Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-01-23
CHAPTER. KIN.

CHAPTER XIII.
WHAT HAPPENED IN lE1cEsTER SQUARE,
The long silence which followed the
reading Of this manuscript added a
grewsomel impressiveness to the nara
Z tive Ny uncle, sitting low In his easy
chair, pulled away at his pipe, a
gloomy frown strengthening his brows
and adding a look Of grim intentness to
his face. My brain tossed and tumbled
like 4 chaos of waters amid the roar
Of which ! henrd q voice crying: woo.
ching must die. You must kill Kung.n
! gain 1 saw the little man as he OPEN
go our gate at Windsor on that fateful
4 day, the politest c6tthroats in the world.
4 could hear the soft, throaty accents,
20 deferential and full OF deep respect.
as he made his inquiries. Tread now
the meaning of that look as he put the
question. Are you Captain Kingston's
S. son y l saw my mother as she stood
that evening In the porch and waved
last farewell to me- The Impulse
which prompted me to run back and
+; throw my arms about her neck was q
* warning, Il could only have read 1t.
What an escape had been mine!
: looked at my Uncle Jim and thought
= ct that night In Maidenhead and the
4 bone clapping Christy. How strangely
4 II had all worked out.
Presently Jim laid aside his pipe and
rose to his feet.
We'll, Davie.n he said, .what do
" you make Of It r
Truth to tell, my brain was in such
whirl that could not marshal my
I ideas. only knew that the tale was
horrible and that 1t affected me hor-
ribly. But 7 replied: Everything
e that's bad. NY father has left me a
me heritage
~ Aye" he answered, "but let us not
III OF that. I think there is no reason
Why we should doubt the veracity Of
the story" 4
None, I am sorry to say. have
sen too much during the last two
year."
Well, then, we must set our house
I'm order. unless He stopped and
looked me up and down. singular,
penetrating expression playing about
his eyes. g
lIa ga
Unless we follow out his wish7
Precisely.
But we cannot XIII.
Neitner can we allow ourselves to
pe Killed. You would not hesitate to
snoot 2 WHO beast that threatened you.
These men are worse than wild beasts,
( atsr they have human intelligence and.
1.-The resources OF civilization to aid,
81 en- ei! Vne tning - certain. they, know
81 ply nor. rear " is not enough
u tnem tnas tneys nave punished the;
y ltor. they mean to Wipe out the
slsors prood' Y matters nothing
tnaI you or your mother never did
mem narm. You must pay bitterly
4 ZOE Sne SINS q otners Now this ls an
;s's niquity winch: should pc put an end to,
$s anos tnat can only pc accomplished by
tne suppression o. kung. How we are
o Ding ABOUT sucn consummation
soaYen Y 5tne least ;ioea, but OF one thing
y q am ain---the world 70 not big
y enough tors me three OF u.s..
was horrible, nut perfectly true.
q ret 4 l had seen too much Of the
saoings % the Society OF the Hidden
meaning 8 knew with what tenacity
ssney cinng 70 the work IN hand. and
- aa no nope whatever of their aban-
oonine tnes enterprise. no matter what
obstacles there were to. be surmounted.
:fne result then would be life some
Wnat simlar 70 my fathers, death
Mnicn could not De prolonged indefi-
V nluesy.
..l mat = 90 you propose &, asked.
~ y evident said he, "that one Of
Two tn1ngs must ny. nappen-either we
I XII Aung Or ne kills us. ! gather from
wnat your father says that the death
OF huns. coupled with that Of Woo
cnlng, WIZ probaply end the feud, as
y Sney. are the only Two chiefs left OF
tne original council who take per
eonal interest IN the vengeance. Woo
cnlng IS propapiy here In this country.
y: we could iay our hands on him, the
iaW Wouia relieve us OF all moral re-
sponsinility concerning him. With
hung u Y Inherent He 10 In China
ana apparently beyond the reach of
any law. five want him. we must
LOOK Tor him IN bis native land"
Go TO China ~ ] sgasped.
he smiled. Why not
But surely that would be to court
instant annihilat ion.D
mol necessarily. " 10 Just possible
hat y may pc So Ter than this. Kung
not impropapiy viii credit us with the
Wish to avoid him. The matter Is very
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