Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-07-27

en- through it was a delicate and sig
nifcant way of saying. This Is what
would like to do to you II I could get
hold of you" The Enclosure of the
hat and the gown-which were posi-
lively identified by Mrs. Morton and
the servants as being All Sans
seemed to indicate that Ling Took had
secured his hearts desire and wreaked
his vengeance on the house boy. Now
as all Asiatics have a habit, after
committing crime. of returning. al
most without exception. to the haunts
Of their native town or village-prob-
ably with the idea of securing the pro-
pitiation of their local divinities-the
authorities naturally sought for the
missing cook in the Kowloon district
and 1t was not very long before they
discovered him concealed in the gar
ret of bean-oil shop which was pre-
sided over by his mothers uncle. Two
little street urchins had recognized
him one day and volunteered. quite
innocently, to lead the yamen run
ners directly to the house. He was
cue to the yamen. where. in spite of
his shrieks for mercy and the loud
protestations of his relatives and
friends, he was given a preliminary
bambooing-"justt to quiet him down"
and thrown into a loathsome cell.
The toatai, acting under instructions
from his excellency the viceroy of
Canton (who was quite anxious for
political reasons to keep on good
terms with the governor of the COL
ony), had ordered to have him hand
ed over to the English police and ar
rangements had been made to meet
them at the international boundary by
the Bridge of the Silver Cloud on the
very day that our story opens.
In the meantime his relatives and
acquaintances had left no stone I'M
turned to secure his release. Every
dollar in the native bank and every
cash that could be borrowed or
squeezed" out of the business Of the
family had been offered for brides.
but, strange to say. so far without
success. AS last resort they threat
ened mob violence, and papers at
tached to stones and tiles were thrown
over the walls into the magistrates
courtyard announcing that neither he
nor his jailers would ever reach 1.-The
foreign devils" boundary alive. Late
on Monday evening two runners
were sent out from the yamen; one
bore a message to all the teahouses
and gathering places of the town that
Ling Took would be delivered over to
the foreigners on Wednesday morn
ing, and the other bore q sealed mos
sage to the governor that he would be
handed over at the Bridge Of the Sill
yer Cloud at noon on Tuesday. The
mob gathered early on Wednesday.
around the yamen gates. and. In
creased from hundred or two to
nearly q thousand--friends.. loafers,
vagabonds, curiosity-seekers and all
the .rabble Of Chinese town-de-
manded in forcible terms the release
of the prisoner. Suddenly a company
Of soldiers armed with spears and old
fashioned muskets appeared at tho en-
trance and with the beating Of. two
large gongs raised q banner with these
words upon It: Lot all the people
take notice! BY order Of his excel p
lency the viceroy. Ling Took, the
murderer. was handed over to his ex-
cellency the Governor Of Hongkong
for punishment yesterday morning. d.
Let all the people now quietly dis
perse, or most serious consequences
will follow" Realizing then that they
had been outwitted by their own on
cials, the crowd took the only salts
faction that was left them. and, heap
ing curses and excavations upon tho
heads Of all in the yamen, they threw
all the available stones over the wallis
into the courtyard and. bespattering
the whole front of the hall Of JUS
tice with mud, slowly and sullenly
dispersed.
The prisoner, on the morning before,
having been securely ironed on hands
and feet. and having also been duly
gagged to prevent an cutlery. was, In
the magistrates presence, chained to
the chair Of his secretary's sedan and,
the curtain being closely drawn, was
struggled out of the town without
arousing even the slightest suspicion.