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door while I gather up my jewels and
prepare to follow thee"

prepare to follow thee"
Kin opened his oblique eyes in hor-
ror. Tian gave him languishing glance.
"Goodby," she said. ''Do not fail
me" ana pushed him gently toward
the door, slipping around his neck the
soft, silken cord.
As Kin left the apartment he heard
noise in an adjoining room. 'It must
be the monkey" he said to himself, and
then continued meditatively: "For two
reasons had better not kill myself In
the first place, because have no GER
tainty of reviving in the other world,
and, secondly, because if I 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. 1t was
not the monkey, but Te.Ku who made
it, robbing the treasure chest Of his IA
ther. The garden window was open.
The jewels showed glitteringly through
the open mouth of a sack. Kin, indig-
nant, could not do less than reproach
him for his conduct, at the same time
revealing to him the predicament in
which he had placed the family.
Te-Ku implored him to speak lower,
but Kin responded each time in louder
voice. At length the unhappy youth ex-
claimed, conscience stricken, "Give me
the cord I am the true culprit, and to
me should belong the SACRIFICED And
making moose in one end Of the fatal
cravat he tied the other to the window
frame, swung the bag Of jewels to 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. As he descended
the stairway leading to the garden he
heard heavy blow, followed by Pc
culiar squeak.
"Can he have fled?" Kin asked him.
self, doubtfully.
The garden was very dark, but a body
hung quivering at the end Of the cord.
This Kin could see plainly, but he did
not observe dark form stealing away
among the trees.
GIVE got myself nicely out of that
scrape," said Kin, with sigh Of relief,
passing his hand pensively around his
neck. After few moments Of medita-
ton he entered his room, filled his pipe
with opium, and stretching himself on
his mat soon fell into deep sleep.
The following morning at 'daybreak
the relatives of Chao-Se, attired i'll
white, the mourning costume Of the
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
a 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 expiation of his son.
The others, after all animated discus
sion, agreed to accept this solution Of
the difficulty.
''Let us now 60 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 son!' exclaimed
Chao-Se Mortified
''Sir, I saw him place the moose
around his neck" replied the cook.
without doubt the monkey has fled in
the figure Of your son, leaving his own
image behind him. There is something
Of magic in this-the divine Fo is
avenged"
"No such thing" said the prospective
inhoritors of the estate. with decision.
cts the body of Te-Ku. Don't you see
the resemblance to the father? 1t is his
very imageP'
"But, gentlemen, protested Chao-
Sc, defending himself, "look at that
mouthp'
sit is your own, noble Chao-So," re-
piled the others.
"And those ears''-
"Are identical with yours, and in a
whisper, Remember that a victim was
requiredv'
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 magnificent burial, and tn
family council declared the honor of the
house Of Chao-Se to be fully re-estab-
lished.
In spite of the certificate of long life,
Chao-Se survived his son only few
months Then came to take charge Of
the inheritance a young man who claim.
ed to he 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
highest tribunal in the land learned
mandarin rendered the following deci.
sion, which is still precedent in China
to settle disputes Of similar nature:
1.-THE death and burial Of TIE. Ku hav.
ing been legally proven;
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