The herald., 1896-08-27
At LAST THEY LOOSEN
Clonel HeIIison Clay Otis Makes
a Big Point
HER LIN IS CALLED DOWN
Chinatown Makes q Contribution to Nc.
KIinley's Fight
press the Mengolians Of the Stake They
Are Playing for and He Succeeds

| 1t was a motley procession as 1t moved
up Broadway; after leaving First street
it attracted attention. People stopped
| to look at it and then wondered what it
| all meant
There were four Cinnamon in the line.
| They were dressed in the silk costume
Of the race and made an imposing spec
tacle. Each one was carrying hymn
book and meek and lowly look.
At the head of the line was Her Lin,
and three who followed him were Chin
All Lung, Woh Fob and Sin All Won.
The party were the leaders of the
tong in Chinatown, and they were
headed for the tower of the rocky castle
| at First and Broadway. They had an
appointment with Clonel Hellison Clay
| Otlis, the patron of the local Chinese,
friend. adviser and their general all
round push"
| Her Lin and his three countrymen
started up the stairway. showing the
hymn books we'll to the front. They
reached the second floor in safety. El
Toro, the dog. had been withdrawn
after the serious experience he had met
with in jokingly chewing Clonel Helli-
| sons paw. The Mongolian leaders had
heard about the incident as a case of
dog eat dog, but they were just trif1e
"leary'' despite the assurance given
| them that FL Toro was no more.
| On the third floor they met detected
| loking man who had just left Clonel
| Hellison's inner sanctum. The man wore
| the appearance of one who had suffered
a hard campaign and came Off loser.
| It was party named Maclachlan who
had visited Clonel Hellison for words of
comfort and who had been given a
| stone-a rock of large proportion. He
had asked Clonel Hellison as a favor
| not to speak too much about him through
| his paper or otherwise, and the Clonel
| had withered him with a glance of his
! fiery eye, which glance he had pre-
viously used with awful effect withering
| the timid woman and unsophisticated
small boy who had invaded his sanctum.
| Her Lin and the other three Chinese
merchants passed the unfortunate man,
| and after uncovering their heads and
1 removing their footgear entered into
| the mighty presence.
There had been some mighty changes
| since their last visit. The place made
! vacant by the decease of Ell Toro had
been filled by an under study OF Dave
Neagle's. To the blacklist which hung
on the wall sundry names had been
added of persons who had outlawed
themselves from Clonel Hellison's favor.
THE CLONEL'S MOOD.
Clonel Hellson was not in pleasant
mood. He had just been Informed that
the paper supply on hand would last
longer than anticiNlted. owing to de-
| creased demand for the journal wnlcn
he conducted. From his bosom friend
and adviser "Jayhawker," had come
| word that Indiana was certain LOT ory
an. He had been given tip that w. L.
Williams would be nominated Tor su-
perior Judge on the Republican ticket.
Some one had sent him an invitation to
address a silver Republican meeting,
! ito help white metal as the writer SAID
| "by talking in your own peculiar meth
| cd for gold"
All this pleasant but brief information
| combined to place the Clonel in one OF
those conditions of mind when MS
| friends prefer to have him keep FL Ioro
| as a companion, as the dog fully appre-
| ciates all the Clonel's good traits and
responds to them as his best judgment
| dictates.
| BUT the innocent Cinnamon were not
aware of all of Colonel Hellisons &c
centricities. However, when they look
ed upon his classic features they Knew
that there was something wrong. Anes
| were all about to break and run, put
! Dave Neagle's urderstudy closed the
! dcor and then Colonel HG1lison had
them at his mercy.
Got that ready to send on east to
help. Sabe?" said the colonel, address
ing Her Lin. The colonel wanted 10
| know if Her Lin had raised the sum
he had agreed to among the local China
men to send east to assist in making the
campaign of education and in giving the
Workingmen of the east object lessons
tending to show that they must vote for
| Mckinley and the gold standard.
FOXY HER LIN.
Her Lin made answer in a voice full
of fear and trepidation, saying:
"Chinaman know Clonel Hellison
gleat man. Heap smooth. Know heap
more than Chinaman. But Clonel He'll
son no fool Chinaman. He tell me Mc,
Klinley win and Chinaman vote and
dam Ilishman get left He say Mckiln-
lev fiend of Chinaman. Then Clohei
say in Times Mckinley fliend OF dam
Ilishman and say he fiiend of working
man. What Chinaman going to DO!
He no know when Clonel lie and when
he no lie"
And then Clonel Hellison Clay became
wrothy and beat his breast in a great
rage, throwing the Chinaman into con-
sternation and even frightening Dave
Neagle's understudy.
On to Her Lin and his confeeres he
proceeded 10 let III d ldISe lSh'' AAe
explained to them the system upon
which he worked. He told them that as
a political schemer he was about as
smooth as they made 'em. AT this Hell
Lin's eyes opened and he was heard to
saw Mite" However, the Clonel con-
tinued to explain to them showing wha'
an extraordinary smooth article he was
laying great stress on his past success
es in gaining political preferment fol
himself and for his friends.
HE WARNS UP.
AS he warmed up Colonel Hellisor
insisted that he was ready to help the
Chinese in the future as he always
had in the past and they must now hell
out the Mckinley campaign as Il
meant great deal for the race.
Her Lin and his friends became con
vinced that the Clonel was in earnes
| and made the first contribution. an.