Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1913-02-20

roo can TAX. cn'nA away fro" ~
Away from his lotteries. nsdlrs and
You can give his queue to the barsss.
Blu, YOU can, get do~a to the roots shss
From Ii. yellow bAss Of his ,s'ssv
And its very true. There are thooe
here Who pretend to adore NJ. vho
would think nothing Of treating Ne
A they treated poor Ling 70. II thev
suspected / knew anything end esvo
information"
Il don't want you 70 think IN .
coward. Miss 0rayson." sAs went o..
turning to Evelyn. Il think I've psovse
10 you that want 10 help yeu a.
mean to. but I'm rather upset toniSAt,
anG I'm 20 afraid We shall have 70 ~
matters rest . little longer. ThsFs y
one thing. though. that you cAn -
for me. II you will"
The last sentence was addrseeed -
me. and I made haste 70 assure hsS
that she had only 10 command ne.
A she had spoken she had beso
folding and refoIdins the paper In hss
hand. until Il was now . tiny. ono
inch square.
Take this" she saie. handing u
to me, her voice 4 low murmur. ana
after you have read II. destroy It
shouldn't want It found In my poe
session"
Il understand, Miss Clement" ! ~
turned and the folded square vsos
into my waistcoat pocket
1T may mean more TO you" ~
added. in . whisper. than anything
| could say"
When once more in the broushAm.
speeding northward. Evelyn. who nAo
been unusually taciturn throughoos
the interview. asked me . question.
Did you mean what you saao.
Philip"
What did | say'" I Querisd
That you understood"
81 understood that II might not -
we'll for her to have this letter o.
Ling Fo's about"
But the rest! Her refusal 70 talk!
Her uneasipess? Her fear OF possible
traitors!" she persisted.
Once more she had gone straight 10
the heart OF the situation. ! had been
as puzzled as she by the missionary
attitude OF constraint, which ! couId
not attribute wholly to the tragedy she
had told US Of; and admitted -
much to Evelyn.
II she suspected eavesdroppsrs.
the girl argued. she said too much.
II she didn't fear being overheard. Why
couldn't she tell US ell she knswr
For want of o bette. answer ] ssld:
Perhaps the letter viii solve tAs
enigma" and pluckins It from ny
pocket with thumb and forennger ]
began carefully to unfold It.
The interior Of the vehicle vas bril-
liantly alight, and though We were
already far beyond the Chinatown
zone and the chance observation OF
any lurking spies. l nevertheless chose
discreetly to draw the shades PRIOR
to outspreading the written page.
Before the sheet with its network cf
creases was quite fattened. Evelyn.
who WAS bending attentively near. ex-
claimed In surprise. 1T 10 her own
handwriting! See. II 10 written BY
Miss Clement herself"
Already absorbed. | made no rs
sponse Avidly my eyes were racing
over the lines; greedily. my brain WAS
digesting them.
"Tidings Of the cruel murder Of
Ling Fo have just reached me. When
you come, as know you will, l shall
not dare to speak what have written.
and which is all that the poor boy
ever told me- Already there are spies
about me, and your visit 10 q risk to
us both. would have prevented II, II
could.
Three weeks ago. according to Ling
Fo. q white man was abducted BY or.
der Of the Six Companies. and shipped
to China for punishment. aboard Q
tramp steamer. Ling Fo would not
give me the white mans name or any
OF the particulars, save that sixteen
years ago he had committed q crime,
known TO every Chinaman In America
az The Crime Of the Sable Lorcha,'
or black funeral ship by which near.
ly one hundred Chinese coolies lost
their lives.
1T seems now that this man, Who
they thought was on the ocean, sud.
denly reappeared In New York. Q few
nights ago. He was recognised and
set upon by two Cinnamon. but -
escaped. and the Six Companies ana
all the tongs are In ferment over the