The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-01


 No wonder that the chinaman was deceived
 This morning he had seen Miss Shir- ley setting forth from her hotel, and had deliberately followed her. He guessed that she was Jims fiancee, or, at any rate. that Jim had fascinated her. The down-and- outer had fasci- mated numerous women, not confining himself entirely to the white, but even hypnotizing Chang Bing Hos young Chinese wife, much as python does rabbit
 And Chang Bing Ho saw red.
 From Shirley he obtained the infor- nation that he wanted. And pretty soon he presented himself at Jim's hotel, only to be told that that young man had gone to London.
 The Chinaman slipped a pound note into the porters hand, and asked that worthy to discover MT. Dalton's town address.
 The porter named the Belvedere Club.
 And Chang Bing Ho returned to
 All the way up to town this oriental kept repeating to himself some of the great "Decrees of Heaven" in the Con fucian ethics, particularly those which dealt with vengeance. He sat huddled ! together in the corner of a third-class
  scape and muttering in a monotone san yo san pao Ngo yo ngo pako" which, in translation, means: Virtue has Virtues reward, but evil has the reward of evil" A fanatical light gleamed in his nar- row eyes.
 Not only had the down -and-outer robbed him, but he had also tried to steal his wife. And the coy Chinese d. nIoI fA hn " m nf , casting a flirtatious eye upon the hand some derelict.
 The Chinaman's yellow complexioL deepened as he thought of this ''Mei lien Mic lien! No face. Dis grace.". he growled under his breath. In another Chinese den in which he had an "interest" he had hidden one of his most cherished-and ghastly- family heirlooms. It was heavy chain about eighteen inches long, topped with a loaded head of polished iron. Around the head was beautifully engraved dragon Chang Bing Ho had been a ''pang tzs shou"--a footpad-in his day. In his native country he had been considered really clever with this weapon He was an adept at stunning without killing. Now was his opportunity to use this heavy chain.
 He QluH WdUL lb NH tiG uOW IT anu outer outright. That would be much too merciful Such leniency would be greater than his victims just deserts. | He would catch his prey and render | him insensible. Then carry him off to quiet, secluded spot where he could play with him much as a cat does with a mouse.
 dreamy reflective look came into the narrow, oriental eyes of Chang 1 t.< q all the dear old Chinese forms of tor ture.
 There was the Jack boot, and the thumb-screw, Both of these pleasant ' instruments he actually possessed. They had been handed down as heirlooms to him from long-dead ancestors. Or possibly in preference. he might. cut off hisi victims eyelids with short, sharp knife
 Or slice, his ears off
 These gentle little forms of revenge prevail in China to the present day. Arrived in London. he drove by taxi to the "den' where he had left his weapon He hid it in his coat.
 Then. for the remainder of the day, ] he and couple of his confederates haunted the neighborhood of the Bell vedere Club until, in the evening, they say Jim Dalton drive up in taxicab and enter the building. Two hours later he emerged. And stealthily they followed him. As though deliberately rushing on his fate, Jim hurried down small, de- serted, ill-lit lane between two thor oughbares, all ignorant of threatening danger.
 Chang Bin Ho. his two confederates behind, crept quietly up at the back of Jim The Chinaman whirled the heavy chain with a dexterous jerk, and the loaded end of it struck Jim with ter rifle force upon the head. The young man staggered gave gasping cry and fell insensible at his assailant's feet
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