Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1901-06-21
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0Sms0 which way 4, turn Then 1t
was that our friend All Yon advanced.
smiling and bowk1g. x.
"Makee losem wayf" he. said. u
"Hello!' cried Jim. "Vyhat are You
doing here?' =
my makee wait, t'iak you makee
losem way" "
''Well. it is puzzling. evil smelling
place." was the reply. ....
All Yon grinned.
"Chinaman welly dirty beast. He
atlee SAME belong dog-likee bad smell.
You no takee 'lickshawT
mo"
"Welly good. Makee walk. My makee
lead."
The rascal stepped out with a jaunty
gait, and with elbows. fists and tongue
cleared way for US whenever our
progress was liable to receive check
from the masses Of people which chok.
cd the streets.
At length we left the worst part Of
the native quarter behind, and as All
Yon still continued to pace ahead my
uncle and busted ourselves with dis.
cussfng thu remarkable carpenter.
Koon-Si.
Hes not exactly the sort of fellow
should choose for a travelling COM
panion," said Jim, "but Pm glad we
met him. 1t Is evident that without his
aid there would not be the remotest
possibility of our ever coming in con-
tact with Kung-that is, unless he were
to seek us"
Instead Of which we seek him. But
tell me, Jim, if by any chance Kung
falls into our power-what thenY'
l asked this question:, apparently so
superhuous. because hitherto our
threats of vengeance had been Of an ill.,
definite kind, or at least mine had, for
was not one who could contemplate
murder with any equanimity. My plan
was to seize Kung and hand him ovc:
to the government. There would be
nothing more for me to fear or to do
after that.
As l spoke Jim swung around and
laid heavy hand on my shoulder. His
blue eyes sought mine, and they were
hard, cold, repellent.
II shall kill him."
Never was a man more in earliest.
The bitterness Of years was crowded
into that moment. There was no hest
tation here, no doubt. I knew now that
the easy going city man, who had hith-
erto concocted nothing more deadly
than an ingenious piece Of reasoning in
the shape Of prospectus, had gone
about for years with murder in his
heart. l saw it now as had never seen
1t before, and though l could not gain
say the frightful justice Of the contem-
plated act, l would have given much
not to have seen that awful look in my
uncle's eyes.
Farther on we stopped again to
watch the shipping in the bay, the
landing Of some square boxes from a
launch also receiving little Of our at
tention. All Yon, seeing this, drew
near.
You no sabbee what belong inside?"
he said.
mo"
"It welly bad for poor piece China
man. 1t alice same belong opium.
Welly fine ting for trade, you sabbee,
but no welly good for Chinaman. That
small piece box belong welly dear.
Opium alice same expensive luxuly.''-
$50 I've heard" said Jim. "Wherc
has this lot come from?'
India. Englishyman makee glow,
you sabbee: collupt poor Chinaman. It
come by ship Foochow," and he point
ed to long, low steamer with one fun
mel which lay at her buoy some little
way out in the stream.
$50, So" said Jim, who, like myself,
had Immediately turned to inspect the
vessel, that's the Foochow, is it,"
Eyes, cap'n. She comes from Calcut-
ia thlee day ago. Tomollow she makee
Shanghai SIDE" -.
We watched the ship for a few min
utes longer and then passed on, while
Yon, who had taken it for granted that
we were in need of his company, kept
beside us and pointed out this and that
object of interest and expatiated on
matters in general with an uncommon
ability. Presently Jim stopped and
beckoned to him closer. =.
Tell me- Have you ever been in
Shanghair'
Eyes, cap'n."
"HankowT' =
Yon hesltated moment, and q curl
Gus, searching look crept into his little
black eyes. Then he smiled. It was
pleasant smile, but somewhat oily and
singularly inscrutable. -
"'Ave been 'Ankow side," he said.
DO you know it well?'' - +. s,s:yls u
"Pletty well, cap'n. Ave makee long
look, see." l.. :. :.
you sabbee the river Yang-tse al.
ooT' GE@s
'sabbee," answered Yon. ",Ave
been one-two-thlee time 'Ankow
side." 81 ss:i
DO you know the island Of Ching
hip -. - eI.'~~..
4on screwed up his ugly face in 4
~lin effort to remember. - sss..
mo sabbee Ching-hi," he said at last.
Yang-tse ave got plenty island. You
90 'Ankow side, cap'nY' ESD %<
Jim hesitated for moment, and 81
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