The San Francisco call., 1913-08-17
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PART FIVE
tContinued From Last Week.
SYNOPSIS OF PRECEDINs .
kpTEPS

.,o,,. Letters. each containing vague
z. tl,-aa+ After the receipt of the nrst
.t,,..bead is cut from his picture nays
ta~,ou.Iv: suspicion involves man
named Murphy. Following the see-
.rd , uirror is shattered, and Cam
eror .coIIapsesArsith nervous prosfra-
ton. The cdkAints of the tnire a1s
hidden from him, and he goes On -
cruise with his friend, Philip Ctsoe'
One night he vnnishes from the yaene
as the third letter had threatehsa.
His disappearance follows the pick
ing uu of n castavay named reter
.Tohnson. who, however. Is let go.
csmerou,x niece. Evelyn Grayson, now
wu,d. the ,,,ysferfous letters TO nn ez-
mort in oriental languages, who de-
cides that the origin is Chinese. ana
mentions Murphy as an authority on
the subject, clyde hns Murphy shad-
owed.
II OR a little while Now Chez ate in
| thoughtful silence. Presently he
looked up.
Clyde, my friend, know so little OF
my own people here in New York.
But one man know, merchant. who
is very prominent and very upright.
He is a big man in the Six Companies.
j will give you a card to him; you can
sneak in confidence, and IL he can help
YOU. he will. | would send you to the
Chinese consul. but my friend, Mr.. Yup
Sing, is better.
My hand was on the newspaper u
my pocket. but / did not show 1t to
Now Chez. / would reserve it, for
the encyclopedia Yup Sing was on
Mott street, few doors from Pell.
On inquiring for him | was brought
into a private room, where I saw
thin. elderly man.
You would see me, sirg' he asked.
IF you are Mr.. Yup,' smiled,
you can, fancy, from what Mr.. Now
tells me. give me the information am
ir$ search Of
Amy way | can serve friend of
Mr.. Now" he said. will be a pleas
ure."
His manner was not encouraging,
and for little | was embarrassed. At
length, however, / said:
"I fear, Mr.. Yup. that some of your
countrymen have recently made ter
rible mistake"
A mistake2" he echoed. gravely.
A mistake that | trust it is not too
late to repair. Briefly, they have kid
naped a gentleman of fortune and in
fiuence, one of my dearest friends" ;"
Mr.. Yup glanced at Nov Chee's card.
Mr. Clyde he said, II do not see
exactly why you come to me-
'I came at Mr.. Mow's suggestion I
explained.
THE police, | should say" he re-
turned, know the class you seek bet
ter than l. Why not go to the police?"
Because" began. after mo-
ment's hesitation, my object is TO
find the piotters, promise them i'm
munity and recover nay friend"
What you have told me-" said Yup
Sing, speaking slowly, "is not enough
You must give the names and the
places and dates"
l did give him the names and the
places and the dates. Now Chez had
told me could rely upon him implic-
lily, and told him all without reser-
vation.
Very WE'LL" he said, Il will learn
what I can"
:. "Soon?9 / begged. Very soon?"
Come to me tomorrow evening at
the Chinese restaurant on Doyers
street at O'Clock"
From my pocket drew out the copy
of the afternoon paper and pointed
TO the article about the Celestial and
the mysterious box.
@Do you suppose that could have
any bearing on the matter?' | asked
He read the half column. Then he
smiled.
Il have that box in my cellar he
said. 1T contains woollen underwear,
shipped to me from Lowell, Mass"
That evening Evelyn and / discussed
my interview, but derived Little COM
fort from it. The failure of Captain
Macleod to report on Peter Johnson
'also: caused us anxiety Suddenly we
were interrupted by Louis, Camerons
French valet.
It seemed that Evelyn had not given
over the idea that the letters for which
we had eearchad so di1ioautIv m S,Yn