The San Francisco call., 1899-07-23

two. and about twenty feet long. At the
end was a board.
We sat down at the opening:
See that board there?' said Mr.. Ken
ney 'WeI, that board is a part of the
building on the northwest corner of Pa
citic and Dupont streets. 1t was easy 10
see how the highbinders had escaped
their pursucrs.
1t is not hard to remove a board es
pecialy if it be in an underground wall.
1t is not difficult to hand food through
this same opening. 1t is not Impossible
to hide here one, nay, even seven DAYS.
But it is taking chances on running into
Patrick Kenney.
What did you say to the highbinders? ?"
Seeing as we don't speak the same
brogue our conversation was not exten-
sive." replied Mr.. Kenney. by the time
| got back onto the street to get help the
rascals had Crawled back again into the
building boarded up the place and es-
capped to some other part of Chinatown;
The monkeys in the building pretended
not to know thing about it. Now III
show YOU the place where the fellow res
cued the girl
We walked along a quarter of block.
Here was a, similar opening into the
building. Through this the Chinaman
crept. and with the PROSTATE form of the
terrified slave girl on his back he made
his way, cropping bindly, until he reached
another building. which had an under
ground opening into the sewer, then out
under the blue sky until the mission was
reached
Three months afterward there was a
Chinese wedding In the mission. Pretty
little All Loo in pigeOn-English promised
to love honor and obey the Celestial gall
liant who had carried her through the sew
ers of Chinatown to a Christian home.
Il guess you've seen all you want to,
haven't you?" asked Mr.; Kenney. Well
go back to the manhOle.
l was more than willing to return but
| had not yet seen all that / wished. I
had been told on good authority that Pat
rick Kenney found not a few things well
J, inf ha n "a n
thing. nor had he once stopped to pick
up anything.
started the subject, but he invariably
pretended not TO understand what I
meant.
concocting to make him give me the de-
sired information by stating that Ns
valuables in the sewers as sort Of re-
ward of merit for what he called my
pluck.
Ito look but | guess we'll find some
thing Whatever we find is yours"
Mr. Kenney turned upon me flercely
when l suggested that l did not care to
deprive him of. anything he might find.
Kenney never goes back on his word.
You see, I've been in here 30 much
know just the holes where things collect; 3"
stop, put his hand down into hole and
bring up a handful of pebbles, but never
a sign of ring or pin.
Wen find something yet; don't you
worry. Never been down in the sewers
in Chinatown yet that didn't get some
thing If I hunted. It's the best place in
town-anything you find here is sure to
be good. Cinnamon don't have imitation
jeweIry You can bet their rings and ear
rings are all solid gold. When you find a
diamond in another part of town you
never know but what it's paste.
'I can't complain, though, for in the
twenty years I've been down in the sewers
I've found thousands of dollars worth of
jewelry. Just last month 1 found ring
that l sold for $500 When there is no
repairing to be done 1 come down here
just to look for things. You've just got
to put your hands down in the holes be-
I was afraid 1t was getting late, and ]
begged Mr.. Kenney not to stop any more
but to get to the manhole as quickly as