The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1920-12-02
CHAPTER III-con,inv.a

wben rsrolrs were flashed tie IN
aud breasted the tarDeless bloc The
captain rad Whipped three Chineys
Into the creN. and the lad loved them
The mate. also Swedish tot Inclined
t0 silence. had frightened tNo Degfoes
up from THE hack roorns ~ the city. 20
sdd % the Quota AHlnau- wiid-eyed
and bony. anuied AZ the sheets fire.
queniiy paUsing 10 weep al his own
Ignorance ON these later occasions,
the silence 0f the mate Was broken
Their cook. n salty Irishman. whose
nfe was for some reason forfeit In the
gold districts above the bay. cursed
with frantic might his goodwill to
the newcomer. Stephen March. when
the boy confessed In himself line 81
Celtic blood. stephen was happy.
HIS days We're filled with strong drink
labor. and dreams.
The captain had read three books In
English. and he now read them again.
aloud to his midshlpnan. They were
the ''rravels Of Marco Polo a faihom-
less treatise on -The Art Of Toxins. =
ard the BhaEavad=ita. The pages Of
these three-coiden. fragrant. and Ger
rible-were written afresh n the eager
listener lie strove TO omceal how
they bit his pride. He slaved az ,he
ropes with the yellow men. and some
times laughed with them: but theg
saiched him With narrowed eyes and
lowering Of tie chin. and even Done
rsn at the stove practlsed more care
ful ways IN Stephens presence
In the evenings there were tales oi
China and her deep mad deserts
Vague yet Irresistible. these yellow
strands were drawing him 10 Mid-
Asia. Loneliness stirred ia his breast
The voyage was an AFFAIR % months
xale cut. hui stephen March had made
hts own inner arrival
But he was twenty when he reached
the In-Shnn mountains beyond tiis
China wall The carayan had iefi
him AZ the village khan. for they wers
turning s0uihward 90 cross ,he Hwnmg
ho and proceed upon ihe Ho-tar
plains. over a iraii that PiE,i one,
have heard merchants whispering N,
news OF Jesus Here March aalied
having no gold Then. with the C.
gent mysterious summols still haunt
ing him. b. was forced 20 turn hi,
hack upon the desert. and return I,
PekIng for money.
The English girl whom h- Marie,
IN the square city OF Picking found ID
him the quality % lordshlp. Thel
prOSpered together
When he wps twenty seven. he wen
again TO the gap In the long Wall. II
the north. He had camels and pro
visions and a radiant heart The On
known treasure beckoned A dim
remembered throne seemed wsltins
out there. But the sleeied storms oi
winter came against him. and hi,
caravan diminished. until the robher,
fell upon them and left their bodies fo'
only one other returned with StepsieI
March-his Chiney boy. who had gons
mad with desert fears.
The English wife was IN mourning
and a small child vas learning q
walk 10 the garden cOur1 Of the Re
king house. Then the three OF then
vent 20 America. where Stephen fouDt
much goid. aud his Engiishwornan has
less difficulty in teashIng the mother
tongue 20 her 500. Andrca.
She Ionged for her lords and theii
wsys-many % them long since turpeS
10 quiet dust 10 some abbey---and tn
spirit Of England muS' hays heard
for she was taken into the bOsom o.
t,si assembly. Her death sharTenes
the old desire IN stephen and wher
Andrew was sixteen. father and so
had yOurneyed together 10 the far eiiJ
81 Peking. and 70 the Great Well an
the plains of HO-iau
Andrew Esrch hAd told Levinsfol
~ that fsiIure 80 charged with beauiJ
a1d rar~ring-bOw The heroe heat Vi