Evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1907-1913, 1912-09-10
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maternal heritage succum0, and IN
duige in a sort of disguised orgy Of
reproach.
Evelyn might have told me, for in
stance, that Captain Macleod, after
careful investigation, had been unable
to discover either hair or hide Of Pc
ter Johnson in Gloucester or else
where, and stopped there. That Is
what man would have done But,
altogether admirable though size was.
the eternal feminine was strong with
in her. Therefore it was incumbent
upon her to add:
at doesn't surprise me, Philip.
When you told me how you picked
that man up, was confident that he
was floating out there in your path
just for that very purpose"
| had no inclination to dispute the
point with her That was the most
painful part OF It, knew that she
was right-that in putting Peter John,
son ashore, instead of in irons, bad
committed an error that might prove
irremediable. But why couldn't she
see that | realized It, and was smart
ing under my own condemnation, ard
SO have spared me this added torture
Of hers? Why? Because she was her
mothers daughter That is the only
answer.
AS for my interview with "Pythias"
Addison, we discussed it in all its
phases, without reaching anything
Ike definite conclusion. Taking ey-
erything into consideration the evil
hence certainly seemed convincing
that Cameron, in spite Of his denials,
had been in China in 1903 And yet
we could not reconcile this with that
almost fanatical love OF truth which
We knew to be his
Couldn't DR.. Addison have been
mistaken" Evelyn asked
ut is possible, of course" l an
Bwered. yet Cameron's face and fig
ure are not Of a common type. Be,
sides, l don't believe in doubles I
have heard Of so-called wonderful like
nesses, but | have never seen any that
would deceive friend Of twenty
years standing"
n little later she inquired whether
the detective engaged to shadow Phi
letus Murphy had furnished report
Yes" l told her, st came in my
mornings mail. Murphy is still at
Cos Cob. He didn't leave his bunga
low an day yesterday, and he had
no callers
I'm crazy to know what you learn
tonight from Yup Sing" she went on
eagerly. "Oh, how l do hope 1t will
give rs some hint! 1t seems terrible
to think Of Uncle Robert in the hands
eff those unconscionable Cinnamon
And, Philip, don't you think you had
better take some one with you? |
suppose Mr.. Yup is to be trusted, but
at the same time, you must remember
YOU are going into the enemy's camp,
and YOU should be careful"
But laughed at the notion Of TAX.
ing a body-guard
I'm to meet him at nine O'clock"
told her, "in a public restaurant. Be,
sides. therell be a crowd Of those
/ Seeing New York people down there
about that time, ard Chinatown will
be on its best behavior. So never fear,
little girl. Do you want me to tele,
phone you when | get uptown? You
know I'm going to stop tonight at my
rooms in the Loyalton."
or course I want you to telephone
me-" she returned, emphatically. ut
shouldn't take you very long to hear
what Mr.. Yup has to tell, should Il?
/ shall he expecting you TO call me up
between ten and half-past. or by elev.
en- at the latest; so don't dare to go
for supper first"
AS If | could think of supper" I
said, looking at her in a way l had.
when l might be hearing your
voice."
Could have foreseen what the
night was to bring forth I certainly
should have discouraged her waiting
for my message But the power Of pre-.
vision is given to few Of us, and OF
those few | am not one.
Assuredly | had no misgivings as,
after dining at the University club
that evening, | stepped into an cleo.
trio hanson and gave the driver the
address Of the Doyers street restau.
rant. Whatever it may have been in
the past, l believed the Chinatown of
the present to be, outwardly at least, a
reasonably law-abiding section Of the
borough Of Manhattan And was not
that night the guest of one of it's
most honored citizens? What, there
fore, had ! to fear?
On the contrary, as we turned from
the BoWery into that little semicircu-
lar thoroughfare which is perhaps the
most characteristic Of Chinatown's
three principal streets, was pleas
anly interested. This was quite a
different place from that which I had
Visited the afternoon before Then, a
sort Of brooding quiet reigned over
What was so ordinary as to be scarce
iy distinctive; for that part Of Mott
i street on which the Yup Sing estab-
lislment is located, have since learn
1 "a, IS merely enc Of the gates of the
eal Chinatown, Of which Doyers
street is the heart and center-and