The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-09-13

Chinese Character. that there was rea-
sre son IN this and my omsnay a my, dSea pIeas
ant TO look upon. but that he was the
instrument ordained for our use was so
painfully apparent that there could be
no question OF severing ourselves from
And so for another hour we smoked
and talked, ultimately agreeing upon
plan Of action koon-si being one o OF
thing, counseled energetic action anc see-
ing that we fell readily into his wishes,
sSo oys % that sa On sor hs ns and
son why we should delay our depa
& sss9s eGs and tSsga s
sufficient money 10 enable him TO pur-
chase afew necessarfes and his passage
Then overwhelmed With thanns & vea,rs ana com; ona
out through the shop. and thankful was
to taste again the comparatively fresh air
"Tomorrow. said Koon 81. as no peered
up. blinking from his cellar. I'VE shall
meet on board the Foo-ohowY''
sV not sss @ daynS spGls sse
sage up," continued the carpenter, "but
II you should yeS will rememoer Sss Snaf iow we
are strangers othsrwlsee mere ,n esfeu ne ,t bo%
-"weii. The society IL everywhere"
II understand" said Jim. I'VE shall
meet again at Shanghai S,o .,
thing"
We turned from Koon-Si and walked
down the narrow street, and as we
reached the bottom we hesitated for
moment which way to turn. Then II was
that our friend All Yon advanced, smiling
and bowling.
''Makee iosem way?" he said.
''Heilor cried Jim. What are you
MY makee wait; tink you makee
losem way"
"wen 1t is a puzzling. evil smelling
place." was the reply.
All Yon grinned.
"Chinaman welly dirty beast. He alice
same belong dog-likee bad smell You
no takee 'licksaw7"
mo"
"welly good. Makee walk. My makee
lead"
The rascal stepped out with a jaunty
gait. and with elbows. fists and tongue
cleared q way for US whenever our pro-
gress was liable to receive check from
the masses of people which choked the
streets.
At length we left the worst part OF
the native quarter behind. and as All
Yon still continued to pace ahead my
uncle and / busted ourselves with dis
cussjng the remarkable carpenter. Koon-
81.
should choose for q travelling COM
panion" said Jim. but I'm glad we met
him. Ii is evident that without his aid
there would not be the remotest possi-
bility of our ever coming In contact with
Kung-that Is, unless he were to seek
US"
Instead of which we seek him. But
tell me, Jim, II by chance Kung falls into
our power--what then?'
askad this aueSfion .apnarently Sd,
superfiuous. because hitherto our threats
of vengeance had been of an indefinite
kind. or at least mine had. for / was not
one who could contemplate murder with
any equanimity. My plan was to seize
Kung and hand him over to the govern
ment. There would be nothing more for
me to fear or TO do after that
AS l spoke Jim swung around and laid
heavy hand on my shoulder. His blue
eyes sought mine, and they were hard,
cold, repellent.
II shall kill him.
Never was a man more in earnest. The
bitterness OF years was crowded into
that moment. There was no hesitation
here no doubt. l knew now that the easy
going city man, who had hitherto con-
cocted nothing moro deadly than an In
genious piece OF reasoning I'm the shape
OF a prospectus. had gone about for years
with murder In his heart i saw II now
as had never seen II before. and though
could not gain-say the frightful justice
OF the contemplated act, i would have
given much not TO have seen that awful
look I'm my uncles eyes.
Farther on we stopped again TO watch
the shipping In the bay. the landing of
some square boxes from a launch also
receiving a little Of our attention. All
Yon. seeing this. drew near
You no sabbee what belong inside?"
he said
mo"
1T welly bad for poor piecee Chinaman.
1t alice same belong opium. Welly fine
ting for trade. you sabbee, but no welly
good for Chinaman. That small piecee
box belong welly dear. Opium alice same
expensive luxuly"
80 I've heard" said Jim. Where has
this lot come from?"
india Englishyman makee glow, you
saSbee; collupt poor Chinaman. IL come
by ship Foochow." and he pointed 10 a
long. low steamer with one funnel which
lay at her buoy some little way out I'm
the stream.
80. So" said Jim. who. like myself.
had Immediately turned TO inspect the
vessel. that's the Foochow. is it9"
Yes, cap'n. She comes from Calcutta
thlee day ago. Tomollow she makee
Shanghai side"
We watched the ship for a few minutes
longer and then passed on. while Yon.
who had taken IL for granted that we
were In need OF his company. kept be-
side us and pointed out this and that OBJ
ject OF interest and expatiated on matters
I'm general with an uncommon ability.
Presently Jim stopped and beckoned TO
him closer.
Tell me. Have you ever been On
Shanghai"
Yes. cap'n."
"HankowT'
Yon hesitated a moment. and a curious.
taoL GRANT Into hfa uttta hiark