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AZ was with many curious emouQps
for though he lay there here dead at my feet
az seemed impossible To realize that this
was w un really % the end Of him who had D been
my father had said. II was all very
strange.
""My ave worked many day." said Yon.
Ave got boat Must lun down the
And WoochingY" asked Jim.
-, No can tell, no can stop. Pelhaps
Wooching no likee follow now Kuns
Che passage ga and Loo locked SYf II % earefSry'
Good" he muttered. "Makee that piecee
fellow stay behind a little longer"
SAnd these things?' said Jim. touching
Yon looked round. then suddeply ran
Z? the body OF Kuns. and began TO search
one OF the pockets a bunch OF Keys.
Ts my @ saink r,sS, aye got ere" he said fam,
which. fitted the locks. and presently vse
Now" said Yon. you makee follow
bse what to ad man Ba '0P yGg sser sse
We passed from the room, leaving
Kung stretched upon the floor the IA
tai sign which he had SO often used
stamped indelibly upon his forehead
Closing the door behind US and duly
locking II. We entered another chamber
and once more saw the light Of day strug-
Cling TO pierce through an III defined
window. Yon Immediately went to the
door and. opening It. peered out.
All clear" he said Come"
We needed no second bidding. Pass
Ing through the door we found our
selves In little garden. which we trav-
ersed with all speed. Yon made for a
clump OF trees some 200 yards away,
and notwithstanding our enfeebied con-
II htnl ota raA hat
In fairly good time.
Entering the shelter. we stopped to
breathe. and turned back to look at
the place which had been our prison
and which but for Yon would have been
our grave.
the brow Of considerable emipence. and
the cottage from which we had escaped
an abode OF the poorest description. nes-
tied In an indentation some 90 or 60 yards
from the base OF the pagoda. One would
never associate the two and as these old
pasodas arc usually incrusted with reven-
tial superstition is highly probable that
any one aiighting on Ching-hi would keep
a respectful distance from the venerable
structure In this way Kung could surely
count on Immunity from prying eyes.
Yon gave US respite OF a moment or
two and then led US onward through
the tress. His face was now CHASTITY In
its paleness. and Notwithstanding brood
ing determination OF the brows his jaws
clattered nervously together He seemed
fully TO realize what he had done. and a
terror over which he had no control took
possession of him. But he led us on
quickly, surely, and knew that HIS anx-
iety to get away from the island would
insure US as far as lay within his power
quick and safe retreat
Presently from thick clump OF shrubs.
we emerged upon the river. and few
PAGES father on. hidden among some tall
rushes was sampan All Yon point
ed excitedly TO II.
Good sampan. good boat plenty Club
Mekee Run down the liver all II. Makee
Shanghai side thlee-four day"
He unmoored the boat and drew II
alongside the bank. Jim looked at him.
at me and then back In the direction OF
the pagoda-
"And woochingY' he said.
began to be apprehensive and look |
ed him inquiringiy IN the face.
"wen2'' asked.
He Is still aliveS'
"Wooching no makee tioubie now Kung !
CO." said Yon. "Kung he belong topside |
man."
Come. Jim," said IT am satisfied. |
Let us thank God II we can get away. It |
would be madness further TO tempt Provi- |
dence.''
He hesitated for moment. but for
moment only. Then he said. Get In
needed no second bidding He fol- |
lowed. and Yon. pushing the boat out
into the stream. leaped aboard. Then |
with all haste we got out the oars and |
pulled for the opposite bank. Yon regu-
lating the great steering scull aft
Slowly and without mishap we drop |
ped down past the island. and ere long
a bend In the river hid even the pagoda |
from view.
I breathed silent prayer.
CHAPTER xxx.
THE LAST OF THE YELLOW MAN.
OF that voyage down the great river l
have nothing startling to relate. or
feared greatly that wooching or some
other member OF the diabolical associa-
ton would give chase. but fortunately
such did not transpire. and except for
the Inconvenience of such a method of
travelling we encountered nothing which |
happily we were not able to surmount. |
Many an anxious glance was cast back
along the river and any junk that over |
took US we regarded with the utmost dis
trust and could scarcely realize when II
passed without molesting US that II con-
tanned no enemy. What was happening
away back In the pagoda IL would be
hard to say. But Kung was dead-Kung.
the. all powerful and implacable enemy.
This, too, seemed a thing which 1t was
possible to realize.
Hour after hour as the boat sped
swiftly down the great river l sat and
thought Of what had been. OF the terror
that had 30 long hung over me. And IL
was ended. Was it?We were still I'm China, |
and but half OF our work was complete. |
'Wooching must die. You must kill
kung." 30 my father had written long
ago. Well. Kung was gone-sone the way
of all oppressors, smitten by the creature
ne despised. All powerful and skilled In
he reading OF men, he had yet failed 10
'ead Alright the heart OF Yon, because
'orsooth a servant like Yon was 10 be
beaten for dsobedience and then forgot
en.
Yon's regaining OF grace was told in a
ew words. After his branding. though
lis heart was full OF revenge. he feined
repentance. and Kung. careless I'm his
night. forgot that cody may have a
loul. SO In time Yon was permitted once
more 20 be OF use. Then he thought OF
~ and how We might help forward his
'evenge.