The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1901-02-14
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l almost SHTlekeu alouu Win Joy'
Why? A moments reelection gave me
pause. Truly 1t was All Yon, but for
what purpose? He had been false to
Kung once, and his punishment was
sucl, that he was little likely to offend
again. Yet his unexpected advent,
coming at the psychological moment,
was answerable for my great rovulsion
of feeling.
Eyes, All Y0n," said Jim I'VE are
hero. What for you lsakee come"
"NIakee set fec" replied the China
man excitedly. NO ave time to lose.
In 10, 90 minute Kung, Wooching,
come, makce see play. After pelhaps
you belong dead men. No can tell.
Some time mnkee more tolture. Some
time kill. Kung no ave love for you.
Woochng welly cluel also. My ave
come makee look sce.'
"You think we have chance"
! "No can tell. Pellaps, Suppose no
ave got chance, my no belong come.
My t'ink ave chance suppose you be-
long blave man.
"rry u.s." said jim.
As he spoke Yon kept hopping from
me to jim, testing our chains and Jab-
bering eXcltedly to himself. Then he
seized the brazier and, using it as a
light, Investigated our bonds still more
closely. A grunt Of satisfaction escap-
cd him, and, depositing the brazier on
the floor, he set to work upon my chain
and in very short space of time had
,wrcnchcd It from its fastening in the
wall. For though it was no difficult
feat for free man to accomplish the
chain was so arranged that the person
whom it confined was utterly power
less to loosen it. And then If by chance
he did succeed in freeing himself from
the wall he was still held captive in the
cell.
inns release followed quickly, and
after a silent handshakc with me he
turned to ion.
81 thought you would be sorry, Yon.'
he said, patting that worthy on the
shoulder. Get US out of this, and you
shall live in luxury all the days of your
life"
"No wantee luxuly," said Yon. "My
blcast maiec buln, buln~-you sabee!
MY wantee lcvenge. KunS too muchee
cluel too muchee no good. He makee
tolture, | makec tblturc. Can do. My
,'elpee you, you elpee me-
"Its bargain, ion.'
Though we were free Of the wall, we
were by no means rid Of the collar ana
chain, nor could we loosen them,
though we wasted full five minutes
in ATTEMPTING to do so. The collars
were locked and SO ingcniously that
without the key hammer ana chlsel
would be necessary to force them.
However, we wound the chains round
our bodies, fastening them to the ends
Of our loose blouses. ! found mine u
cumbersome appendage to carry, but
could have borne it gladly and lightly
had it been ten times its weight
Yon next handed us each a knife ac'
complaining the gift with these words
BE wely caleful and don't be atald
TO use IT," Then whispering for us tC
follow him he took up the brazier and
led the way from the chamber. Ont
side the door | stumbled over some
thing and might have fallen had moi
Jim caught me. Yon turned round anG
lowered the light, and | saw man ly
ing In a pool of blood, and ! recognized
him as the wretch who had Inutely
taunted me with the irons. The pres
ence OF this body accounted for the
noise which We had heard previous tt
HOn's entrance.
"Im poor dumb blute." muttcret
Yon. "No can makee ely. I'm gloar
welly small. Solly, but i'm makee top
side now. No more tlouble.'
On We stole quietly along marrow
paved passage which extended fol
about a dozen PAGES and which ended
abruptly in fight Of steps. These
Yon mounted, hesitating just mo
ment to listen. We followed close II
his footsteps, Jim next, l bringing VI
the rear In this manner we very rap
idly reached higher level, and theI
we paused once more. Yon drew close
"Makee welly caleful STEP" he wills
pered. you 'oldee me, cap'n. You
fiend 'oldee you. Makee knife leady
No can tell"
We did as we were hidden and in on
bare feet stole along through the dark
for at this point Yon had dropped tn
brazier. Fortunately he knew his way
and after creeping on for some littl
time we came to further flight o
steps which, to my joy, saw wer
bathed with light Indeed ms soon
we had reached the top of them W
were enabled through a great funne'
as 1t were. to see the sky.
ave are in the pagoda" whispered
Jim. All Yon nodded.
But how to get out? So far we ha'
been fortunate In eluding the vigilane
Of any one who had been left to guar
that strange subterranean prison 0
habitation, but we were not yet out
side, and even supposing that we wer
we were still on Kings island an
more or less in the power Of him an
his creatures.
Hooked up and around, but could Sc
no way out of the difficulty. The wall
rose sheer to the dllapidated top, an
even the first window was ~ fee
above US. There was no door that
tould see, bur q small pasaage led on Il
eur right, and when Jim pointed to
ward this Yon nodded.
1.-The only way" lie said. 1T make
fhlouph kungs loom. Come. Look
~! pelhaps Kung no there
Te crcpt on as silently as before Il