The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1905-12-21

Il WANT YoU TO FIND NY DAUGHTER"
seat. I'm Mr.. wold-Heury Girls
void Of - Fifth avenue"
l rose and motioned him to 4 seat
but he continued standing.
I'm in great trouble, and I've come
TO you for help. The police are help
less and hopeless They're no better
than amateurs"
Pardon me-" l Interrupted sharply,
but if the case is so serious no tliac
can be lost in emotional weakness.
What is it you want Of lue|
4 want you to find my daughter
Helen GrisWod. You know herr"
1--WE heard Of her" l responded.
But I did not know that she was lost"
NO. no; Of course not" the broken
hearted banker and father continued.
I'VE kept it from the papers. The po-
lice advised it. But noW-noW''-
l handed him Il glass Of brandy ana
waited for it to quiet and strengthen
his nerves. l warned him to be brief
and coherent in his story 50 that /
should not be mislGd
There is little enough to tell" he
said finally. "Two nights ago a party
of Us visited Chinatown. 1t was Il fool
expedition headed by Bromley. He
said he knew all the joints and opium
dens and that a night of Summing
would be amusing. Well, we went
down to Mott street and visited all of
the Chinese joints, restaurants and
theaters. 1t was a bore to me, but the
young people enjoyed it,"
How many were in the party?" |
asked, mentally jotting down notes.
only six of us-my wife and daugh-
ter, Bromley and Henry Valentine and
his sister Jennie. They were all eager
TO see everything, and they dragged me
around until midnight. The last We
visited was a disreputable place kept
by Sing Tung. 1t was a queer joint,
filled with strange Chinese idols and
divided into many compartments by
silk draperies and paper partitions
Bromley said the owner was Il wealthy
Chinaman and one of the highbinders.
whatever that means.
Il didn't take much stock in his talk
until-until it happened"
''What happened" l asked to recall
the man to his story after a few mo-
ments in which he sobbed Ggain.
'She-she-my daughter disappear
ed" he moaned, Fright under our eyes.
She was spirited away. y noise out
side had attracted our attention to the
window. Helen was tired and remain
ed seated few feet back of us. When
we turned she was gone. We hunted
for her and threatened the Cinnamon.
but they knew nothing about her. They
refused to tell anything We got des-
perate, and while Bromley ran for the
police the rest of us searched the
house, tearing down the draperies and
upsetting the pictures and idols. But it
was no use. Helen had been spirited
away, and-and"-
l waited patiently and motioned for
him to continue
And the police were no more sue
cessful," the banker added.
With some difficulty | Gained the
man sufficiently to get few further
necessary details from him and then
dismissed him.
1t must have been twenty minutes
later when the "Chinese puzzle" as l
facetiously had to term it, was slowly
unfolding itself that l was disturbed
by the maids sudden appearance
again.
"A Chinaman, sir, wishes to see
YOU" she announced.
A stout well fed oriental appeared.
He was dressed in his native costume,
but glance showed me that he was a
man of wealth and influence among
his people. l was still further sur
prised when he addressed me in good
English.
II come to you, Mr.. Purdue, to help