Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-07-17

OF Loo Chat as an I. ID. II. before the
Pondo got out. and to this end he succeeded
In bribing All Foo with cash down and tho
promise of more, TO plant four traps"
which he took from his own safe In a con-
venient place in his masters store But
as there is more honor of a sort among
heathens than among thieves. All Foo gave
the plot away I'm the same hour showed
the trap stones TO Loo Chat. who had been
srspecting some friendly action of the sort .
and, with his consent. took them away ,
with him for greater safety and his own
reward.
Very early the next morning the police.
acting on Information received" raided
inc store OF Loo Chai. turned IL mostly into
the street and found nothing, its owner
meanwhile looking on with a bland resig-
nation that would have well become a
martyr I'm n better cause A good deal Of
language was used by the executors of tho
law OF which no respectable printers ink
would convey any adequate expression. but
III was nothing TO the eloquent Iiddish in
which Mr.. Augustus Lowenfeldt relieved
his feelings when he heard of the barren
result of their labors
The next morning a somewhat unwonted
scene was enacted outside the main gate of
the Dc Beers compound. Some thirty or
forty kafhrs, whose time was up and who
had gone through the final formalities pre-
cedlng dismissal, were coming out laughing
and singing and chattering and iingling
their hard-earned money like SO many chill
oren and among them, innocently fes-
Nv a. any. was youflS H1G-DNe the Pom
do. de was not carrying his dog this
time He knew that the officials had al
most, III not entirely, forgotten its exist
ehce. and he wisely thought that IL would
De more prudent to let IL sneak quietly out
among the legs of the crowd than to recall
~ 10 the gatekeeper's memory by taking it
In his arms -
The animal had become quite attached n
MN, ana he made sure that he would be
able 10 pick IL up without any difficulty
when he had got a safe distance from the
gate This he could have done quite easily
II The dog had only been left TO itself. But
II wasn't.
No sooner had N passed the Rubicon AL
most unnoticed, and shown itself In the
roGd, that peculiar cry. something like
high tenor "coo-e-ee," rose shrilly into the
sun air from nowhere in particular The
heather dog pricked up It's false ears at The
familiar but long unheard sound and tho
next instant between 10000 and f120oO
worth or dog and diamonds was scamper-
ing down the road as fast as four wiry legs
could carry it, %
Byme-bye let out a high-pItched howl of
rage ana horror, and started on with great
ieapihg strides in pursuit of the much
ioheed Tor wives and cattle and guns that
were literally running away with the dog. q
the rest Joined in the hue and cry, some
Tor good reasons of their own and some
Tor the mere fun of the thing but I'M
fortunately, just they were beginning /!
to gain on the flying treasure a squad of I.
mounted police. coming back from their
+'e"N Nuay VII lit state border. T
turned corner out of the Du Tots Pan
road at trot and barred their way
ihe Jog lodged IN among the horses legs
ana got clear away TO the eager arms of
An roo, who was waiting for IL in a half
ruined tin shanty about 100 Yards further
down the road. The police, always suspi- :
cious of anything like Kaflir emuete. or =
uered Byme-bye and his companions 10
stop, but the Pondo and one or two of the
others who knew the worth of the quarry
made desperate effort to get through and
continue the chase. with the result that 4
they were speedily run down, collared and
marched OF TO the tronk-where. being able
TO give no satisfactory reasons for their
anxiety to catch the dog. they We're sum-
marty lined shillings each and kicked
out.
Almost at the same moment that thew
regainod their liberty, an occurrence which
the Diamond Fields Advertiser described
the next morning as "a shocking tragedy"
took place just outside the bar OF tho
Central Hotel. Mr. Augustus Iowenfeldt
mad been taking a few WHISTLES and sodas
with some friends, and was just bidding
them goodbye to go and see about some
important business, when he hammered TO
look across the street and Saw we'll
dressed Chinaman walking un the opposite
side with hairless Chinese terrier at his
heels His friends saw his hands go up
TO ms collar. His fat checks and low fore
head suddenly became a deep blush purple
and his eyes, bloodshot and staring start
Cd half out of their sockets. Plumbing
feebly with his fast tightening collar, he
half gasped, half gargled:
'Dog-ten thou'-done. by - and then
ne reeied back and pitched sideways into
TIE road, and before they could get him
Lack into the bar he was dead
Never knew poor Guss:e to have 'em
before one of his friends sympathizngly
remarked to another when they had seen
the remains safely on to the ambulance
Dyou think there really was dog there?
Blethd If L did-the thing looked to me
more ike rat. Come on, let's go and
ave another, it's given me quite a turn"