The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-07-10


Atlantic City station and they say that every
tme he heard my call be would phone to
Philadelphia for side partner, and then the
two of them would trail the Door oJeratcr day
and night for weeks, IA
Captain Jeremiah bad returned to New
London with his pockets well lined, Aces was
al a bows camp in the Adirondacks, three !.
weeks had slipped by and Billy had notheard'
4 word from the Captain. He was on the
point of going TO telegraph office several
times, but as he concluded thai 10 news vas
good news, he refrained from wiring. "
He kept a close watch on the newspapers
for possible news, but saw nothing Of interest
aside from stray editorials here and there con-
denning the Government for its idiotie policy
in passing an act excluding the Chinese coolies
and then passveIy refraining from interfering
with them, once they had been smuggled well
over the borders, and had reached the Chinese
colonies in the larger cities. s.
Billy sat in dignihed silence, displeased
with himself and the world at large, consum
ing rickey after rckey, and hoping for fire
to break out or riot TO start in Times Square,
when his composure was disturbed by the.
voice Of dminutye ncwsboy who had tim
idly stolen into the cafe and with wary eye
on the walters was selling his papers
Want an extree, Mister2 All about the
Chinks arrested
Tossing the boy coin, and quickly scan
ming the headlines Of the paper, Biliy's eyes
devoured the following
IMPORTANT CHINESE CAPTURE y
FORTY aMuGeLlEpp b. coohIEs oob SEIZED ON I
HyANNls. MASS. AUG. 10 To-. The most i'm
portsnt seizure Of smuggled Chinese coolies in re-
cent years was made to-day by special Agent Wiley
Of the u. s, Secret Service. This afternoon, in
full view of the Life Saving Station below Provinces
and lowered four dories crowded with Cinnamon. /;
None Of them could talk English The dories were \
branded 4. b. St and each one held tenS
Cinnamon. Special Agent Wiley arrived on the
evening train and took charge OF the case. Mr.. {
Wiley has stated to your correspondent that these
Cinnamon were probably brought to the Uniteda
States by Peter Nc Bride notorious smugglerT
OF Chinese. who purchased the Canadian fishing 4
schooner Ffz< B,of4sts at ST. Tohn, N. b.. earlyJ
last spring. Why he should attempt TO land the y
coolies in broad daylight, in full view Of fesavng
station has not been explained but il is believed by
Special Agent Wiley that the commander Of thea
schooner discouraged by his inability TO land theses
Chinamen at New York City and growing desper-
ate deliberately chose this method OF Kidding him
self Of Improbable cargo. The forty coolies
viii he returned to China at an early date at the
expense Of the United States Government
"Niy Cod" exclaimed the horri6ed Billy, /!
as he concluded the article, 6 the Cap must be .
on champagne drunk or else he's candidate |
for the nut factory"
~ r
The stewards of the LnSffdnid we're making
the rounds Of the huge Atlantic ferry-boat.
calling, All ashore that's going ashore /
The turbines of the liner had been slowly roll
ing over and over Tor some ten minutes in
for the real start, when a man
arose from.a table in a corner of the smoking
room, and observed to his companion:
I'm sorry that you're making this trip,
Billy. they don't play faro at Monte Carlo,
and old Papa Blanc will whipsaw YOU at
roulette. I'd rather have YOU stay and
look over the Mexican border with me,
but i you're bound to 60 may YOU have good
luck; and il YOU should go broke, wire me. .
Cap. old sport, hate to leave you, de-
clared Billy Joyce, but I've been promiSin
myself trip to this Monte Carlo bank ever
since ! can remember. But see here. What
right have YOU got to advise me what to do /
after playin fool trick like you did of
Cape Cod last week2 ,
You ought 10 know me better than that }
returned Captain Pete. as he glanced around
he deserted room. This is a little Joke on
The Government that I've been saving I'D to
spring on you. You know that an Asiatic
'teerage passage from New York to Hong |
Kong costs Chinaman about one hundred /
md iorty dollars, including his railroad fare. i
Charlie Sing and Moy Chu dug I'D forty
links around New York and Jersey Civ.
'achone OF whom had made his little pile and
vas sready togo back to China. They banked
heir money with the Six Companies and re-
'eiyed verbal money orders on Hong Kong
which are as good as gold to a Chinaman. and
hen the whole bunch came down 10 Ga
larsie Beach. One Of the partners Of the
Mandarin Restaurant on Doyers Street keeps
power boat al Canarsie, and on certain
'vening the whole crowd packed into the
'ower boat and picked EN- I'D about three
niles on shore and dumped EN- of on
APE Cod Everybody seems satisfied.
YOU'RE satisfied because YOU are Iauehinv.
m satisfied because / raked OF fifty dollars
head Charlie Sing and Moy Chu are sstis-
led because they gct ten apiece; the Six
companies are satisfied because they roA
her commission on The money orders. Sss..
ial Agent Wiley IS satisfied because be,s
made an important capture. the forty veIlow,
men are sahshed because they save ninehul
lolsrs each on what their tickets would h.~r
osi them; aud Uncle sam must be satisf;e,h
'eeaase-he pays the freight = =