Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1913-03-27

ge< u o Doooy ~ - -
epuees. ~ ~ lruvn thAa-
-Hesrsbssi- s1aesiassd ~ ~
But - cAi.sss are jsss.- sAs nse.
s3ooafy eoos1nUol -Thsy dtseov0Ud
that . csrsaan United states eruisse
thas bad beso warned q he attempt
ID sDuggiiAo. IA. on that particular
day. give chase to Q loreha, Which
eveotually eaAppeared In ths sog- %
ths snmity asAins. Moran subssAsA.
and. Ultimately. thss same Moran ~
cane u most opsely hirfsr Of al The
avsnGses hos1s hat for over Q dseaAs
and . half sco1FUf The four correrp of
ths Gloos; for II seems that NcSiaA
had noS only made OF With his share
Of the rscs4rts Of their Joint enter.
prise. but hAA lcfs lin nth e rrinias
70. of debts to settle a. vsl Tbees
vas somstains. too. believe. about q
Csfn<ss woman whose loyalty to No
raa, NeSSh undermined. but I con-
ssss TIA, part of the story vas not
very clear 10 ne. A; al events Soy.
The hak-erssd. ant Moran, the irish
lAn- vho APPEAR 10 have besn Q row
ics blade. . sort Of colder Of fortune
With some talent for painting. became
The prime novers II this relentless
Guest. In which they we're backed By
What 10 knosn - tie Six CompAnies-
All the tonga. no matter hov much 1t
varianos on other points. we're Q unit
In th1s instance. and unlimited money
vas always available to prosecute ths
search"
A foot1Ar- Appearing q, this juno
turs with the inevitable tea pArarhef-
nanA. interrupted temporarily the cur.
rent q Miss Clsm<cts narrative But
our interest vAs such tha; ve limited
the cessation 20 tie br.eses. possible
period DR.. Addison. vhoss profss-
sional engassnen;s we're being top
pied orsr one after another, politely
urged her 10 continue. directly her cup
Wa In her hand
Think. Miss Clement" he said,
With an insratiating smile. -of The rapt
audience you have, trust I, 10 at
once an Inspiration and q compensa-
ton"
1t surely IT," vas the good lady's
prompt aeknoviedgnent And. BY the
way. ] must not forget to tell you how
this man. McNish. actually had the
temer1ty to return to China q few
years ago. He appeared to think
either that bis crime had been forgot
ten or that knowledge Of It was lin
tied TO the Southern provinces, for In
the early fan Of 1903. under one Of bis
attsAAn h. - - n~ht~.
BY way o the TranaSiberian Rail-
way"
The doctor and I exchanged glanoes
II vas odd how confirmation Of the
error b had already avowsd should
thus come about from the lips Of one
who knew nothing of his story Of Q
shattered frsendship.
oddly enough. Moran happened to
b IN the city at the time and every
arrangement was made to capture the
long-sought prey and convey him TO
Canton for some exquisite torture d.
vised especially to At his crime. In
some way. however. the intended vic.
tim got wind OF what was proposed,
and came within an ace Of escaping
unscathed from under their very Nm.
gers Indeed. he did escape In the end.
but not before Moran had very nearly
put q hnieh 70 him By q knife thrust
In his back"
Once more exchanged glances with
hour before. had told him Of the scar
under McNish's left shoulder blade, ~
ceived a. had beer told. In Buffalo.
Moran fed from Peking after this
encounter, not knowing whether his
enemy were dead or alive. and for
awhile. ! believe. laid very low -
they say. In spite Of all the efforts
Of the combined Chinese organise.
lions. McNish. warned now of his con.
stant danger. eluded their search. but
At length Soy himself succeeded In
tracing him TO Canada and thence to
Buffalo. There Moran came. post
haste. and once more there was q
street encounter. Moran was arrest.
ed. and McNish charged him with a.
sault with intent to kill The result
was that Moran was convicted and
sent to prison for . term Of years:
and once again the earth seemed to
close over McNish."
The discrepancies between Miss
Clements narrative and that Of Yup
Sing ! did not regard a. sufficiently
vital to raise a question over. yet
must admit that I could hardly fore
see q conclusion without q much
gravsr antagonism Of facts - I knew
them.
| The missionary having paused to
zip her tea. Dr.. Addison asked permis.
sion to smoke a cigarette. which she
| readily granted.