Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-02-25
THE YELLOWDANGER
THE STORY OF THE WORLDS GREATEST WAR
BY NJ. P. SfIIEL.
F. &
BY vi. P. SHIEL.

Copyright, 1890, by R. F. Fenno & Co.,

many seconds, and about the place OF Con-
tuc1ous in the third hierarchy of the gods
IL was the sweetest fun for him.
When he came from his sentry box at the
end of the two weeks among th, number
or wan and totterine men. his tough visage
showed no sign of fatigue He smiled al
ways. He knew he would be first on the
And first he was Later, when the result
was announced at the portal of the hall"
ne was carried to his home through the
streets on the shoulders OF the people
The Chinese poprlace still cherished the
same awe and hign reverence for the learn
Ell man which, in Europe, was cherished in
the middle ages for what was called the
scholar"
Yen How at once received a summons tn
appear before the viceroy OF Marking. He
appeared choice OF two things was put
before him: he might either accent Il irdpa-
snip In the province Of kiang 81 or he
might SO north and comDet2 in another ,.v
animation at Peking where. IL he was mod
erately successful, he would possibly OBJ
tain post in the inner court of the i,nreI-
al city.
One offer was certainty; the other hvno-
thetical But Yen How had not the slightest
intention OF going TO be n Judge in the prov
ince OF Kiang-si. He had other aims.
lie went to Peking and very soon under
went the far sterner ordeal in the famous
examina ton halls of that city. Again he
was easily first on the list a feat which at
once htted him TO high honor in the fmre-
rial court
Tie had gained his entree
Another Chinaman would now have said
I have achieved my end" Yen How said.
Il have made a beginning"
But the rest was not difficult in oriental
countries rises, as well as falls are rand
Let Haman be hanged, and let Mordecai ne
put In his place The prophet Daniel rose
from hothing 10 the supreme power IN A
night Yen How did 1t IN two months
SO great was the necessity for vasterr
western sr{a {-
ment of China that the Chinese were az
tually compelled at that very time to over
come their shuddering racial adherence
or the white man and TO pay large saiariea
to white experts in various departnents 70
plan and to administer. Germans drilled
China army, Englishmen collected her
Gust ms, frenchmen planned her railways
II Is not possible to estimate the omnipo-
tence which would suddenly fall into The
hand or real Chinaman who could do all
TINS better than either German, Englishman
OF frehchman To the Chinese tongue he
was sweet as white mice preserved In honey
lie became the emperor of the emperor
But then, besides knowledge and race Won
How had something MORE ne had genius
the large eye-the summoning voice-the en-
cnahtef wand. The vastness of his outlook
tine world dimensions of his schemes-were
Simply fascinating. Talk, my son. talk
oId ii would say sitting before Yen How
holding his chin in his hand his eyes rivete9
on me Doctors face; and when Yen ceased
your words have flavor. and the palate of
the ear is led astray by them" Yen How
soon became a sort of dissipation for the
aged minister, like an advanced novel For n
very young girl. When Ii wanted sensa
ton, he came and set with his chin In his
hand, and listened with delicious musings
20 Yen: IL was at LIS own suggestion that
the yellow Jacket was given to Yen How
II was among the necessities of things and
Ii saw IL. And at once-without an hour's
delay the little Heidelberg doctor began to
act.
His first care was to bring about secret
treaty between Japan and China
He had not been idle in Japan He had
taken frequent voyages down the Peiho to
Tientsin, and thence to Toxic. or his in
situations to, and relation with, the Mar
Quts Ito, we have spoken. But Yen How
kept his most delicious plum OF temptation
In reserve till the last. He then showed
that however great China became. Japan
would always +be the mistress of China;
when China was the mistress of Europe and
Asia, that meant that Japan would be the
mistress of the world. The treaty was
signed. 1t was his first step.
Yen How saw that the navy of Japan
would be necessary to his schemes With
out that, nothing permanent and final could
be done.
His next step was to bring about the
European war.
He did 1t SO boldly, with such grand
disregard for appearances, with such con-
tenptuous prodigality, that II was q Won
der that both his present and ultimate
mosv we're not OWNED. For 1t must be