Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1902-11-01

exit he took up position where he
could see their faces as the lamplight
streamed upon them. Evidently salts
fed with his scrutiny, he chose his
carriage and entered IL. A minute or
SO later and we were pounding along
through the night.
We arrived at Denb!gh without mis-
hap and there acquired rooms on the
outskirts of the town For some six
or eight weeks we pursued a quiet, I'M
eventful life, and my father, who
scarcely ventured out OF tke house for
the first eight or ten days, gradually
began to throw Off the fear which
seemed to clothe him as a cloak. But
though he went abroad he seemed I'M
able TO forget He never left his room
without first going to the window to
1 see who was In the street; he never
stepped out from the door without first
taking a hasty glance up and down
the roadway. and when in the street
itself his eyes were forever darting
keen glances In every direction Even
upon the highroad, seeing solitary
figure advance toward him, he showed
unmlstakable signs of apprehension
until the person was well In view. He
was looking for somebody; he expected
some one. He seemed assured of the
meeting and yet fearful Of it What
would happen then2 His evident fear
tended toward catastrophe. Being a
fatalist, I think he had no doubt what
would be the result of the encounter.
During this period my own soreness
wore of, and as 1 knew him better
discovered the suggestion OF many
good points In him and when the terror
was not on him jovial to a degree. Or
Frather I should say he showed the
wreck Of a stanch heartiness from
which one might guess what the ship
had BEEN And so 1 began to take an
interest In him and his affairs and
thought less Of myself and my Uncle
Jim. viii not pretend that felt for
him anything like the affection which
had bestowed upon my mother, but
he was my father, and, account for il
as you may, one must take a certain
amount OF interest In ones parents.
Thus his fears became my fears, and
used to long for him TO take me into
his confidence, but that, despite numer-
Gus broad hints, he would never do. re-
garding me as nothing more than a
boy. Yet boy as was misfortune had
sharpened my wits, and, piecing his
words together, / knew that he feared
the yellow, slit eyed men of the east. I
had not forgotten the man with the
strange eyes nor the little brown faced
gentleman who had stood In the door
of the waiting room.
1 remember once reading out to him
the account OF en- attack by a Chinese
mob on an English mission during
which the rioters had set the place on
fire and deliberately burned several OF
the inmates.
80 like themr' he said. 'T loathe
the yellow, Shiny swine. Cruel, treach-
erous, they know neither pity nor mer-
cy. OF course it's only English life and
English property. 1t doesn't In the
least matter to the bloated fools who
sit at home and fancy they know how
to govern outside OF England. It's not
their property. It's not their life. Ig-
norant, pigheaded fellows, they want
whipping, every one of them. They
are responsible for these outrages on
Engiishmen because they do not make
the name OF England feared. Heavens.
iS they'd only give me command of the
squadron and free hand I'd teach
those yellow devils and all the world
besides what the power OF England Is.
1t makes me mad" he continued, ito
think that our ministers Insist upon
treating these Asiatics as civilized be-
ings. Any sign OF courtesy or OF con-
citation has but one meaning for them
fear. They have never been treated
as Intelligent human beings, and they
do not expect such treatment Give
them orders; don't ask favors."
1 am afraid my father got very ex-
cited as he dilated on the delinouen-
cies OF the Asiatics and that he used
some language which might sound
stirring when delivered from the
bridge OF ship, but which would be
singularly out of place in a decent.
narrative He also spoke with con-
tempt OF her majesty's government
and gave II some sound advice, which
1 would reproduce IL thought minis
tiers would profit by It But as advice
or any kind, and, above all, sound ad-1
vice, is the thing most detested by the
Jack In office refrain. After all we
have our own village pumps and ours
own parish councils, and the present.
holder or a great office is necessarily
"a great man, and the government
knows everything about everything.