraltgn him in and led him along to a trap (Copyright, 183L) *This is your own,” she will h rotector, though of course he doesn’t ? . | force and would be interpreted by the gl o E - but he knew in a moment that he had ) natives to be a clear case of bribery MT‘:‘;l :rlal:;:vtn':a;ptd“h;:;, i leaves $115 a yr. or $23 per day i by that n: Now, com s 00N ror.| hate s ‘ghod mamma, Just siy. thut | Seen that face befbre_somennere, but| (which ho Telt certain it was mon), . . e Tu above conversation had refer-|we can go and I'lf tell him at the ? and he was as anxious to preserve the E t F at on k her f: i ence to one of the most sensational | Tennis Club this afternoon and I pusled his mind, as the party steamed { good name of the department as any x el I | I |e| l 1| l ( )I I I l l v:;n‘m;urm '22'70',"\3.,;'5 n‘;';e over the sunset waters back to the|European citizen was. call her fatty in a jokeing way. w be delighted to make and at the same time mysterious oc- | Kiow he will be delightec fo make | pngysn’colony. ‘Second, somé one had had access to currences that had taken place in the| 5o Mrs. Barnes finally yielded, as * % * % the official seal of the United States Of a lL\l ew Government fsland colony of Hongkong for many | most indulgent mammas do, and hav-| \cpmeTOR HIGGINS of the police | (onSulate and had used it to forge & day. A notorloup Chinese criminal, | Ing obtained papa's consent to the I dccuments for the release of prisoners x PR thoritl “O14 | ProgTam—on the sole condition that|™ was not feeling in a very happy |at both Hongkong and Macao. nown to e authorities as he wouldn’t be asked to play for more [‘mood when he made his official report| Third, some dangerous but very ITHIN the next two or three | present, and the varying policies and Vegetables” (which name had been|than a dollar stake at a time—Miss ; i skillful confederate was at work in t h to wit- | aims of the political parties, not to ! ' of the escape of his prisoner to the months the world is to wit-| alms of the polltical parties. ot 1o . H The w. Great Neck, l. 1, Mareh 11 iven to him on account of four Rosalie looked forward with the the colony in constant communication i :“,‘ il e foretian wmh‘n_ keenest anticipation to seeing the!governor. with criminals and it was he who had ness an interesting experi-| {io" states themselves, there has : 3 young. man at the cl “Yes, your excellency,” he said, inlplanned and carried.out the escape of ment in the formation of a|scarcely been a day for years when /% g | Incorrupuble iy @embled the character for that ar-| “Oh! Mr. Marshall,” she said, s he ticle in the picture language of the|came over to where she was sitting ‘Lao Tsai” (“Old Vegetables"). This new government. It is to take place there were not more than 20,000 men Oup . had been recently captured|With the ladies, “it's al] arranged for answer to 8ir Evington's questions, was the man—or men, for there might under arms in Central America, main- there can be no doubt of confeder-|he several of them—upon whom he[on that little strip of land to the|tained at an average cost of $20,000 ates in the matter, and it was all|must lay his hand. south of us, known as Central Ameri-|a day. Those advooating the union by the t‘(:leny .lle. n‘::d ‘was on his ;‘hz lr;pl to l{m P:;rzn;n:dn‘l:mnlu Bell i 13 b, ible t 1 ‘way to handed back to the native|have given con only 111 lanned out between them.”| So he set himself to work to solve elieve it woul e possible to re- i from the viceroy at Canton,|remains for you to name the happy "‘_,u‘:‘;’;u“ v that the| three mysteries, namely: Who was the | CA—an area comprising about 200,000 | BeHeve it would be poseble to 5o (Continued from Second Page.) when he euddenly made a aubr;!(nr day.” police launch was ready at the pler villain?” How did he get at the con- [square miles—and its purpose is to ugad mn::lmerl-;anelcn. wlB!h lmn!renzlh == bia with a violence that flung Cam ? 2 of m < iderty and was gone almost before| Before the blushing youth, who was sular seal? And lastly, how was he | pring about the unlon under one head | of Dossibly 5,000 men. By Lue means marillo's army flat on s face *A § geyser of curses rose from the clut-4 {tered decks. v Ty ew it. And the astonishing |assiduously mopping his brow after|end furthermore that the American|able to get in touch with prisoners in @nd irvitating thing about it all was|a very Tively game, could find time consul was going to send & messenger | the jail and defeat the ends of justice | of the five little republics of Guate-| nually would be diverted from us that he escaped in the police depart-|to frame words for a reply, the ever. ¢t by assisting them to escape, mala, -Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua | less channels and put to work in red ment's own steam launch and appar- | wagging tongue of Lady Strathmore, | 0ut to the mail boat at the last mo-| "Hjs first visit was to the United developing the union’s resources and “What the devil gatly at their request! For the swift|the island's leading gomip. blurted|ment, and eo they smuggled this pa-States consulate, where he talked the 7 - iWe're ashore. 2 as T ctive new | out: “Why! How very sudden! A dis- whole matter over with Col. Hopkin- Name of God, this is not what w ; x o4 per into the mass hands son, and where he made a most dare- [100th anniversary of Central Ameri-|and establishing schools. . EVERY ONE IN A WILE CALL HER | promised.” % “Holy saints, are we to swim Ben! ‘Boat was called, was lying at the end | tinct proposal, I declare, and right|" ., 80, ”» m Span w et A JOKING W D! pf ‘Quite so, sir.’ ful personal examination of all the|ca's independence from Spanish rule| Other saving would be effected by FATTY IN A JOI G WAY. and Costa Rica. making needed improvements, con- On September 15 of this year the struction of railways, building roads t of the customs pler (with steam all|here at the club before us all. y to Tush in any di- umi mamma have ‘given their Sonsent | “Well, doesn't that clearly show |approaches, within and without, to|will be observed. Whether it will be|the maintenance of one central gov- Magelia. 1§ & "nvmnt‘- noufco)-hylhen 2|and it only remains for our sweet|that some one in the confidence of the the office in the second story. celebrated by five separate little re- ;‘rnlmcntfi with its single corps of Peterson, alias Schmidt, leaned oyer * native, waving a plece of white pa- | bride to ‘name the happy day." Well. I've | .o 1210 was in league with them. After noting down various items|publics or by one strong union is a| CBOmALIC t;:l‘;::e:‘e;t.l::tle ;x:r‘:-' to be in school 8o he has got to have |the bridge and made oration, His clothes to go in. Well here is & list of ! yoice trembled. = What he needs per annum and the cost | “Soldati. Brothers. An unforsesn of same if you know where to buy: thing has happened. An island has per in his hand. came running down | ajways heard of the brevity of Ame: and measurements, he asked th v! be answered only the pier at full speed and. jurhping on | jcan en ments. And now, my dea: “One would certainly conclude that e e con- | question which can be ment agencies, with all their branche: he i can engage: ow, my dear sul to show him just how he was ac- | by the success or failure of a project | TERL SEERCIES WLLL R A e 4 rushed up to the captain and. - child,” turning to Miss Barnes, who|from the evidence, sir, and yet Col|customed to open the inner door of {once again remewed after mearly a| oo Cf 2t L CRN" ushing th er into his hand, cried: | v - = 1 e e enin you, velly | iRowed how keenly uhe felt the em-| Hopkinson says distinctly that the|[the safe and also made a careful|century of protracted, fruitless dis-| Forelgn credit would be established, |1 pr. shaes. .- 3 1$10.00 | come between us and the harbor. Wa ehop chopt” (“Quick! Quick! T ek | noise carcy out your part of ihe pro- | order to the launch was a forgery and study of the slze and shape of the key. | cyiggion. as a tederal government could guar- |1 suit clothe ."25.00 {are under the guns of San Martind) You. very. very quick™) " | must carry ouf your part of the pro:|that he had no thought whatever of |His las rcquest was for an imprea- | “gight times tried and as many times | antee its debis by Sent could SUAL: | ovront: 2 I R e e e & ol oft! Full speed ahead:” waid | Flashing and saying: "Oh! This s so ub:r;gl:lx any paperssaboardiihe mall (slor m"'m;’ufijwag,e“;n::;;" e | a tallure before a fair trial, -m‘l-cmu‘: its creditors. Confidence at home 1 nrhmcl:;- 2 - 139 played upon us. We must wait for the tern and read follows: all they could to ignore Lady Strath- | paper and seale with the official seal,| “And these two faithful servants blich of the south. But|would be greater respect for the laws, |1 2 3 5 D NOU B0 s - ko> o thi: er out t J i - | and T understand he never allows th¢|are always here on duty?” he asked |other republicd o : : as light a match. Tomorrow, revenge ‘Well, they could have easily.stolen | sijtting at the table in the hall. tempt, now in progress The bther hand, the govermarsof states |1 nightgown. . eI * & & % lted in the signing by two coun- ieso would act as a check agsinst abuse HERE was_a moment of silefgs portant papers for the United States kong was gossiping about it that’,,, s aper and written the order, but consul at Nagas: and he must get very evening. There were only two “Oh, yes; except once a month or them before she satls! ouvses Copen to them: they would the omly way they could get at the .o \when the ‘Gogse' Eoes back to ses | tries Of & treaty for 1he formation of| of power by the central government. Total........ : $68.75 “By courtesy of the Inspector of|either have to accept the situation|S€al was. to have pleked the Tock)nix old father.” the union—with every ~Indication gng ail disputes would be settled| Add $10.00 per annum for school broken only by the uneasy shufife *| "“And where does the old father live, | Pointing to similar action by through the courts. books and you have got a total of |Of bare feet on the decks. Then Cani: O ianad) Oliver Hovkinson, . | oy P o cens oat he oo |mic T ey sae 4 mew $ 2 ment or immediately cut the ac-|®!T » | may T ask?’ necessary country—i The civilized world would profit by | $78.75 whi 5 iT10% s tTo nsitkts iche onaul of the United States.” | nuaintance shori and depatt on their | .And,Bat was only at ffin time | M1 80, | of course, Where the |meaning, a new hope in ine move: | he establishment and maintenanee $18.75 which you subtract away from | masillo's nationallst: cheated of 100t “It must be all right.” he said to|several ways. Was the wife of Lord [ Thats tho Onw S.0€ I €300 old Bortuguese hink Thise oere the | ment. Founded on the priniciples Of | of” a permanent peace in Central | iq feed him with, or about §5 Annum | and glory, broke loose and stampéd: Bimself, “for I see it bears the oan- Strathmore ‘u;‘ gro: l’.magch.;!ml:e;‘. “Has any other case ever been re-|to heaven as they can anywhere on |democracy to which this omm“iy America, and the United States, it is | which- is more than ample as a boy |€d. They rushed from bow to stern e e d ot {3 yasi| cvenis were o) how. Hut: fa)sny|DOLtd o youref ' forged document | o5, owes its atrengtn, _there Is little| said would be the cnief beneficry. | that age ain't generally very hungry. |and back again like « pack of hungty L P T Manl buoy and in less than | case, there was no real reason n their | bearing the coneular sesir’, Inquired| —-Nearer to heaven than many other ot A ctven & fair irial, will be| mors than twice the Histanoo. reont| Sell sad alliiisi che cusiom folirs|welvea They came togsilier I squady’ Sftoen minutes had deposited “Old { minds for giving up the trip to Macao, | o} O e I O ctor| uopcans who vislt remarked taking with every | each other than the distance between : and platoons and made warfare in tHe Vegetables” on the gangway of the|and so the very next day they left on | Blasses &n 9 o P Wang Foo with a smile, as he bade |2 Successful undertaking 3 it out the following menu: Bt L n:u:ner. Just mewmg‘m-f whistle for ;he early steamer for the beautiful "',?ggl")};:e‘:frf:;!d AR, :hch::ar:ml goog day":nd hurried back :w;amlu‘:ll:::;mlng a real factor in ée.!'&'.l"{m‘."fi;:..‘z‘:,:'.‘é“";’,‘;,',:; ey g:.a,:‘,‘,:;;, “‘A‘\p ,l.l,,k.:em.-:,;"xfl,; ::;z departure. He hurried inside. passed: Portuguese lsle. AL, - o his home. Once there he sat down | the worl 3 Sant from 8 " S e T I ena el | Eversinion. sassed off very pleiss|Just this(nooniin’ afrather’ curloutio make a careful scrutiny, with a| The! statusiduo of the proposed | suresito TlsIEacife soaat of (Hon- | dejesn, ot oaren - - thunder of a menagerie. Men squeated; ng a walting sampan. went over | tyrn the afterno te r, after| v g ) 3 C/ vel m and of the sea middle west v] ., g 2 5 SC ihe & ol ety Well, it fsn't & Chinese case at all, | SHReRL Tad &1ven him and of the seal | PReS, SR 0f The ‘five_states which | THEglE west to New York, and very | " glass water. . 06 | there, a stone’s throw away, like E the side with the agility of @ monkey | vigiting the castle and driving along & v and ‘shouting, “Kow Loorf Pien' Kow | the wonderful heach and i i LA vhich “O1d Vegetables” had made his | would beTW"'b{":g- Nicaragua ob- | western coast to New York. 7 DIN tempting beefsteak dangled beforenm’®! n Plen™ (“To the nine dragon|through the “Palaces of Chance” «Yes, your excellency, a Portuguese hey certainly seem to bellecting. Two of the Tepubleh Dy The one obstacle which may event- | Meat, potatoes, caged lion. The Liberta shook Bej, & - ually block the realisation of the| sert 4 ! neath the frenzied rushes of the madge, side! To the nine dragon side .| where many a European traveler haslone. It seems that Mr. Westerly | identical,” he said to himself. can't oA o the apponite Shore): disappeared i | parted with “all e posseased.. Just | Hacnes, a sentleman from the States| discover a particle of differenc ratinsdptite treaty, and mewe e hv|Scheme for union is the natural the darkness. The police launch wait- hefore keaving the charming hotel by [ who is staying at the hotel with his| AS he laid down the lens, he hap- | BoCted QU oSl —arnyiates ratify | luctance of the presidents and their a ey x ed as long as it dared. and then.|the sea Mr. Barnes drew Mr. Marshall | family, got into some trouble with the | Pened to glance upward at some Chi- Guatemala. W b itutional assembly | Darties in the different republics to and leaves the young man $.01 per day | “Peace! Silence! You will be @& steaming for a little while alongside |aside and whispered in his ear some-authorities at Macao the other day,|nese charactérs on the wall of his | iy reaty a constitullonal A%will be | exchange their titles and powers as | for spending money, but If he is a chip | stroyed:" But no one heard him. the moving mail boat, finally turned | thing that made the Young man start|and obtained his release by a passport | room, and they instantly suggested to | proclaimed. ‘There is little doubt presidents for those of governors of | of the old block he will save this The second officor and his shados, Back"with the remark of the akipper: | and “ihen Took more serious. than he |of some Kind. which the consul says he | him 4 saying of Confucius Which led | FLLt""th iwo_ Temaining republics | the, Varlous statex 'Happily, A B A LR ) ay f bridge, "» “We can't wait here all night—Ilet|had at any tifie on the trip—and no |never issued or heard of." him to pick up the glass and gaze at | Costa Rica and Nicaragua, will join #aid that the parties now in power in one lump and can give his girl a|backing away from o, % Bim caich a sampan or sw wonder, for this is what he said: “And pray, where did the gentleman | the American eagle again. “Why, of | the federation. ¥ are willing, generslly speaking, to|thester party provided she don’t mind | charged the riot head dow: , straddfel *xox “My young fsend, I have a serious | obtain course! How strange 1 aidn't see it at | U'§r Forrcd. the advantages of a[make the change in the hope of es- |OCUmINg & few fights. the rail, and dropped into the we 4 R.AND MRS.WESTERLY BARNES, confession to make to you. While you| “Why, a Portuguese named Rodiguez | first Now what was it that he saw | Central American Union, or United tablishing the union before the cen- * X ¥ ¥ h the fruiter's stern sagged dbepr MER-A : f NES, | and the ladies were sipping tea on the | sold it to him at the Island.” and that convinced him in an Instant | Semvee of Ceatral America, are many. | tennial celebration on September 15, | 1N order for the kid T Prloed g Shaking histdéa, 1" who had recently arrived in the veranda this afternoon vou remem-|" A most irregular proceeding, to|that the second impression was made |~ The union would better insure the and the people, it is said, are fm- | order for the to get along|into Magella harbor. Shaking his hidd, eolony from Seattle and were on their .l;'m’ excuged myse! or an hour’s ;r;y":r: least. But how did you hear wg‘m;.tdup;m,;e seal, that the maker | maintenance of peace, an l“'fl"m{',f dn;?::ed with the importance of so on one ‘complete outfit of wearing |the sandy-haired youngster follo) w; ey 0/ Tava to. visli ihe <clfos pinn’ e . f of that seal was a Chinaman and not | item in view of the present distur! 3 apparrel like listed above, it may be | Signor Pug, swimming with powesfy u:""‘ o "Mch it he"‘"_ . sir; well, what of it Why, my deputy leaked it out to|a European, and that led him along a | ance between Costa Rica and Pan-| The population of Central America | necessary for him to spepd one day tfok s !ofiurd the Capo headiandsis . didn't ‘g0 to my room. but went|me, sir, from a private conversation | different line of inquiry? The secret |ama. The boundary lines of the new is estimated at 5,000,000. If the union s o § na deeply interested for business rea-|off with a Portuguese gentieman, who |he had with young Mr. Marshall of lof that discovery he reserved for & |republic would, It is said, be indis- | Were successtully breught about, it|Per wk. in the hay while the old[Behind them the thwarted natiGfIn sons, were discussing with their|D d":r_\.-wkx:?‘tyheg‘::z;e: to me mle Ja.{Adlrl;em"e 4ny oriugcie employen later date. putable, and b.he only d;l?cnlt}es :o‘::‘:}?rl:: I;;ro!u‘rg: ’IA'.‘..' .Im"‘ the | lady 18 creaseing his pants and dust- |jsts split heaven with their howls. [ > v whicl eans can al @ 3 Ka t 0se working for n er "It wi g dsughter Rosalie the gverlasting | Save wiy At the Chivece gombles,|at the American consulate? Lo Kak Jin Lai Liao! Kak Jin Lal e e e b domestio. and by | countries exceeding it e A hote | 1of o miaRshist cona: Tanderciotiis |IEAE worked EAE sasped, grinning’ question of the tourist as to whether ell, I may as well tell you the| “Only one, sir. ‘Old Hiraldo the|Tdac! (A “i‘"“’,' has """“’“-' Alihe adoption of & constitution vest- | tina, Brazil and Mexico. + Soer aha won't have time to do thia|iD the darkness. It worked. Oh, thé 5t was consistent with their American “taked all T had and very|Goose. they call him. but hew us|¥isitor has arrived:") resounded from |jng sufficient central powers in the| History shows that' the political|on the Ssbbath. so it looks like the |simple heart of Signor Schmidt! We'lt ideas of propriety for them to visit|iuna and as the system unfor- | honest an old soul as we have in} "¢ CEECE Pofial ©0 ang, the | fojeral government, these, it is said, | unity of Central America h best day for the boy to mot get up |80 ashore und wake up the garrison .y P o el 0 visit|{unately failed to work out right, I|Hongkong and has been in the office | Btekeeper, hastened to draw back|ywoulg be reduced to a minimui reality for more than 300 y would be Saturday when they's gen- |at San Martino. We'll salute yofl¥ he gambling dens of Macao. lost_over a thousand dollars'” for vears. the great wooden bolte. “Sing Boo|™ %8 ¥ republic would command [ that the aspizations of its people |erally always no achool and besides, | Prospective papa-in- in prope” D e T dont see any rea- | Good heavens: WHAt are we to| “It certainly is a mosy puszling|Tal Jin!" (“The Grand Man of the|regpect, attract forelgn capital and | have been maintained up to the pres-|a boy that ia allowed outdoors Sat- (style. There's work to do befety mon in the world why we shouldn't go.|do? The Portuguese authorities will |case,” said the governor, as he tipped | Police!”) announced the venerable|immigration, two all-important fac-|ent time. There is no race or re-|urday is libel to get into mischeif. Cammarillo begins the third act ®f 90 'Gidn't hesitate a moment about|mnever let us leave unless, we pay up, |back his chair and thought to him-|matron, who was leaning over the|tors in the development of any grow- | ligious enmity, the race being Indo-| 1f Y one AT ye, old 'dependent. ia ‘s | this comic opera. Oh, glory be, what & T e Canino at Monte Carlo|for you see thess plices sre all bond: | self for a moment. “How would you |rail of the upper gallery. “Pao Chaling country. Now the different |Spanish and the religion Roman Cath- |Eal of the opp. Sex the expense of |wonderful dayll . 4 ai: men @ e sandy- when we were in Eurpoe, and surely | ed and that's the way they run the |feel about our consulting Wang Foo|Sung Yang Yen Tsao!" (“Pour the|states of Central America are little | olic. he bot 2t it can't be any worse here than it was | government. You'll be put under ar-|in guun;l:t:;r" - e %el v(ul o"fer fl-; ocu)n -m?k;-n--," k,;‘oim lbrold.r:ml, :fir that matter,| The union is considered a 2:;:-1?%&-:.2 ::: :ln“;r%‘:ul;l; ::{ )'flfl"\l’lfir- ':Pnly'ln: tge!hcnvl n(u“h “Delighted, sir; we always work to-|i.e, foreign tobacco), called Wang|§ Tnited States there are few | necessity for th ., | to_the black waters of e bay. n the Uni e y e welfare, p- | & dress suitable for all the yr. JAnd, with dramatic” s lxennw 1 re-| mpjg amounts up to only $.32 a day |dened revolutionists. Dal Re shouted:s/i/ fl;cr and Mr. zh‘:u);lnn Tayuhu is one | rest undT of the greatest sights in the east”| “I am already under arrest—* |gether in perfect harmony in these|Foo to her as he hastened down to nd prosperity of the round for $18 where the boy's suit sald thé young lady, with a rather What!" : things, you know." greet the inspectar. hy, the unbo a I Max costs dawn rolled up fhe curtain on thé' Saucy tosa of her head and an e Yer‘hut the Iadies mustn't know | ~Weli, then. T think you had better | ~Well, Mr. Wang.” he sald, after he | Sibii P e e 2 advocate 8 Dt o e O i apot | Erand fina e But chat ss arl to ilf m story. . L, m. ot phasis that enforced her ideas of ine|a word of call him in the morning and lay the [had refreshed himself with the loped resources. ¥ [i 't se zade rem: “How are we going to get away?” whole case before him.” steaming beverage, we have made a: "Boap:-m of the petty jealousies and truggle die in ::&.th:.’m:‘n g::'o ‘::.n t:aonbowy": lord, is another