The Evening standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1910-1913, 1910-11-12

AS Schmitt closed the door on his visitor large
smile of jubilation lit up his bcefy face. and he
ieaped into the air and cappcd his feet together in
ccstatic throcs of JOY
Too good too easy!" he conhded 10 the room at
large. Now to tell Sing. and at two o'clock ,,L,
the money"
Sing was indulgng in little opium preparatory
to having few rosy ruble dreams of his own. when
Sehmtt burst in upon him. all brcathlcss and eager.
The Chinaman gruntcd and stodly waved his vsi-
tor to dark, backess seat oil teak
What thingi" he inquired languidly.
Can makec pay proper fashion two o'clock Yo,
give me paper back now, settle by and by"
NO can do. My fen have lock up spose you
pay ono lac, can catch. S'pose you no pay. no can
catch"
BY and by can pay" said sehmitt, angrly. Sing,
this no blong white fashion. Before never have
bobbery, Sing. What thing happen now7"
But Sing wasn't in the mood for argument There
was steamer leaving at three and Sing knew it He
was afraid Schmt knew it too and he wisely de-
cded it would be just as we'll TO get his share on
the transaction before giving the papers up.
Sing pay you iour o'clock First must catch
papers, then settle"
mo do" reiterated Sing the slv.
Schmitt furious and finally left in high dud.
geon. What bhcring idiot he had beenl OF
course. if Vasclinovitch had not como to him he
should have been obliged to use Sing in cfcctino
the sale of the papers. but it was, he was simply
throwing away hundred thousand rubes.
Il will strain point" he said to himself. "I
will go to the bank, borrow this money for Sing.
and when Vasic digs up 1 will return it again.
So he went to the bank and obtained i big COL
lection of nice paper bills. Sing was out when
Schmitt reached his shop, but he had left word to
wait. as he would not be gone long Schmitt fumcd
and stcwed around until two forty-iye, when Sing
reappeared.
Here's your money" shouted Schmitt Give
me the papers"
Sing counted the bills deliberately, and thrustng
them into pocket somewhere in the depths Of his
blouse, he walked 10 the safe and turned the COM
bination. He handed the papers to Schmitt. who
examined them hurredy, saw that all was right, and
tore from the room. The banks closed at three
o'clock and there time to be lost if he was
to get his money that day. Colonel Vasenovitch
and General Robberoffsy in the formers apart
ments when Schmitt entered
My dear Schmitt,' they cried in unison as they
embraced him and covered his face with kisses.
you have saved our lvesl 1t was so kind OF you
to find those papcrs Sing brought them to us only
few minutes ago. saying you had told him they were
Dear Schmitt, what We do for you
Name itp
But with these words they stopped and exchanged
glances.
Il forgot" said the Colonel, apologetcally. 1--WE
wait You have. dear Schmitt, our undying
gratitude and Affection but, as for this worlds
goods. alas Sing demanded all we had on earth,
and We have paid
Schmitt gasped drew his precious papers fromlsu
inside pocket and looked at them again
Copies" exclaimed his companions in the sam1
breath.
Schmitt covered his eyes with a pudgy hand and
sank into chair with deep groan of misery.
Through the window could be seen the good ship
LOmoOn moving majesically the bay. Hang
ing over the tafTra was yellow skinned Celestial.
gazing at the whirpoos churned up by the pro-
peller, Rosy rainbow dreams of mile high stacks
OF rubles fitting through his brain. while dim
and DINNER in the distance grew Port Arthur
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