Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-10-19
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what they have"
And. sure enough. that's exactly
what II was. as the papers announced
TO the world the following morning
rot the main magazine, but a smaller
enc some distance away from the CEN
trail buildings and containing only a
moderate supply of old-fashioned ma
tive powder. Fortunately no lives
were lost except that of the watch
man on duty, of whom not even
trace has been found" the Daily
News said in it's brief notice adding
that his excellency Changtaotai.
has ordered an Immediate and thor
ough investigation"
The article in the Chinese Evening
Herald (printed in the native tongue)
was slightly differently worded and
ran as follows:
SINGING THE DRAGONS CLAWS.
The explosion of the smaller fire
medicine storehouse (powder maya
zine) at the Poo Tung Arsenal last
evening unfortunately destroyed
part of the beautiful Dragon Garden
which was laid out by the uncle of
our present taotai and which out
lined in it's pats and rockwork tho
entire body and limbs of the famous
creature. The small stone building
containing the fire medicine was
clasped in the claws of the left front
foot and today is shapeless ruin.
The work could not have been acct
dental, for the building is isolated
from all the others; it must have
been the evil deed of some one who
had grievance against the authors
ties or some of their employees.
Whoever he be. we warn him that
vengeance will surely overtake him.
and we bid him remember the words
carved on the ancient stone:
Who singes even the smallest claw,
Will surely feel the dragons wrath!
When DR.. Powell, the American
translator of military and naval books,
returned to his office at the Arsenal on
the Goth of the month, his scribe Lang
Choo failed to put in AN appearance,
although the week of absence which
his employers had given him for his
wedding had more than expired. He
waited for him one, two, three days
and then the Importance of his work
urged him to send his house-boy with
a note for him to his home, just out
side the French international bound
airy.
The boy returned late in the evening
with the astonishing news that Lang
Choo had been arrested by the off,
Gals from the native city!
MY velly solly. but must talkee
tue" he said. dat old Shanghai man.
dalin have sent yamen-lunner catchee
he, s'posee thlee day more before
time
Sent the runners to seize
him! Arrest him in the very week Of
his wedding. Why. good heavens, boy,
what has he done?"
MY no can savee," replied the boy,
who began to show the inherent ma
tive fear Of any complication with the
law. even to merely giving private
testimony to his own master. More
better you askee policee man; he can
savee all ploper. My blongee house,
boy, no can savee mandalin pidgin.
SO please you 'scuse me-" getting more
and more frightened every minute
that he spoke.
DR.. Powell sent to the nearest stand
for jin-rik sha and FASTENED to con-
suit his friend. DR.. Cortelyou, at the
consulate. Fortunately he found him
at home. just looking over his latest
papers by the mornings mail.
Il am very sorry for you, DOCTOR"
he said, after listening carefully to
the translator's recital of the arrest
and Imprisonment Of his scribe, but
am really afraid there Is nothing
can do for you. You see, II Is entirely
a native case, as he lived outside the
settlement limits, and the only foreign
with It is that you paid
half his salary. The city officials are
very jealous of any interference with
their own prerogatives and IL I should
send dispatch to the taotai and
ask him why he had arrested q man
On his own native heath he would In
Ill probability tell me--of course,
most politely-that 1t was absolutely
mono Of my business."
And isn't there any way that can
sven ind out what crime he IL
charged within
well. you had better see Inspector
yubbtne and hava him ~>t ~ g