The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-01-09

premature, says Mae : [ wouldn 4 mar
r. that coufoundcd old battle axe, Sally
Ann. MacNab for $500, much less 5000.
She can keep the money and welcome.
and ! m going down to Hong Kong to
day No, Won don T.. saws l. Il
pledged my word and ! also pledged
the honor of the American flag that
YOU would act square IN this deal, and
You are acting like q thief and
scoundrel. Il III sue YOU for libel, SAYS
Mac. getting white about the chaps.
Certainly YOU may. says L. and ] III
prove the libel but you can sue me
for assault and battery, too. for | mean
10 give YOU pow the biggest licking.
Here Mr.. Gowdy interrupted the pro
ceedings to finish drinking his wins
key, with p little water m il. Mae
resisted. but | could have got HIM with
one hand tied behind my back. ]
didn Z waul 10 be interrupted by any
Of those people al the British Consu-
late. so | dragged Mac across the square
and finished up The licking here and
then locked him Up In the dungeon
What! y asked IIalkett IN surprise,
while little Ford gave Jump Of amaze
mcnt.
Locked in Dungeon.
In the dungeon. cody reiterated
Mr. Gowdy. "and G've got him there
now He has been there for four days.
The British consul sent over . formal
demand in writing for an explanation
of my conduct IN the proceedings. and
] replied in writing. saving that had
licked the sand John MacRean in the
grounds of the British consulate, know
ing him Ia be a British subject. and
then there had kicked. cuffed and other
wise lsmhastcd him and called him n
thief, rogue, q l0r and scouudrel;
had dragged him across the square spt.
had with malice aforcthought admins.
tered six body blows and an uppercut
ON he person of the said John Mac.
Bean, had punched him in the solar
plcNus and had slapped his face and
'weaked his nose and pulled his cars
and blackcd his oyc, and bad then
kicked him OF the premises of the
United States Vice-c oDsulate. and din I
know where the said John MscB Bean was
and didn I give damn. either Then
telcgrrsphed 10 Admiral Cotcswortb al
II ong Kong. that | expected native
uprising and desired a United States
vessel sent here and guard for the
vicc!cousulato. Meanwhile I had per
fectlv satisfactory interview with Mac.
I went in and told him what L had
dome
"Aud what was MacBeau doing all
this time asked lGalkctt in wonder
Oh, Lord Mac was as snug as YOU
I
Nab and he had good ease for false
Imprisonment against me. and was like.
| " 10 make money all around I had
made him good and comfortable in the
dungeon. with plenty of iirst-cldss whis-
key. newspapers and q HYMN book aud
d Bible 10 read, and hc was comfort
ably waiting for the thing 10 blow
over. | went in after had replied TO the
| British consul and had heart 10 heart
and nose 10 nose talk with Mac
told bim that I would give him - Of
good English money for every day
kept him there. and that ! would smug
gle him of on the vessel ] expected
and would give him G20 in English
money at Hong Kong, and he could
simply disappear and get another Job
on ono Of the Yang tse boats. and he
need never see Hwang hTo or the Mac
Nab womau again.
Z" Mae has n sound scotch head on
! him. He saw the advantages of the
proposal AZ once. SO made il all out
| too, | gave him ihc two English SOY
creigns every dav ] We had him locked
up. Would YOU like to see bim?i'
''CertaIply ] should said Halkctt.
In the Stone Dungeon
Mr. Gowdr rose and. opening secret
compartment in his desk took ont three
large KEYS aud led IN" party, little
| Ford bringing mp the rear. into 4 mar
row passage, al tho end Of Which was
II large. beayy iron studded door with
three pa1locks The vicc.consul uu.
locked the padlocks and the party
| entered the room II was indeed j stone
dungeon. but With four windows high
up against the low stone ceiling aud
barred with irbn At table in the
middle of tho bocr sat Mr.. Mac Beau in
a large American rocking chair Mr..
Gowdy introduced the party and Mr..
Mac Bean greeted them affably.
"lt's NIL fycd, Mac, said MIR.