The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1913-05-08

| esS hAS"sVuH1 biedntu IrUE n1iht
Clement that Yup Sing, on occasions
AIDED to his regular business of mer
chandi2ing that Of an employment
agent ! Jaw no reason to attach an
undue Importance to the incident
Nevertheless relinquished none OF
my suspicious regarding Murphy. bu,
continued the detectives surveillance
with fresh injunction to vigilance
And ! did not apologize TO Yup Sing
MISE Clement, to whom | believe
owe my life. visited me at my request.
How / whelmed her with my gratitude
is no more material than how she en-
deayored to make light OF her service
10 me, declaring that such Offices were
a part OF her days work In her chosen
deld. and that her days work WAS her
passion. And yet II was this part OF
our Interview which gave me my
strongest insight into her exceptional.
~ worthy character. Absolutely un.
selfish, she Joyed In life that even q
religious fanatic might we'll have
quailed before; finding flowers in
muck heaps and jewels amid tinsel.
In i've minutes. too. | glimpsed her
Astounding magnetism, the moving
agent In that rare efficiency which was
| part and parcel Of her. Later, learned
OF tho weight OF her influence among
the dwellcrs In the Chinese colony;
not from any direct narrative OF what
she had accomplished-for she was
! II
chary OF speaking of herself-but by
deduction. purely. Moreover, my
watch, n few trinkets and little
money. taken from me that night in
ipoyers street, had all been returned
through Miss Clements good offices:
and II, thus far, she had afforded us
no real clew in our absorbing ext.
gency, | felt that ultimately her knowl.
edge, coupled with her resourceful.
ness, would prove to us OF unbounded
value. And. as events shaped them.
selves. was not wrong.
II was now nearly four weeks since
Cameron's disappearance, and n fear
that he had met death in some fiend.
ish form at the hands OF his abductorn
had come TO be with me very nearly
an obsession. The care | exercised in
hiding my real state OF mind from
Evelyn could not we'll be exaggerated.
When appeared TO her most hopeful
was actually most despairing. With
Miss Clement, however, had no rea.
son to dlssemble. With oil frankness
! told her OF my despair; and when,
instead OF trying to comfort me with
empty words OF encouragement she
agreed with me that the chances of
our ever seeing Cameron again we're
at minimum, I liked her the better
for being straightforward.
81 sometimes feel" said to her,
making full confession, that we made
terrible mistake in not at once mott. |
flying the authorities Even now am
inclined to lay the matter before them.
Anything would be better than uncer.
tainty A few arrests and the third
degree might work wonders"
Where would you START" she asked |
In blunt. logical way that reminded
mo OF Evelyn's faculty OF going to the |
root OF things. You see you know 80 |
little. The story about the portrait |
and the mirror. the police would re-
gard as more amusing than convinc-
Ing. And besides. you haven't any
proof Yup Sing. you tell me, has the
only original letter, and by this time
he may have lost 1t or have forgotten
that he ever had II. II you had seen
rs much of the Chinese MS have, you
would appreciate how willy they are
My belief 10 that the police would con-
clude that Mr.. Cameron fell overheard
rom his yacht and was drowned. In.
Iced It would be fortunate II they did
not take the view that he jumped
overheard and committed suicide. or,
worse still, II would not be beyond
hem. Mr.. Clyde, to charge that you
pushed him over. The yellow papers
would almost certainly intimate SUCH
! possibility" Had some one else
'oioed this suggestion | should prob
IDLY have resented 1t, but | under
'tood Miss Clement. She was as kind
IS her eyes indicated; and that 10
peaking very strongly.
Nevertheless" | said, with growing
Il shall make the case
public. II ia my duty. and am will
ne to run all the risks you point out
shall start by making a complaint
galnst Peter Johnson. Wen have
lin arrested. get his record, and fol-
ow along that trail until We turn I'D
he other conspirators. II poor Cam
ron's shares fall in the market, they'll
ave to fall. II the notoriety precipi-
ates delayed fatality OF which Cam
ron is the victim, 1t cannot be helped. ,
simply will not longer shoulder the ,
responsibility OF silence"
The way she had of silent delibera.
lon was almost masculine. can see
er, even now. as she sat there that ,
fternoon, her hair the same shade !.
( gray as her cloth gown. her fresh, ,
lear complexion lined in thought,
er kindly eyes half closed. For the .
etter part of q minute she pondered. /,
hen, suddenly, her face awoke, anG q
he asked me: =
VIII you wait three days longerf ;