The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-04-17

planned, ne buy certificate today-send
china. You savy him?'
"'Catchee clitifcatc thlee hun'ed
fi'ty dolah?' inquired the Celestial as
tutely.
rejoned. DO you know where he Isl!
"'Oh, yea; he go TO China'
"'Gone TO China Why, man, he
buy certificate only half hour ago.
81 savy,' was the comfortless assur-
ance. He go China bou' ten secon
ago.
Ten seconds ago.. I echoed. gazing
wildly down the street. Which way
him gomez
:" Pa way go laiIload, pa may go
ste e'mboat.'
Yes, but which one railrosdr J
persisted desperately.
"'No savy him. one lailload-two
la.dloru allie sem Chinee.'
MY hopes of oyertaking the wroneec
Celestial were rapidly dissipated. One
chance only OF returning his money 70
him now seemed open TO me.
See here. Fat, said j confidens sial.y.
depositing a coin an his yellow palm.
by way Of holding his interest. You
tell me all you know bout this China
boy. will you?
''He scrutinized the coin critically for
a moment az IL TO satisfy himself as
to it's genuineness, then thrusting IL IN
to some hidden pocket within the folds
of his baggy pantaloons, he ran his
little eyes suspciously over me and
asked:
!" 'whalla malta China boy? You de-
tective, like catchee 70 get china-eh?' ?
mo. no: not that i protested
aversely. 4 China boys friend-got
money belong him-like pay him
savy?
IVY you no pay 10 him gomez was
the still skeptlcal rejoinder.
"Whereupon / told him the story of
the certificate, explaining that ] wished
TO send the amount in my possession
TO the owners address in China. The
suggestion, however. ELECTED no enthu-
siasm from All Fat.
mo can do. he declared with cons
vincing brevity.
But why not | persisted. You
know China boys name and where hes
gone, don't your
"sOh, yes; him nem All Sin, an he
go China. But China not senllike Mel
lean town. China ale sem big count
lee
"I accented this latter statement as
incontrovertible and went back 20 the
treasury. What to do with that $40
was the most dfficuit problem ! ever
wrestled with.
Finally an idea struck me. i would
put another $40 with that Of the China
mans and take the entire sub-treasury
force out to dinner. II was the only
way / could conceive whereby TO rid
myself OF that beastly roll OF silver.
$50 I gave the dinner, but every dish
on the board seemed branded with the
accusatory legend 'Ah SIN
THAT night had a dream. thought
I had been cast among many tribes.
whose manners and religions were alike
perplexing and diverse. but none were
SO vile az the Christian. lie it was
who had revIled me without cause and
robbed me OF my earnings. And when
I had returned 90 my own land and
found that the Christian was seeking
TO SOW the seeds OF his religion among
my people l was wroth in my heart,
and made vow that while ] lived my
hand should be raised against him and
my voice against his teachings.
early the next day communicated
with a foreign missionary association
and pledged myself 10 pay each quar-
ter throughout the remainder Of my life
an interest Of 10 per cent. per month on
that SO deficit. the amount TO be appli-
ed solely 10 Chinese missions. Therein
lies my one hope OF some day reaching
my unintentional victim and OF con-
vincing him that all Christians are not
Ike the one ne may have mistaken for
an example OF the creed."-St. Louis
Clote Democrat