The Forrest City times., 1913-07-04

a'euSiHS nOr0e that for over A decade and half secured the four corners of the globe, for | seems that NrNlsh had not only made of with his share or the receipts of their joint enter prise. but had left him with a ruinlng lot Of debts 10 settle as wei! There was something, too I believe about a Chinese woman whose loyalty 10 Mo ran, MeNlsh undermined, but con. less that part of the story was not very clear 70 me Al all events Soy. the half-breed. and Moran. the Irish man, Nho appears 10 have been d roy ing blade, sort Of soldier of fortune with some talent for painting. became the prime movers in this relentless quest. in which they were backed by what Is known as the Six Compaules All the tongs, no matter hoW much at variance on other points. We're unit m this Instance. and unlimited money was always available 10 prosecute the search"
 footman. appearing ar th.s juno lure with the inevitable tea parapher. naHa. interrupted temporarllg the eur rent Of Miss Clements narrative But our interest vas such that We limited the cessation 'o he brieRest possible period. pr Allison. whose profess stonal eng gements were being top nl'd oFel one after anotaer. politely urged her 70 eoHt'nIe. directly her cup vas in her hand
 Think, Miss Clament.e a said. Wtth an inEratiauug smile Of ne rlpt audience you nave trust | is at once an inspiration and e5mpeasa ton
 @lt surely ts. Vas he good taaq's prompt lsdemen. And by he way. must not forget to =reu yau how rhi5 man. MeNisa. actually had .Ha t"merify 10 return 70 Ghlua few years ago, He appeared TO think either hat his egtmp had 6eeu forgot fen or that knowledge oS | u4s linn. tied 10 the Southern provinces, for in the early fall ot I903. under one of his many aliases. Ha arrived at Peking by way Q, 'he Trana.5jbar,an RaIl- way"
 
 r Ras odd how confirmation of ne error he had already agowed should thus come about from the lips of one RLo knew nothing of Gl, story 5f a shattered friendship
 Oddly enough Moran happened 10 be n the city II he lime and every arranzemeut vas made 70 capture The 1t.frt. Int Canton for some exquisite torture de ytsed especially 70 fl his crime In some way. however. the intended vtc- i'm got wind of what was proposed and came within an ace Of escaping unscarhed from under their very fin. gers. Indeed, he did escape in the end. but not before Moran had very nearly put finish 10 nim by knife thrust In his back
 Once more I exchanged glauces with he phy sician. for scarcely half an hour before, l had told him of the scar under McNishs left shoulder blade. re- ceiyed as | had been told. in Buffalo.
 Moran fled from Peking after thls encounter net knowing whether his NAAN''l- W D ttttQ Bt dllN Ht anu TOT awhile, believe. laid very low as they say In spite of all the efforts of the combined Chinese oreanlza- tons, McNish. warned now of his con staut danger, eluded their search, but al length Soy himself succeeded in tracing him 10 Canada and thence 10 Buffalo. There Moran came. post 
 street encounter. Moran was arrest ed. and McNish charged him with as- sault with intent 10 kill The result was that Moran was convicted and sent to prison for a term of years: and once again tho earth seemed to close over McNish"
 The discrepancies between Mlss Clements narrative and that of Yup Sing l did not regard as sufficiently vital 10 raise a question over. yet I must admit that I could hardly fore see q conclusion without much grayer antaEonism of facts as knew them
 The missionary having paused 10 sip her tea, Dr Addison asked permis- sion to smoke s cigarette. which she readily granted
 "On Morans release from prison. !" Miss Clement continued, fortified by the fragrant Oolong he appears for the first time to have considered the advisability of adopting some sort of an incognlto Prior to this time he had. Soy told me, been carefully clean shaven and close-cropped Now he grew a beard and wore his hair long. and, in addition. he doctored it with henua until 1t became a fiery red He also changed his name from Moran to Murphy. and instead of frequendng the busy marts of men. he retired 10 an isolated country place on the Cos Cob river and posed as an artist. He employed always Chinese seryant. qnd at least once q week, without fail he visited Chinatown. keeping always n touch with the powers there. h,ch were still unreleuting in their efforts 70 trace McNish"
 She came Row 10 Murphy's so-called chance meeting with Cameron on the