The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-07-12
CHAPTER xxx.


If ever the expression Sinking in
sight of port" could be used in it's pre-
else meaning, it evidently can in this
case. | offer my arm to Mademoiselle
Zinca, and / lead her to my carriage, and
we return rapidly toward the Hotel of
the Ten thousand Dreams.
There | find Major Noltitz and the
Caternas, and, by a lucky chance, young
Pan Chao, without DIR. Tio-King. Pan
Chao would like nothing better than to
be our interpreter before the Chinese
authorities.
And then, before the weeping Xinca,
| told my companions all about Kinko,
how he had Travelled, how l had made
his acquaintance. | told them that if
he had defrauded the Transasiatic Com
pany, il was thanks to this fraud that he
was able to get on to the train at Uzun
Ada. And If be had not been in the
train, we should all have been ingulfed
in the abyss of the Tjon valley.
What an explosion there was of ex-
clamatory obs! and abs! when | had fin
ished my recital! And in a burst of
gratitude, somewhat of the theatrical
sort, our actor shouted:
"Hurrah for Kinko! He ought to
have a medal
Until the Son of Heaven accorded this
hero a green dragon of some sort, Nine.
Caterna took Zinca's hand, drew her to
her heart and embraced her without be-
ing able to restrain her tears. Just think
of n love story interrupted at the last
chapter!
But we must hasten. and, as Caterna
says, ''all on the scene for the fifth
the fifth act, in which dramas generally
clear themselves up.
I'VE must not let this brave fellow
suffer- said Major Noltitz; 1--WE must
see the Grand Transasiatic people, and
when they learn the facts they will be
the first to stop the prosecution"
We left the young Roumanian to the
caresses of the worthy actress. Madame
Caterna would not leave her, declaring
that she looked upon her as her daugh-
ter, that she would protect her like a
mother. Then Pan Chao, Major Noltitz,
Caterna and | went off to the company's
Offices at the station.
The manager was in his Office, and we
were admitted. He was a Chinese in
every acceptation of the word, and capa-
blG vi every uuIlllHlSJIdllNc SIlutStIn-
a functionary who functioaed in a way
that would have moved his colleagues in
old Europe to envy. >
Pan Chao told the story, and, as he
understood Russian, the major and | took
part in the discussion. This unmistaka-
bic Chinaman did not hesitate to con-
tend that Kinko's case was a most seri-
Gus one. A fraud undertaken on such
conditions, a fraud extending over six
thousand kilometers, a fraud of a thou
sand francs on the Grand Transaiatic
Company and its agents.
We replied to this Chinesing Chinee
that it was all very true. but that the
damage had been inconsiderable, that if
the defrauder had not been in the train
he could not have saved it at the risk of
his life, and at the same time he could
not have saved the lives of the passen-
gers.
Well, would you believe it? This liv-
ing China figure gave us to understand
that from a certain point of view it
would have been better to regret the
deaths of n hundred victims. In short,
we get nothing. Justice must take it's
course against the fraudulent Kinko.
.tiantlemen," said Pan Chae. u know
how things are managed in the Celestial
Empire. Two hours will not elapse from
the time Kinko is arrested to the time
he is brought before the judge charged
with this sort of crime. He will not
only be sent to prison, but the basti-
nado-"
I'VE must stop that a~bomination,'
said Major Noltitz.
I'VE can try, at least" said Pan Chao.
II propose W. go before the court. when
| will try and defend the sweetheart of
this charming Roumanian. and may |
lose my face if l do not get him off,"