The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1915-01-16

\ the utlilify Uf His actions ana words
1 He briefly explained his position ut thu
! mi,e aud bis wardship OF the heiress
/, Ne also wegs into detail MS to what h
!, SUSPECTED Wilkerson of. describing hin
carefully
.fIr wns one of them. sure enough
i. ugnsxl tlr titt~li,e ''Ilnt young heir
eSses Hlti being kidnapped days like
/, tl,@sr ost II heteis like this"
= ,nay pc ,nistnkeii" John nssented
yearly. AN know of Mrs. Darnell
! N tram prasiDnai words dropped by
wiikprs,l I,ut | suppose we might
gpt Il tlew as to where they went any
was
Aftrr sune se;lrch OF the long line OF
taSis ihry s1ne 10 one which the de-
tmiivr ileniii,.l as the one Mrs. Oar
rrll hal taken rhe nisht before
Driver. take us where you did those
fares. whp were in such a hurry last
night" the detective ordered
The chauffeur shook his head. You
can search me for the address, he re-
turned There wasn't any"
\ The driver leaned ont from his seat
nn,l wont an earnestly. You know
bow tiipy jumped u; aud we rolled Off.
Well il seeniei II was 4 case of life
ana death, according to the woman
anl ! stepped on the machine and
hassenel some toward the North Pa
ciiit hospital lsnt when we got into
Chinatown one OF the men hailed me
ami told me to drive Just us he said.
j He rot out here in front with me. and
when we reached d certain spot they
al beat It."
Can you take MS to that spotff
Il was just wondering to myself
whether could find it" WIS the re
spunsc. But III try
He threw IN his clutch and the car
left the line and started up the hin
toward California street. John Dorr
leaned hack against the cushions with
n strange sense Of at last being on his
way toward his goal. He barely heard
his companions murmur. Evidently
they took her into the lower part Of
Chinatown"
We usually credit the oriental with
little or no imagination. pointing to
his art. his clothes and his language as
evidences AS the fact runs. even the
Chinese coolie uses the faculty OF
Imagination more frequently than his
white brother on an equal social plane
Sing Wah. or Wah Sing. as he was
lndlffcrently called. was outwardly n
stolid. duh eyed Chinese Of uncertain
middle age His picture-it was In the
gallery of every secret service Office
from Singapore to Philadelphia
not less changeless of expression. nor
more teciturn than he. Yet In spite of
his scmber clothes and general air of
blank stupidity. Sing Wah was man
of mark. a man with history replete
with adventure and. not too seldom
with crime.
] ( the ordinary criminal could have
an office or u store he would quadruplc
his profits. But the common run OF
ruscals must steal and fly. Their post
Office address is a fgrnent. They are
not at home when opportunity knocks
Sing Wah knew this. and it was his
boast that for thirty years any one
who wanted him, either day or night. |
rould find him.
SO be sat at the back of his little |
store night after night. blinking |
through the wooden screen ut the va |
rious customers who came In to trade |
Or barter. And year after year they |
came to his door. the pirate and tile
thief. the smuggler and the robber, and |
he took his toll of them and passed |
them on. Whittier? Sing Wah never
told And because he did not tell they |
came back with greater loot and rich
er booty. and he again passed them
through his store to vanish utterly |
from the hannts OF men and the pur
view of the police.
Among the many hundreds who had |
Nailed themselves of Sing Wahs aid /
was Wikerson. who. during dark pc
Fiods Of his career. had several times |
rim athwart the barriers OF the law
and been compelled to seek refuge |
where he conld
Harry WiIkefson was not fool. In |
some ways he was brilliantly endowed |
He recognized Sing Wah's superiority |
to all others in the great game of out
whiting the law He perceived beneath |
the sto'id mask the alert, active. stu
liOns mind which was ever vigilant /
aeyer forgetful. always intelIigently |
the world thar passed before
his filmed eyes The Chinese had. as |
we'll. acknowledged Wilkerson's adept
ness and persistency In several deals
they hid been partners to their mutual
preiit
'ifol are Il very good fellow. Har
~. Sing Wah had told him once as
hey dsank tea in little room in the
-cas. syou are q smart man--;ilrnost
Is smart rs | am. But you are too
hungry. You cannot resist your nppe
iites Now. The made slight ges
ure Of distaste with bis lean brown
land-"l have no appetites.r
Wiilierson nodded Il guess you're
light. Sling Wah You even haven't
my pride yon talk pidgin English to
he tourists md the rest. instead Of
peakins the perfect English you
,now.H
The dull cyes,lit for moment hu.
Il have always felt that
wed II to Oxford not to flaunt my ed
Ieation IN "a small trsiiesfuans shop.
onf yon know
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