Evening Star Newspaper, April 10, 1921, Page 63

: ; THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., APRIL 10, 1921—PART 4. { 5 ‘THE MAGICIAN'S SANDALS S 2 A Wang Foo Story by Sydney C. Partridge| Bl ou, vos Jrese? cliemelior, o oo i o ail| this public exposure. which he knew {that the ocean-man can see™) they | Would be more effective on the na- = ~,9f @ “faint"—he Insist'sd on her tak- harbor is infested with pirates and exactly when he might have to call have a duty for you at the teahouses known round the hotel as ‘G that the ocean-man can see™) tiey & €G] AKX STNG.” or “Shining Star” | ing his arm and leani oz on him until | all that stufl. And then Some.erank | upon them, but somehow he had an By ihe warir e et e e i et e, ‘lh|lives than all ahe court sentencon i was by general consent the | he could summon awcpuple of jinricki- | in the home office will write out to il L e The master's commands are already | thin and aiways wears a green-col- | proceeded most smoothly u the | i T 1 greatest of all his tribe, sald | shas, and assisting ‘aer into the seat, | Sir Evington, the governor, and ask | instinctive feeling that it would mot gheved™ was the answer as Ol [ored Jacket Ho's the baricoolie in | e e Tor e Fon o sasume tribe being that of the wan- | (¢4 {0 ;M SoolessElatslieel Hotely[iMbat thel masten imjiwith the police. | be very long before he might have Chang stood ready for the commis- | the smoking room, they say. T e poe e mativee| R WANG said Mr Worthing- ring magl, Why ReanoR! { And the correspondents of the Times | e qualities. In the|Sion. “Have you ever seen him yourself? A I L a-] L ton. as he drew b e »e magictans who appeared from [ “Why. Kveline, darling! What is the | will wunt to know. Why are our| ¢ (050 their magic qualities. In o " wieh vou fo spend the day quietly | Could you hositive im yourself? ) shriekea with deiisht, for e imita-| ton he drew bim aside at time to time as entertainers in the | matter?" exclaimizd the cxcited Mrs. | colonies no longer safer - And if 1t | meantime, without any special refer-|joitaring 4t the teahouses Mnd 114ens | oWal) ron lnm tpentify hime pltion was simply perfe e robes| rs. Goodaeil's afternoon tes. T anton a She 1get them at the door sn't for the fact that we have the | ence to the sandals. one way ng to the gossip and find out for me S . 4 % ne ‘ ! e Bl i pn e teahouses of Hongkong and C Goodseil, as <h h he door | 't for the f. b | h dal or the ing to th 11 f ook virs muth tike 0 hew milfihe volee, the gentures sl were Fak; - d amused and astonished the 1a- [ Oh: Reaily n o | Pest governor ‘that ever came out | other, he thought lie would just drop| 0ne thing—has anv coolic or boatman | S0l "5V T ¥ iink 1 coutd ek mim | UnES—but. best of all. the actuall o0 LT TN e mystical pow- and am: an: n Really nathing, mother dea here. why you and 1 might be a- in at headquarters and see thow his|hud his cue cut off recently by a for- | oo PG | SNRE ( (OIS T s R ls e e e - ur o tives with their powers of the mystic | she answered. aintly, as Mr. Worth- Wonderink where our bread and but- | friands the inspecior and his Staff | ©i&n sailor? If so. who and when? Ihe erdialoa s pocs MO dthem £TR, exte i e, coRlon; BE i Art. There was no doubt of his clev- [ in8ton led her £ an armchair and mo- | ter was to come from. eh | were progressing with the case of |Find out all vou can and. mind vou, | Aol poiniing to a figure| . axhibited a few simple tricks ! fection You seem to bhe able to 2 could make | ioned to the roomboy to bring them | “I hope it Won't come to that, Sit.” | {h. amah excite no guspicion. Report to me at [JUSt Crossing the road. Wang Foo of legordemain and then. Senping soive all kinds of problems, whe @rness and skill. He i the ice waters “I just saw something |replied the deputy as he arose and | yoy are eloxing in on the criminal, |home this evening:™ Stepped_quickly to the verandu and | forward, exnibited the sandais and | ser i ot provie things appear and disappear, entirely | in the streer’that reminded me of the Went off to instruct the native of- | . he o the insprctor as| It reauired less than half the day.one look at Green Chop-Sticks was|esplained their wonderful histo o man hearia®? Indepcrdent of their size or quantity. | Red sea. that's all, and I'm afraid it ficers he srested him in his private office. 10T Old Chang to ascertain the facts|enough to fix him in his mind as “Chien Liao: Chien Liao™ 'He has cwered e ts of rice, bundles | 100K m¥ Strensth away. Mr. Worth- When the inspector was loft alone | “fretter thin that, Mr. Wang, we @0d o report tiem fo” his master. |clearly asan imaze on a photographic| borrowed them' He has borrowed plim where 1 dare not enter As Bowls of tea, buckets o ch. | \DEton ha been so kind, 1 don't know | he drew down the shade over the | have already losed in on him. re Twang Ten. or -3 ellon Rabbi !he‘m.m- sorrened”them? "t e borrowed R ©of knives, globes of goldfish or tor what I _should done without | outer window, throu which the | pi A cer with quite an air of |[PMWIer of the double jinrikisha No “Thank yvou very much. Mise Good- |Tear of the audience e A et e abtrien® Dis hands, : ik ; ; ] : % 46, h 0| 1 es of fire came out of his sleeves, | him ¢ strons sun was beginning fo shine action 245 had been icnorked down and hia |l . 4% e bade hor zood |motioned for “eilnc bt why do vou ask is hat—or | “Nothng at all’ Nothi t all™ ex- in. and, unbolting an er case- o the tory. in con- [giiv Cut o ¥ two sailors as thev ! o s 2 "3 ! hie foor upen the st “Why. Miss Eveline here insists on Shromana. Haa *realy M the. fanit : gr nt fow consid rsation entirely ng married only i o B emand. Had | YOUIR.© “It was really all the fauit|court between the office and the Inépector Higzgins confided to | O Nights before S s TN | dal of my august ancestor, a she is crazy Simplyet bis ""'r‘}c:;"“‘;‘,‘“:’n‘;’m' Been | Of thAt wretched policeman who used | Prisoners’ cells, sat down to enjov |(he detective his over hearing of the | And what mEnt was this? H»"‘"’i"ff’,";_',”\ - peaer T e S ey e T o only some Ame that ‘awful A" his morning cigar in the cool Words: o - 2 aring o e |the master of the servant Just as vou wish, 3 v mitn the mmcred wif i o, 2ot 2 able to induce him to cross the ocean | gyl aweul word”™ inquired Mrs. | that fltered in. e closed his o pds ol e ine Dol tod) Bis . The seventeenth of the moon. they ! Returning to his home in the Red|my humble ears the whereabouts of |20 S0 el B it L “mw aon"“m e e of real | Gopdsell. before she had time to think | and Legan to think. to think the very night and hour of the | "\ o | Cloua aliey. be entered the inner|the amah's stolen ankint™ There was (A00 JESE TE AR 108 SHREEER Do ol it ?c ockets as | ©% the consequences doze. Was he dreaming as hi Hme. Tnd o there wis no doubt | , VANE Foo smiled quictly to himseif | chamber. known as the Cave of Mys-|the tensest silence all over the conrt SEAEAT W88 S0 B8 TG o can gold out of American P et ot “Don’t say it: Please don't say "...‘dnnl_\- started and listened to sounds | \hativer in 1 mind that he had|hp. e __-;mrd the words was the tic Changes. and opening his secret | for a moment e ebvmea For e | One (hing on cartls she easfty as he drew brass cas| cried the daughter. ‘Il tell vou all | that fleated up to him from the low- | Jtl Y0 O S0 TN Jime a des- | fyr eacdl night of the robbers! So cabinet. drew forth the magician's! reply T hen . Anmorben i | 08 SuEKest 2 solution= the Chinese. a essential { 2Dbout it when T feel better. Send for jer cells? He jumped up. and. stand- | flote half-bres n <ailing out into 0 & pod: now to clear up the next | candais and piaced them on the tahle|a flourisl The spirit of the sandal s Eartsun. fe There is one grest and essential 0% T xhd Tor the amahe The |in& on his chair. put his head Into | Dot thar nieht for ans robe | poiipe ich was fo find some motive Lifore him. “At lasic he said. ap-|SANS Il in on the ankle of Green Sheni A5 SO SESRNGE (00 - e scene, and Mr. Worthington with- | dream. i = a real human voice jigyr Cut-Lip Jim was in a cell |wo ¥ pers cmy D T T feg | the conter of the row of coolins arnce coverners o He han -1‘15 ‘h‘.:.:k while the latter | arew, with the promise to call that he heard and 1t . Haclf —CutsLip would be malicious and vind - | 2 as the marked-out villain attempted ¥ v - P g £ and in- < came from X E L5 1 en r S Y o o is ing to mowledge to his au-{ o 5o oy L€ Rl e\'wninflg‘ - cell No. 3—the very cell where fugs ' w"n"g"-'". Jnaliclous and vinc Off‘f‘_‘_r'“;‘-‘ “"'J : L tisg come A ket o it e u”hh‘,:m:\",u"r for : dience that it is merely trickery of | “\yitn that wonderful gift of sooth- |the Rosun was sicaping off his de- war IUJust one of the pleasant ways | V-e-T-¥ u-s-e-f-u- oo G b e e « eleight-of-hand. the former—hoWever | iny the disquirted mind. as well as|bauch: And what, were tie word of the Canton river pirates. who had | e e S i Wi e Py e You s ' patent the delusion or humbug May | .cooling the heated brow.” which all | that startled him? "They were thea i outh into Hongkonz harbor?! .. et " belore heoui Sumdround o i e e e to his beholders—always TIEDIOUS- | oricnial maids seem (0. instmetively ;'Did you ever hear vour amah speak was certainly a delight to all the | ot Sl o aite of ow of London ¢ you are o 1y insists that it is done by the pow- |t il o ECs Are O Ny able te of any servant or coolie in the hotel Euests e Honsione 31otell aier Ha A L AU G e Peotnariny ‘ < s 1S than even : o % Ehe, " N URANTtEe oin P the harbor ts vou mre to ers of the occult world. These gen-|gs mora for the voung lady than even - Who was unkind to her. or whom She |\ }en the manazer announced to them ned it all to the little circle o ‘ i, harbar, Jmite. ooNS sreliy erally fest themselves through |, "o (0 vhe: di; disliked he inquired of most interested. He showed @11 [ cr Some idol or relic or treasure which | pof 9%0 mother, and when the dinaer Miss Goodsell, after Inspector Hisging that his esteemed Chinese friend, Mr Lugs the Bo'sun's words applicd ' 7 i you were in S has been handed down to him {rom jino was quite her own normal self ?;‘Z‘x;."r!n':“.“fi"v‘ him to the ladies and Wang Foo had conscnted fo arranse . Ve s ione b ot e el Grors over Square” n . er mot to t . Just 2 v 8 > 3 = - (i® Cromie Were quite IHNOCeNt o . v ) n e’ - vwhich he alone possesses the secret.l . 'yp o ol ;;":':‘fn&:ngm" JIunt 2 h‘::‘vr) 1)nnv7h'nl wait a moment. |in the Palm Court and that in ad-|crim He showed how he had dis- | promis:. .\'1'._ “:3«'»'..1 'n-': ."..,:,';'.d,, Now, in this particular case, it haD- | ch541d rush up but the amah holdine nere was just one man she Pro- | dition to some very delightful mative | covered that Green Chop S S ot : Fa eaihin : cedingly | ; : foundly hated. ‘Him b'longee number 2 f COrEERA thal SR IChRp ok 1o e ms e e R pened to be something exc less | in her arms a box of the most beauti- one velly bad man® 1 remember her | MUSic Which Huropeans rarely had an | ¢ rly Brirothed 1o the N i ama unareamed-of ) stmple—in fact. nothing more nor 158 | ¢y] roses and rxclaiming. “On’ Misses one Yelly ¢ T Rer | ortunity of haaring, he would Kive | nO% the family had broken off il e perpieans, tihan a pair of shoes! One mig| look see' Velly nice hoxee flower “And_can ¥ | peraonal imftation S¢ Fak Sing. the)| Matchon: T e . Siall na | b hroid and non: called them shoes oT SIippers of Sl [ Number One Master hab’ pay you' ceind can gou) reeall is mamen | Do ey A |/thus mowing ithe meedni of the Dt Jored ol he there epite) MEELEY e i : . 3 . R S 4 i A = & eres jealous: d g own 00, ¥ i1l pay you ¥ iR m.,‘o'fifi’i" e act of footwear, | ~But how did you know they were “T'don’t know his real name— sup- | the appointed hour the company was |16 e Chiness mind | Ho oxplained compliment i my power. 1 wil weat They had the high-curved toes of the pose no one knows that—but he is all assembled. with, as usual. the en- | how fe had found out that | the magician's sandals native shoe, the thin sole and flat heel Y of the slipper and the binding tapes of the sandal. They also represented all ranks of society, for, as he always I i e n explained to his audlence when witl a majestic wave he caught them in R his hands (apparently quite out of empty space)., and proceeded to put them on, “The magic sandals of ‘King Sing’ (Golden Star). my revered rab d court : A o e £vest Ming emperors, el e S b %:55 ruw”“elllr 5 heet of the mer- Columbia Athletic Club’s connec- | A Chane “ana-the. bindine cord of ne tion with Analostan Island and in ; chant and the binding cord of the o W Amotan i coolie, thus giving them mystic pow- er over all ranks and classes in the middle kingdom. These jewels which sparkle in the midst of the golden embroidery were the gift of his im- perial majestry, Humg Woo, and in addition to their magic properties make them of priceless value!” It was his custom to constantlyrap- peal to the sandals during the per- formance. For instance, he would borrow a jade-stone wristiet from some one in the audience, 10Ss it up s few times into the air, and lo! it was gone! A careful search on the i of himself and his assistants of : all the tables, chairs, boxes, €tc., on the stage failing to reveal it. he would place a thre¢-legged stool out in fromt, rest his Jeft foot unon it. and, drawing back his brocaded zown B0 that the embroidered sandul would be plainly visible, he would make a few mysterious passes in the air and ,then cry out in the most solemn tones. “Venerable sandal of my au- gust ancestor. aderned with the s cred gifts of the divine Hung Woo, 1 pray thee reveal to my humble ears the whereabouts of the borrowed jewel'™ Then. leaning forward as if to listen carefully to its whispering message, he would announce, with a h, “The spirit of the san- dal says it is in yonder gokden- lacquered rice bowl!™ and, sure enough. there it was! One night. while Fak Sing was en- tertaining his awdience in the tea- house of the Pak Yuin Low (White Cloud Pazoda). at the foot of Queen's road. a quiet and unobtrusive native gentleman occupied a seat tn the very front row. and not only watched his evervy movememt!. but listened most carefully to evervthingz he said. Had any one taken the trouble to observe the aforesaid gentleman as closely as he obrerved the magician. they would have geen that he drew a little note- haok out of hi silken sleeve from time_to time and jotted down some eabalistic marks—but they were all too pre-occupied to pay any special attention to him. and so Wang Foo, the zreatest of all Chinese detective: made his private observations undis- turhed and passes] out with the throng at the close, as unsuspected as when he had come in® * x X % * Mr. Worthington™ exclaimed e young lady at his side. as their attention was suddenly drawn aside from the @ttractive windows of | Yamamoto's “Ialace of Curios” to a| erowd that hadjgathered in the street, | “what do you ssuppose is the trouble there? Those policemen seem to be struggling with some poor man; I wonder what he: has done?” Miss Goodsell's escort turned and took the whole scene in at a glanc. “Why. it's nothing but the usual case of an intoxicated jack-tar whom they are trying to drag to the station | house.” You see it every day in these | ports—and more’s the pity.” | 7 *It certainly 4= she replicd. “Officer.” he said, addressing the { English bobbie who w ing to lift the sailor to his feef 0 is he and what has he dony? mreat flour! ] “Oh’ It's just *Old Lugs the Bo'sun.’ as we call him. sir; the landsharks have bitten him agz and taken atl belonzinzs basides filling him cheap 1.quoras sir,” explained th hi up e | id he sayv a shark had bitten h!m"l How dreadful’ T hope they'll ket him to the hospfal in time to save hix | life 1 didn't kpow they had sharks in these Hongkong waters—-"* | *Not the kind you're thirkinz of, though almost am dangerous. This is a landshark. vou.know: that is, a man who either ru a sailors’ groz-shop | himself or acts ax agent for one, and then sells his victims bad.'liquor and robs them of their Yh! That's it, is it. I was afraid it was a repetition of that awful scere we had in the Red sem when t stoker jumped overboard mnd we tried o save him. but were just too late.” The tragedv to which Miss Eveline | Goodsell referred was ome which Eu- | ropean travelers to the far cast by way of Suez are sometimes compelled L to witness. It is genemaly very sud-| den and iz comprised in four brief acts. as follows: Act L Nattve stoker. driven to tem- | ry insanity by the awful heat! down below, rushes up on deck and before any one can stop him, plunges over into the sea. Act TL Alarm of “Man overboard' is given from the bridge, life-buoys are thrown to him and the engines are stopped and reversed Act ITT. Boat is qu.ckly lowered over the side and the crew pulls for dear Jife to reach the form struggling in the water. Act IV. A dark fin appears just above the surface, moving ahead of | the boat with the rapidity and uner- Hng aim of a torpedo. There is a flash of white as the shark turns over and the great circular Jaws open—one awful shriak of agony as he and his Vietim sink together and a little pool of red on the surface of the blue water oloses the tale! No wonder the young lady shud-| Aered as she recalled 1t and no &wm- | der that even the very mention of | the “pirate of the deep” caused her ! 0 feel faint and to ask that she he taken back to the hot David Worthington, alwavs glad to be of anv service to his fair fellow-traveler (for they had come up together from Bingapore. she under the chaperon- age of her fond mamma and he on Jiis own responsihility as representing the new Malacca tin mines, counted himself s rather fortunate tn have this additional opportunity of waiting upen her. Flustered for a moment— and just a little bit frightened as all adice yopng jmen are at the suggestion |let. the mot lon the boat | bor. though. “THE PULLER OF THE DOUBLE JIN-RICKSHAW HAD BEEN KNOCKED DOWN AND HI CUE CUT OFF.” flowers?” innocently asked the recip- | “Chop it off! Chop it wnof ient. cares? It's only Chinese™ Could “My hab’ look see, inside.” was the it be possible that the sailor was | perfectly candid confession of the na- | the criminal? The very thought tive curiosity. staggered No! No! _ Lugs ‘And how did you know who sent | was an Englishman and no Britain them?" | would ever descend to a deed like “My hab' peekee when y that But Lugs was under the in- ter blingee dat office side, fluence of bad liguor and that could true and unvarnished tale make a man do anything. Yet Lugs There were two questions asked and | was securely locked in a cell at answered in Miss Goodsell's room that , the very time the crime was com- night, which ordinarily we should not [ mitted. so it couldn’t possibly have think it necessary to repeat, but for |been he. He touched the bell and some bear that they may have [the ofice boy responded. “Boy, tell upon our story. The first was by the | Jackson. the turnkey, to come here!” lady. the second was by the maid. “Can do” replied the boy with a Amah. why do you wear that heavy [ semi-military salute. silver ankiet on vour left foot there™ | Now came the crucial test: Shoula “So tiefee man no can stealee—|he put it in the interrogatory form n'vo-"";flk” silber, my must go '1ong | and give Jackson (old sailor that he ) was) a chance to lie out of it, or <see. how fashion you no makee . > g you should he choose the direct form and mally young master, my tinkee velly o, 01 charge him with 1t? After a ice? . S ccause he moment’s hesitation he decided on the hasn't asked me to marry him—that is, not yet—and be- [latter. - sides, T don’t want to be married in| “Jackson!" he said as the turnkey any eitv but London; that's been the |entered and closed the door, “why dream of my life” 1did you let Lugs the Bo'=un out last * k% % jmight and how long did he stay L = The old lor was so stantle the @\ ELL. Jamie” said Inspector! pinrs voice and words ‘tdh:i he Higgins of the police to Deputy | couldn't frame his answer, so the in- Brownlow, as they met at headquar- | spector continued. ters, “what's the report from the ut with it. now. Don't lie to me!” hospital this morning? How's the| “Well. sir, he called for me about § o'clock, sir. and says as how he was a-feelin’ dreadful sick, sir, and begged me to let him out for a couple of hours, sir, till he could get up to the hospital and see the doctor, sir, and %0, as we were old shipmates, sir, 1 lets him go. But he never came back poor woman getting on?" “I just stopped 1o have a word with the doctor on my way down the hill, sir, and he says as how she's all right and he can fix her up fine with a false foot. but it will be several weeks yet before she gets out, sir.” til midnight, sir, and that's the “Well, it surely was a narrow Pa—l& uth.” cape; as narrow as I've ever heard of ackson!" said the inspector, scarce- in my life. 1f Dr. Patterson hadn’tliy ahle to restrain himself, “give me happened to be going over to KoW |ihose keys™ He promptiy handed | M::: _0.3(",";:,' d‘:"“'- she would havelguer the bunch in his hand. “For-| S Tt sir» wag|Ward march! Right ahead of me to| e 7 the cells” The turnkey obeyed and| The occasion of this convarsation |Started down to the court. “Ah. No. 5| will be at once understood from an |i¥ €mpty. I see in You go and half-| ipushing. half-throwing him into No he closed the heavy-barred and turned the key in the lock!"” * % x % W JHEN Wang Foo reaclted his home tainment of Sing Fat. the Magician, article in the Hongkong Daily News: BRUTAL ATTACK UPON A CHI- AMAH. “We very much regret having to record nother case of dastardly pi- racy right under our very e Last night as the Kow Loon ferry launch door after his evening at the enter- was going across on her § oclock :}ggd‘:!’; 2:‘?‘:;:“.;.3’:& :l“?h!‘”l::i he drew out his notebook and pro- tel. was atiicked by a brute as she | ceeded to make a pencil-sketch of the “Yes." he said to him- “I think I can reproduce them magic sandals. self, Wwas resting on some rice-bags on the forward declk and her laft foot cut off at the ankle by a sudden blow from #ome very sharp instrument, probably | #lmcst exactly, but the question is, an ax or Leavy sword. As she was|who shall 1 get to do the embroidery? known to wear a ble silver ank- t obviously won't do to take them to ny silk shop, for they will gossip it all over the town and the fingers of | the venerable grand one (as he called the old matron of his home) are no longer equal to this delicate kind of handiwork. Perhaps my venerable! brother of the temple can help me| ve of the attack was un- doubtedly robbery. “ortunat Dr. American Hospital RS | terson of the a8 a passenger and, hearing her cries, rushed to her assistance, and by prompt measures was able o save her life “The villain or villains, whoever they were, escaped in the darkness and it is the belief of the police that they jumped into a sampan waiting |Out.” '-;'l"f'_ de.” N He called for Old Chang, the gate- Us a long while since we had that | o.nor v Liang Tiao Chino Tze sort of thing right here in the har- 't course, it goes on all the time up on the Pearl river to- ward Canton, there. “So the native officers tell me, sir. “Well, the first thing will be to send word up to the viceroy's yamen (court) and have them get busy up though it's Iike looking for a 1 in a haystack—and meantime, we have @ thorough search for the anklet made he Once get ahold of the booty and we are on the track of the thief, en?" “Right you “By the wa Lai, Yao Tao Tien Yu Wang Miao| Chu!” (“Order a couple of chair| coolies, 1 wish to o to the Temple of the Queen of Heaven!™) “Lao Sfen Sang Swoh Hao, Yu Yen I Ching Tso Liao!" (“The elder-born speaketh well, his jade-stone words are already obeyed™) was the re- spectful answer. Arrived at friend his old cordially, tea and to him the temnple, received him maost and after the ceremonial ipipes, Wang Foo explained | that for the purpose of detecting a crime. he wanted some one with a skillful nd and needle to embroider him a pair of magic sandals and to adorn them with jewels exactly ac- cording to his pattern. % re. mir has the amah been able to give the officers any identifica- tion marks on the silver? Though I uppose the rascals would melt it up 8 80on ax they got a chance— 1 asked the doctor about that this morning and he said that as soon as she gota little stronger he was going 10 ask her. but she couldn't answ r} The abbot thought for a moment or any) nuestions now. > {two and then replied, there is no one| “Well, we'll start right in on our | n0re skiliful than Yu Ji (Jade-stone | part of the work. There are just | SCePtre) and we can trust him im.| three kinds of places where fhey |PHeily. for he is under a five-year| M take it to dispose of: there | VOW 10 Our goddess.” are the pawnbrokers, the cages (re-| ~And the Jewels™ vers of stolen goods), and the sil- | t is the cause of justice, then 1} cersmiths Give strict orders to stop | borrow them from some of the| « ry silver anklet, no matter what | 4ncient vestments in the treasury.” 8ize “or shape, and arrest the chap| “They will be as safe in the Cave of that offers it for sale. You see, Mystic Changes (Wang Foo's private Jamie. this thing really reflects on D) s in the treasury. us all. They'il talk about it all up 5 that 1 know full well.” and down the coast ports and the| So the faithful Yu Ji was set to story will grow and grow like the|work and in a remarkable short time three black crows, until the firat|the exuct duplicates of the magic san- thing you know, the tourists will he- dals of Fak Sing wi 1 gin o write home that Hongkong & ke Teposingin Wang Foo's cabinet. He did not know | well P (5) | eral now and had practically confessed that he and Lugs went off on a spree together. Noticing the heavy silver ankle on the foot of the amah as they came alongside the ferry. the sudden thought came to them to just seize a hatchet and chop it off. “And, of course, you have recovered the silver?” “Well, no, not exactly yet, but we hope to very soon.” Then there are really a few links yet lacking in the complete chain of evidence, are there not?” remarked Wang Foo with a quiet smile. “Yes. a few, Lut only a few.” re- plied the inspector. “And, in the meantime, there is no objection on the part of the depart- ment to my going ahead with a little quiet search for those links myself, Iivening Star to refresh his memory and vours the Rambler came upon the ac- count of the memorable regatta of Au- gust, 1888, which was interrupted and demoralized by a windstorm, which if not really a hurricane or cyclone was a furious blow. This matter was referred to in last Sunday's narrative, but the Rambler g interested in retelling of the dedication of the C. A. C's club- house on G street. April 25, 1890, and of the merry-making and high jinks on that joyous evening, that he had no space in which to present the facts of the wind- swept regatta. Several preliminary articles appeared in The Star. Regattas on the Potomac and participation by the Washington boat clubs in regattas on other rivers were more frequent than now, and being af- fairs of general local interest they were given & generous amount of newspaper publicity. The doings of the boat clubs and the bicycle clubs furnished excellent reading because many of the people of Washington were members of _those clubs, and a very large part of our pop- ulation was interested in boating and bicycling. The Rambler wonders if you will agree with him that those sports did more good for the arms, legs and 1ungs of the boys of the 80s and the %08 than motoring does today> Of course, some of you will disagree. That is to Some persons wi o ted. e el bservation not made agree with any ol by themselves In one of the advance stories about s said that the Co- the regatta it wa lumbia’'s _junior _four would be O'Leary. Moore. Kenyon and Miller, that the Potomac's eight-oared shell would be pulled by Dyer, Reynolds, Robinson, Eilmore, _Mindeleff, Norton, Oertel, Offiey, with Doyle as coxswain, with Lingreen, Alpin, Dr. Wirt and Warden in reserve as substitutes, and that the Columbia’s eight-oared shell would be pulled by Harban, Snyder. Elder, Kondrup, Reed, Hyde and Duke is there? You know these things|with Gibson as coxswain. have a certain fascination for me. % x % “This department will, I am sure, be grateful to you, as always, for V EDNESDAY. August 8. was the tance whatever that yi can The first render to the cause of justice,” was day|of the o3l the appreciative reply. “Then I have your permission to €0 ahead?" “Not only my permission—but my blessing,” “and so the interview ended. £ x k% HE more Wang Foo studied the case the more he was convinced that Lugs the Bo'sun and Cut-Lip Jim had nothing to do with it. To be sure, the circumstantial evidence was strongly against them, and it was on this that the inspector and the police were relying, but he ques- tioned very much whether any for- eign jury would have convicted them!| without some additional fact. All that they had so far amounted sim- ply to this: (1) A dastardly crime had been committed in the narbor. A Chinese woman had been attacked, robLed and her foot cut off. (2) Two known police characters, the one an Knglish sailor and the other a half-breed longshoreman, were proved to have been out on a drunk- en spree along the shore at that very time. (3) The sallor was over- heard saying in his cell, “Chop it off! Chop it offt 1t's only Chinese, who cares?" He was utterly unable—or obstinately unwilling—to give any janation of these words. nor could recall having said them, when he awoke out of his drunken stupor. The police took them, however. as very strong evidence and amounting ctically " to a confession of the They concluded. therefore, naturally that the two had| out in a’'sampan {the boatmen | h are only too glad to get ailors ~aboard, for the drunker they are the better they pay) and running up alongside the ferry launch, and seeing the amah's foot, with its silver band. had just seized a_hatchet and chopped it off before they realized what they were quite gon of wh drunken noteworthy incident was the delay in starting because the tugboats, crowd- ed with race spectators, had no permit to carry engers and The Star re- porter—partly reporter, partly critic and partly editor—wrote: “There was a delay of almost an hour in starting the races. A failure to secure in time a permit from the steampoat inspector for the tugs to carry passengers was the cause. As the same thing has happened before. it would seem that some better arrange- ments should be made if the boat clubs desire to keep up the interest of the public in boat races.” Along one stretch of the course, which was a mile and half from the Columbia landing above the Aqueduct bridge to a point below the Potomac boathouse, the oars of the Columbia and Potqmac “fours” became tangled. Both boats stopped. the referee ruled out the Potomac crew, and the visiting crew, the Passaics, took the race. The chronicler of the event wrote: “The first race was started by Referee Watts at 3:30 o'clock. It was for four-oared senior crews, and the contestants were the Passaics of New- ark and the Columbias and Potomacs of Washington. It promised to be an exciting struggle, but it wasn't. The Columbias had the Virginia shore, the Potomacs next and the Passaics had the middie of the river. As the shells were backed up at the stakeboats, Flder, the Columbia bow oarsman, called the referee’s attention to a cove about half a mile down the river, and said: ‘Look out for a foul there: 1 don’t intend to be crowded out of the water.' ” Then follow: a description of the start and thi he oars of the Colum- bias and Potomacs fouled and the boats stopped. The bow oar of the Columbias was broken by the waist oar of the Potomacs. The Potomacs {were ruled out, the race started from the fouling point and the Passaics won ‘hands down.' " The second race was between junior fours of the Columbia, Potomac and Ariel Club of Baltimore. The Colum- bias won, with the Ariels second. Black clouds had gathered and the doing. (4) No trace whatever had |next race was between four-oared been found of the silver anklet, and [KigS of the Columbia and Potomac the police concluded that they had|clubs. They started. but before the probably tossed it to the boatman as | an extra fare and a bribe to silence, Cut-Lip Jim's mind seemed to be a blank from the time he and Lugs took their last drink together until he awoke in his cell the following morning. Now, while Wang Foo quite agreed with ihe authorities that on gen- principles the colony would be better off with this brace of vil- ns behind the bars. he failed to e how in this particular case they could be held except on suspicion. So he decided to proceed quictly on his own lines of investigation. The first problem was to try to dis- cover the real meaning of Lugs the Ho'sun’s words. “Chop it off” He no- ticed, as he read them very carefully from' the little notebook, that the word “foot” wasn't there, it simply said “it,” and that might mean any- thing. Tt also sald, “It's only Chi- n neither “he" nor he." and that race was half over the storm broke. * k k% ET the old reporter tell the story: “The wind blew a gale. Waves dashed against the boats and rain and hail fell in torrents, but the crews struggled on. Coxswain Doyle kept the Potomac boat in a straight course in the middle of the river. Had he steered it toward either shore it would have been instantly swamped. The boats were sinking. A moment L more Coxswain Doyle was waist deep | in the water. ‘She’s swamped! was the cry that was repeated on all sides, but few realized the danger. All pleasure boats were driven off the river and the tugs nearly capsized in turning around to help the Potomac crew that was struggling in the wa- ter, clinging to the half-submerged i ! l i Doyle, but he cried out, ‘I'm all right! Help ‘the others” One man of the crew, Robinson, could not swim, and his companions generously helped him to battle with the waves. But they had over-estimated their strength. and in a few moments more all of them would have drowned. Elmore and Reynolds, who had been helping Robinson, were becoming exhausted when a boat came alongside to rescue ithem. Doyle was picked up, and Dyer caught a rope from a tug and was hauled aboard. Robinson was clinging to the upturned gig. Suddenly a big white rowboat made its way amonsg the tugs. and a clear steady voice was heard above the storm, ‘If youll keep the tugs away I'll save him? No time was lost and none was to be lost. Strong arms lifted Robinson into the iboat. He was quickly rowed to the Potomac house and placed under a doctor's care.” The big white rowboat belonged to the Columbfa Club, and was in the clubhouse. It was shoved down the incline and off the stage, and manned by Fred Freeman of the Passaics and Horace Beall of the Columbias, The Analostan gig was swamped close to the shore of Analostan Island. and the crew were picked up by rowboats. ‘Eugene Johnson of the Columbias and P. E. Huneker of the Tona Boat Club were rowing upstream to take their places for the race of junior singles The storm broke and their shells cap- sized. Huneker was picked up by the tug Cecile and Johnson swam ashore. A rowboat with several women and | children in it. about t5 land at Cum- | berland’s. was swept into the stream, {and its people were taken off by the ipolice boat Joe Blackburn. A line thrown to people in the water fouled the propeller of the Blackburn, and Robert Thompson, a deckhand. jumped |overboard and cut the rope loose. Littl- old Washington talked about the storm and the regatta for days and nights. The town was as much wrought up over the affair as it would ibe now were the Washington monu- ment to stand on its apex or the God. dess of Liberty to jump from the dome of the Capitol. * ok kX F the three Washington boat clubs, the Potomac. Analostan and and Columbia, the Potomac was the oldest. The list of its trophies, medals and banners won with its oars on as many rivers in the United States as the average reader can name would fill a column. It sent into the water great four and eight oared crews. The club was organized in 1367, with a membership of seven, and there lies before the Rambler a little account, written in 1894, which says that at that time, five of the original seven were still in_the club. They were Frank Jones, Ned Derrick, E. A. Mc- Elod, G. J. Johnson and Mr. Cropley. The fame and popularity of the Poto- macs grew and by 183 its member- ship was 200. In that year its most famous four was organized, and it registered many wins in thrilling races with crews from all boat clubs in the south and east. In the years 1853, ‘84, ‘85, '86, ‘87 and '$8 this four made the proudest clubs in America dip their pennants. That famous crew comprised H. W. Elmore, A. J. Robin- son, E. R. Reynolds and I. §. Deyer. The eights which were sent into many races by the Potomacs added fame to the club, and before the Rambler is this paragraph from The Star of Saturday, the “Double-Sheet Star,” May 26, 189 gig. The tugs nearly collided with one another in attempting to get close A remarkable feature about them (the eight- again might mean anything. Now [ (o the crew, who were fast losing |oared crews) i that the present in of the what native article would it be that|gtrength. An attempt to throw a line | club. J. Hadley Dogle, has coxswained the @ foreigner on a drunken spree would | from a tug was fruitless, for the wind |04t ery race the: nding want to cut off? The first and most [ would not allow it to go half a dozen | |l famoux $1.000 challenge cup at Staten natural answer to that was the cue!|feet. It was an agonizing scene, and | s d, 400 /" it rmarkable race at Alexan: He had often heard the sailors riding | gpectators anxiously counted the | his oar and the race was won with seven men. down Queens road in the jinriki- shas shout out to the coolies, “Hur- ry up, John! Hurry up there, or I'll chop off your cue!” Bosun have meant this? “Old Chang!" he called to the gate- keeper, “the venerable grand one will receive the august visitors today. I heads which appeared after ecach wave passed over them to see if all were holding out. Life preservers were The Analostan Club was organized in 1868. It started a _social club Could Lugs the|thrown from the Dixie and one was|as well as an oarsman's club, but the caught by Coxswain Doyle, and he |rowing side was developed fast, and thereupon let g0 of the gig. Pleasure boats put out from the|rivers of the east has been The first boat reached J. H.!one. shore. it career on the Potomac and other i notable 1t was reorganized and incor- SOME OF THE RAMBLER’S FRIENDS AT REY' HLDS' BOATHOUSE. porated in 1890, if the memoranda do not mislex victory often walked urm in arm with the Analostans. The Rambler ix thinking back to the time when Louis A. Fischer was captain of the Analostans, and its prominent ovars- men were Perry. Howard. Fugitt, Ross, Moore, Longstreet, Milis. North, ghn. Strong, lLong, Tavior, M Smith, Carmen. Prentiss, Forbert and’ Whiting. The Analostans had a four which took its share of trophics and made the Analostans favorably known in boating circles througiout the country. This four—or ti ese four, hich is it>—was. or were, Stearn {Chandler. Leeke and Fischer ithe froni-rank oarsmen of the lumbia Athletic Club, which grew out of the Columbia Boat Club, were Ba- ker. Mann, Adam Johnson. MctGowan, Blount, lewdney. Frank Joinson, Eaton,” Talmage. Weish. Purn Clark, O'Neil, Corbin. Hough. Mike O'Leary, Bill' Duke, Shafer. Carter. | Stratton. Burroughs. Jacqueit, Hekox. j McDonald, Lewis McGee. E. J. O'Leary. Von Mater and Mathews. Williim A, Smith was lieutenant of the ciub in Ticket holders entitied to three shots. Master of ceremonies, C. A. Lacas. There was a “grand prize teurna ment. saber exercise and ball”_ o Analostan Island Wednesday. Ser tember 16, 1874, “to help defray t cost of extending St. Joseph's Orph.. -8 were Gov. De aum. Col. Marti: Col. Wall On May INT4. there was ta=z. practice on Analostan Ixiand by t President’s Mounted Guard. The St said it was a spirited affair a 1 attended. Amongz the visite r V. Shepherd. Col. Wehst uwitt Col. Page and Maj. Piar “cach of whom made three shots w he carbine and faile to hit 1. buli's-ey A gold medal was pr. sented to Private Charles W. She vood, a silver medal to Sergt. T. V Hilleary and 2 leather medal to Lieu Jeseph Platz The following advertisement show that the island had passed from 1 management of Kaiser & Richter: at Analostan ixiand Thursi. Rambler's d him, and Dinciny Col 1 Reopening May 21, 1874 There will e a eamer leave the whar! charge of boating. {1 foot of High streer. Grorgetown. and « Within the Columbia Athletic Clubstreet. Washingtoa. evers fow minutes. A Was a social organization to which “T"’”’“g o T" (’“‘." e Vll‘g!: 1w the not all the C. A. C. menrbers were | V108 e il ol R e eligible. 1t was called the Foresters. IR e, Pt To reach the degree of a Forester was | 17 Auzust. 1874, a series of pigeon shooting matche island. under the took place on th to attain heights of fame. As the e o e Rambler has it from one of the spe- =3 al S s 's (] . esters were: William A. Cowles. Al-1Bogardus, “champion shot of Amer- exander Grant, William B. Hibbs. lica ™ (harles « Godfrey was referes Perry B. Hills, Charles H. Jonas, R Edwin Joyce, Harry H. C. Moses, Fred S. Smith, Frank M. Ward. Basil Duke. and among the names of the contest- ants are Mills Jensen. Fergurson Alexander. Benjamin, Magee, Derrick William M. Mooney. Conrad Becker. |and Skerwood William M. Dove. Richard J. Beall, H.{ Analostan Island had a deal of com- Guldsbosough Goddard. Herbert S |Ppetition as a pleasure resort. Of Flynn. W. Edwin Thompson, Frank |course ther: were the old Potomac 1H. Walker, Lyle S. Lipscomb, James | Fiver resorts of Glymont, White | F- Hood, J. Taylor Cronin, Charles M_| House. Blackstonee Island. = Piney 3 - - 5 v Bdgar H i Point and River Springs. but nearer Stale es Ho Jdg: = Slaler. Charles Howsrd, Fdgar Hubol o wnaiostan Jstand than any of thos: {Edward J. Walsh. R, Philip Cronin, | s, W& SR AP T NAT | Joseph H. Cranford. Charies I Berry. | e s J. . Kennedy Campbeil, S. Dana Lin- L v n {coln, William K. Nottingbam, Fred | ["HROUGH the '60s and 'i0s one W. Plugge, Edwin H. Snyder, Milnor may read many Green Spring ad- R. Sullivan, Alvin D. Whittington, Ar-| vertisemerts, but there is not space for thur S. Mattingly and Louis W Wea i them here. eaver. One of Washington's old picnic re- Fixw & sorts was lLoeflers Garden, and t TREQUENT reference has been | following advertisement running in The made to Analostan Island as a Star during the spring of 1860 will tell the story Resorts- Washington Citr Gardes ew York uvenue between 1st and Ernest Loefller, Proprietor. In calling the Attention of the public to grounds | would state that srrangements h been made fo make thix retres tive every day open free of charge. and a co select bund. picnic place and the Rambler has col- lected a few advertisements which he has found in old files of The Star In July. 1870, this advertisement ap- d streets, peared: The undersigned having refitted and propared this lovely and beautiful isixnd for the recep Tt given by & For the amusement of the chil- on of picnicx and pleasure parties, rexpect | gion he has introduced a mumber of littie fully call the attention of the public 0 hefgimes never before seen in this eity, and same. Henry aiser und Hermanu Richter. |calenlated at the same time to smuse the old_folks Here is another: X, B Attached s mr bottling extabl e ouBbll, N 1. Sons of Jocadaby swity] Ment; ana tamtlies be supplied with Pioneer Council. Xo. 1. Sony of Junadab. Will| qlaniiiy” ut their residence of that hewlthful uold u pienic at Analostan Island Auwgust 3, 11570, “Holy Hill Band engaged. Ferriage froe. A boat every three minutes from High street whar? for the isiand. drink, lager beer, upun short otice. Running through the rrsort ads of The Star for the Fourth of July. 1572 the Rambler finds that the Georgetown Grays gave a “grand parade and picnic” at Green Spring to the music of Holy Hill Band: that the Governor's Mounte Guard gave a “saber tournament and picnic” at the Highlands near Bladens- burg: that the ladies of the Hyattsville There was a picnic on the island on Thursday, August 11, 1870. under the auspices of George H. Thomas Post, No. §, G. A. R. The advertise- ment further read: “Music by the Marine Band, under the leadership of Prof. F. Prosperi” The Hibernian| ' o ¢ 1y 5 . “celebrated the l|'h of July.” 18721 Grorgetown M. E. Sunday school gave a by “a grand family picnic” on An-|,icnic in Cox's woods und listened to alostan Island. and the advertisement | Jqdresses by W. R. Woodward and the read: “Two steamboats. one from G!Rey. Mr. Mullen; that the Congress street wharf. Washington. and one|sireet Methodist Protestant Sundas |from High street wharf, Georgetown | school gave a picnic in Brown's woods, many. Dougherty’s | the pavilion and a —smalil boats. 3 north of Oak Hill cemetery; that Prof string _band in | Widdows played patriotic airs on the ibrass band in the grounds. Display|chimes of the Metropolitan M. E. of fireworks in the evening. EXtra|Church; that the Knights of St. Patrick swings put up. Stages from the|held a picnic at Bever's Seventh Street wharf to the pavilion.” ark: that the Twelfth Street M. E. Another old Analostan Island ad¥ Sunday school gave a picnic to Pencote wertisement: woods, near’ the Nationui City Race fe While It Lasts.—Sixth Course an: eyont Government a7 Uile Fxeeisior Socials at Anaiter | HoSDital for the Insane. nd that the Island Monday, July 22, 1872. A handsome telv| Greenieaf Club gawe its an picaic at escopic rifle will be shot for, valued ai §100.1 Loeffler's Garden. Vd g