The Red Cloud chief., 1878-05-09


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~ snspscsc.s verined. True enosgh.
etngse0ehDW
om - u1evtoae eveeing. ~ ssslearbush
Va 80, eno nuthia4 bUl 3 baso, NO.
sves 20 msfkeA IL ~ eerss
Well. ] knew ths& asaIsa- 6ushes aYs
not, wen IN ecdnntrtc JaOansvat out
MIN aei0QDt1n4 ~ to1b(3 10 q
Night 70 nerse He tsndes, dsu1 ats ex-
Ctscs. al cnllo4e1A ~ .,coppraAps, hid
him 49, lpnsNsDs -
him RVer3Y4n b0
sane ofx. hnd ~ 9ntpl1yo1S wSfq
c0uIsUoostooe soG0SeA1m1 = 6oUo5
'ordSne!y 4ature,Ee .Dp}ng on eoms-
whese IN the nsl0 AAcskood II tts ban.
Gq1wL ever tAs NAY. -.
Jleee msa 70 WaGoh II the aG1ual o.
srpfteas 81 eastlaG. SWAY ~ bah. bit
cd ~, Alghts. they wal1ked n fsmGlned
un4ieturbed: One reported tAal ~ pfd-
nigh ne he'd $50 he Rtimmee q ~.
t0sAe uJtsiey euvue 10 the gof4eB. M
kearq vpicG1 AID the soun6so % dieSfAg.
Ana ] was6oed ynyseyf for b night 81
two. but saw or hessd noshing. ssF
Put tho native police On Shs scsnt.
but nothiNg ca0e q \, apd I began 70
thlnk theC nltDs5 u, 70 ~ pSSdx 3
pieeQ of. Japanese sccentg3ciiy.
In1abS6t : woSk ne oahljeeo spopo5
caSpeo0, which me6as TIVE ha1C.koleasys
fosz1he WHOM Sett)smeaA During With
tlmS oDboua0ea Devoted Nheie o6Aeuolsu
70 OpehmHonoktae - sboopin9. ,aNA
Japsneeo 70 drfnfIAk aods lUanG3 n9 n
wine en6paceOn the oveuiog u The laok
day. eGp0ele bN1olhe vie&ogiSs Won, and
the cessation non the bU0daGo e1tgn1a-
Ing, ,wss.e1 Abe ''9unior Hong" gave 8
big dinner. IL WAS . cold, wet night In
November, and sfter Z rood bout u boo
and vinct-et-un, No weSo eea1ed in the
drswing.room, talking ahout the funny
phases OF our Yokohama life; nj tho
iires, Of tho stories Of men cut down
and robbed by Sabancse In lonely pisces,
Of the extremely clever way Ia which
the Cutto-stsvet bankers hsd beon n.
licved Of their gold. Of the game laws,
Of the abeurd Opposition offered by the
government TO Europeans going mp the
country. and Of . hundred other things.
whom . boy came Ii end whispered In
my . that the comprador wished 10 see
ms. In tho passage I found tho old
msn trembline from head 10 foot with
-excitcmcnA aId utterly unsbls 70 artic-
ulate alsyllable. He seised mo by tho
arm, hufrssd me down stairs Though
our "Trip Of garden, 70 the gate, and
pointed 70 the bungalow opposite. Tho
rain had changed 70 snow, and the keen
wihd blew down the street In fitful
gusts. driving the snow Into our facsss
Through che mist and s~nowaakes, after
sone peoring. I could make out the 90
casionsi CLINT Of . lantern on tho other
side, anu when the wind lulled for Q
moment. fancicd I heard . grating
soand, ~ Of something being dug and
shovSled mp. Immediately under our
feet. II rhsdn't been told that such Q
n0iseaA ad beon distinctly heard during
the evening by one Of tho coolies on
wstch, lido not know that should have
noticed Il, but ~ I now listened, II was
very palpable. H
II was Oh worry mysterious; but I had
long bsen susplclcaus, and was now
oertain that something unusual was
that Tie treasury Of tho bank should be
looked at. SO I sent upstain Tor The
manager. placed the c~onprAdov 1t the
door, ordered an lights 10 be kept hid
don. dispatched = messenger 70 the
HEuropcan police station for . constable
in,case Of mood. and when tho manager
arrived. armed myself with q dark
lahtcrn. and gently unlocked the treas
ury. As wa pcered through the Iron
bars into tho blacknsss we distinctly
heard tho shoyellng and digging sound,
now much nearer. EnjoiRlng q strict
silence on the part Of the Cinnamon
and coolies outside. W entered. We
wore. at all events. 6rst In the field.
We trod very gently. the lantern half
hind : row of Of doiisr.Ssr.. '" We waited Ssi
fully half an hour, we could still hssr
tho subtorrapssn noise. but, beyond this
and the oceasiopAl howl OF the elements
outsfds, there was not . sound. sud.
denly We heard . worry gentle tap IN the
very smidGls q thc treasury, In about
three feet Of our rampant of bags; then
another; then q regular SERIES; then :