Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1901-05-24

with which 4 was to pure ase mySoWn#
ticket, for even vet we were not sure;
that our enemies would not BE on the
watch. Then we went out separately,
.enjoining each other not to leave the
crowded thoroug hfare upon any pre-
tense whatever. 81 ~ fI.s
/ Il ! 1T 9 cigar and strolled up one side
Of the Strand and then down the other.
my thoughts full of our prof cted flight:
a strange adventure was this, and we
We're setting out upon It most strange.
9ly, clad as we were in evening dress
and top hats. Fortunately the evening
being q bit chilly we had worn our
heavier overcoats. "a! without these l
don't know how It would have been
possible to undertake the trip at all.
f In due time l presented myself at the
booking Office and bought my ticket.
No sign was there Of Jim on the sta.
ton, but this did not alarm me much.
|, however, looked closer for, the ap-
pearance Of some one else, but nothing
suspicious was encountered until
made my way,4to the barricade. Then
man with a heavy fair, mustache
passed close to me and looked at me in
a way that savored somewhat Of scru-
tiny, but passed on apparently oblivi-
GUS of his presence, and soon the bar
rier, with its ticket punching dragon,
was between. US. - = '*5. =
For the moment had an inward fear
that the society was after us. Then
the knowledge that the departure, as
the arrival Of all foreign trains is
watched by the plain clothes police
somewhat treasured me. tried to
hope that my gentleman was from
Scotland Yard. II SO, Wooching and
his confederates would have greater
reason than to be afraid Of him. 8
! walked slowly up the platform,
peering into every carriage as l went
along, but discovered no trace of my
uncle. However, on my return. snugly
ensconced in the far corner of q first
class smoker reading q paper, cap
pulled well down over his eyes. was
my estimable relative. A warning
glance from him was all received
though there was no one else in the
carriage. I understood and sat myself
in the corner farthest from him, DO
sition which commanded a view Of the
approach to the train. f..
AS the tine Of departure drew very
near hoped fervently that no one else
would attempt to enter our carriage,
but almost at the last minute an old
gentleman with superabundance Of
beard and hair came to the door and
peered in. AS, however; my esteemed
relative greeted him with cloud Of
smoke he stepped back quickly, NUT.
tered something about smoking car
rtage" and passed farther up the plat
form. Almost Immediately after we
slid out Of the station. h.
Well, we duly arrived in Paris With
out mishap, from whence my uncle
wrote to his lawyer and also to his
bankers, the latter Of whom in course
Of time freely supplied us with the
requisite funds, from which we pur.
chased an outfit and. then set of to-
ward Italy, for we had decided, now
that we were launched upon this ex-
petition. to go right through with 1T
and trust Providence to bring Kung to
book. How it was going to happen
heaven alone could tell. Sometimes
felt that we were like blind leaders of
the blind and that we should stumble
grossly. perhaps fatally. But some
thing had to be done. and after all the
thought of the uncertainty of the fate
which awaited us out in China was not
so intolerable as that certainty which
awaited us at home. =. -
We decided to enter China by the
roundabout way Of Australia, and with
that end in view FASTENED on to Ma.
pies, intending to join the ship there
OF the wisdom Of this course l have no
apology to offer. since we undertook it,
but truth to tell don't think either OF
US was in a dreadful hurry to encoun.
ter the redoubtable Kung. And then
we had an idea that he would hardly
look for us by the longest route, even
if Wooching informed him Of our flight,
and it was still more probable that he
would credit US with. too much com
mon sense and too wholesome a fear of
the society to be guilty Of such an ap-
parent piece Of madness. At least, so
we argued from our hopes. There was
absolutely no other foundation to 60
upon. frankly admit that the thought
Of the enterprise did not stir me- with
any great enthusiasm. I had not q
1.-THE Of my uncle's deep rooted hatred.
However, it was to- come later, but
from different cause. 7& :s5.s ss /: