The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1913-03-07

some years he lost all trace of him;
and then by accident, one day he came
upon him, here in America, living in a
palace on Long Island Sound and mas
querading under a new name"
"A resemblance" l cried, in a pas
sion Of indignation. "a mere resem-
blance! And on that you and your
people conspire to torment and abb
duct purely innocent man. Was ever
such an outrage heard Of! Every one
of you shall pay dear for this error"
l might have been the fire wood
sputtering on the hearth for all the eff
feet my vehemence had upon that
precious pair of Mongolians.
I'VE understand" the spokesman re-
sumed. that your friend managed in
some way to escape from his captors.
and is now in this house."
Yes" resumed, holly. Hes here,
more dead than alive unfortunately;
but he is coming around slowly and
will be quite able to testify when the
time comes"
"Mr. Chen Mok." he proceeded,
calmly, has communicated with the
State Department at Washington, and
the United States authorities are now
only waiting our word to put your
good, gentlemanly friend under arrest,
Mr.. Clyde, for the crime he commit
ted on the high seas. sixteen years
ago."
For moment l stared at them in
silent amazement.
You're both mad" exploded at
length, both crazy. Do you think for
one moment / believe such rot as
that? Even If what you say we're pos
sible-and 1t isn't-you would have to
identify the accused by something bet
ter than the mere word of a man who
hadn't seen him for years OF what
use would such an identification be
against the testimony of Mr.. Cam
eron's lifelong friends?"
Since you doubt our ability to
identify" was Mr.. Yups prompt re-
1oinder, II may add that there are two
marks Of Identification, which must,
think, convince even yourself"
l laughed grimly. So that was their
game! For nearly a month Cameron
had been their prisoner. In that time
they had examined, inspected, inven-
toried him. His scars, moles, birth
marks had been listed. and were now
to be used to identify him with rene
gade murderer of Chinese coolies.
l told my slant-eyed visitors that
their trick was transparent. But they
only looked at me with an expression
which seemed half pity and half con-
tempt.
Did you ever observe a tattoo mark
on your friends left forearm 2" asked
Mr.. Chen Mok.
Never" l answered.
He has one there"
Il am willing to wager something
valuable he hasn't tattoo mark any
where on his person." retorted, land
I'll prove 1t in five minutes"
I'VE shall be glad to have the
proof" said Yup Sing.
Once more l pressed the button at
the side of the chimney-piece, and
once again Checkabeedy appeared in
the doorway.
You telephoned?" l asked.
Eyes, SIR"
Very good, now send Mr.. Bryan to
me here, at once" Then turning to
Cameron's accusers. explained: "Mr
Bryan, for whom / have just sent, is
nursing my friend. He would natural
ly know If what you say is true"
In ho,Y 4
Yup Sing, however, asked that he,
might be permitted to put to the nurse
the necessary questions, and as | was
perfectly confident that no incriminat-
ing answers could be given, no matter
what the form of catechism, willing
ly acceded
Had not played tennis and golf
with Cameron scores of times on hot
days when, with shirt sleeves
rolled above his elbows, his forearms
were barred to view? Could there by
any possibility have been a tattoo
mark there, and | not have seen It?
Mr.. Bryan came quickly. a little puz-
zled. seemingly, at being called to
such an audience. Purposely l kept
silence. merely waving an Introductory
hand toward the two Cinnamon.
Yup Sing tactfully explained the sit
uation.
"A question has arisen, Mr.. Bryan"
he said, with more Of suavity in his
tone than l had hitherto observed.
whether by any chance your patient
has mark of any character whatever
tattooed upon his left forearm. II you
have observed such. We shall be glad
If you will kindly describe it,"
The nurse flung q questioning planca