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mans dislnclination to speak OF death.
directly, and how he invariably en-
ployed some euphemlsm. The phrase
pass from sight OF men into torment"
the professor pointed out as an Illus
| tration. And then | remembered little
Now Chez. who was in my class at
Yale, and how. once. in speaking OF
the demise Of a fellow Classman, he
had used the odd expression, he has
saluted old age" which | afterwards
! learned was quite q common form In
| China.
II was now q year or more since !
had seen Nov Chez, but | recalled
that at our last meeting had made q
note OF his address; and 80 on reach.
| ing my desk the next morning !
| looked II up. CurIously enough Il pri-
yate detective agency which l had
. arranged to consult CHANGED to have
Its Office in the same building on low
or broadway as the Pacific Transport
company. by which Nov Chez was
employed; and thus the plan which
| had been shaping mentally the previ-
| Gus afternoon, as hurried away from
| Professor GrilIin's, was readily set in
motion before noon Of the day fol
| lowing
In tho evening | had discussed II
with Evelyn; and though the detec-
! tive feature did not at first meet with
/ her approval, she eventually conceded
/ that It was q necessary part of the
/ project. 1t was agreed. however. that
/ tho real purpose for which that aid
| was invoked should not be diyulged.
| PhilCtus Murphy was to be Swallowed
and daily reports were to be made to
me. That he had been under suspi-
| ciOn OF brutally numbering his Chi
( nose servant was sufficient reason for
| the proceeding, and 10 the detective
| agency gave no hint OF any further
| consideration
As for my Celestial classmate, was
not by any means sure that ! should
find him ut the Pacific Transport Of
fees. ! knew that for some time Chi
ma had been calling upon her sons Of
western education to return to their
mother country for service and |
feared that little Now Chez might al.
| ready be customs taokal Of Shan.urg,
or some other imperial province But
my misgivings were very promptly al.
layed, for no sooner had | stepped
within the outer Office than he saw
ne. ana came hastily forward, with
smile Of greeting on his square. fiat.
tened, yellow fac"
His desk was just back Of the loug
counter which ran the length Of tE"
room, and glance at its piled con.
tents showed me that he was very
busy. Moreover, there was no oppor
tuuity here for tho privacy which ]
desired. so after an exchange of gree
inEs. and a few conventional Inqurics,
| invited Nov TO lunch with me at the
Suyarin, at whatever hour would best
suit his convenience.
Somewhat to my dsmAy. he nNci
upon one o'clock As 1t still wanted
ten minutes Of noon now had over
an hour Of leisure, which. as may be
imagined. promised 10 hang rather
heavy. the more so, MS ! was imla-
ticnt to make some real progress In
my quest
Wall street being At hand, ! cnnclul. |
ed to call on friend there who usu.
ally handles my investments, and
mako convenience OF his Office. on
the way, | bought an afternoon papur, |
and as my broker happened TO be Ut
tho Stock Exchange. had ample op.
portunity to read It from first column
to last 1t proved about as thrillinEIy
interesting as the early afternoon re.
prints OF what one has already read |
at breakfast usually are, and | was
about TO drop It TO the floor. when |
my eye caught group Of headlines |
on the last page, which, up TO that |
moment. had escaped me, but which |
now suddenly riveted my attention.
CELESTIAL CLAIMS MYSTERIOUS
BOX ON FALL RIVER PIER
Anything concerning Celestials, |
suppose, would have attracted me,
Just then, but the burden OF this was
80 peculiarly pertinent, that It seemed |
as II II must have intimate connection |
with the tangle ! had undertaken to |
unrnvel.
With the paper gripped tightly In |
both hands, and my heaA bent intently |
forward, raced through the frlvo-
lously.written article which followed; |
and from a superabundanco Of cheap |
wit and East side slang managed to |
extract the somewhat meager facts. |
A truck, driven by Chinaman, Il |
seemed, had that morning taken from |
the pier of the Fall River Line a
square box, measuring about five feet |
each way, and perforated with a num-
Der OF auger holes. The brilliant |
space.writer had given his imagina.
ton free rein as to the contents, spec
ulating as to the possibilities, from ed. |
ible Chinese dogs to struggled opium, |
but he had omitted to furnish the |
name and address OF either the con.
signor or consignee. THE truck, |
drawn by the slant-eyed white horse, |
and driven by the phlegmatic Chink, |
clattered away in the direction of |
Mott street." the account concluded.