Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1890-06-12
STRANGE PASSENGER.

Ne were on our way from Hong Kong t
.xchow on the coasting steamer Namoa
Htes Ernest Wilkinson, U. S. n, in The
y hington Evening Star, when Capt. n.
II 'fdus Achates" of the voyage, looked al
i sathering clouds TO the westward and ra-
Il ked; 81 hope it won't rain before we get
ii Annoy; we are just thirty miles away.n
How do you know the distance so exactly.
ttainr
,ook atthat rock, and over beyond il Won
Lee through rift in the clouds a little
ST like pin point on the top of that black
: tain. The pin point is tall pagoda on
Hhgh cliff, and the pagoda is as good a sign
II for this town as If that whole black
Hwere painted in white letters mile high
4 half mile wide-A-M-O-Y. never see
the pagoda or the city that a cold chill
h hot run over me. /"
u III you tell me why, captainr
& ertainly but lisa long story; well, here
b Joy was one of the first treaty ports in
n open to foreign commerce, and for a
6 fime the noted hatred Of the Chinese for
Fners was more intense than at any other
81 was then captain Of a steamer on the
<lne plying between Annoy and the Eng
|Rlony OF Hong Kong, some two hundred
4away.
v cloudy evening in November | went
II 10 annoy to make few final prepare.
q for my ships departure the next day.
u on shore | noticed that my footsteps
begged bya disreputable looking coolie. |
approached me with great earnestness
n manner as soon as we had renched a
p ratively open spot, where the growing
4eS shut out the teeming hordes of a
n city. ! saw that it would be impos-
"a avoid an encounter IL this strange
~ should prove TO be a highwayman.
carrying my hand to my hip pocket.
felt the friendly grip of my re-
| waited for the man to come closer.
saw that the. coolie was in great dis
|fnd moved by his earnestness, stopped
n to his tale The man explained, in
\ and ''pidgin" English, that be had
a in Jail who was to be beheaded in
#ys more for capsizing in a sailboat and
Pug his passenger, mandarin's son.
aFndarln, bent on revenge, had thrown
#tman into prison, where the farce of
had been gone through with, and the
= b man had been doomed to die. The
pa that his family we're all wretehedlv
~ that they had managed, by the sale
oi their belongings, to raise money
TO bride the jailer to allow the prisoner
#pe, and all that was necessary to save
was to get him away on some vessel to
2fest foreign colony The poor Great
on his knees and implored me to save
hers life.
you'd give me anything -everything
only to give the hunted creature a
Place, to save a fellow being from the 4
pms Ak All this was muttered be- ,
proken sobs, and the poor man wept
we're he himself who was only to see !,
Pr suns rise before the earth would :
4 his life blood. /.
my sympathies intensely excited, )
knew the treacherous nature of the .
and the danger in interfering with !
as Of justice, and, wishing either to q
truth of his story or to prevail upon 4
z to choose some other means for his 7
escape, said: "I'll stow him away >,
n him down to Hong Kong for five r
taels" about Eve hundred and fifty !,
thinking that such price would be !,
beyond the coolies means The poor =,
ped staggered at the enormity of the =,
large fortune to one of his class; but a,
in a moment and said he supposed nj
have to pay it. that it was a fear 4;
that he was very poor, and to raise ~
money his family would have to sell ~
owned. but he must save his broth 90
If the captain insisted he would
pay it. -.
lnpathies were now still more keenly 70
aud seeing that the unwelcome pas RI
'olid be sent, and not caring either -,
my word or TO profit by the poor NJ
nisfortunes, said: ''Well. III do it a.
gular fare labout ten dollars bring wi
70 the wharf at II 80: am going
ship then" -
H~tnNA wv kFyfN CT ~ WIN Ivy
ail "kow-towingn his thanks as
Fay and he disappeared in the dark -,
sooner reached the wharf, about -
then ! was touched BY the same -
now offered himself as ''sampanr - ~
lowed him to the boat, and there '-
= man as poorly clad as his broth -,
We showed of | noticed both 81
clumsy with their oars, but as my =.
aasa to the wharf we were soon II.
aa1ad my overcoat to the boatman -
up a bundle tied Chinese fash 49,
E handkerchief, and we went on 49,
M my new acquaintance in the - /
& my steward forward ON an err nil
tolld detain him for a few mo- 80
Aen had the coolie deposit his f,s-
snall closet in the cabin and told -,
aat must be his brothers hiding n
Fe put to sea, and that be must
GEL INTO it. Wos
l'l over the side the condemned ~ :
out Of the boat, which he had -. -
z TIE gangway, and slid noise - :.
"a the cabin and into the -.
-fnsd the lock and put the key in a.
" pass..i II. o..,,- -. brib
Y lASe searching glance at my y = I,
ger, and, in spite Of his I'M u Z
"a soiied and tattered clothes. cute
t-eAlon and refined features re- sa.y
eooiies brother n q Chinaman LOT
4 serutinize the boatman. but ~
tack was 70 the Hgbt 80 - vice.
Ing l1st then, paid my sam vase
ny strange acquaintance de graft
that
q Hondaring who nv rnvstar;o,,s the
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