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

Clement that Yup Sing. on occasions.
added to his regular business Of msr.
chandising that OF an employment
agent. I saw no reason 10 attach an
undue importance to the incident
Nsverth elsss I relinQuished none Of
nv suspicions regarding Murphy. but
continued the detective's surveillance
with q fresh Injunction 70 vigilance.
And I did not apologize to Yup Sing.
Miss Clement, to whom believe
owe my life. visited me at my request.
How whelmed her with my gratitude
10 no more material than how she en-
deavored to make light Of her service
to me, declaring that such ofncss were
q part Of her days work In her chosen
nsld, and that her days work was her
passion. And yet II was this part of
our interview which gave me my
strongest insight into her exceptional
ly worthy character. Absolutely un.
selfish, she joyed in . life that even
religious fanatic might well have
quailsd before; finding flowers In
muck heaps and jewels amid tinsel.
In five minutes. too. ! glimpsed her
abounding magnetism, the moving
agent in that rare efficiency which was
part and parcel Of her. Later. learned
Of the weight Of her influence among
the dwellers In the Chinese colony;
not from any direct narrative OF what
she had accomplishedZfor she was
chary Of speaking Of herself-but py
deduction. purely. Moreover. my
watch, q few trinkets and little
money. taken from me that night IN
Doyers street, had all been returned
through Miss Clements good omoss;
and II, thus far, she had ahordsd W.
no real clew In our absorbing eas'
gency. felt that ultimately her knowl'
edge. coupled with her resourceful.
ness. would prove to " Of unbounded
value. And, as events shaped them
selves. was not wrong.
II was now nearly four weeks since
Cameron's disappenrance. and rear
that he had met death in some nend-
ish form at the hands OF his abductors
had come to be with me very nearly
AN obsession. The care l exercised In
hiding my real state Of mind from
Evelyn could not we'll be exaggerated.
When I appeared to her most hopeful
was actually most despairing. With
Miss Clement, however. ! had no rea'
son to dissemble. With all frankness
told her Of my despair; and when.
instead Of trying to comfort me with
empty words Of encouragement she
agreed with me that the chances OF
our ever seeing Cameron again were
at . minir-um. liked her the better
for being Straightforward.
II sor' sdmes feel" I said to her.
making i4ll confession. "that We made
a terrible mistake In not at once noti-
flying the authorities. Even now ! am
inclined to lay the matter before them.
Anything would be better than uncsr-
tainty. A few arrests and the third
degree might work wonders"
Where would you start?" she asked
In a blunt. logical way that reminded
me OF Evelyn's faculty Of going to the
root Of things. you see. you know 20
little. The story about the portrait
and the mirror. the police would re-
ing. And besides. you haven't any
proof. Yup Sing. you tell me. has the
only original letter. and by this time
he may have lost It or have forgotten
that he ever had It. II you had seen
az much of the Chinese as have. you
would appreciate how willy they are.
My belief 10 that the police would con.
,l,,d a thst NJ Co >rop t>u ovarh,s "a
from his yacht and was drowned. In.
deed It would be fortunate II they did
not take the view that he jumped
overheard and committed suicide. Or,
worse still. It would not be beyond
them. Mr.. Clyde. to charge that you
pushed him over The yellow papers
would almost certainly intimate such
a possibility" Had some one else
voiced this suggestion should prob.
ably have resented It, but under.
stood Miss Clement. She was % kind
az her eyes indicated; and that 10
speaking very strongly.
Nevertheless" I said. with growing
determination, II shall make the case
public. 1t 10 my duty. and I am will
Ing to run all the risks you point out.
shall start by making a complaint
against Peter Johnson. Well have
him arrested. get his record. and fol-
low along that trail until we turn up
the other conspirators. II poor Cam.
eron's shares fall in the market, thsyT
have to fall. II the notoriety prscipi.
tates a delayed fatality Of which Cam.
eron 10 the victim. 1t cannot be helped.
simply will not longer shoulder the
responsibility Of silence"
The way she had Of silent delibsra.