Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1913-01-30

AMI. IN that II was s1tremsly vola-
Tile.
"Niss Clement has never seen one
Of them" Evelyn continued. but
some Of the Chinese have told her Of
them. and Of the wonders that they
perform. She says the chemical,
whatever It 10. 10 very expensive and
40 they are seldom used, but that in
China. especially In secret govern.
ment enterprises. they are employed
on occasion. The eject 10 seemingly
to make invisible the person who
uses them. Really, they don't do any.
thing of the sort; for they are moth.
ing more nor less than capsules. filled
with a peculiarly-acting anesthetic-
an anesthetic SO quick and powerful
in its action that the victim falls into
insensibility without warning. and
eaerses, after an interval Of ten or
twelve minutes, without knowing that
he lost consciousness or that more
than a single second has elapsed"
"The idea seems ingenioua," I re-
turned. was interested. surely. but
very far from convinced. But" !
objected, how 10 It that the anaes-
thetiser IL not snaesthstized himself"
"Oh, he doesn't break the pearls un-
der his own nose" Evelyn explained.
He casts them. The slightest con-
cussion fractures the shell. and every
one within q certain radius drops In.
stantly into a temporary trance"
hA hof ~
pearls are cast, do they drop to the
ground to rise again when the ten or
twelve minutes are concludedf" !
ridiculed.
"Oh. not at all. Your muscles are
not relaxed. You stand or sit as II
turned suddenly to stone. II your arm
10 extended. for instance. It remains
In that position until the effect
ceases" Size was very much in earn
est, and ti,c to persuade me that.
aided by these pearls. It would be q
very easy matter to commit all three
Of the depredatory acts whio. had so
amazed and shocked US.
! am the last man to regard any
thing as impossible In this day Of won
ders. yet l was by no means willing to
accept such a solution merely on the
hearsay evidence Of woman who had
spent decade and half amongst the
Chinese Of New York City.
Yes. Evelyn" l said. tolerantly. "it
is worth considering. and at the first
opportunity shall look into 1t. But
just now there must be more impor-
tant matters for you and me to dis
cuss. Did Miss Clement. by any
chance. sse Yup Sing!"
At the question the girls pale
cheeks flushed to her temples and her
violet eyes blazed.
Il asked her to see him. and she
did," was her anwer. II thought she
might learn from him when and where
you parted. and what led up to the
plight In which you were found. But
he told her that you had failed to
keep an engagement with him. He in
sinuated that you had come to China
town intent upon making trouble. and
ended by declaring that he had no
time to devote to answering the CO.
nundrums Of such harebrained
American as you had proved your
self. Did you ever hear Of such i'm.
pertinsnce? wanted Miss Clement
to take me to him that l might tell
him what I thought Of his outrageous
conduct. but she refused. She says
he stands very high amongst his peo-
pie. and that It 10 not we'll to antag-
onize him."
smiled at her indignation. After
ALL" l said. he isn't 80 much to
blame. l must have cut rather undig.
nified figure chasing Mr.. Johnson
through D0yers street, and then fall
ing down cellar stairs. When I am
able to get out again. shall 90 to
Mr.. Yup and apologize"
But before was able to get out
again. l changed my mind. To be
quite definite l changed 1t that same
evening. when. In reading the reports
Of O'Hara. the detective who for near
ly two weeks had been shadowing the
red giant. Philetus Murphy, came
upon this entry;
". At 6:27 he entered the
Mott street store of the Yup Sing Com.
pany, remaining until GAP. when he
came out with tail. thin. well-dressed
Chinaman. said to be Yup Sing, him.
self. Together they went to Ching
Wung's restaurant on Doyers street.
From there q Chinaman known a.
Muk Chuen returned with Murphy to
Cos Cob"
And the date Of this occurrence waa
the day following my Chinatown mis-
adventure.