Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1901-05-03
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ideas. only kneN that tie lie vas
horrible and that III affected me horlsss
ribl But replied: II. EIll Everything
that's bad. Ny father has left me a.
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o. ye,s he answered, s:'but let us not
talk Of that. vi / think there liz 10 reason
why We should doubt the yeracity of
the story S%.@ !. z55Ss
None, / am sorry to say. have
seen too much during the last two.
years. &5 5#s 55|i.. s3S
well, then. we must set our house
in order, unless He stopped and
looked me up and down, a. singular,
penetrating expression playing about
his eyes. # 4: fss1.= VI. =;s. NJ. %gY,
'"Unless we follow out his wish p ..: 4.
Precisely" III. r +$ :%S*5 t.
But we cannot KILL b$
t 'Neither can we allow ourselves to
be killed. You would not hesitate Ito
! shoot a wild beast that threatened you.
These men are worse than wild beasts.
i for they have human Intelligence and
the resources of civilization to aid
! them One, thing is certain, they know
neither pity nor fear.s 1t is not enough
for them that they have punished the
traitor. They mean to*wipe out the.
traitors brood. It matters nothing
that you or your mother never did
them harm. You must pay bitterly
for the sins Of, Others. Now this: is an
iniquity which should be put an end to,
and that can only be|accomplished by
the suppression of Kung. / How we are
to bring about such a consuumnnmation
haven't the least idea, but q one thing
l am certain-the world is not big
enough for the three 3of us -"
1t was horrible, bit perfectly true.
l felt it. had seen.too much of the
doings of the Society Of the Hidden
Meaning. Iknew with what. tenacity
they chung to the work in hand, and
l had no hope whatever of.their aban-
doning the enterprise, no matter what
obstacles there were to be surmounted.
The result then would be a life some
what similar to my fathers, death
which could not be prolonged indefi-
nitely. ,s=> E%f>z az !.
What do you propose?' l asked.
1T is evident" said he. that one of
two things must happen-either we
kill Kung or he kills us. gather from
what your father says that the death
of Kung, coupled with that Of Woo.
ching, will probably end the feud. as
they are the only two chiefs left Of
the original council who take a per-
sonal interest in the vengeance. Woo
ching is probably here in this country.
fl we could lay our hands on him, the
law would relieve us of all moral re.
sponsibility concerning him. With
Kung it is different. He is in China
and apparently beyond the reach of
any law. If we want him. we must
look for him in his native land"
"Go to China?' gasped.
He smiled. why not?''
But surely that would be to court
instant humiliation"
! mot necessarily. It lis just possible
that It may be safer than this. Kung.
not improbably will credit us with the
wish to. avoid him. n The matter is very
serious, Davie.i l, as you know, am a
man of peace, but If peace is denied
me, then l have no objection to war
We each have personal debt to pay
an obligation which it is our bounden
duty to fulfill: know your mother
was good enough to forgive the hand
that struck her down. but. you see, the
vengeance does not end there. As
sure as we are living men our turn
will come, unless we make ourselves
masters of the situation
had no doubt that be was right,
though l shrank from such foolhardy
enterprise as seeking Kung in his ma
tive land. If we, could not guard
against his emissary in our own coun-
try, surrounded by police and the APP
planes Of civilization. how could we
hope to succeed in the very stronghold
Of the yellow f1ends? My uncle admit
ted the apparent soundness of my ar
6uAA<Al, 'ONI lie Aued VI penetrating
into the enemy's country had taken
possession of him, and nothing that
could say made him waver in his de-
sign. IT, 1891 .&,5l !;
AT all events" said, I'VE cannot
be sure that these men mean to con.
tinue the vengeance. 1t is just possi-3
BILE that my father in his hatred and
fear of Kung may have overstated his
case. Ought we not to wait for some
sign, watching always? What If they
are satisfied p S., :3: If r III
sit matters nothing" he replied. Il
am not Are you ?" This rather bit
terly, ! thought Is %%ss. " %..
q l did not answer. but looked at him
I in a way that%was more effective than
Words. i; 4 ,,:..s @ -. j.
Sorry he said alphabetically. you
, know what mean. But nothing can
satisfy mesuntilz have brought Lucy's
murderer to, book. y ~ believe the old
man to- be, right. He knew what he
was talking about We shall have to
settle with Wooch1ng and Kung. :" z / 5$ 5.7
Deep in my heart I was Of the same
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