The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-09-06
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'-rne Yellow Man" began in News
Thursday. Aug. 21.
The scene of the story opens in England
in village between Slough and Wind
sor and is told by a young son OF Capt.
Bob Kingston. Tho captain was a sea-
faring man and traded in the countries
and islands of the far East, being at home
time was little sad-eyed woman who
watched every day for the postman. She
was guarded by an only brother named
James Davie. a wealthy retired broker.
One day, as young Davie was working
IN his garden, strange-looking man en-
tered the yard and asksd for his father
The man had coal black hair and q skin
that was very dark and foreign looking.
and he had strange dark eyes. Mrs.Kings-
ION tremble 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 Bailarnt.
The letter said he had some bitter enc
mics and 10 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 ext day
fond 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. band or
the same shape as the red pencil figure
~ At hA -
later, the sign had disappeared. Davie
went TO live with his uncle and one morn
ting 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 off 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 10 the school and took him away.
For a long time Davie and his father
roamed about the country. stopping few
weeks in one place and invariably leaving
on the receipt of mysterious letter. In
leaving Shrewsbury Davie saw the yell
low man on the station platform.
A long stop was made at Chichester.
Davie one day on returning from a BIZ
cycle ride was almost run down by
madly-looking team OF horses driven
by the yellow man. On returning to the
hotel he found his father strangled as
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 or
Captain Kingston I'm the far East. mis-
joining the Boxers In China and his orders
from that body TO kill a high Chinese off,
cial, his failure TO do through mis-
scruples against committing murder and
his becoming a marked man by the So
ciety.
Jim and Davie went 10 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 egg-shaped mark was found on the
door post and spy discovered keeping
close watch of the house.
One evening Davie while slipping a glass
Of soda at n bar. was brushed against by a
man who was very profuse In his apollo
gies AS Davie 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 heir room. The next day
they packed up and went 10 Brighton.
only to see the peculiar looking young man
there ahead OF them.
At Brighton Davie was invited into the
room OF the young stranger. whose name
was Wentworth. and while there a pistol
shot from a Chinese arm whistled past
his head and buried itself I'm the wall.
Wentworth was profuse In his apologies.
Later he mysteriously disappeared from
the hotel
The day after wentworth's disappear
ance a man just from Australia was
found murdered with n Chinese knife
in his back very similar 10 the one shown
Davie by Wentworth. On the dead mans
forehead was the egg-shaped sign. Soon
afterwards Davie received a letter with
the mysterious sign and another change
Of base was made.