Evening star., 1919-08-31

the parents, were driven almost to
distraction by the news of the loss
Of the child and the conjuring up of
every terrible suspicion regarding the
disposing of him. The frantic mother
kept crying out: '"They will kill him.
They will kill him! My darling boy,
they will drown him, they will burn
him! / shall never sec him again.
But her condition. heart-broken as 1t
was, was really no more pitiable than
that of the poor Chinese amah, who.
oxysms of uncomfortable grief; kept
shrieking: Take me! Take me! Stab
me, kill me. eat me II you wish, but
bring back my boy" There was no
more faithful or devoted native
servant in the entire community, and
it was no exaggeration to say-and
the oldest residents well knew 1t to
have given her life to have saved the
child, for such things have actually
happened in the history of European
life in the far eastern world.
OF course a large reward was i'm
mediately offered for the apprehen-
sion of the thieves and the return of
the child. Sir Wayne-Evington, the
Governor Of Hongkong, called per-
sonally with Lady Evington at the
Goodwin residence and after tender
ing his sympathy and promising
every assistance on the part of the
authorities, headed the subscription
list with a very handsome sum. which
the amounts offered by the various
societies amp organizations In the
colony. 1t was remarkable to see
how the tragic event drew out the
sympathy Of the entire populace,
without any distinction of race. creed
or nationality. The consuls Of all the
different countries. officers of the
garrison and of the naval and mer-
camille marine. the bishop and all
the various missionaries. the heads Of
the Mohammedan and Parsee guilds,
either called in person or sent their
cards and kindest inquiries. 1t
surely was the little touch Of nature
that makes the whole world kim"
But among all those who expressed
their horror at the occurrence and
hastened to tender their sympathy
and assurances Of help mono sur
passed the Chinese themselves. The
consul came I'm person with all his
heads of the various guilds and firms
and leading citizens Of the native
community. who We'd with each other
in expressing their detestation of the
crime and requested the privilege of
being allowed to subscribe to the re-
ward.
Among the first Of the red cards to
be presented by native servant at
the Goodwin door was that Of Wang
Foo, the detective, who accompanied
it by a personal note of assurance
that he would leave no stone unturn-
ed in his efforts to cooperate with
the authorities and to bring the viii
lians to justice. and begging Mr.. and
Mrs. Goodwin-which many others
had forgotten to do-not to give up
hope Of securing the childs return
until every effort had been exhausted.
In accordance with the foregoing
promise. he called at once at the de-
partment Of police and on being
ushered into Inspector .Wallace's pri-
vate office greeted him with: "Mr.
Inspector, this is the time when I
have anticipated you. MY general
custom, as you know, is to wait till
the department sends for me and re-
quests my services. but this Is case
that touches the whole community so
vitally-and one, may say. In which
we all feel that we cannot help too
willingly or too promptly-that I
have taken the liberty of coming
down here at once to offer my services
to the authorities. In other words, as
you say in England, I am yours to
command"
"Well, Mr.. Wang, you certainly
were never q more welcome visitor
at this office. Please take q seat and
help yourself to q cheroot out Of the
new box there" The inspector rose
and closed the doors and windows
his customary precaution when any
thing of specially private nature
was to be discussed In the office. He
then continued: You have read the