Evening star., 1919-09-21
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Mr. Eugene, escaped IN a remarkable
manner by turning . completes somer-
sault over his pony's head and landing
on soft piece Of turf.
'sThe double occurrence at almost
the Identical spot led Mr.. Farnsworth
to have q careful examination made
by the stewards Of the course. but
nothing was found that could have
caused either Of the ponies to stumble
there and all the other riders Of the
afternoon passed over 1t In safety.
The only conclusion was-and this
was the generally expressed opinion
at all the different clubs last evening
that there had been some vicious
foul play and that deadly poison of
some kind had been administered In
both cases. with the above results.
This may have been done in some way
by the Jockeys themselves or 1t may
have been administered in the stalls
by some one who secretly worked his
way in there. As DR.. Aubrey, our well
known veterinary surgeon, 10 making
a careful post-mortem of the ponies
under the direction Of the department
of police we reserve any further COM
ment until his report is made public,
as we desire to shield the
Messrs. Pierce, to whom this is natu-
rally a very painful experience. from
any possible opprobrium."
Wang Foo purchased a copy Of the
above edition the very first thing in
the morning. and clipping the article
carefully out compared IT with the
notice in the leading Chinese papers.
They were practically the same In
their substance and purport. though
Of course elaborately drawn out and
clothed in all the fowery expressions
OF the native editor. Not a word In
any Of them, however. though he read
every column through slowly and
carefully, that would point to any one
foreigner or native. as the actual
guilty party. which fact seemed rather
to disappoint him., The more he
thought upon the case the more, in
teresting-because this more involved
1T bsczns to him. and So taking out
his Iittls travelling writing-case. ne
sat down and. rubbing ths ink-siab
up and down the stone tablet. after
the manner Of the true Chinsse sclIo-
lar; he repeated over as he did SO,
the we'll known words of Confucius,
"As we polish and then grind! As we
polish and then grind!" and dipping
his brush In the carbon fluid he be-
gan a little letter to his home in Hong
kong. which conveyed to them the
news that 1t might be the middle Of
the moon or more before he would set
sail for the Island Of Fragrant Waters.
He had q real and genuine problem
before him In unraveling CASE OF
which ne had had the unusual advAn-
tage Of himself being an eyewitness.
This was more than worth TO- him the
extra trouble and expense OF stay
In Shanghai, and he Immediately set
his thinking faculties to work. de-
termtnetl to work out at least some
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fer with his old friend, Inspector Cub
bins Of the police.
Four dAstinct questions naturally
outlined themselves before him: First,
was It an accidnt or . premeditated
crima? Second, if . crime, was 1t
poison or some other form Of deadly
injury? Third, who was the guilty
partyr And fourth, what was his OBJ
ject in committing II. financial psoat
or merely the gratifying Of some dead
ly hatred and revenge? As incidental
to all this, he would. Of course, taxa
delight ir securing the identity OF the
mysterious, parsonage in the silks and
goggles, whom he had overheard re-
jecting the theory Of the Decree OF
Heaven an he rushed past him by
the taotaa's side. "Yes," he said to
himself as he slipped his cup OF even
ing tea in the upper room at the
home Of his old friend, the basket
maker, ''yes, have certainly . few
days Of very attractive work before
me, and had best begin, as the
Sages taught, by bending my atten-
ton to what is RADICAL 'Kwun Tee
WOO peny" ("The Superior Man oh.
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