Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-06-15
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captain answered Morley in his most
provoking drawl only it crossed my
mind that if Lung Sien should happen
TO have taken advantage of Wan Lees
eagrneSS, and our young friend hre's
innocence, to cheat a little in the weight
of those bars, it might be awkard
for him just now
The old man stared a moment as
the idea slowly filtered into his mind.
and then He's done, by Jover broke
from his lips. as his mighty hand rose
and fell again on Morley's shoulder like
twenty-ton steam hammer with a
patent grip attachment
1T was the only time I ever heard
him swear, and I believe that his shame
al 1t caused him as much pain as his
lmpetuoSity did to poor Morley. For
the rest Of the time they spoke not.
Por Frank busted himself with ten
DERBY trying 10 raise and straighten the
crushed bones Of his left shoulder with
his right hand, while Captain Roberts
was mainly occupied in hiding a two
foot blush with an eighteen-inch hand
kerchief
BY this time the weights had been
taken and handed up to the Judges.
and [ must say the gravity with which
they compared the two papers did them
credit, as also did the calm tone in
which the magistrate drew Lung Stems
attention in the discrepancy and asked
for an explanation.
Highly credItable, too, was the
manner in which the latter took the
blow. He had had time to somewhat
recover from the shock, and the eager
and aStOniShed air with which he COM
pared the two papers would have made
a Bowery actors fortune: carefully
did he examine them ere he handed
them over to his cashier with some
remarks which evidently had reference
to the differences. Had there been but
one bar he would have doubtless have
claimed mistake in his receipts, but
four ingots each with different errors.
varying from three to six ounces. and
all in his own favor, were too much for
even Chinese effrontery. Sadly did he
hand them back to the usher and grave
ly did he admit that he had misjudged
an innocent man, that some one of
his clerks must have distracted the
ingots from his safe and replaced them
with the base metal in hopes of delay
ing the discovery. SO he freely with
drew from the prosecution.
There was a quiet smile on the
on the magistrates face as he ordered
th prisoners release but that was
about all the questions there was in
that court. Wan Lee was instantly
surrounded by a shouting crowd of
sailors, and the poor injured innocent
was partly dragged and partly carried
out of court. along with the happy Sing
Ooh
Poor Lung Sien had a longer stay,
for he had to pay the different court
fees, and his purse by the time he left
was a good deal lighter than when he
came in.
I'VE dropped down the river next
day, and as we passed Chez Foo we
put the happy pair ashore within TWEEN
ty miles of Wan Lees home, with a
nice little sum collected for them as
a start for housekeeping At dinner
time that day young Morley tried very
mildly to chaff the captain on the in
consistency OF a church member en-
couraging fraud, but the old man turn
ed on him rather savagely. You young
scamp he exclaimed, would you
blame a dog for barking or chinaman
for swindling? They must act accord
ing to their lights. The next man of
you that tries to jolly me I'll stop his
shore leave as long as we are in Chinese
waters SO, as he was a man of his
word, we dropped the subject" -
From Advance Sheets of the Gentle
mans Magazine.