Evening star., 1921-01-16

| ward. they mean just this:
Hope is the golden arrow that up
lifts us to heavens throne"
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GONE piecee coolie. my no savet
what side he comee have pay dil
chit my side talkee you must look se'
1 velly chop-chop;~ remarked the 5fn-rick
shaw man as he handed Inspector Hig
| gins a carefully sealed document the fol
lowing morning at his home. He tore
| it open and read these words:
"My dear Inspector:
! I'VE have found the thief and recov'
| cred the mirror! Preserve absolute
secrecy and come to my home.
wang Foo
He finished a hasty breakfast and
started without delay for the Quiet
Glade of Reflection" at No. 5-o-5 in the
Red Cloud Alley. Wang Foo was await
ing him and they ascended to the quiet
upper room
You don't mean to tell me that you
have this double good luck" began the
Inspector; tell me who he was and how
he got hold Of it Brownlow Is as
anxious to know as am"
Did he come with you?"
mo, sir, l came here straight alone
from home; I haven't even been to the
department yet
Good. These words are for you and
me alone-not for any other human ears
as yet. We can't afford to take any
risk by an advance exposure. Now, Mr.
Inspector listen carefully to me. 1or
there is something much more than a
mere curio at stake here. You nave ao-
absolute trust in me, nave you not!
Absolute. Mr.. Wang.
."Then listen carefully. ask no ques-
tions and carry out my instructions 70
the letter Tomorrow night at exactiy
O'Clock I want you to bring Mrs. and
Miss Tucker. Col. and Mrs. HOPKINS
and''-he added in a most emphatic ana
sienificant tone-..young Lieut.. Wetmore
to little entertainment which am
planning for them at the Temple OF the
Queen Of the Sea. Present the INVITA-
ton in any language that you please,
but make it perfectly clear TO tnem tnat
it will be well worth their while 10 at
tend. as | have very pin impor,an. ,irn me rob.
ton to give them concerning @ .ne Ior,. rour
berry. My directions may seem tslS
strange to you and my orders rathei
neremptory-but obey them ana all WI,
be well disregard them and an Is iost
So the interview ended and the cniel
returned to his Office for the outies
of the day. .,oo,
At a few minutes before O'Clock
the following evening. a row OF ON :
cial jin-rickshaws drew up before
the residence of the United States
consul on the terrace overlooking
Queens road. They were waiting
for the party that was just rising
from dinner-the same Ave persons
whom Inspector Higgins had been
commissioned to invite to the temple.
While the older members were put
ting on their wraps, the two younger
ones strolled out onto the porcn ana
stood for moment gazing at the
moonlight before them. me iong
curying sweep of the harbor. the
myriad lights in the settlement just
beneath them. the shipping OF every
| name and kind. the thousands OF
paper lanterns on the native 1unks
red and green signals from the tow :
ers of Low Loon all helped to form
the dazzling panorama that unrolls
nightly before Britain's rocky isle OF
the Pacific.
Miss Tucker" said the young lieu
tenant, as he turned and looked for a
moment into her face. seeming 70
gather new inspiration and strength
for his thoughts from the vision that
opened before them, "is it true that
you are sailing on the next lnd1an
Mail for Rangoon?"
events of this evening" she answered
very deliberately. Il may: and l may
1t certainly was broadside, but he
recovered in an instant from the
ssesk h. Mhg s9 ask Why why Just 90
cause this Island Of Hong Kong is 60
ing to be a dreadfully lonely place
| without you. that's why"
"Oh. you really think SO. do you?"
II certainly do. And one question
more. please. do you really believe all
| that you and your mother are always
| talking about. and all this ouija board
nonsense about seeing your future
affinity in it?"
| Not my affinity. if you please. lieu
tenant, much more-my divinity"
were opening onto the porch
| Il most certainly do"-the part,
were coming out now. Then" III
cried, may all the Shinto gods at once
send their blessings on Wang Foo"
| Happy sentiment" echoed the con
Joined them. 80 say we all Of US
And now for the Temple by the Sea
Arrived there they were welcomed
by the great detective himself ant
ushered into a beautifully gilded ban
quet hall where a literal feast Of thu
Chinese gods awaited them and swee
music-of the kind rarely heard by
European travelers-f1lled the all
with it's melodies. Two other guest:
joined them at the temple, and they
were none other than our friends HIg
gins and Brownlow Of the police
! When that hour which in the western
world is known as 'coffee and segars'
finally came. Wang Foo arose and
addressing the company in few wei
chosen words Of welcome. thanked
in being his guests for the evening.
"And now. my friends. it is time fol
the great denouement. l propose by
the kind help Of the Shinto gods
addressing these latter words to Mis-.
Tucker. who blushed in response-te
pose a thief; second, to restore e
stolen property: third. to heal a brok
en- heart. and. fourth. to reveal q
brave but modest hero. Such is the
sum and substance of my little drama
which you will agree Is quite mod
| ern thriller
| Lieut.. Wetmore. will you be kind
| enough to raise me- SIR The hand
some young officer instantly obeyed
| Then. turning to Inspector Higgins
| your robber and your villain" II
| would have been hard to tell which
face. the inspectors or Miss fuckers
bore the more astonished expression a,
these words. They were about to speak
but Wang Foo motioned them to
| silence. Putting his hand inside his
| capacious silken robe. he next drew
forth the original mirror of the gods
and stepping over to the young lady's
chair. placed it gracefully in her out
stretched hands. 81 now have The