The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1894-12-01

Kin kissed the floor to express his
Avoiding the vengeance of Chao-
"Oh, yes!" faltered the trembling
cook.
There IS a way to accomplish all
th:s. Thy master, Chao-Se, projected By
tie eElperor's decree, will yet live many
:-ec-s, Gtrinc which time we shall be
c.t,e % leave this earth and lose our
ceivcs in space"
II don't understand
1T is ve-y eirn1e. Iwish thee to &C.
aon.pa-y ne IN this last journey. Take
lis co-a and hong thyself outside the
G3cr Willie I gather up my jewels and
prepare to follow thee"
Kin opened his o5liqre eyes III hor-
1or. 'rian gave him a lansuishing glance.
"tsoodby," she said. "Do not fail
me" and pushed him gently toward
the door. Slipping around his neck tie
soft, silllen cord.
As Kin left the apartment he heard a
noise in an adjoining room. ut must
be the monkey, " he said to himself, and
then continued rleditatively: ''For two
reasons 1 had better not kill myself. In
the first place, because I have no GER
tainty Of reviving in the other world.
and, secondly, because if l do come to
life again the mighty Flo 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
it, robbing the treasure chest Of his IA
Their. The garden window was open.
The jewels showed glitteringly through
tho open mouth of a sack. Kin, indig-
nant. could not do less than reproach
hin fer his conduct, at the same time
revealing to him the predicament III
which he had placed the family.
Te-Ku implored him to speak lower,
but Kin responded each time in a1ouder
voice. At length the unhappy youth ex.
claimed, conscience stricken, give me
tbs cord. I am the true culprit, and to
.:e should belong the sacrificed" And
making a moose in one end of the fatal
cravat &c tied the other to the window
frame, swung the bag Of jewels tc his
shoulder for the expenses of the Journey,
and embracing the cook a~ffectionately
said to him:
go now and leave me alone. I 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. AS he descended
the stairway leading to tho garden he
heard a heavy blow, followed by a Pc
/ culiar squeak.
"Can he have fed?'' Kin asked him
self, dorbtfully.
The garden was very dark, but q body
hung quivering at the end Of the cord.
This Kin could see plainly, but he did
/, not observe q dark form stealing away
! among tie trees.
eve got myself nicely out Of that
scrape," said Kin, with a sigh Of relief,
passing his hand pensively around his
neck. After a few moments of medlta-
ton he entered his room, filled his pipe
with opium, and stretching himself on
his mat soon fell into a deep sleep.
The following morning at daybreab
the relatives Of Chao-Se, attired in
white, the mourning costume Of tho
Chinese, presented themselves at his
house prepared to render to his corpse
the last tributes, but to their great sur.
prise they found him awaiting them,
also dressed in white, and maintaining
q ~ceremonious attitude.
"What still alive?' they exclaimed
Indignantly.
Chao-Se then related to them all thai
had occurred-his scruples, the timidity
of his wife, the substitution of the cool
and the voluntary expiration of his son
The others, after an animated discus
sion, agreed to accept this solution O
the difficulty.
"Let us now go to the garden, int
which nobody has yet entered, saie
Ckao-Se solemnly. "There we shall
view the body of my unhappy son."
The committee made their way to tn,
garden. but upon arriving at the seem
Of the catastrophe were stupefied with
amazenent. Suspended by the silke,
cord, and swinging to and fro like
pendulum, was the rigid body of
monkey.
THAT is not my son!' exclaimed
Chao-Sc Mortified.
"Sir, l saw him place the noos,
around his neck" replied the cook
Without doubt the monkey has fled il
the figure of your son, leaving his owl
image behind him. There is somethin.
of magic in this-the divine Fo i
avenged"
No such thing" said the prosperity.