The Hawaiian gazette., 1910-09-06
HOW lee KONG CAME
TO HIS UND0ING
GhOstIy Rappings - Feminine
CuriOsity-SeOret Too Big to
Be Kept-HandCuffs.

(Mail Special to The Adyertiser)
WAILUKU, September 2.-By the s.
S. Claudine this week, Lee Kong went
to Honolulu, accompanied by an OIL
cial escort, consisting Of Deputy
Sheriff L. l.. Joseph of Hama, and A.
G. Murphy Of the federal marshal Is
office. Lee Kong is the Cbinaman ae
cused of making imitation coins and
of passing it on the unsuspeeting resi-
dents of Hama, Maui.
He is not a new hand at the bust
ness, nor was this his first Offense.
Some three or four years ago he and
others were gathered in by the police
for a similar offense. He was found
guilty aud served but his sentence. The
federal officers sacked the private mint,
ing works of the gang, destroying and
taking whatever struck their fancy.
They went back to Honolulu believing
they had succeeded in stopping the
making Of imitation coins in Hama,
Maui, but IL seems they had reckOned
without their host. The willy Kong
knew a thing or two about his line
of business and had saved the dies
and other essentials of the coin max
ing outfit. On his release from an en-.
forced vacation in the penitentiary, be
returned to his old stamping grounds,
unearthed his plant and cheerfully re-
sumed the work of making coins in OPP
position 10 the extensively equipped
milliOn.dollar plants kno IN as federal
'mints, wherein Kong proves himself a
genius in his particular line, due 10
he AL g -
getting the false impression their jobs
are soft snaps
However, the tale Of Lee KOng's IN,
lived in the neighborhoOd of Lee
KOng's private mint two shy Hawaiian
girls, with well developed bumps Of
curiosity, backed by an innate desire
TO peep into everything and anything
that tickled their aforesaid bumps Of
curiosity, whether it be scraps of idle
every day gossip or the want of reason
for the change of the latest fashion
in ladies hats.
Ghosts Were Busy
One dark night a little while ago
one Of the two awoke from a bad dream
and heard a ghostly sound of mufhed
tapping on the still midnight air. Now,
stantly the thought flashed across the
young maiden's mind, that a tabled
host Of spOOks were holding q ghOstly
carnival that night among the ruins Of
neighbOHng heiau such as Is firmly
believed in by the simple country folks
10 presage something dreadful about 10
happen in the near future. With the
thought she pulled the bed clothing
l.ug n. cd
the peaceful slumbers Of maiden mum
ghOstly tapping followed the example
pie head. Painting and sweating, half
suifoeated the two lay listening for an
hour before the eeTie midnight sounds
the night the two slept with toes 80,
posed ana heads buried under four
thieknesses Of bed elothinR
In the morning they fen sheepish
and did not like To tell their elders Of
what they had heard aud Of the fright
they were in, EnquiTing IN q round
about way they wore told the Rh0sily
dmmmeTs were only 20 be heard 0n tho
night Immediately following the wane
Of the fnll moon, ana not on dark
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hY FoT several nights thereafter the
ghostly tapping sounds Were repeated,
tlll Familiarity bed contempt, and
feminine curiosity asserted Itself soy
efal nights later tho two maidens sal
lIed forth ~ 6ad ouf ihe source of no
weird midnight sounds
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