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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-08-30
SYNOPSIS.

"The Yellow Man" began In News
Thursday. Aug. al.
The scene Of me story opens IN England
IN a village between Slough and Wind
sor and Is told by young son OF Capt.
Bob Kingston. The captain was a sea
faring man and traded In tho countries
and Islands OF the far East. being at home
only at intervals of years. and at the
time the story opens he had not been
home for seven years. Capt. Ktngston's
wife was q little snd-eyed woman who
watched every day for the postrnan. She
was guarded by an only brother named
James Davie. n wealthy retired broker.
One day, as young Davie was working
In his garden. a strange-looking man an
tered the yard and asked for his father.
The man had coal black hair and q skin
that was very dark and foreign looking.
and no had strnnge dark eyes. Mrs. Kings
ton trembled at sight OF him. and upon
learning the captain was not at home.
he went away. After his departure the
captains wife was very pale and handed
Davie letter received that morning from
the captain and post marked Balarat.
The letter said he had some bitter enc
mics and to look with suspicion on any
who might visit her as coming from him.
Later Davie discovered peculiar egg
shaped mark In red pencil on the gate
post. That night Davie and his uncle
passed the night In neighboring village
and upon returning home the noxt day
found the mother ana the maid muir
dered-strangied. and each marked on the
forehead with purple band. as though
burnt into the skin with acid. band OF
tho same shape rs the red pencil figure
on the gateway. On examining the gate
later. the sign had disappeared. Davie
went TO live with his uncle and one morn
ing six months later discovered The
same sign on the stable door. and inside
the two horses OF HIS uncle lay stiff In
death. Davie was then sent OF TO school
and his uncle started TO unravel the mys-
terry. Two years passed away and one
day Davies father. old and broken down.
came TO the school and took him away.
For a long time Davie and his father
roamod about the country, stopping Few
weeks In one place and Invariably leaving
on the receipt of q mysterious letter. In
leaving Shrewsbury Davie saw tho yell
low man on the station platform
A long stop was made nt Chicnesfer.
DAVE one day on returning from bi-
cycle ride was almost run down By
rnadly -galioping team OF horses driven
by the yellow man. On returning to the
hotel he found his father strnngied as
had been his mother with the fatal egg
shaped mark on his forehead
Afpor the murder Davie and his uncle
went TO London 10 live and obtained the
late captains viii and q manuscript ad-
dressed TO Davie. which was marked 10 De
opened only on the captains death.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-08-30
CHAPTER XII
THE SOCIETY OF THE HIDDEN
MEANING.

ssFecling the hand Of God and man
against me aud knowing not at what
moment shall fall a victim 10 the ma
ctinations of my enemies, ] think l owe
you. my son, some explanation OF my
strange manner Of living and Of the ap-
parent desertion OF your mother. And
there Is still another reason which per-
sonaIly concerns you and of whioh you
shall read further on. For as fall SO shall
the nsarest and dearest to me. until there
Is not one left who bears my name. 80
runs the law which you have already
sxempiifled so bitterly. which you shall
see again, which you. too. shall suffer.
unless you kill Kuns!
~ need not here enter into detailed
description Of my various Voyages. for. as
you know, I hnve spent most OF my days
IN the China seas. but what you may not
know In that I lived In China for many
years before i knew your mother. that
I spoke the language liks a native. that
In short for some time. i lived the life
OF q nastve. Not thing 20 be proud OF,
eh7 Well, no: neither am l. But when
Q man has voyased so far he looks back
complacently enough on the dirty weather
through which he has sailed. Not that
dirty weather Is good for man. Fools
handy the word experience as though
Il possessed no nns distinction-the 'ex-
psrienos Ia good for q man and such Hike
vague sxpressions. Aye. good experience
n good. but bad experience Is bad
Nov though you do not know China
pervopauy am well aware that your
book knowledge OF Il is comprehsnsiv
Cor etnoe you have beau with mo I have
narlEed your decided predilsction for the
utsrature pertaining 10 that country. Yes.
Yea, I have seen through your sub terfuges
vaSn efforts 70 surprise me OF my secret.
I 90 not blame you IL was fair enough.
I think also that you guessed enough 10
insure you n ciew TO the right road. But
A was only conjecture, was IL not7 And
thar Is exaspsratins. Yet your stoicism
under defess has not passed unrecog-
nised ] have no wor6s TO express my
sdmirueon OF your splendid silence. OF
the strength Of your Will. In that you
are my son. I. too, had II once. though
it n more than possible you Will never
fully realize the statement.
I'm your rcadings OF China you could
not fau TO come across some mention
CT tho secret societies OF that country
of which the number Is legion. You
vfu likewise have read Of their far
paaching power and influence Indeed
such things are universally admitted.
but oven those who talk and write 30
Gifbiy do not really guess the extreme OF
that power. Not alone does IL extend
over the east, near and far. but the
west n also brought within its influence.
These societies absorb men or every
grade. and. had be cared 20 speak. II In
highly probable that tho Chinese embas-
sador could have explained the moaning
of the exy shaped sign. or course IL you
were 10 ask him he would shake his
nAad. for the Chinaman. like oil Orisntais,
" q natural liar. He will lie even when
no gains nothing by II. Imagine then
what he would DO when the truth might
fnJurc him. IL IL curious how In all these
pears our rulers seem 90 have learned
The Redwood gazette., 1902-02-12
Il1usfrfou. Sh..

She's q woman with ssion; It's her
heaven born ambi f. III to reform the
world q ccndi ton. you will please 20
understand
She's q model OF propriety, a leader In
socfefy and has q great variety Of
remedies at hand
! Each sovereign specific. with title
scientific. for the cure OF the rnorbffjs
things that vez the people gore.
For the swift aIleviatioB or the evils of
the nation Is her foreordained yoca-
ton on this subIunary sllore
She caH lecture BY the hour with if1coru-
parable power, on the gloomy clouds
that lover Ger ti1e country,s fair
domain. 81 ss
And you weep for Eve and Adam. for the
devil nsSer had had seTn IL they'd
oaaiy known the madam, and we'd all
! been proud OF Cain.
And while thug shes up and coming. al-s
Ways hurrying aEd ht,nmislg. ana
occasionally summing, this reformer
Of renoHn,
Her neglected little Dseks. ragged, dirty,
touch and tricky. With hls fingers
sofled and sffcky IS the terror of
the town. ssssas
The Redwood gazette., 1902-02-12
The Wrong Number.

The telephone girl and the bill clerk.
to whom she had promised her heart
and hand, were sitting in front Of the
fireplace talking about the happy days
to come when they would be one.
From one little detail to another the
talk finally drifted to the subject Of
lighting fires in the morning. On this
point the young man was decided. He
stated it as his emphatic opinion that
1t was wife's place to get up and
start the fires and let her poor, hard
working husband rest.
After this declaration there was ST.
lence for the space of about three-quar-
ters of a second. Then the telephone
girl thrust out the finger encircied by
her engagement ring and murmured
sweetiy. but firmly: Ring of. please.
You have got connected with the wrong
number. Salt Lake Herald.
The Redwood gazette., 1902-02-12
A YheoIocfcaI Nose

Il was once showing a young Japa.
nese around Boston" says correspond
ent Of The Living Church, sand casual
" dropped into Trinity church with
him. He was at the time a recent con-
vert to Unitarianism in his own coun-
try and was wide awake to everything
connected with American civilization
and American Christianity.
e :. A few minutes after entering Trinity,
az we approached the center aisle. ]
noticed him making a distinct smiling
noise and. looking toward him, saw
that he was in the act of smelling, his
nostrils moving convulsively after the
manner Of an animal scenting some.
thing. Looking surprised and mysti-
fed, | at once asked him what was the
matter, and in broken English he, re
piled, I smell paganism.
This method OF detecting false doc.
trines is capable Of some curious de.
yeiOpments."
The Redwood gazette., 1902-02-12
Hnrnan Traits In Rirds.

The human traits in birds are many,
as most sympathetic naturalists have
testified. Mr.. Burroughs has told us
that there are jealousies and rivalries
among the little winged folk and that
the peace of families is often disturbed
By outside fiirts and lady killers Quot
Ing this statement in The Dial. an
other observer gives as to understand
that the GRANT bird husband IS duly
punished 4 have myself, he says,
.'seen an English hen sparrow holding
q cock bF the topknot and dangle him
clear off his feet, while her friends
punished him with violent peckings.''
The Redwood gazette., 1902-02-12
COMPLETED PROVERBS.

Labor oyercometh all things, even
the laborer.
.sOnly that which is honestly got is
gain; the rest is velvet.
ignorance is the mother Of impu
sdence;;'' no father is named.
Let a child have its will, and it will
not cry" but its parents will.
Pity is akin to love- but knship
does not always signify friendship.
s".Whate'er is best administered is
best for the one who al administers.
employment brings enjoyment
when it brings the means to enjoy
b g Possession is nine, points of the
law and frequently an the profits.
s q man who will not iae vii make,
his foes flee, " but what il his foes be
made Of the same metal II H q
every man for himself, and the dew.
II take the hindnost," is the cry of
those who are well in front. AS
Il wise man is moved from his
course neither by force nor entreaty,. I.
but the same often applies to mule.
1T is hard to- pay for bread that has
been eaten" but not so hard as to get
bread to eat that has not been paid
for.
e ein matters Of taste there can be no
dispute" for every man Is so firmly
convinced that there is no standard by
which his taste can be measured. i.
de Y. MattheWman in Era.
The Redwood gazette., 1902-02-12
a TURQUOISE Pecu1inrity.

About one woman in three cannot
wear turauoises without turning them
green. Some turquoises will turn green
after being worn by any woman. Jew
elers of the first class guarantee to re-
place tnrqnoises il they turn green.
and the annual cost of the replace
ments is stupendous. One jewel house
has tried the experiment of having all
its employees go around with dozens
OF tnrquoisas strapped next to their
skin to try TO detect the green ones,
but even when they have passed this
test some Of them will be brought back
by customers. having turned a hideous
green. No reason is known for the
changing of color
The Redwood gazette., 1902-02-12
' CONCLUDED FROM PAGE 81.


finally Tale eyrand asked Mr Lly7
ingston if the governimen T Wis he'd to
buy the whole Of Louisiana and on
receiving a negative reply asked
what YOU will give for the swhole??'''
From this time matters progressed
rapidly until the 3Othsof April, 1903,
when the treaty was signed and the
largest real estate deal Of modern
times became history. The price
was s15, 100000 in six per cent.
bouds Of the UDited States.
1 have said above that there was
no authority for the transaction and
no public demand for it. ItWas in
the estimation of the President nee
essary to provide a trading point
for the people. across the mountains
and il possible to curtail the power
of Napoleon in the New World.
@. B. TURRELL.
The Redwood gazette., 1902-02-12
CANDLES
Their Mellow Light Is Fast Becon1-
in. but u Memory.

z ia eIrS S4h elbow Light IS HaSf bccOIn-s
ing but n Memory.
SO markedly is the candle going out
Of use that the dictionary of a few
years hence will probably have. to sup
splement its definition with an illustra-
I ton. Ii the glow Of electric light, gas
and pasaf1in we are, much disposed to
pity our immediate forefathers who
had to put up with candles.
Yet we retain a strange respect for
!, IL IL 4 candle il certain directions. When
we wish, to pay the highest reverence,
we fall ll5bae lp,.r it. The death cham a
Der is lighted with ~ lies. So is tie
church altar. We cannot but be forced
also to the conclusion that Ia her ideas
have been brought out and hett,.5,., t., mat ma
ter written by candlelight than have
been or probably ever will be by that
of gas or electricity.
Shakespeare could not possibly have
written all his plays by daylight. In
deed, it is more than probable that the
touch Of bohemianism in his compost
ton, as in that of his watered down
literary descendants today, preferred
night to day for turning out its best
work Hamlet's soliloquy upon the
existing value Of things, Portals trib.
ute to mercy and the advice of Polonius
to Laertes as to the best way of con
ducting himself in life were probably
written between the snufings of can.
die. In particular can one imagine the
decisive snufhng and the contemptuous
tossing away Of the scrap of burned
wick at the close of the passage hypo
thetically disposing of Caesars impe
| rial day.'-London Globe.
The Redwood gazette., 1902-02-12
DIST 4 r / / ssIE' 4 4 g AS
I 70 Re Cured ~ ii Disease AInst BE
Ssgs II 'OuEsh IN early Stages.

h 70 Be Cryed sV hi IN Dssenaes A4nst Be
81 F1ous; II Earl Stages.
d popul az usage tfhIle a is a term
employ ed To describe well known
condi ition, et 81 ig1li can't Of the
broa deIed & lkno " e6ge Hcfs diseases i'll
general hat. as a distinct disease, the
name IS led in q more and more
restrict led sense by phi ysicians. s'
For ex aIlpl e, the asthma OF Whichs
DR.. johnson comp plains il his later
years, as recorded by Boswell is So
clearly set for.th by the faithful biog-
srapher that the modern ply ysician is
even now able to determine that an
affection Of the heart was responsible
for it. .3a.
Asthma is often a ffanily affection
and is frequently traceable to parents,
grandparents or great rand dparents.
Most sufferers are of an excita bic, emO-
tional OF nervous temp erament It
bears a rather striking analogy to epi-3
lepsy in that its attacks are character
lied by suddenness and influenced by.
strong emotions, like fear or grief, and
not infreq quently occur at nj ght, when
4 the sufferer may be plunged from deep
sleep into an attack. IN both diseases
excitement during the day is often fol-
lowed by attacks. sss
Physicians believe, however, that a
& high strung organiza ton alone is not
sufficient to develop the disorder, but
that some other source of irritation
must be added that, is, some faulty
state Of the system elsewhere like dis
ease Of the digestive tract, harmful
factors circulating i'll the blood, obsta7s
5cles,to free breathing in the nose and
Others. I
Whatever may be the source they
must be dealt with tenergetically and at
an early stage, since long standing
cases of asthma Invariably develop
changes in the lungs and heart which
are permanent. The disease can then
be dealt with only by measures aimed
at palliating and cutting short the sep
arate attacks and with no reasonable.
hope of an actual, permanent cure.
For the young sufferer and for those
in the early attacks Of asthma the
writer would emphasize the necessity:
of a thorough search for and the @re-
nloYal of any and every error in hy-
gienic living in order to avoid the suf-
fering of the chronic asfhmatic and the
further diseases which it brings in its
train. Youths Companion.
The Redwood gazette., 1902-02-12
DANISH WEST INDIES OURS.

Washington, Jan % Con-
stantine Brun, the Danish Min
lister IN Washington. received
official notification this after
noon from Copenhagen that his
Government had agreed to the
terms of the treaty. reeentIv
negotiated by Secretary Hay
and Mr.. Brun. for the. transfer
of the Danish West Indian Is
lands to the United States.
d Mr.. Brun went irnnedIately
to the State Department. with
this document, aud as Secreta-
.ry Hay had left the Depart
raent for the day, he saw Mr..
Hill, the Assistant Secretary Of
of State. with whom lie had d
long talk It's expected that
the treaty will be signed IN d
few days
The Redwood gazette., 1902-02-12
RYE BREAI, D COFFEE.
This EIsF the Staple Food Of Working
men In Germa *. II HI sas, fssSsg


The Workinglnan III Germany must
have coffee, and plenty of /, and a lit;
tie meat. Butter is practically uns
known to him, lard being used ia its
stead. III rarely uses nnill, eggs Or:
white flour, and he never thinks Of
buying any OF the better cuts of meat
Canned goods, familia to every Amer
lean worker, are absolutely unknown
+ to him. ss 5ss9
\ His staple food is rye bread, which
he buys in enormous loaves. His wife
or his little girl goes to market for this
bread and brings it home clasped in
her arms i1nWsapp led. have seen a
little tot of a toWheaded girl stagger-
ing homeWard with loaf almost as
big as she was, and as. She walked she.
gnaWed Justify at the: :finty end Of the.
loaf. Indeed / have heard it said that
the eating Of this hard crusted bread
gives; the German workman teeth Of
unequaled excellence ssS 5s55 $
And this bread is good, thoroughly.
good The government, which super!
yises everything and everybody guards
the rye bread Of the people with jea IS
Gus care The bakers. are watched,
compelled to give full weight and make
good bread / have eaten il in a num-.
Der Of different towns, and it was all
ways sweet to the taste and whole
some. Fhis bread is fairlF cheap. cost
to u cents) a loaf, though. too, has
The Redwood gazette., 1902-02-12

MOODY and the Questionable Book.
Some one asked the late Dwight Z.
Moody il he had read a certain book.
he replied: No; / believe there is
poison in it. At least I have heard 81
on good authority. Z The friend said,
But wouldn't 1t be well for you to
read it for Yourself y ~ said Mr..
Moody II take poison in my stom-
ach., the doctor has TO come with a
stomach pump to take 1t out Why
should take poison in my mind? T
might never be able to get it out. - '---
Margaret gottome in Ladies, Home
Journal. y 9
The Redwood gazette., 1902-02-12
Affsflefoe.

The prettiest thing about misHetOe Is
its milky white opaleseent berries. The
stems and foliage seem to befray the
parasite nature Of the plant in their
unWholesome shade Of green. q pecul-
iarlY unWholesome shade charaeteriz,
ing the stems II is an uIrlcanny sort Of
plant Most para sites are. IS there
anything more positively gilostsIke that
the plant we know as Indian pipe lmo.
notropa1?
The Redwood gazette., 1902-02-12
I'M Z iO IS u q n TERS.

\ \ The men rho go out cunning
No more are to the front,
4 they have passed the season g Ssas
When they're allowed to hunt,
But many sharp eyed women
N oW much fatte ntion claim \ ISL !,
For they are DAILY hunting ass ssss
sf; nd houses are their game.
They do not seek the forests
or right in town they stay /,
Ii Where they can hunt in safety sss
From dawn till close of day. XII
No guns are they requiring
Sss 1 AS they pursue their quest, 81
For little lists of dwellings
Absorb their interest. fss
An early start they, re making
And with their faces set
So that the line Of vision ss,s.!
Will take in ca chs 4..,E . Let. 81 &.
And often in the distance
"a hope before them looms,
But to their disappointment n
# The sign is8 FINISHED Rooms. =
The journey they're resuming.
u And up and down each street
They go until they're weary,
Especially their feet. 5
Day after day they travel
5S Along the same old route,
And rarely do they notice VI
dwell ling that will suit.
Thesseason's S just commencing,
s And soonSt Sthere'll be a throng 83 3s
OF hunters thus patrolling
8ss' Streets = tIe whole ia u Ions o
The Redwood gazette., 1902-02-12
Animal Talk.

Mr.. Rabbit Say, Mr.. Panther, what
season Of the year is this, anyway?
Mr. Panther Well. don't know ex- 1
actly. buff you'll just let me get a bff
closer think it'll be about spring
time, Boston Herald.
The Redwood gazette., 1902-02-12
An Amrmnf,i,x,,e.. 4

The first signal received by Marconi
across the Atlantic ocean was very
suggestive of final success said the
snake editor s.
" y hat do You mean = asked the
horse editor. It was merely the letter
s that CO me over, WASH t it p
rue, but see how it presages VIC
{ tory. z
n We'll. how -
1ou ask, VIII wireless te.egraphy
be q snccess and the answer IS al
hand, s Pittsburg Chroniae-Tele-
graph. s3
The Redwood gazette., 1902-02-12
1 E GAZETTE E.
Redwood Falls, MINI.
FOR 8 Al 3!

I The uade ersigned has for sale the following
lands in Redwood county. VIZ The
west half OF the southwest quarter OF sec
ton D, town IL range 81 at $50 per acre:
Lots . and 8. aud the southwest quarter of
the southeast quarter of section so. town
i14s rauge S6 at SIS per acre The north-
west quarter OF the northeast quarter OF
session 81. town Ii. range Sc at $40 per
east quarter OF section "a, and the mort beast
quarter of the northeast quarter of section
%, town Ia. range 81 at $40 per acre. For
terms address +. E., DAVIDSON, Morgan.
Mimi. or f. 4. WARNER, Redwood Falls,
MIMI. or Al. FISNEGAN, Minneapolis. Mimi
The Redwood gazette., 1902-02-12
80 t.tyt z, Z. lli " n a " B
4 Slax, Ill 81 \ ir,..:atIitiOn

| 4 u Dorothy hat ven 4 and your
mother-in-la fal bolt,
Kit Oh.s she never liked na ter
she heard me say that no husband I OF
mine should ever wear homemade
shirts. Detroit Free Press.
The Redwood gazette., 1902-02-12
: 'Ce.lrta'inly..

Mr.. Pitt The. state board Of dental
examiners has passed quite a number
of applicants. III. .55
Mr.. Penn They will proceed to look
down in the mouth, / suppose. Pitts
burg Chronicle -Telegrap
The Redwood gazette., 1902-02-12
Extreme (:rueIt.-y,.,

Employ Mr Slack. would you like
to have an Increase IN salary
Employ " ould II I should say l
would
EnpIoye Well, let me tell you then.
that unless you get down here earlier
and work great deal harder youl II
never get # IN this world. Chicago
News.
The Redwood gazette., 1902-02-12
Mental Exe.,rlcfse

Berenice What is the nature OF this
brain work cholly has undertaken?
Hortense He has made his valet
take 4 back seat, ard be thinks for
himself what suits he will wear each
day. Smart Set.
The Redwood gazette., 1902-02-12
A Real Frient,.

Miss Palisa del y a s. very much sur
spl.ised, 7. CIeve verton, that you were
not at church this morning to hear me-
sing the Christmas solo. Didn't your
q friend f 2 shaWay tell you Al ut. it be-
forehand 2
Cleverton Yes es he was good enough
to.--Iiife. 54s 8s: 81 ~
The Redwood gazette., 1902-02-12
No Cau.e For Worrfn,ent.

Edith want to tell you something.
Bertha. Mr.. sweetser tells me he loves
me.
BERTHA oh. wouldn't let that trors
bic me. Fred always was eccentric.
Boston Transcript. 81