Evening star., 1921-03-20

streets Wang Foo remounted his Sc
! dan and returning TO the ~,
| preparations to be lost TO the "otio
| for a season.
THE entire European colony at
Shanghai had extended It's sym
pathy to Rev. DIR. and Mrs. ROBINSON
who were well-nigh inconsolable at
the loss of their daughter, ana MS
excellency the Tao Tai had called
upon them in person (under orders
from the viceroy) to express his very
| great regrets at the occurrence. IN
| his mind, as in that of the consuls
| and the police, there was really noun
| ing of an anti-foreign nature In the
attack at all. They looked upon IL
| simply as an attack by lake pirates
| for the purposes of robbery. Suppos-
| ing that the parties on the mouse
some of them came ashore and then
! had suddenly fallen upon them ana
| beaten them senseless. They had lett
| the young gentleman dying at the
| foot of the bridge and the body OF
| the Young lady they had undopbtedly
| thrown into the lake. The local mag
istrate had been apprehended by the
/ soldiers from 500 Chow and was no"
! consigned-probably for llte-to a
/ dungeon under the governor paiace.
| Naturally all the plans OF the party
| for the round the world tour had TO
be given up. MIR. and Mrs. Weather
by insisted on remaining with the
! Robinsons in Shanghai until every eI-
! fort for the finding of MISS Alice.
dead or alive-had been exhausted.
Even if they had decided to go on.
they would have had to make the
/ Journey alone, for George, their SON
J whose conscience was conttnuaiiy
| proving upon him as being the reai
cause Of the tragedy. ana whose ~, IN
| terest in the fair young victim 8 Iu-
! ture was something far deeper than
a mere passing friendship, had open
ly resolved never to leave the shores
| of China until the great mystery OF
his life was solved; 49,.
since Wang Foo bade civilization
! farewell and as yet no communication
/ had come from him, when suddenly ne
| appeared in person at headquarters
| and sought an interview with the
chief -
Mr.. McArthur," he began, Il bring
Won news of the greatest Importance.
Miss Robinson has been found.
"Dead or alive?" asked the inspec-
tor hardly daring to wait Tor the
; answer.
| Alive"
| "Thank God for that. Now where
| is she and how is she?'
| ..She is alive and well, though weak
| from the very hard experience she mas
; heen through. She is not very far
! awav from here. but / am not free to
! make her whereabouts known as yet
| In fact, her very life may depend upon
| our secrecy.
The bandits have her, then. and are
with the usual threat to take her life
| ifthey are not paid?"
| NO. There are no bandits and
I there is no ransom, but there is
| very subtle danger to her life, and
that is the thing that l must SAFE
| guard"
But can't we tell this good news to
her parents at once? Her poor moth
er is Just about at the breaking-up
| point from the long suspense
my having been here. Simply say tnat
YOU have received a message from me
and that I am very hopeful that the
| daughter may be found. I don't want
| any risk or slip in this thing, and II
they once hear that she is alive and
then that she has been slain II Will
! be worse than ever.
"Right you are. 1 see your point"
said the inspector as he took his cap
from the wall and rang for his jim
| rickshaw.
From police headquarters Wang
| Foo wended his way through the
Shanghai streets to the "Sheng Leu
| Kwo Yak Fang" or Drug Estanhsh,
ment of the Sacred Deer Horns" and
purchased of the Cantonese clerk twho
| happened to be a native OF his SELF
| same proyince) a vial of the strong
est sleeping draught that could pc
| compounded of foreign or OF native
drugs What could he be gong 10
use it for? Let us follow MN any, anu se tta
Leaving the settlement. he took @ .ne
| afternoon passenger launch for 500
Chow and, passing the night there IN
a native inn. hired horse ana cooi,e
] to take him the next day to tne VII
iaee of Ting Ting Hoo Cor Listening
Ti9er) which was about a mile away
from the shore of the lake and a ut
| lie over two miles from the stone
Bridge of Lions. He walked along
between the rice fields until ne came
to dense thicket OF pampoos hnu,
f, turning into it. wound his way along
a tortuous path which brought MIN
| at last to a little shrine by the wa
ter's edge He entered and knelt pc
. side the old priest, who was chantlhe
his evening prayers to his idols. a
curious repulsivc creature was TINS
lonely proprietor of the lakeside
shrine. with his bulging eyes and
| teeth like tusks and the general
| makeup of a Caliban. making even
|
! looked at him.
Venerable father" began Wang
Foo, II have brought the sacred rem
edy that shall relieve your pain.
"Ah: Thanks be TO to all l,t the BSddfhs BUD mas
fever is coming back again and my
head begins to throb. might have
to slay the monkey-devil this very
night instead Of waiting for the lions
feast on the third day Of the rising
moon. Behold and read this" And
he drew out from behind the bronze
idol an ancient scroll and held it to
! the light. 1t contained these words:
1.-THE monkey-devil may cut out the
lions tongue: il so. he dies upon the
Lions feast. and he who slays him re-
ceives the blessing of the gods"
| How had Wang Foo come into these
surroundings. and what was he doing
| there? Why. just this: He had made
| up his mind. after a day or twos So
journ in the little tavern hard by the
| Bridge of Lions (where he was dis
| guised as a wandering physician from
| Yum Nan) that there was a very direct
connection between the disappearance