Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1896-08-17
A TIGER OF THE LAW.

to his cup Of tea in more sorrowful
frame of mind. A something wrapped
in yellow silk lay before him, which
bid fair to give the brave mandarin o
headache. 1t was an official letter.
A weighty matter it was for Chi
Hung Lang-to be or not to be, in fact.
In case he succeeded in doing what was
asked Of him he would receive the sec
ond peacock feather and the red button
for his cap, but if he failed the soles of
his feet would certainly become in
timately acquainted with the bamboo
And there were such beautiful, strong
elastic bamboos in the town hall for
such purposes He had tried every stick
with his own hands on one of his in
fCriUrs i'm Office.
For Chi Hung Lang was the highest
judge Of the province and bore the title
of honor, tiger of the lawbook. "
In criminal circles and among those
learned in the law his name was great
)y respected. He understood the law so
well and could cXpound it so infinitely
that he once succeeded by brilliant
plea in having a 2.hour-cld infant SEN
fenced to IS years Imprisonment
There was no one in all the land with
clear conscience, at least no one who
felt secure, for Chi Hung Lang had once
declared that in his opinion every re-
5P@ctablc citizen ought to sit on the
criminals bench at least once during
his lifetime, and he was just the man
to put his theory into practice.
1t cannot be denied that Chi Hung
Lang, with his method of administering
justice, accomplished great results. If
any one had the least reason to fear the
law, he moved into another province
This solved the tramp question at least
If the tiger of the lawbook had not
occasionally instituted practice law
suit, the judges Of the land would have
had nothing to do but smoke their opium
i'll undisturbed leisure.
At this time the prison Of the prov
ince Of Yen-si-ling, over which Chi
Hung Lang ruled, had been without
an inmate for eight days. 1t was abso-
lutely impossible to find a wrongdoer.
The beautiful prison, with its S32
cells, electric lights, fiogging machines
and torture chamber equipped with all
the modern improvements, was empty
empty as Chinese lieutenant's purse
ON the goth of the month.
This is the reason that Chi Hung
Lang's heart quaked and his feet tin
gled with misgivings:
Five years before this the above men
toned model prison had been built by
the son of heaven at an enormous cost,
and it had been made so large at tho ex-
press wish of Chi Hung Lang. The vice
roy now announced that he would in
spect the prison in three days and hoped
TO find it comfortably well filed The
writing ended with the ominous figures
"25." Oh, how poor Chi Hung Lang's
feet burned! twas just like the Mikado.
But where was he to get S32 Nanki
Poohs without stealing them? Ii was
hardly to be expected that any one
would volunteer. But the viccroy want
cd to see the flogging machine and the
hydraulic gallows in actual operation
during his inspection. Here the terrible
number 25 appeared again. Oh, how
the feet of the tiger of the lawbook
burned! There was no escape. An I'M
lawful act he would not have commit
ted, and at any rate there was no time
TO manufacture several hundred com
plants and try the cases in the usual
way. Oh, if only he had more time!
And Chi Hung Lang rubbed his head
doubtfully. He had a very long head,
had Chi Hung Lang, tiger of the law
book.
At this moment his pupil and favor
lite practitioner, Ka-cha-lo, entered the
room with a newspaper in his hand ard
horror in his face.
Read, master, he said.
1t was copy Of comic paper, The
Dragon Claw, which contained ma
licious item ridiouhng the large feet of
Chi Hung Lang's wife.
Ka-cha-lo had expected his master to
fly into Il passion aud at least breathe
ont fire and smoke or some exhibition
Of the kind.
Nothing 0f the sort took place. The
mighty man OF law danced around the
room in his glce until his cue upset all
the candles, crying II am saved!
shall fill my prison! ] shall get my S32
prisonersw Ka-cha-lo said in astonish-
ment, "Ouly ono, thinl;--thc RESPONSE
bic editor Of The Dragon Claw.
"Youug man" replied Chi Hung
Lang, "what do You know about law?
How about his accomplices?".
"But do you think he has S32 of
thom?" vcntured Ka-cha-Io.
''He has rs many as Inced," was the
wise answer.
Ka-cba-lo, more astonished than ever,
left the room, saying, What mani"
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