The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-10-23
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Kin opened his oblique eyes In hor.
ron Than gave him a languisbing glance.
.tCcoodby," she said. do not fail
me. " and pushed him gently toward
the door, slipping around his neck the
soft, silken cord.
As Kin left the apartment he heard q
noise i'm an adjoining room. sit must
be the monkey, y he said to himself, and
then continued m~editatively: For two
reasons I had better not kill myself. In
the first place, because I have no GER
tainty of reviving i'm the other world.
and, secondly, because il / do come TO
life again the mighty Fo will be able to
take vengeance upon me for the beating
I have given his image"
Again the noise was heard. It was
not The monkey, but Te-Ku who made
1t, robbing the treasure chest Of his IA
ther. The garden window was open.
The jewels showed glitteringly through
the open mouth Of O sack. Kin, indig-
nant, could not do less than reproach
him for his conduct, at the same time
revealing TO him the ~predioament in
which he had placed the family.
Te-Ku implored him to speak lower,
but Elm responded each time In q louder
voice. At length the unhappy youth ex-
claimed, conscience stricken, 4'Give. me
the cord. I ann the true culprit, and to
me should belong the sacrificed And
making o moose In one end Of the fatal
oravat he tied the other to the window
frame, swung the bag of jewels 10 his
shoulder for the expenses OF the journey,
and embracing the cook affectionately
said to him:
"Go now and leave me alone. do
not wish thee TO witness my death
agony"
Kin had not complete confidence In
his young master. but did not dare dis
obey his command. A he descended
the stairway leading 10 the garden he
heard 0 heavy blow, followed by o Pc
culiar squeak. ~
"Can he have fed?'' Kin asked him
sell. doubtfully.
The garden was very dark, but o body
hung q~uivering at the end of the cord.
This Kin could see plainly, but he did
mot observe q dark form stealing away
among the trees.
''I've got myself nicely out of that
scrape." said Kin, with o sigh of relief,
passing his hand pensively around his
neck. After q few moments of medita-
ton he entered his room, filled his pipe
with opium, and stretching himself on
his mat soon fell into o deep sleep.
The following morning at daybreak
the relatives of Chao-Se, attired in
white, the mourning costume OF the
Chinese, presented themselves at his
house prepared 70 render to his corpse
the last tributes, but to their great SUR
prise they found him awaiting them,
also dressed in white, and maintaining
o ceremonious attitude.
what, still alive?" they exclaimed
Indignantly.
Chao-Se then related TO them all that
had occurred-his scruples, the timidity
of his wife, the substitution of the cook
and the voluntary expiration OF his son.
The others, after an animated discus
sion, agreed to accept this solution of
the difficulty.
"Let us now go to the garden, into
which nobody has yet entered, said
Chao-Se solemnly. There we shall
view the body Of my unhappy son."
The committee made their way TO the
garden, but upon arriving at the scene
OF the catastrophe were stupefied with
amazement. Suspended by the silken
cord, and swinging to and fro like a
pendulum, was the rigid body of a
monkey.
''That Is not my sonr' exclaimed
Chao-Se Mortified.
"Sir, I saw him place the moose
around his neck" replied the cook.
without doubt the monkey has fed in
the figure of your SON, leaving his own
image behind him. There Ia something
of magic In this-the divine Fo il
avenged"
mo such thing - said the prospective
inheritors of the estate. with decision.
tits the body OF Te-Ku. Don'tyou see
the resemblance to the father? It is his
very imagel"
"But, gentlemen" protested Chao-
Sc, defending himself, "look at that
MOUTH
Tt is your own, noble Chao-se," re-
piled the others.
And those ears
"Are identical with yours, " and in a
whisper. Remember that a victim was
requiredt"
The distinguished Chinaman admit
ted at length that the body was that OF
his son, although certainly somewhat
disfigured.
Consequently the death of Te-Ku was
officially. certified to, the remains were
given q magnificent burial, and the
family council declared the honor of the
house of Chao-Se to be fully re-estab-
lished. ..
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In spite of the certificate of long life,
Chao-Se survived his son only q few
months. Then came to take charge of
the inheritance a young man who claim
ed to be Te-Ku and declared that he
had fed from the paternal mansion
some time before, jumping from the gar
den window and scaling the wall.
The case having been submitted to the