Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1913-03-06

and McSish QuArreiled aad pareod FUs
scme yeaaS be los, an trace Of him: |
and then By aeci3ert. one day be came \
upou him hefs b America living In .
palace % Loae Island Sound and mas
esersding undsr . new name
"A ressnb,arcsi- 1 cried. In . pas- /
sioe a indtmatioa- "A mere resem- |
blaoes' AnA oo tia, you and your !
people coosptre TO. torment and ah-
duct . parely innocent man. Was ever |
such IN outrage heard Of, Evssy ooo |
Of you shall pay dear for this error"
I might have been the IRE wood
sputtsrins on the hearth for all the ef-
feet my vehsmence had upon that
precious pair Of Nongolians-
We understand the spokesman -
sumec. that your friend managed In
some way to escape from his captors.
and 10 nov In this house"
Yes" I resumed. hotly. Hes here,
more dead than alive unfortunately;
but he IL coming around slowly and
VIII be quite able to testify when the
time comes"
Mr.. Chen Mok.- be proceeded,
N.tss 49, Nhsa 80
State Department, at Washington. and
the United States authorities are now
only waiting our word to put your
good. gentlemanly friend under arrest.
Mr.. Clyde. for the crime he commit.
ted On the high seas. sixteen yssfs
ago"
For q moment / stared at them In
silent amusement
You're both mad" I exploded At
length, both crazy. Do you think for
one moment l believe such rot as
that! Even II what you say were pos
sible-and II isn't-you would have TO
Identify the accused BY something bet
:er than the mere word Of . man who
hadn't seen him for years. OF what
use would such an Identification be
against the testimony Of Mr. Cam
eron's lifelong friendsf"
Since you doubt our ability to
identify" was Mr. Yup's prompt 70
joinder. Il may add that there are two
marks Of Identification. which must.
think. convince even yourself"
l laughed srirnly. So that was their
game! For nearly a month Cameron
had been their prisoner. In that time
they had examined. inspected. inven-
toried him. His scars. moles. birth
marks had been listed. and were now
TO lie used to identify him with a rene
gade murderer of Chinese coolies.
| told my slant-eyed visitors that
their trick was transparent. But they
only looked at me with an expression
which seemed half pity and half con-
tempt
Did you ever observe a tattoo mark
on your friends left forearm?" asked
Mr.. Chen Mok.
Never" I answered.
He has one there"
Il am willing to wage. something
valuable he hasn't a tattoo mark any.
where on his person" l retorted, "and
I'll prove II IN Ave minutes"
We shall be glad to have the
proof" said Yup Sing.
Once more | pressed the button at
the side Of the chimney-piece, and
once again Checkabeedy appeared IL
the doorway.
You telephoned!" I asked.
Yes, sir"
Very good. now send Mr.. Bryan to
me here. at once" Then turning to
Cameron's accuserp. ! explained: "Mr.
Bryan. for whom I have Just sent, 10
nursing my friend. He would natural
ly know II what you say Is true"
To my surprise they made no demur.
Yup Sing. however. asked that he
might be permitted to put to the nurse
the necessary questions. and as was
perfectly confident that no incriminat-
ing answers could be given. no matter
what the form Of catschism. willing.
ly .acceded
Had / not played tennis and golf
with Cameron scores Of times on hot
summer days when, with shirt sleeves
rolled above mis- elbows, his forearms
were barred to view! Could there by
any possibility have been a tattoo
mark there. and I not have seen IT.
Mr.. Bryan came quickly. a little pus.
zled. seemingly. At being called to
such an audience. Purpossly I kept
silence. merely waving an Introductory
hand toward the two Cinnamon.
Yup Sing tactfully explained the sit,
uation.
a question has ariser. Mr.. Bryan"
he said. with more Of suavity In his
se than ] had hitherto observed
whether by any chance your patient
has a mark Of any character whateve,
tattooed upon his left forearm. II you
have observed such. we shall be glsd
II you will kindly describe It."
The nurse nung questioning glance
at me. and ! nodded reassuringly.