The Forrest City times., 1913-06-06

ana you yourself shall stop here in the nall, where you can practically see and near all that goes on"
 mat she yielded promptly 10 my argument, pretended. at least 10 put aside her fears. and returning me smile for smile. confessed 10 con somins curiosity which she had mere iy endeayored 70 disguise. vas an epi- sooe as characteristic 0, her as any that l can remember
 On entering the eption-room-a somewhat formally furnished. square room. which iuttsd from the hall. on the left-l was mildly surprised 10 dis cover that one ot my visitors vas none other than the Chinese merchant. Yup Sing. Al sight Of me he rose and came step forward. the same tall. spare. digniied Asiaric l had met in the Mott street warehouse. save that
 he no longer wore the dress of his country. but dark. vell-cut suit of
 American clothes
 Permit me. Mir. Clyde" he said. in that chill leisurely tone I so well re-
 membered. to present 70 you the vice consul Of China at New York. MT.
 Chen Mok" And then l saw that his ompanion. much shorter man than ] he and younger, had risen too, and was holding out . hand in tentative i greeting
 My first impulse was 10 ignore the i proner. for Of late had come 10 sbhor ] the race he represented. but on second 1 thought l acceded 10 the most formal
 Of hand-clasps.
 We are here" Yup Sing continued I because we believe we have secured
 for you. Mfr. Clyde the explanation which you recently did me the honor i 70 request Of me And because Ne are l in hope that. through you. some agree ment may be reached which will put 1 an end to the present depiorabie out break amongst certain Of our people in
 this city"
 Vice Consul Chen bowed gravely. 1 and l, in my turn. gestured ny visitors to resume their seats. So far I had 1 not spoken, but mentally I had been busy. Frankly. distrusted Yup Sing. 1 and questioned how much of his e1l planation, whatever it might be. |
 could afford to accept Fortunately. however, now had some basis for 1 judgment l felt that. so far as it
 went, the letter from Miss Clement
 could be relied upon absolutely If
 the merchants story coincided, then !t
 would perhaps be safe 10 assume the 1 correctness of added details II 1t did 1 not coincide. l was In possession Of
 valuable material for cross-examIna- i tion
 'I am an advocate Of the policy of
 reciprocity. MT. Yup." I said al length
 If, in return for your service, I can
 render a service 10 you, w aa7s only 1 to command me"
 1 1 chose a chair between them and
 the door. and sitting down assumed an
 attitude of attention
 What tell you" began the mer- ] chant. his body erect, his shoulders
 squared. his chin lifted, Mfr Chen will verify" And once more MT Chen en-
 dorsed his friends assertion by a
 grave forward sweep of his head When you came to me. MT. Clyde, with the story of your friend MT. Cam
 erons annoyance and subsequent ab- ] duction, l was inclined 10 the view
 that you were, yourself, in some way 1 deceived. What l have learned since, i corroborates that impression As you harp in \ m fri 1 Cameron, did not play fair with you. " 1 Under ordinary circumstances I
 might possibly have permitted this as-
 sertion 10 go unchallenged. am not
 as a rule truculent; more often than not I find it advisable to ignore pre- 1 liminary inaccura cies of narration. the 1 quicker 10 reach the vitals of the mar
 ratiye. But on this night was con l trarily disposed. The inscrutable coun. 1 tenance and the superior, almost pat
 roniziug manner of the speaker chafed | and irritated me to the verge of en- 1 durance; and so, without hesitation, I l interrupted him with a contradiction. If all that you have learned is no more reliable than this corroboration, !" 1 NNN4fA4' ''tt " 14 ll-I V Ul4SUL as well
 end the interview here and now. Of MT Cameron's fairness at all times
 and under all circumstances there can
 be no question. He Is my friend. tried
 and trusted, and incapable of deceit.
 On that would stake everything I | hold most dear; and we may as well
 have 1t clearly understood at the out set"
 A white man would either have in. ! sisted or apOlogized. But the yellow
 man has a way of his own. Yup Sing 1 remained silent until had finished. 1 But whether or not he heard me was l manifested neither by word nor sign. 1 Without change Of facial expression or I alteration of tone, he placidly proceed ! ed, choosing his phrases with infinite
 care and rounding his periods with a i faculty that for an Asiatic was little short Of marvellous. Had he been
 any one else in the world I should
 have admired him. As it was, his cley- erness only added tO my avaraion