The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-05-15

Norit1e left. Said he wanted to know IL
She was ut home. Lord I had to take II
stick to get rid OF him He's got n
ierve."
{, I tn,i chief now thinking 1t necesse,ry to
entertain en- his Involuntary visitor, began
~ snoW her his pictures of rogues ana a
,nil lbs 1sSl shuddered at the ,, aisphn s
,srsl IS section" and then became moro IN
terras Presently She camo to a pno-
, .ossn,Ph \. 81 three Chinese In long cere-
, ,,n',n Jackets and red button caps, sur
dr ,,ss III HE Fashion Of ten Years nso
Ihats Frank Powell aud the Chinks
t IN ,a married him OFF. his mntri1n.9,nia
Pretty g Gs u yaa to cal thn to heur
If there are no murders in f." said
,, "on n.,s SKI, laughed the chief ,n "n%t
They don't have anything much to do
with the story, anyhow"
,Lhen YOU may tell IT," said 1syl. ..
,,, Inc noss and the. Chamberlain tilted l,,i
began:
LILLE STolaYloF' THE CHINESE BRIDE
OR LOvD RECusANT.
me more you know about the Chinese,
ii,,,. more nor. you don't. There was this fel,
low t'ranlt Powell. He had the name OF
kh nttmn IT, them and getting on With them
V he a got any S5her oS nn IN beoaae he
,,19 ne knew n little moro than he
din. It was this way.
6, Frank INK, was attorney for the Chinese
fta Conlpanles His best client among
and SWEETEST Chinese society here in San
lose or IN San Francisco. They were
p -, merchants and bankers and
H1ia ann I'M mouse keepers Had three NIL
N fhntt n,,I mr.
that couldn't raise $4,000 bail money any
day In tho week.
NOW. the Flip. sueys have an Idol that
Is sd supposed D 9 to be the luckest thing this
ghost, all but the fade and breast
when are dripping blood; and 1t holds Il
mandarin ma fan that money won't buy.
any any gambler In Chinatown would give
hold hold Of the joss, or even the fan Of the
Joss Every single chink Of them be-
i ne T., that II he could steal it he would
re aple TO beat any fan-tnn-gamc. win
why, the Hip sueys keel, the Joss locked
Up IN tlre-proof vault, excer' at their
pig festival OF the dead, which comes
i ! ~, up into the Joss house, but then they
It. They, get two white men to stand
by 1t with guns and clubs.
The hatchet men have made all sorts
OF attempts at one time or another to
steal 81 al the loss but no one ever came any;
dent OF the Mok Sing Tong OF high
binders 81 'd and he was about the toughest
I scraped together about, $1,000 by
blachnnail. and Ng Poo used 1t to bride
the two white watchmen. They agreed
Of the feast east of tho dea d. me rS' 's'
So; following his plan. Ng Poo waited
until the club room and the stairs were
Tie entrance to create ,''r manic &c and draw
off attention from what was going on
IN the 11s a r91m So FIR It ,worked al
in a wedge on. the stairs.
rpndk PoweI hnnpensd to be on the
guessed what was up. ITe oil ed over a
dozen rhinks, threw open the window and
at a window above. was Tom Bourke'
ono OF the white watchmen. passing tho
big white Joss down to a hirhtr7er --,ho
Frank. 1nst as it fell eli into the mans
arms Frank grabbed him, by, the ng-
TAIL yanked, him back grabbed the Joss
had been. Chinaman they they would
have stuck him like a pig; but they knew
better than to touch a. white man Every
be all up with Chinatown If they ever
did: for people would tear tho place out
wien wien theY had the idol locked tight
In the vault again, the Hip sueys ar
ranged for NE Poo's disappearance by
the. hntchet route. Then. of course, the
Mok Sigs came back at them. and there
wns n big feud on. There was some char
acteristic Chinese reDartee, and when the
Six Companies got In and stopped the fight
the score stood at three men dead on
each side. and honors easy.
The Hip Sueys had an all-day and
all-nlght banquet to celebrate. and Frank
gest feast ne ever went up gainst Con-