The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-09-09
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''The Yellow Man" began In News
Thursday. Aug. q.
The scene Of the story opens in England
In village between Slough and Wind
sor and In told by young son of Capt
Bob Kingston. The captain was q sea
faring man and traded In the countries
and islands OF the far East. beirrg at home
only at intervals OF years. and at the
time was q little sad-eycd woman who
watched every day for the postman She
was guarded by an only brother named
One day. as young Davis was working
in his garden. strange-looking man en-
tered the yard and asked for his father.
The man had coal black hair and skin
that was very dark and foreign looking.
and he had strange dark eyes. Mrs Kings
ton tremble at sight of him, and upon
learning the captain was ret at home.
he went away. After his departure tho
captains wife was very pale ana handed
Davie a letter received that morning from
the captain and post marked BallaTat
The letter said Ire had some bitter enc
mics and to look with suspicion on any
who might visit her as coming from him.
, xater Davie discovered peculiar egg
shaped mark In red pencil on the gate
post That night Davie and his uncle
passed the night I'm a neighboring village
and upon returning home the ext day
found the mother and the maid muir
dered-strangled and each marked on the
forehead with a purple band. as though
burnt into the skin with acid. a band Of
the same shape az the red pencil figure
ON the gateway. on examining the gate
later, the sign had disappeared. Davie
went to 1--we 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 stifr In
death. Davie was then sent of to school
and his uncle started TO unravei 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
roamed about the country. stopping few
on the receipt OF a mysterious letter. IN
leaving Shrewsbury Davie saw the y-I-
low man on the station platform.
A long stop was made at Chichester.
Davie one day on returning from BIZ
cycle ride was almost run down by
maday-looking team OF horses driven
by the yellow man. On returning TO the
hotel he found his father strangled as
had been his mother, with the fatal egg
shaped mark on his forehead
After the murder Davie and his uncle
went to London to live and obtained the
late captains will and a manuscript ad-
dressed to Davie. which was marked to be
opened only on the captains death.
The manuscript related the Journeys of
Captain Kingston I'm the far East, mis-
Joining the Boxers In China and his orders
from that body 10 kill high Chinese ofii-
cial, his failure TO do 80 through MS
scruples against committing murder and
his becoming a marked man by the So
cisty.
Jim and Davie went to live In London
and one evening Davie saw the man with
the strange eyes on the street, but could
not reach him. The next morning the
fatal sg-shaped mark was found on the
door post and a spy discovered keeping
close watch OF the house.
One evening Davie. while slipping a glass
Of soda at bar was brushed against by a
man who was very -profnse- Ia his apollo
oies. As Davfe was about to drink the
soda he was warned by a peculiar looking
young man that the first stranger had
dropped a powder In the glass That
night the egg shaped mark was found on
the door OF their room. The next day
they packed up and went to Brighton.
only to see the peculiar looking young man
there ahead Of them.
At Brighton Davie was invited into the |
room Of the yorng stranger. whose name
vas Wentworth. and while there a pistol |
hot from Chinese arm whistled past 4!
his head and buried itself In the wall. |
Wentworth was profuse In his apologies. |
Later he mysteriously disappeared from |
he hotel.
The day after wentworth's disappear
anoe a man just from Australia was
found murdered with a Chinese knife
lp his back very similar to the one shown
Dav1s by Wentworth. on the dead mans
porshead was the egg-shaped sign Soon
Afterwards Davie received a letter with
ne mysterious sign and another change
Y base was made.
Leaving London In disguise Davie and
IFS uncle went to Naples. and sailed from
hat CITY for Australia. on the way TO
nina, having determined to beard the
Ion IN his den. Davie became acquainted |
vith young lady passenger on the voy-
-.
AZ Port Said the party went ashore
or q few hours and while viewing the
own Miss Hurst, the young lady trav-
Ter. was handed a letter by an Arab that
realty asftated her. Davie and Jim had
vague Ssepicion that the letter was OF a |
imflar nature TO those received By them
nth the mysterious sign.
CHAPTER XIX.
MAN OVERHEARD.
u was the night before our arrival at
oiombo. The weather had changed and
as somewhat threatening. DARK clouds
al begun TO pile up from the southwest.