The Farmington times and herald. (Farmington, St. Francois Co., Mo.) 1902-1905, 1902-09-25


II want yea, sir. 70 give me- letter
OF introdnction 70 fhe gentleman IN
your regiment who looked after the
atranger you told me OF, when he came
here out Of China. I've got sort OF
notion In my head thai even II he IA
not our friend, that Is 80 Aay The man
we are aeaTching for, be mny happen
TO know something Of him"
81 will give you the LITTER with pleas
ure." Grantham replied. 81 am sure
Gregory will be only too pleased TO
help you as far 81 les 10 his power"
The letter was accordingly written
and handed to Rltmater, who slowed II
away 10 his pocket "a IL II were price
less possession. Thea, when they had
hads their protector farewell, they In
their turn set of Along the track that
Hayle had followed two months be-
fore, aud In due course arrived at
Bhamo. Here they presented the let
ter they had obtained TO Capt. Charles
Pauneefort Gregory. who, o. may be
supposed, received Il with manifest
astonishmenL
well" said he, ''of all the stories !
have heard since ! have been Ia the
east, this Is the most extraordinary.
I thought that other chap was about
as unfortunate beggAr as could well
be. but you beat Nun hollow at every
turn. New, look here, before 20 any
further. I must hare my friend With
me. He 90 the man who discovered The
other chap. and I'm sure he would like
20 hear your story"
Dempsey was accurdingly sum
moned, aud his wondcrment was as
great as his friends had been.
Nov" said Gregory. when DemP-
sey had been made familiar with the
others story, s',That ia Il you want 70
know about the man NE picked up
Ask your questions, and wei do the
best we can to anAwer them"
In reply to Kitwater's questions,
Gregory and Dempsey described. as
far as they we're able. the appearance
cf the man whom they had helped
The aehedule was in q great measure
satisfactory, but not altogether. There.
we're 80 many Engliah in Burmsh who
were tall, and who had dark eyes and
broad shoulders. Little Codd leaut
towards his companion, and, taking
his hand. made some aignH upon IL.
"Thara SO, my little man." said
Kirtwater. nodding his head. approx
ingiy. you've hit the nail on the
head" Then, turning % Gregory, be
continued: perhaps, sir, you dnn't
happen 10 remember whether be had
any particular mark upon either Of his
wrist627
Gregory replied that be had not mo-
tlced anything extraordinary, but
Dempsey was BY no means SO forget
full.
aOf course be had" he answered. ~
remember noticing Il for the frat time
when / pulled him out Of the ford and
afterwards when he MAS In bed. An
Inch or 90 shove bis left wrist be had
tattooed snake swallowing his own
tail. II was done In blue and red ius,
and wAh as nice q piece Of work aacyef
/ have seen"
81 think ron, air." Kitwater re-
piled. 'you'vs hit 1t exactly. By The
living thunder he's our man. after all
Heaven bless you for the news you
have given as 1t puts new life into
me. Wen find him yet, Coddy. my boy.
i thank you, sir, again and again"
He held out his hand, which Demp-
sey felt constrained 80 shake. The
man was trembling with excitement.
II tell you, air." be continued, "that
yon don't know how We loved that
man. II IL takes the whole Of our
live&. and II we have 10 tramp the whole
world over 80 do Il. wen md him
yeti"
sand II I'm not mistaken. u win be
bad day fov him when VOC do find