Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1921-02-06

ifieno win MN, oon you see Anu
as the foreign lighthouse is one Of
the curiosities of the place. they, Of
course, went out to see it,
But how did they get admitted.
when. as a rule. natives. unless IN
government employ. are neverss al
why, they both spoke English: so
| nuently that the head keeper coufdr't
believe they were Chinese at all. And
| then. OF course. they sent in their
| foreign cards in the usual courteous
way and he just let them in and
treated them as he would any party
| Of European visitors"
i "Ah. l see" smiled the detective.
the benefit as well as the penalty OF
foreign education" Then. rising to
more. Miss Du Bray. il you please.
and l shall appreciate a very candid
answer from you. How do you ex-
plain the apparent lavish expenditure
of money by the young man SO soon
after the wreck" - =.
with it. You know. even better than
7 do. Mr.. Wank, how freely money is
spent at betrothal feasts-
! Yes. to be SURE
And when you think that this en-
tertainment combined really the ex-
lea. and that he and his friends cele-
brated in both native and foreign
style for about a week. you can read
lily see that 1t cost q good round
| sum-
ut undoubtedly did, and whore dc
you really think he got the money!?
well, wherever he got it, and pre-
sum he borrowed, as usual; from his
friends-1 know he got two hunafen
Mexcians from me. which l was de-
lighted to let him have for Chin
Chee's sake-he certainly got it hon.
| nYOCG6QS
the ginseg wreck. Shall'I have your
jinrickshaw called. Mr.. Wang"
IF you please. And let me assure
you that l will do everything IN my
power to clear up this very distfesss
ing mystery" ~,i
Boy, What side have got Mr.
Wang Foo coolie -
Just now hab got kitchen-side
makee smokee." replied the ever
] faithful.
talkee wantchee go home side"
| All light. Can do And In rev
moments more the little two-wheeied
carriage was rafting down the nil
toward the Red Cloud alley. once
there. the thoughtful detector OF
and the long chair of carved bamboo
Stretching out in it at length, ne
lighted a delicate Manila cheroot and
opening the lattice-work shutters, al
lowed the cooling breezes from the
harbor to play across his brow as he
ing's interview. Having been up
rather late the night before. he fell
asleep before he knew it. and was
only awakened by the report OF the
MONDAY gun from the Peak as II
echoed along the cliffs above him.
Yes" he said to himself as he made
final examination of the various pa.
pers that lay on the table, lit is prac-
tically an ingenious case OF circum
stantial evidence. Everything can be
satisfactorily explained except this
one thing, namely: Who or what was
| it that caused the light on White I'll
ger Point to go out at that particular
time: In brief. was it Intentional OF
was it accidental? Yes. it all turns
on that. The fate of Webb and the
hang exactly in that balance-to say
nothing of the future happiness OF
Yung Wing and Chin Chez. The
crown advocate must be convinced
on that point. and-he heaved LONG
sigh as he said tit seems to be
one to convince him! II SO. then 'to
work! To work! Quickly"
| y # X y
THE Temple Of the Starry Sea was
already reaping quite harvest
from the number of pilgrims at it's
annual festival. The priests, who had
been parading around through the
villages and hamlets for the last two
months announcing and advertising
| the great event, were true to their
promise that their patron goddess
| would provide special miracle for
would surely bubble" Among THOSE
who gathered for the sight were quite
a number from the village of PAX Lao
and among them he old cook from
the lighthouse. who was enjoying one
OF sacred bamboo pipes as he rested
by the side of his baskets.
Xxi Tien Chung Yao Jing Tai? ri
Tien Chung Yao Jing Tai cat what
time will the Well begin to bubble
| At what time will the Well begin to
bubbleT") was the question that arose
on all sides. as the crowd leaned over
tently peered down into the water.
! "Tsai Sam Tien Chung. Leu Yao Slang.
Lung Hwang Lien Fax Chez" AT the
| stroke of 3. when the brass gong
sounds. his dragon majesty will gra-
ciously BREATHE" was the answer re-
peated in chorus by the priests, as
they passed around through the as
sembly. tinkling their little bells and
holding out their gourds for offerings
of cash. Cor to the Chinese mind, the
bubbles, which rise to the surface OF
well are but the breathing of the
dragon who sleeps below. and are con-
trolled by him at willy
Suddenly the gong sounded and the
crowd surged forward with shouts of
delight to witness the breathing of
his dragon majesty" without even so
much as a thought for the old priest
behind the curtains Of the shrine
who was exhausting his strength by
blowing the bubbles down into the
water through a long hidden tube Of
bambooD. The attention Of the peo-
pie being drawn of. the cook rose
from his siesta, knocked the ashes
from the long pipe and started to
carry 1t back into the inner apartment
of the temple. AS he did so the figure
of a man who had been quietly smok-
ing just behind him. suddenly arose
and stepped rapidly forward to where
the cooks bamboo carryinR-uole WAS