Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-01-25

preston in words: he simply stood
and stared. first at All Moon and then
at the official. is this true. All
Moon?' he asked at length. "Quite
true, sir" replied his boy, land / shall
see the white man no more" thought
Jack, 81 don't suppose you'll see any
man much mora" and, addressing tn
officer. he said, care you going TO
take him to Snanghi?" "'No, to WI
chang that belong the district city"
Because | have come this side ex-
pressly to find out about this business,
aud suppose | shall have to attend
the trial" Trial p echoed the officer
scornfally; she no oatchee muchee
trial. In one week time he be cruel
fed" Jack was shocked at the utter
indifference with which the official
spoke of the fate OF the trembling
wretch, and resolved that he would get
to Hankow as soon as possible. "Well,
sir" said All Moon, as he was being
hurried into the government boat,
"good-by, Sir; you have been number
one good master to number one bad
man liKe me. You will catchee most
allo that dollar near that pagoda by
Chinkiang. Good-by, sir" and that
was the last that Jack saw of An Moon.
AS rapidly as the coolies could row, the
houseboat sped back TO Shaughi; and
by the first steamer leaving, Jack went
to Hankow and hurried across the
river to Wuchang.
Passing by broad space in the CEN
ter of the town he saw large crowd
collected, and pushing hia way through
he came upon the objects Of their curl
osity-the naked figure of An Moon
and woman impsled upon thick
spikes of bamboo, and showing horri-
BILE signs of a long and lingering death.
Half sickened at the sight, he went to
the house of the Taotai, or magistrate,
and there he learned what particulars
had been forced by torture from All
Moon.
1t appeared that the woman, the
agents cooks wife, had stolen the
keys Of the treasury during the night;
that the watchasan mad been drugged
before going on duty; that An Moon
and four other men had commenced
operations on the treasury; that the
comprador disturbed by an unusual
noise, had armed himself with sword
and came down to see the cause; that
An Moon had received blow on the
face from the comprador, and had re-
taliated by cutting him down; that the
robbers had safely got of by the
river with their booty, and that All
Moon had promised the woman a
weekly payment as a reward for her
share iii the proceedings and TO secure
her secresy. The Taotai could not
say where the booty was concealed;
but All Moon had admitted that he
had gone to Singapore until the pur.
suit should have relaxed meanwhile
the payments to the woman had
ceased. Upon his return with Jack,
All Moon had seen the woman, and
she had sworn to inform the authori-
ties unless he doubled her allowance;
and this was no doubt the subject of
the conversation which Jack had heard
from the veranda. Then she found
that All Moon he'd gone to Shanghai,
and, imagining that he was attempting
to escape from his bargain, and fancy
ing that she would get a free pardon
for serving the cause of justice, she
had laid the whole matter before the
authorities, with the results familiar
to us.
Most of the stolen treasure was found
buried in the earth near the pagoda at
Chinklang, rs All Moon had said and
Jack returned to England a wiser man
and perhaps n little sadder at the fate
which, just rs it was, had overtaken
his jewel of boy.