Evening star., 1921-01-23
hide things. Come around at 2
o'clock and we'll hire a couple public
jinrikishas on the Bund. and mind
no uniforms-just citizens clothes"
Fright you are. sir"

no uniforms-just citizens Clothes.
Right you are, sir"
EARLY that afternoon the two Of
ficers called at the Mission Press
| and were courteously received by DR..
Donaldson in his study. They ex-
planned the object of their visit and
ended by asking il it was possible
that the tickets could have been
printed-of course without his knowl-
edse-at his establishment.
He looked the papers over very
carefully by a strong light and final
ly s3,I. said We We'll, - gentlemen; i,he MI, It & is an
,, and we have, I believe, the only new
press in Shanghai that is capable of
1t, but you must remember that there
Is something even more necessary
than a press for doing this kind of
thing. and that-pointing to group
the printer. There are only two men
in our whole outfit who are really
what you could call skilled lithogra-
piers, and ] know them 80 well that
/ wouldn't suspect them for mo-
ment. Beside this, l superintend all
this kind of work in person and It
would be impossible for them to put
any matter on a stone without my
knowing it at once. No. gentlemen.
the Baptist Mission Press is not re-
sponsible for this fraud; you will
have to look elsewhere"
Inspector Macarthur. however. was
far from being satisfied with this
statement of the manager and in
sisted on accompanying him to the
pressroom and in putting him through
a regular third degree. and. evidently
to his great annoyance. included his
two native assistants in the process.
where did they spend their nights?
Who kept the keys to the press
room? Was it not possible for them
to duplicate the stone" etc. etc.
filed to overfiowing with memoranda:
then he and the deputy respectfully
took their leave.
"Well, captain. what do you make
out of IT." he asked when the two
officers once more returned to the
"Believe me. sir. that "Charles" and
James" as he calls them-(the mis-
sionaries being accustomed to give
English names to their employees.
especially IL they are converts)-are
sly. and tricky couple. ;:. ! think 1t
deeply into their whereabouts and
various doings. You see. the old gen.
tleman will believe anything those
fellows tell him, and how does he
know but that they have false keys
and get into the pressroom at night
and work this sort of game while
he is asleep?' SO for the next two
weeks a careful watch was kept over
Charles and James. but their comings
q nd Roings were as innocent as those
OF any Chinese lambs, and at the end
of that time the police were re-
luctantly Obliged to confess to Harr
Wagenpool that they were as much in
the dark as at the beginning. well,
gentlemen" he said. you have evil
IDENTIFY come to the end OF your rope.
Have you nothing else whatever to
Offer"
Nothing except Wang Foo" was
the inspectors reply.
Wang Foo? And who is he, pray?"
The famous detective at Hong
kong"
recovered the governors stolen jew
els?"
"The same. sir"
"Please wire for him to come at
once. Make him the most liberal offer
you please and tell him to spare no
That same evening Old Chang. the
gatekeeper at No. 5-5-5 in the Red
Cloud alley. handed a piece Of yellow
paper to his master in the room
above. "Tien pok. ten pok. chiu lien
message. n lightning message. please
read quicklyD The man OF mystery
opened it. perused 1t carefully, then
rang the bell for the Venerable Grand
One and said: Prepare the honorabl
baggage sail in the early morning
for Shanghai"
X X X
uNTOW. Doctor" said Miss Spencer
~ as she added another lump of
sugar to his dainty little teacup,
which he held out beseechingly before
| her, "you really must control your
trembling nerves or you will be drop
ping your cup and saucer and decor
ating this hotel verandah with fraR.