Evening star., 1921-02-13

ing with you and reward you in the
morning."
ut shall be as the two venerable
grand ones say" So. with the consent
ready to spend the night.
The moon was almost at the full
and being near the feast of All Souls
the children were allowed to roam
about with their torches and little
lanterns until far past the hour OF
than he realized. came to him to fol.
low little party Of them out toward
THE Dragons Eyes" and seated b,
the roadside. he watched them a.
! they played.
Two of them ran over the bridg,
and stood directly opposite it where
the creek made a sudden turn, while
two of them stood on this side and
! bending low. waved their lanternl
, through the arches to their compan
ions.
What do you call this game" h,
asked.
"oh" they replied. I'VE call II
! 'Kwan Lao Tai Pan Ching Tse.
Haven't you ever seen it beforeT
Wang Foo started up suddenly and
running down to the bank where the,
stood. looked through the arches OF
the old bridge. The reflection in the
water made the two perfect circle.
and SO they called the game Looking
Through the Old Compradore's Cog.
gles."
He took one more glance-the only
object visible was the old brick
house! Could it be possible that the
two lost treasures were really there:
He waited until the children were
gone and then slipped quietly up to
the door-there could be no mistake
it was Anthony Lowder's voice!
1t would have been folly to have
attempted the rescue alone. He hur-
ried back to the village. "The moon
is so clear, have decided to try to
the old pony, he whipped him into
his utmost speed and never stopped
until they reached the gate of the
American consulate.
How the rescue party was quickly
made up; how by midnight they
gles": how they released Mr.. Lowder.
whom they found tied hand and foot
to a bamboo bed; how they arrest ed
the old man and took him to the city;
how they discovered the hiding pla ce
of the stolen opium in the inner room
all this was told in a leading article
in the Daily News, but it still re-
some of the inner connections be-
tween the blessings of the river king
and the mysterious letter in the COM
missioners desk.
X X X
"YoU Americans are certainly the
most adaptable creatures in the
in room No. 6 of the Shanghai Hos
pital to nurse who brought him the
good news of his early release. why,
Miss Mcpherson, there doesn't seem to
be any role you can't play, and play
most successfully. Now who would
have thought of your Disgusting your
self Is a nurse?''
"Disguise?" she said, with a smile,
as she started to rearrange the flow
ers that some mysterious friend had
placed on the table by his side why,
this isn't a disguise; this is simply
putting on my old uniform again.
your old uniform'-Why, you don't
mean to say you've ever done it be-
fore?"
Done it before. OH so I look and
act like an amateur. do I, them" with
a quizzical point that suggested some
little hurt feelings.
"Eo. no, not at all-you don't UNDER
stand-I mean-that is
THAT is. you haven't seen my little
gold badge. That cross and shield is
the proof of my two years training in
old st. Luke's, in Philadelphia"
why, how did you come to do
that?"
ooh. I just had a feeling that I
would like to be practically helpful
to some one in this world some time
you know you never can tell when
you may be needed. and l thought /
should like to be ready"
And you certainly were needed
here. I don't believe l should have
been out of here for another two
weeks if that rosy checked creature
from Guys had continued dropping