Evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1907-1913, 1912-09-09

Yup Sings.
at was impressively significant" l
maintained, "even II ii was only q
coincidence. Incidentally 1t convinced
me that nothing escaped Mr.. Yup's OBJ
servation. I had no intention Of re-
ferring to my discovery chose rath-
er to have him think had not noticed
the figure the child was painting But
my choice was not to be gratified. He
knew that had seen and noticed it;
and so, to relieve the situation, he
frankly directed my attention to the
symbol, explaining that what had re-
garded as mysterious was most COM
monplace. II is one of the first things
that Chinese babies learn to draw
he went on. it is like the pothook and
hanger of the American primary
schools. First they draw louses. then
ships, then men: and the houses, the
ships and the men are all alike. just
as are your AS, your BIS, and your
C's. And when signed to a letter.
queried. what does your ship stand
for?' He shrugged his lean shoulders
in manner almost Gallo. who shall
say?' he returned"
and hanger explanation" Evelyn
asked, pointedly. 1t was her way to
probe at once to the heart of matter.
81 can't say that | am altogether
convinced" l answered. non-commit-
tally. In spite OF Mow's enthusiastic
encomium. | WAS not very favorably
impressed by Yup Sing His wall of
reserve Is too high and too thick. 1t
is neither scalable nor penetrable.
And yet he stands well, ! believe. in
the community"
We sat in the music room, where &
fire of drift wood wove a woof OF
green and violet strands through the
red warp of the blaze, for the weather
had turned chill. Evelyn Wore a cling
ing gown of black panne velvet, with
purple orchids at her waist. 1t had a
wonderfully mature effect for one so
young as she. but 1t was not unbecom-
ing Indeed it effectively accentuated
the deep raw gold tints of her hair
and added to the transparency of her
unwonted pallor was marvelling
once again over her outwardly brave
up-bearing in spite OF the constant
anxiety Of which pallid cheeks were
the only visible sign. when she said:
81 was sure we should hear from
Captain MacI cod today,
HE has probably met with rough
weather" eonsoled. ut isn't child's
IL. I'll =
son, you know"
Rough weather or not" she insist
ed, che must have reached Gloucester
by now. And~if he found Peter John
con. or II he didn't he was to tele
phone, you remember"
Gloucester is something Of
place." l explained, adopting the yer
nacular. at includes no less than
eight villages and ave thousand mer
are engaged there in the fishing indus
try. Macleod can't be expected to
learn in five minutes whether mar
named Peter Johnson is one Of the
five thousand"
"But the whole community would
know II one of their number had such
an experience as he just passed
through" And for this argument
had no answer ready.
Fortunately, however, none was re-
quired Of me, for at that moment
steps were audible crossing the hall,
and when our eyes turned downward
they encountered the dapper figure OF
Louis, Cameron's French valet, halt
ing respectfully on the threshold.
"Mademoiselle." he said. bowling,
''mais voici des lettres qui jail trouve"
And we saw, then, that he carried a
tin despatch box.
Evelyn directed him to place 1t up
on the table by which she sat. II
seemed that she had not given over
the idea that the letters for which we
had searched so diligently on Sunday
were somewhere In the house, and
mad directed Louis to bring to her
anything in the way of writing that
he could lay his hands upon
He had found the despatch box he
told us. hidGen away behind some sell
dom employed volumes in the library,
and thinking 1t might contain that OF
which Miss 5rayson was in quest, had
foced the lock. to discover several
carefully-tied packets of letters.
l wish | cnuld give even a half ade-
quate idea Of the way she thanked
Louis. 1t would add so much to
realizing sense of her sweetness with.
out detractirg at all from the envis-
agement of her dignity. No one could
have heard her bon garcon" and not
have felt imrelled to consecrate his
endeavors herceforth and forevermore
to her service AS for Louis his re.
spectful homage and fidelity were al.
most pagan. ] verify believe he would
willingly have suffered martyrdom to
serve her,
AS he withd ew we fell avidly upon
the contents oil the box, yet with small
hope of findinr what we sought; for
the letters 1t contained were all, APP
parently. of di2ant date; letters. for
the most part. Of a private. personal
nature. carefully assorted, and ar
II, 4 rlo- l.