Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1915-02-18


than the Chinese, One hears tale
now and then. that comes down to the
coast, and those who know China BE-
lieve all that comes down to the coast
Il Is only the casual tourist who y
skeptical, There was certain monk
who thought he bad discovered gun
powder; there was q man who thought
he had discovered glazing for pottery;
there was German physician who
honestly believed that he bad discover
ed hypnotism. All fallacies OF opinion
The Chinese had invented these things,
or discovered them. long before the
Christian era. .t-.se
WI Chang had taught Hassam All
all he knew about hypnotism. and hyp-
notism vitality concerns Zudora In this
episode of her adventures. bit OF
greedlness- which Is inherent In all
| orientals--on the part Of WI Chang
proved his ultimate undoing.
WI Chang spoke English with re
markable fuency Only in his den did
he relapse into the gutturals Of his M
| tive tongue. Men applied to his arts
as men applied to Hassam Ali.
There lived in New York at this day
a wealthy old bachelor who had adopt
ed a son The old man was absolute
| ly alone in the world, and this KIND OF
man has horror of dying and having
strangers divide his money. As this
] son grew up he evinced stupidity
that ANNOYED his father greatly. Tu-
tors by the score gave M the hoy as
n hopeless Job. and II Mills had nor
possessed a certain amount or vanity
ZutfOra would have vanished from the
face of the earth Curious, isn't It,
how these things dovetail? The loss
Of an envelope In Singapore may be
the cause of the ultimate death OF
man In Chicago.
Mills had had dreams Of this boy be-
coming great orator. eventually q
statesman. Just as an ordinary father
would have dreamed over the career
OF a real son. Mills had one day brag
ged about the boys prowess in this
direction and foolishly entered the boy
In an Oratorfcal contest Then ne
started ont to hunt for some one tC
coach the boy and finally came to the
door of Chinaman! Yes, for a price
WI Chang would make an orator Of
the boy for one night. This was al
Mills desired to ease his vanity. The
i price was rather stiff. but he agreed
WI Chang brought the boy unde'
the spell Of hypnOtism and put bril-
liant speech on the boys tongue. Al
that was necessary now was the pres
ence of Wu Chang at the contest. Un
fortunately for Chang. this night wa'
close to far more lucrative and dan
gerOus mission. You cannot throw
two stones with two hands.
Zudora had written Storm. and ev
erything WAS prepared for her flight
From a crack In the door Hassam ATS
man watched her curiously as she
pncked her belongings. just enough Of
clothes to see her at her journeys end
Storm was to meet her with an auto
She was to leave her room by way OF
a stout rope.
The Hindu servant returned to his
master to report that the memsamb
was getting ready to run away And
Hassam Ali set his scenes immediate
". WI Chang was ushered in half m
hour later. and he very quietly changed
costumes with the Hindu.
"Rpmember." warned Hassam ALI
IF she sees you or notices anything
wrong she will escape"
Trust me-" smiled the Chinaman.
II was growing dark by now. A
street light spurted several times and
then hlazed brilliantly. ZudOra heard
the rumble of her lovers automobile
and pulled M the window without
making sound She gave the wins
tie agreed upon. and Storm and bis
chauffeur managed to get the rope W
TO her, She fastened 1t securely to the
foot of the bed. r
MOI for a moment did she feel any
regret She mad for her uncle Ger
tain fOndnpsS. but due to his general
GOODNESS. IT had never Developed into
real love. The only thing she really
did regret leaving behind was the car
rier pigeon II was too late now.
Why. she thought bow strangely the
room hogan TO appear: Was II fog ont
side? What was this strange and M
accountable desire to laugh. to ding
her things abOutl Seized with sud
den and terrible knowledge. she tried
to turn. II was impossible to stir!
Sleep she heard vaguely. Sleep
Zudora's eyes closed irresistibly. WI
Chang stepped in front Of her ant
touched her forehead, The mans own
forehead was covered with sweat, for
this had been a tremendous exertion
Of will power. Had the girl been able
to turn be would have failed signally.
BE d child" he whispered. BE
child. Now you are young and happy