The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1921-12-17

"a GIN smile.
SMALLPOX n. said ri";,,. Co
Ing IN with NE, Benson"
K-usou. Who waa one o. the big
g., carlo t",,,rv~ aud agents IN
CHINA. shool. hiS hr,H IN" II"
glitter IN his shur; sighted eyes be-
TRACED his y.vlI hatred "t Jim
Hanrey. H. was rather smaH
IN, SOFT spoken. very dearly. allied
~rrU all the |orcrs Of graft and ey.l
q china.
The gaze isn't worth the
candle" ne Answered.
Hanecy rega rded him with that
same thin. dangerous smile on his
bronEsd Ratchet face. The two men
stood in a side street OF Cheugtu.
Somewhere IN or near this city.
fifteen hundred miles from the
coast were number o! objects
recently taken from the grave Of
the Emperor Ling tt OF the Han
dynasty-ob!ects which. from an
historical and artistic standpoint 0;
value. were worth their weight IN
ruhies 70 any collector or museum.
One OF those objects had heer IL
the possession OF the man who had
just died OF smallpox
One word, Benson" said Hanccy
slowly. You're n clever dev:l. TIL
mandarin here Is working for you.
You'd chsertully pay high to have
me killed Now Benson. you're too
slick to give me any excuse for
coming 10 yoa and purting q bullet
into your ugly htde-but YOU Look
out. All want is the excuse"
Benson produced a cigarette and
lighted il. He knew thar jim
Hanecy would shoot him II given an
excuse-Hanecy had a reputation
FOR keeping mis- word-hUy Benson
VS. a man who never lost his head.
So now ha refused 10 Let himself
oe SHARED into saving anything.
Hanecy was only talking from sus-
pic!on, anyway.
You have gone Into partnership
with TOptit. haven You?" BENSON
inquired casually.
I have" snapped Hanecy And
We mean 10 set the whole Ling T.!
Ou'Ht."
benson smiled. waved his cigar
90 vim nm assurance mat mad
a.,,1 Harery and responded.
-Ts.r,,s on. rie,e Won Won, rst-
.o.,,,. ,.ir, -., -, Tba,,s ,ha MA.
n,er. IN, .org,e.auurs, NJ lin
r rs ls'a lost. The man is
dead "
.y......s s,,..,, , ,.,,rsed liar ri ba-a
g.. .r.,. ,n., ~ said trar.cv sourIy
"T,., GO ~ and ask "
IIar...y ,,-nnJ ON his heel and
v,,-.;,,. ,i,uv-d after him with =
,..ta ,,,.,r, 90, l,.s srss rher sbr,.-
,..5 vi. .no~Ils,.s and walked away
,.,,. .,o,rar,s l,tsr lin, tYanecv
...,. ..,r, ~. hnuss frowcingly
vas. -: r.r.,r ,a.1 t,Ij MIN thA
.....n ..,.,;.,,r,. b,l ais,n,.sre5 /,
100, ,.....,, ,,,,,.,..r,, or iron,
-. -, .....'~... .rb,.a,,ns-nr,. ann
,. .,,l .s,,.,.,r.d Some DAVIS pre-
90. 49,, woy. ,A.. man lqr sick
E.v the man was dead. and the
.t.,l.. vay gone
..n,,,,h n,r;t" mvrmured Hanacv
.r.H Topt:t wi. throw NJ when
..r 1ads' ~ been lost one % Ben
..-'s crooks may have stolen It
a... rather tn!ax no-."
He SLOWLY retraced his steps
,.-uugh the crowded streets 20 tn.
,..,,.>r Of OH Kiang. the FUR mec-
r"pnt. where his friend and partn,r
Tupl.t awaited MIN. So far as the
.m0aror's amu,et vas concerned.
20, seemed a. be complete
,'s.,l,ynate
In tho lis.o- :au~ IA, or street cf
boo; shops. a naked Httgr yellow
ho,- vas playiu, with peculiar OBJ
je-, which ne had picked from a
garbage pile in the gutter.
This playth!ng appeared 70 be a
dead c!cada. about TWO inches n
length. OF a beautiful transparent
lsa,-gre"a. The boy had inserted
: cord through a hole In the nose. and
d-ey. the cicada after him BY the
cord Itl was very pretty play
,a,,y
! noor scho,ar. who was earnest
ero,vh but more ignorant than his
,f.,a iustited was standing in con-
temptation "Neh the ooS P"o'V"