The Farmington times and herald. (Farmington, St. Francois Co., Mo.) 1902-1905, 1902-10-02


mere telling Of " causes me more pain
than you would believe. You must I'M
ders tand that a, the time uf the man
darin's death al English traveller, who
had been passing through the vest
err provinces. reached our city aud
took up his abode with as. Needless
to say. We were overwhelrled with
grief a. the loss of our patron. The
treasure he had presented us With We
took To the mission and deposited IL
n 4 safe place. We had NO suspicion
81 any sort Of trrachrry. fear my
compassion and / are not men Of the
world. that Ia TO say We DO not go
about suspccting evil of our neigh
hurs"
Il think understand" said. "You
brought the treasure home, put 80
Ia what YOU considered a safe place.
and one day awuke to fms your es-
iimablr guest missing and the treas
urr gone with him. Have guessed cor
r,rtly?"
"Yuu have hit the mark exactly"
htfNAA'F IfltltAt w NPhN Wv Nay
not only Co liud the treasure gone, but
also ourselves ard our mission serious
u compromised, The relations Of the
dead nan not only accused us Of haV-
ing ali,uatci him from the faith Of hia
furylu1hrrs. hut also of having robbed
hiu 90 bic ancestral treasure. We
could not bot admit that We had been
present. d with the wealth In question,
uuI when II was demanded Of Us We
could only explain that We had lost u
10 our turn. You can imagine the POI
sitllu for yourself At the best of
times the foreigner Is not popular In
China. and our situation was partiru-
.arsN unpleasant. situated as We were
90 one Of ihr widest portions OF the
empire. uui accused 81 the hnseEt sac
rilruc. that IN 90 say Of violating the
home OF q dead man. We could hope for
hut sma, mercy. The nau Who had
ruhbgt Us had entirely disappeared.
aud no trace OF him could be discoy-
erred. To attempt to ofTrr any e1pls-
or 90 iucriminatc him. was out
81 the question. We could only suffer
10 silence
llr passed ard hsa'sd . heavy sigh.
"Nud what form did your punish
ugui tLkr?" inquired, for Was be.
ginning 10 be inter, sted 10 their story
"Cau you Ba; Er- f"r yourselfY' the
man answered. "Cau you not see that
/ am blind. while NY companion IL
dumb? That was What they con
drmnsd uS to. Ey that mans siilainyl
am destined never 10 look upon Gods
earth again, while my companion will
never Dc abe To- converse with his
{, .low.mrn, except by signs. We are
"a the world. yet cut Of H."
I looked az them both ~ amAEement.
Their tale seemed too terrible to he
true. And set mad he best Of evil
dcure lu show that It was correct.
And why have you come to me?
What Do you want me 90 do2 lcannot
give you back your sight, nor your
friend hin power 81 speech"
-Hut you rou help as Go find the man
who brought ibis mlsrry upon US"
kltwa;cr replied. That IS what We
have com, tu nsk 81 you. lie must not
be- permitted TO enjoy the wealth he
stole from az. u L. satrrd 10 a spe-
cia. duty. and that duty It must per.
form. We are not oNerhnrdencd with
riches, in fact, We are dependent upon
the bounty Of another. but n you can
hep as TO recover the sum that was
stolen from III. We will gladly pay
whatever you may ask! We cannot
say mere than that"
But this Is most unhrard-of re-
auest," / said. How do you know
where the man mas he at this mo-
meut2"
I'VE do not know, or wr should
scarcely have asked your assistance"
Kitwaler replied. wish some show Of
reason. 1T Is because We have heard
OF your wonderful, powers In tracing
people that We hav, come TO you. Our
only cause for attending the trial at
which you saw as Was to hear the evil
dcucr you gave ard to draw our own
from Il. That those con
illusions were complimentary tu you,
our presence here b. evidence Of. We
know that We could not put our case
10 better hands, aud We will leave IL
with You to say whether ar not You will
help ~. As / said just now, my com
paninu Is dumb. while I am blind; We
cannot do much ourselves Will you
not take pity upon Us and help us to
ind the man who betrayed and ruined
u p"
But he may be Of the other end Of
the world az this moment?" l said.
That does not matter" he returned.
We know that. WI, reyer he may he.
you will find him. a.. We ask on To do
Is to bring Us face ia face with him.
We viii manage the rest. II viii be
strange then II wc are not able to get
him to a.prup,r way Of thinking"
This was the most unusual case l
had had 10 do with. and for the mo
mSnt ! scarcri, knew what to say. l
turned to the blind man once more.
Have you any idea where the man
vert after he robbed your"
''lle crossed the province OF Yunnan
Into BurmSh," he replied. "After that
be made his way through Rangoon. and
shipped on board the steamer Jena
Gar for London"
when did the Jcmadar reach Lon
iun?"
"On the cd of June" he answered. /
we have made inquiries upon that /
point"
made a note Of this. and then COZ.
iuurd ms inquiries.
"One other question. s. said. while
Sc are on tho subject. what do you
suppose would he the total value of |
he treasure of which he robbed your"
That is very difficult 20 say" Kit
water replied, and then turned to his
and held out his hand. The
,thcr took II and tapped upon the palm
With the tips Of his fingers In sort of
acknowledgement fashion that hnd
never seen used before.
MY friend says that there were 90
tones, all rubies aud sapphires; they
we're If exquisite luster and extraos-
iinary size. Possibly Thea might hAys |