The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-01-06
1.-THE GREEN SEAL :"


{ 20 wreHt from tho remote and all
but inaccessible lamaKery OF Tao-fu.
During the first days In which
! the expedition. or what remained
OF Il. rested NJ Tao-fu. Lao vas
treated by the lamaH with all the
Difference his standing as a Taofu
leader entitled him to. Thus he
had ample opportunity TO perfect
plan Of seiElng both the rims and
tho diamond
MRRqusradinE a. one OF tho In
terprcierH was a young fellow who
~as a skilled carver IN ivory -uons
other than tho present old man I
bad encountered al tho bazaar
Who was set 10 manufacturing a
number ~ repllcas OF the rcliquary
In which tho ring was kept When
the plot ~Rs perfected one Of these
replicAA vas given 10 each OF five
different messengers: Lao seized
both ring and diamond. and tho five
messengers were sent out OF the
country over as many different
TouteA. their purpose being To keep
the pursuit on false trail AZ long
as possible.
because my boz had tho dia-
mond in IT," Strans whimsicaliy
observed. looked like poor pay for
trying to get out o. that hornets
nest. But. BY heck. I did f., Three
o. tho five got thru. all told"
Meanwhile Lao was having his
hands full persuading tho lamas
that hs was blameiess for tho de-
spelling OF the lAmAsery OF its
sacred relies.
Thus Il VAS that every member
OF the party. except Lao and three
OF the five he contriyed TO save
by sending away with tho boxes.
were slain by the frenzied priests.
II was true that Major Sylvester
entrusted his daughter TO Lao Wing
Fu--juEt as one In an extreme
emergency will leap at the only
chance. however hopeless. of a way
out.
James Strang shall be allowed
to tell in his own language the most
important disclosure OF all.
Where any white man would
have been a. helpless as the baby
that had been thrust on him, what
does this darn Chink do but DELHI
erately try to get back to ciyillza-
ton with his burden lie forced
couple o Jyade women to
abandon their own babies. an he
an the two women and the baby
started east IN the hope o. making
Ching.too In the SEE Chuen country.
Nearly three years went by be
fore | even learned that Lao Wing
l'u had won thru. an II was my
scamp OF a brother who brought me
the news at HongkonR. He'd
learned about the diamond from
Lao, an say. the questions
he asked me about 1t would
We given lawyer points. Your
father an had Just got back from
Amsterdam with 1t. where IL had
been cut and polished.
Remained now to find Lao Wing
F'u. market tho stone. an divide
the proceeds among three instead
o. four. poor Sylvester being out o.
our calculations.
Lao was at Pekin, Stove told
me. We sent word TO Lao at Pekin.
Your father an started from
Hongkong with the diamond. lie
an arrived safe an sound, but
the diamond was missing. So was
Steve.
while we were pretty certain
Steve was implicated In the stones
loss, we always halfway believed
Lao was at the bottom OF It. An
him-he thought we two had cheat.
ed him out o. his share. For years
he held It against us.
80 II came about that thru all
lost. Lao Wing Flu has kept his
mouth shut about Marian Sylves-
ter"
turned and stared nj Lois. She
was regarding me with wlde-eyed.
frightened look.
heard Strang chuckling In high
good humor with himself at the
surprise he was about to spring.
Yes, Mr.. Ferris he was say
ing. that's the young lady herself
Miss Marian Sylvester. of Yalung.
Tibet-sole helress to tidy for
tune In England. that's been plling
up interest for more'n twenty
years, not saying anything about
her share In a pretty chunk o. crys-
tai that's worth around twenty
thousand pounds"
How long we thus contemplated
each other | don't know: but both
Struber and Straug were conscious
that the situation was become tine
tured with a new and potent influ.
ence. Both grew FESTIVE and the
recital proceeded swiftly to its CON
clusion.
Accordingly. therefore. before
starting from Tao.fu. Lao Wing Flu