The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-05-27
The Third Customer and the
BY FERGUS HUME.

''Thankee, miss" he said. graciousIy.
IF we sit the money I'll give ZEE a
pound or so"
I don't want it." replied Hagar.
abruptly. Give me the pawn ticket
end 81 ShiIlings-that is what I gave
You. and the percentage. Then I'll go"
Nat produced molcy and ticket from
MS pocket, and gave them into her
hand But I'd like 10 90 summat fur
YOU Citing that idol back" said he.
wistfUlly.
Well Mr.. Prime" said Hagar. pauS-
ing at the door with smile when YOU
set the $1,000 pounds you talk about
reward me by coming 10 the shop and
/ telling me the story. 7 should like to
[ know why Yu-ying stole the god; also,
/ why he restored it"
I'll tell ZEE, never fear, miss. and a
good yarn it is Y won't take a dram,
I miss Mo- Well. good day good day.
and thankee.
/ When HaSar retired Nat came back
/ TO the table and found that DR.. Dick
/ had asCCrtained the meaning of the
i Chinese characters. They gave the ad-
dress Of one Yeh, who kept an opium
shop-or rather denim Vescy street,
Whitechapel.
We must go there" said Dick. ris-
ing, and interview this Yeh. I dare
say he has the iron box in charge
Il guess some Chinky Of sorts has
/ the box" asscnted Nat, but 'twOn't
/ be Yeh. If Pod let the box along o.
him. 7 surmise he's dead and buried
by this time. Even Cinnamon amt i'm
mortal"
"Ych or another-What does il mat
1 ter, Primer All we have to do is to
show Kvan-tai's jade image to the
/ custodian Of the box, and it viii be
/ handed over TO US"
That's so" replied Nat. CHANGING at
I hi
| whole AFTERNOON to engineer the job
! Let's grub a bit. and start right away
! fIcm Whitechapel"
While at the meal Prime seemed
4 thoughtful. and did not respond very
/ enthusiastically to DR.. Dicks delight at
/ discovering the whereabouts OF the
! treasure Dick commented on this.
/ You don't seem overpleased, Nat
/ he said in 4 piqUcd tone. yet your
share viii be $4,000 pounds: and YOU
/ ought to be both contented and de-
/ lighted. What's your trOUbe2"
''Yu-ying, doctor. I don't trust that
+ heather a cent What did he give back
/ the jade god fOr2'
/ Because ne couldn't find the secret
/ Of opening it." replied Dick. and see
/ ing that the image was no good, he re-
stored 1t TO its proper OwDc:"
Nat shook his head. AS a priest Of
/ the temple, YU-yinS is the proper owner
/ of that there god" said he dOubtfuIFv.
/ Il stole it. y know, so 'twasn't mine.
/ not much No. doctor; there's some
/ thing queer about the biz Guess this
/ ChinlSy's rubin it in with salt"
What do YOU mean. Nat2'
! Why" said Mr.. Prime. coOIIy. 1T
/ wouldn't surprise me to find as how
/ Tu-ying has lifted the lot Of them gods
( of gold. and he's sent back Nwan-t7f
so as we kin take a squirt at the empty
} h0, I,y,
! play low in that style
! 7 hope not. I trust notI' cried Dick.
/ turning pale But We had better make
/ certain of what has been done Come.
! Nat. let Us start for Whitechapel at
/ once"
| Still shaking his head, for long ac-
/ qudintauce with Cinnamon had inspired
+ him with a wholesome mistrust Of the
/ race. Nat paid his bill and set out for
/ WhiteChapel in the company of Dr.
Dick.
You take my word for it, doctor"
said he, when they were in the train,
( there's d big sell waiting for US at
+ the end Of this trip I guess -twasn-t
+ honesty has made that Celestial give
/ back the jade idol"
On arriving at WhitechapeI the iwO
Adventures had some difficulty in dis
covering Nesey street, and it was quite
an hour before they ascertafned its
whereabouts Tt proved TO he narrow
and dirty alley of no great length. mid
way in which was placed the dwelling
of Yeh. 4 Ted-painted sign sprinkIed
with golden Chinese characters. an
nOunced that the house was the abode
OF hundred blessings and that Ych
was \ dealer in goods from the Flow
| cry land Dick translated this for the
benefit of Nat. who could speak but not
read Chinese. and commented thereon.
enCe or this IS son of his, he said.
and on Nat gTuntinE assent they both
/ stopped at the door of the house which
/ they fOndly hoped contained the treas
ure OF PCa the golden idols of the i'm
perial dynasty of T'Siu.
In answer to their knock. a sleek.
soft-footed China boy, dressed in d blue
iudiCO-hucd blouse and with his piCtaiI
/ down, appeared TO admit them. Nat,
/ as more experienced in Chinese speech,
! explained that they wanted to see Yeh.
I After some hesitation the boy conduct
ed them through a long dark passage
into a rather large room piled up with
goods among which moved three or
four Cinnamon These packages were
the osteusfbIe reason of Yeh's business.
but at the back of the shop, through
another dark passage. there was an
opium den. The boy spoke to n spec
taCled Chinese merchant about the two
EngliShmen. WneT9upon he came for
ward and addressed them in his own
tongue
What can yOdr vile slave do for The
lords who honor this despicabe house,
asked the sUave Celestial. with all the
fioWCry hUmbuE of Chinese speech.
Nat. Conversant with such rhOdOmOn-
tade. replied in similar fashion.
Your humble guests would see the
learned and respectable YEN
He is my wOTshipfUl father" said
the Chinaman. with a bow. And what
would the gracious lords with the rev
erend Yeh?"
For answer Nat pulled the jade idol
cut of his pocket. at the sight of which
the son Of Yeh went as green as the
gods image. Down he fell on his knees
and knocked his forehead three times
on the floor, after which, without vast
ing time in explanation. he conducted
the two Europeans into the opium dem
Here on d kind of elevated platforms,