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good record. I'll give him till II
Inc two men sat cheek by jowl and
smoked heavily all evening. Business
was little slack at the station. A
parade uptown had drawn off the float
ing population and the Captains lambs
We're being gathered into other folds.
While they waited the reporter told Gu
rious tales of the rise of the 400, but the
captain heard them not; his mind was
busily tracking 10 shadowy policemen
through forty and one probable catas-
trophies. When the station clock struck
II ne pulled his feet off the table, rose
and stretched himself.
The story's up to YOU" he said. but
don't forget to say word for me-"
STRANGE DISAPPEARANCE OF A
SQUAD OF POLICE!
SERGEANT AND TWELVE MEN
SPIRITED AWAY!
NO TRACE OF THE MISSING MEN.
The front page of the Morning Times
~-SS"NNN q AOiO| III tie cafes ana IGQuC-
ed the city editors of four leading
dailies to despair. Thirteen stalwart
policemen, the pride of San Francis
cos police force, of an average weight
OF one hundred and ninety-f1 five pounds,
had melted into thin air, and not even
a paragraph touching the manner OF
their going. Scooped utterly!
For the customary nine days the lost
squadron occupied the public mind to
the exclusion of all other matters. The
president of a South American Repub-
lie arrived unheraided and departed
unknown, and passing earthquake
had to be content with a scant para
graph in the dailes The raided board
ing house was Quilted completely with
out yielding a trace of the missing
men. The police would have liked tc
question the proprietor, but he ha6
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PRINCESS or
THE PURPLE PALACE.
BY William Murray Graydon.
Copyright, 1901, by VIM. Murray Gray
don.
CHAPTER TX.

THE SECRET OF THE WALL.
Whether the Boxers would swim the
canal, or go round by the bridge, was
a question that the fugitives did not
wait to determine. They hurriedly
scaled the bank and dived into a dark
and narrow little street. When they
paused to listen and to gain breath,
after running a quarter of mile, the
shouting of the Boxers sounded far
behind them. The lads wrung their
clothes as dry as possible, that no drip
ping should betray the direction of
their flight, and then Ping Tang led
them rapidly on again.
1--WE are very close now" he said.
Fortunately the general exodus from
Pekin and the reign of terror instituted
by the Boxers had left this quarter of
the city almost deserted. Another hum
dred yards and the gloomy lightless
buildings terminated abruptly
Where are we going?" asked Alec.
as he surveyed the deep. dry ditch at
his feet. and then lifted his eyes to the
crest of the Imperial Citys lofty wall.
ITS a sort of lands end" muttered
Dan.
Ping Tang made no comment or re-
ply. With furtive glance in all direc-
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air felt moist and cool.
is that you my SOM" a squeaky
voice demanded in Chinese
Yes, mother it is l." Ping Tang re-
piled.
He went forward and lifted a curtain
that hung on the right. and his COM
panions, who had CROPPED their way be-
hind him, looked with surprise into a
small and not ill-pleasing chamber.
the walls. floor and ceiling of which
were formed of cemented masonry. BY
the light of a pickering candle could
be seen bedding, earthenware vessels
and a couple of stools. And crouching
in a corner was a bent old woman with
face like a wrinkled yellow apple.
The old woman was Nan Ho, the
mother of Ping Tang. She brought food
and drink to her guests, and as they
satisfied their hunger they congratu-
lated themselves on the happy fortune
that had thrown them in Ping Tang's
way They felt a sense of security that
was as novel as IL was pleasing. The
worst was over they believed, and at
ter storm and stress they had come
into a haven of refuge.
This is a very nice place" Loo Lao
remarked approvingly. THE Boxers
won't find us here" Tears filled her
eye as she spoke Of her father, but
grief was turned to JOY when Ping
Tang declared that he had heard that
day that Prince Ian was alive and a
prisoner. Then he must be in the
Forbidden city in the power of the
Empress Dowager." the girl exclaimed.
20. II l could only send a message to
the Emperor"
That is impossible, I'm afraid said
Dan, and anyway, what good would
Il do?"
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tions he darted across the bed of the
ditch and mounted to the top of the
slipping bank. Here was a narrow strip
of level earth, so hard and stony that
no footprint could leave any impress
sion on it; and between this and the
base of the city wall grew thick
fringe of thorny, stunted bushes, reach
ing for a distance of 10 to ~ yards.
Follow me-" said Ping Tang.
One by one his companions came aft
er him. Starting at the nearest end, he
crawled along on hands and knees be-
tween the bushes and the wall where
the space was just sufficient to admit
him. He advanced for a dozen feet,
stopped and made a low, peculiar whis-
tie Then he bore his weight against a
large block of masonry that was set in
with the brickwork and slowly, with a
creaking noise the stone swung in.
ward.
by Jove!" gasped Alec. Whats
this?"
A black opening, three feet square,
was revealed. At Ping Tang's bidding
the others crept in singly. leaving room
for him to follow. He sent the slab
shut with apparent ease. and the little
group were now in darkness, except
for a faint crack of yellow light some
distance ahead. They could stand up
right and move their limbs freely. The
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WATCH YOUR KIDNEYS

they Indicate Good or Bad Health.
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folded his tent and departed in the
night, and the house itself was being
remodeled into a saloon. Every con-
ceivable theory was exploited. Innum-
cradle false clews were tracked into the
blind alleys whence they had issued
and at length the police acknowledged
themselves baff1ed and gave up the
search. San Francisco went its course,
eating and drinking, marrying and
burying, and until the lost squad re-
manned, even in the mind of Halliday,
only as dim memory of a giant scoop.
One fine November day, about a year
and a half after. Halliday was cross
ing from the ferry building to the
north, side of Market street. A trans
port from the Philippines had just
docked, and his mind was busily en-
gagged in transmitting the news of the
voyage into a STORY" cable car
bore down upon him, but he skipped
nihly away, lodged under the nose of
a dray horse, and pumped square into
the arms of big man.
II beg your pardon!" he CALCULATED
'"No matter, Sorr. No matter
The voice had a familiar ring. Turn
ing suddenly he looked right into the
mans eyes. flush deepened the brick
red of the fellows cheek: facing about,
he walked rapidly up Sacramento
street.
Evidently sailor" thought Halli-
day. "Sealegs bother him yet He
followed at a safe distance, trying to
place the man. Where had he seen him
before? Looked something like a po-
liceman he had enc known But that
rolling gait? Absurd! Besides, Hen
Messy had left the force! Gone to
Oregon! No! That was Dew
lin! By Jovel Hennessey
belonged to the lost squad. Quickening
his pace, he overlook the sailor, who
was turning down Sansome street
by JIMMY 1t is Hennessey!" he
exclaimed. Hes making for North
beach. His folks live that way-or
did" Putting on a squirt, he ran
alongside the man and clapped him on
the shoulder.
"How are you, Hennessey? I didn't
know you"
The sailor jumped. "Ye have the ad-
vantage av me, sorr," he replied. But
his eyes told another tale.
Rats! Come along Hennessey, and
have something? Where've you been
What's become of the boys? Tell US all
about it."
Whore yer Hinnissyin'? ?" asked the
sailor, Indignantly. What maggots
got We, me lad? Jack Smiths me
name"
Jack Smith may be your name now,
but your name was Hennessey last time
l saw you. Come, Hennessey," he said'
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ing the Boxers and cleaning informa-
ton to bring back. Dan and Alec and
the Prince Loo-Loo, anxious as they
were for tidings of their relatives, hat
ed to see their young protector go, al
though he assured them he could meet
with no harm among the rebels. But
undreamed of difficulties were to clog
and hamper Ping Tang's purpose, and
days of narrowing waiting and sus-
pense were to fail to the lot of the
concealed fugitives.
II was on the 10th of June, the reader
will remember. that Alec Drury and his
companions took refuge in the hollow
wall of the imperial city after a sue
cession of narrow escapes that more
strongly resemble fiction than truth;
and the same evening, when the plucky
little fighting column returned from the
slaughter at the Bhuddist temple. Mr..
Killigrew learned what meager and an
satisfactory news the marines could
give him about his son. IL was out OF
the question to do anything for the
young fugitive, madness to hope that
they would ever be seen. alive again.
These were hard and bitter facts, but
they had to be faced. The crisis was at
hand, and mems souls were to be tried
as they had rarely been tried before.
During the night of the 18th, while
the flames slowly died away. an attack
in force was momentarily expected; but
IL did not come then, or on the three
following days, though the legation
quarter was closely invested on the
18th was received word of the taking
of the Taku forts by the allied fleets,
and in the afternoon the Chinese gov
eminent sent an ultimatum to the for
eign ministers, commanding them TO
leave Pekin within twenty-four hours.
A firm refusal was returned the next
day. and the treacherous intentions
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THE LOST SQUAD.

convright, 1901, by Herman Whitaker.
The low fog swept through the Col
sor cate and over the coast range,
+ransforming the sunlit vistas of San
r,ancisco bay into a drab inferno in
,bich lost steamers shrieked their de-
snair Out on Lime Point steam ST.
ven beloved estray coasters to get into
the proper channel, and up the harbor
the Goat Island foghorn walled dis
naIlv to passing ferryboats. Along the
water front crafts of all kinds, from the
ocean liner to the sternwheel river
steamer, splashed helplessly, raising a
vary carnival of noise, while their anx-
;ous masters prayed to the harbor gods
for safe landing. After shutdown the
Ferry light engaged in a red struggle
with the sitting mist. The cable cars
cIanked and clattered up Market street,
fashing yellow winks through the en-
circling fog; the brilliantly lighted sa-
Icons extended an electric welcome to
shivering pedestrians, competing for
nublic favor with the restaurants,
whose clouded windows yelled tempting
delicacies from the unlicensed eye.
Bob Halliday, reporter for the Morn
ing Times, turned out of Market street
and walked briskly along Montgomery
street, praying to all the gods of jour-
nalism that something might turn up.
he was out on a rowing commission,
which means that the Times was short
of live local news for the next morn
ing's issue, and had sent out it's star
man hustling for a thrill to serve up
with eggs and toast at San Francisco S
breakfast table, AS yet Halliday had
failed to corner even the ghost of a
sensation. Nothing capable of being
worked into ''story" had crossed his
nath that day. Passing Jackson street
without even a glance, he struck into
the tangle of North Beach and dropped
into sub-station No. a. A grizzled cap
tain stood at the desk plotting an en-
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want to hear ut from the beginning
| Phwat was the lasht wurrd We had aV
the squad?"
Sergeant Crossman was to post the
reliefs and raid a crimp's den on his
way up town."
Right! An may the foul fiend fly,
away wild that same crimp! Yen mebbe
rimimber, sorr, as l was on the water
| front beat? Manny's the bit av news
we've got from me there" The reporter
nodded
"Welr'-filling his pipe-"ye'll have a
| match on ye? Thanks. AS
was sayin', Crossman picked me up
| last, an accordin' to orders procheeded
to interview that same crimp. We
pulls up in the sthreet anint the house,
an Crossman bangs the door wild his
club.
Come down, We limb av sathan!
he roars. Ye'll rimimber the Sargint?
| A divil to swear. Come down, Beelze-
bub! he ses 'Afore / smash the door.
| 'Begone wild yez!' SEES cracked
| voice out av a bedroom windy. 'Ye
| dhunkin bastes' ses the voice. Be
| gone afore / calls the polls An with
| that basin av dirthy Stops discinded
on Crossman's head. Such a hullaballo!
| We might have heard the Sargint for
| twinty blocks He near batthered down
! to him for he was highly scinted.
"Prisintly little man, innocent as
We place, opens the door. 'Wurroo" he
bowls. An was it a noble Sargint av
| the polls the dirty rascals emptied their
Stops on? Me house is shamed!' he
hollers. Thin sailor varmints II pack
this very night he ses.
"'We'n pack 'em for yez. ould skin
| flint replies Crossman. It's to the
tanks yen go. me lad. Where's thin
sailors we've shamefully shanghaid?
| Where are they, We son av Satan?
Thin the old fellow breaks down.
| AN yen have mercy av an ould-
'Divill ses the Sargint
He'll show yez the min ye're at
Their whines the ould bhoy.
Lead on, Mefifsthoples,' ses Cross
man, an we'll consider av your case.
Mebbe Wen be afther lettin' yez off wild
| 20 years.
THANK ye,' replies the crimp. I'll
rimimber yer kindness all the days a ?
! me life Wan good turn deserves an
| ether ses he.
Keep the change answers Cross
man. mighty polite. An show us the
min
"'C'ud struggle wild another? I'll
| try me best Your health, sorr
Returnin' to me sthory: The
father av sin leads us along a passage,
mighty dark. wild all manner av thrucS
! lynn round We bruk our shins, bump
ed our heads, an swore magnificent.
Thin he throws open a door.
Here. noble Captain, he ses. Are
the min we're afhter. An don't be for
| Citing yer promise
Twenty years. answers Crossman
Yen get IL me lad He turned one aV
the min wild his fut. Come in, bhoys,
he ses. Wen have to pack EN- out av
this
I'VE filed in an I was the last inside.
The door slammed behint me with a
noise av thunder.
"'Phat did yez do that for?' ses
| Crossman, sharp.
81 didn't SEES I.
"'Ye did, ses he. open the door, an
be damned
Its glad I'd be TO do that same, I
ses. But there's circumstances beyond
' me control. ses 1. which prevints. II s
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failed to find any trace of us. Ii Sheng
has ordered them to continue to keep
a strict watch. AS for myself, 1t is not
even suspected that was with you, so
shall not be questioned too closely
when the time comes for me to go back
to the rebels"
That time was monotonously slow in
arriving. For the sake of his friends
Ping Tang was resolved to run no
risks and the passage of the weary
days found him sharing the secret hid
ing place in the hollow wall. thanks to
the unrelaxing vigilance of the Tiger
But all things must have an end. The
sluggish days grew to more than a
week. and 1T was the evening of the
25th of June when Ping Tang. having
crept forth to reconnoiter, quickly re-
turned with the cheering news that the
Gordon was broken; Ii Sheng baffied
and Disguised, had withdrawn his spies
Again the brave Chinese lad departed,
this time with the intention of rejoin-
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II have influence" was the simple
reply.
The lads wondered. 1t was not likely,
they reasoned, that Loo-Lao could have
any influence with Kuang Tsu, the Son
of Heaven. But the future was to prove
them wrong.
That night the fugitives slept peace
fully. Old Nan Ho had taken the lit
tie princess under her motherly wing,
and there was a separate room for
their own use, entered by a low arch
way at the rear of the outer apart
ment The two chambers, with the
passage leading to them, had been art
fully constructed-for what purpose
could only be INSTRUMENTATION the
massive wall was built around the I'M
perial City. That was years ago. Cen
turtles had passed since, ana 1t might
be taken for granted that no living per-
son had known of the secret lying be-
hind the movable slab of stone--which
worked on a hidden hinge-until Ping
Tang discovered it by accident, while
concealing himself in the thorn bushes
from his boyish playmates. He did
we'll in making no conf1dants. and now
his silence was bearing fruit.
With the dawn of another day came
a disappointment, a haunting dread
that was not easily dispelled, for enc
mics were near at hand, and from the
end of the passage men could be heard
talking, going to and fro, and even
beating about among the bushes. And
when darkness fell again and Ping
Tang ventured to creep out of the wall,
he returned with an ominous report.
Boxers were still lurking in the neigh
borhood, and he had crept near enough
to some of them to listen to their con-
versation.
They believe that we are concealed
somewhere hereabouts," he told his
companions, land though they have
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persuasively, You're not in fear of the
law Tell me the story? There'e a
gold eagle in it for you"
"Twinty dollars?"
Twenty dollars"
Yell make it twenty-five?"
"All right
"Hinnissey, it is then. Glad to see We
again, sorr. Yeu'H excuse me not know
ing We, but there's things a man hates
worse than bein' pinched by the law.
Namely"
"Bein' made a guy Of"
They turned into a saloon and the ex-
policeman settled himself comfortably
into a corner ''A-h," a gentle sigh es-
capped from his lips and he wiped his
mouth with the back of his hand. The
first shame in nigh on two years. :. i.
Another? Thank We, 1 will. ) .
Here's lu'king at ye! -. An We
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try, while from the tanks" issued the
harsh scream of the female drunk
whose sins were being written in the
book of doom.
The reporter nodded a good evening.
Anything extra" he asked.
The Captain shook his head with a
don't bother air, and carefully ex-
amined the entry. The reporter stared.
He was accustomed to the idosyncra-
sizes of 100 different kinds of men, but
this particular officer had always been
laxative to the extent of boredom.
His journalistic nose shifted the air.
Something wrong in the police depart
ment, evidently Perhaps scandal!
Might be a scoop in it for the Morn
ing Times. He stepped outside and
peered through the window.
old man looks serious" he mutter-
ed. I'D better stay a while. he
walked back into the station. THINK
I'll sit down and rest" he said, secret
ly noting the Captains annoyed look.
Been trotting all day. Besides, some
thing may drop in. Have a cigar
Thanks"
The telephone bell rang sharply The
Captain started.
Nerves" thought the reporter
Didn't know a policeman was suppos-
ed to have any" as.
The officer stood at the phone WIN
the receiver to his ear. He was trying
to look unconcerned, but his bro"
puckered into a heavy frown.
Hello" he answered. Nothing yet!
Well keep a sharp lookout
Foley, and telephone If you hear any
thing"
Water front post" muttered the re-
porter. That's promising
For a weary half hour he held up his
end of a conversation, but the cap
tain answered in rnonosyllables. A long
ash hung from his cold cigar but ne
still gripped it between his teeth, put
flng nervously. Looking up suddenly
from the contemplation of the office
rules. the journalist caught the officer
regarding him stealthily.
Say" the Captain burst out. want
SCOOP"
TN take one with you"
Well If you'll hold back the news
till the paper goes to press you can
have it all to yourself. But promise
ii the thing comes out all right, you
say nothing"
It's a CO."
The reporters word was better than
his papers bond, and the officer knew
IT. He relit his cigar, blew a thick
cloud and began to speak.
Two hours ago." he said, "the night
ieliefs went out under Sergt. Cross
man. He was to post them on his way
down, gather in the last man, and
you know the water front beat?"
Halliday signifled his knowledge.
Well, he was to pick UP the last
man there and raid a sailors boarding
mouse on his way back. Some shang-
haing there last night"
Some tough places along there,
commented the other.
Two hours ago." continued the
captain, looking at his watch, "he post
Cd Foley on that beat. He's not been
seen nor heard of sincel And whats
more-l2 patrolmen have disappeared
with HIM"
Ph-e-e-e-wl" whistled Halliday
What's become of emp"
Wish / knew. I don't want to re-
port TO the central Office while there s
q ghost of a show of them turning up
Sfossmans a careful officer. with a
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