Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1892-07-21

friends of yours who have taken the
bungalow over there-aren't they?"
Yes. sir, he replied, with-perhaps
/ fancied it-a little hesitation IN his
tone, and family perceptible rise of
color into his yellow face. They are
Japanese OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES ed men;
they are very busy getting in their
| furniture. You can see the carts. They
are rich, and will be valuable connec-
TONS
| Sure enough, there were drawn up in
front of the bungalow three or four
carts laden with packing cases.
| The English mail came in that morn
| ing, and went to the club to read the
newspapers she had brought. Sud-
denly paragraph in one of them ar
rested my attention. / slapped the
paper down with an exclamation of
! JOY, and rushed straight away home,
for felt sure / had solved the mystery
of All Moons ghost and of it's connec-
ton with the shrub.
That afternoon, after the office had
been closed for the day. l went in to
| the manager. He must have seen that
! | was excited with news, for he said:
"Hullo. Any news about All Moons
| ghost?'
Yes said. gravely: land 1 want
you and Lawson to be with me to-
night IN the treasury"
Nonsense" he laughed. Il thought
that old game was played out
Well l replied, Il have the best of
reasons for asking you, and perhaps
some day you will thank me for it,
''All right" he said. But mind. if
nothing comes of it. you stand Lawson
and me dinner at the Grand hotel"
Done said /. Bring your six
! shooter with you"
! gave the same invitation to Law
son, the accountant, and then went
down to the Saibansho or town hall,
and engaged two policemen to be held
at my disposal.
There was evidently big dinner on
at the bungalow opposite that evening,
for the whole place was brilliantly
lighted up, and | met Hal Ling going
in dressed in his clothes of state. At
midnight, the manager, Lawson and 1
crept downstairs, through the Office
and into the treasury. 1t was wild
night of snow and wind and the watch
men were curled up in their corners
fast asleep. We took up our positions
in the treasury, each one behind a pile
of dollar bags or yen boxes, each of
US with dark-lantern, and each armed
with d revolver. In a few minutes
there was a grating sound just in front
of and under the pile of bags behind
which was hidden. 1t continued for
some time, and was intermingled with
occasional groans. Then there was a
crack, and a tiny ray of light was WISH
BILE in the iron floor. Scarcely daring
to breathe, SO great was my interest. 1
watched. Gradually the line of light
grew broader, and presently the
! whole plate, some two feet broad
by four feet long, was raised
up, gently and gradually, and laid over.
Then head appeared. The light be-
low shone on the face, and l at once
recognized our comprador. Hal Ling.
He emerged from below quietly and
quickly, and stood so close to me that
1 could have touched him. A second
head appeared. 1t was that of Jap
anese, and he stood alongside of the
comprador. A third came up. also a
Japanese. They had walked beautiful
" into the trap.
They remained for a few minutes
listening; then swiftly and quietly
they commenced to hand the boxes of
gold yen" through the opening in the
floor to somebody below. At that mo-
ment 1 gave a low whistle, and all three
of us sprang ont with cooked revolvers,
and each seized his man. Hal Ling
and his friends were so completely sur
prised by the suddenness and swiftness
of our action that they neither uttered
. sound nor made the least show of re-
sistance. We turned our lanterns full
on, and called in the watchmen-whose
amazement at the scene presented to
them can better be imagined than de-
| scribed-and then, having secured our
prisoners, proceeded to explore their
mode of access.
We found that . neat little tunnel
had actually been cut through the con-
crete foundation of the treasury, pass
ing under our front garden and the
road, and coming out exactly on the
site of the shrub in the garden OPP
posite. Here we found two Japanese
gentlemen, who had taken fight along
the tunnel when they heard the arrest
Of their friends, held fast by the police
men had engaged.
So at one blow / laid All Moons
ghost If 1 had not happened to read
in the London newspaper how at Pom
peii there had been discovered tunnel
cut from the surface and leading into
one of the buried buildings. by treasure
hunters, the skeleton of one of whom
had been found, ! should have been too
| late: the robbers would have carried
out their design, and the bank would
have been poorer by many thousands
of dollars.
Mr.. Hal Ling got his deserts. His
japanese accomplices would have been
executed on Tobc hill but for the inter-
vention of the British consul: and 1 got
promotion for my share in the laying of
All Moons ghost.-Chamb ers' Journal
! Lighthouse Heroine.
Many are hardly aware that Ida
Lewis. the most celebrated of light