Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1921-01-30
THE TILE OF HEAVENLY BLUE

I solve: First. what was the poison?
third. what was his object? Our very
next move, of course. is to get Tomp-
kins to make an analysis:
Sorry. but it is too late"
TOO late?" ast
Yes. unfortunately, Trixy .waa. sold
by the house boy to a beggar for his
hide; Chop sticks was tossed into the
harbor as food for the fishes, and the
japanese poodles were cremated:"
/ "Cremated" Why. what in the
world induced them to do that"
! Well, you see. Mrs. wilkins had
told them that that was the custom
in their native land and the children
had both insisted that their pets must
have proper Japanese funeral"
Did you ever" y
I think you have overlooked" inter-
rupted Wang Foo.
| And pray, what is that
| Why. the place where it occurred.
/ have discovered that Capt. McAlpin
always took Chop-sticks with him
| marsh; that the wilkins girls had
I taken the poodles there to play, the
| very day the doggies died, and Trixy.
Of course. was in the bungalow all
the time"
Then there is only one conclusion
,, to all that. viz: The Whitmarsh serv-
ants did it. and that slick Yung Lung
! OF hers knows all about it, -.
TT certainly looks that way"
| Il think We had better arrest the
| whole gang in the morning-cook.
boy. coolie. amah and all-and get
the truth out of them by proper
| native grilling; what do you saye''
Better wait few days longer;
! something new may turn up. was
! the carefully worded answer Of Wang
Foo. .-' sSt.
! - ***
A ND something certainly did turn
up a few days later when the
captain paid another visit to the ever
| attractive bungalow, and this time
| had the pleasure Of introducing our
| Famous detective to the widow At
his especial request she showed him
over the little drawing room where
. the children had played with the
! poodles. and it was there that he first
noticed her cabinet of curios and be-
gan to take a rather unusual interest
IN beautiful blue tile which she
| especially priced.
| "A genuine Tang! Mr.. Wang" she
exclaimed with delight, as she opened
! the glass door and brought it out.
you know, OF course, that they are
very rare and" tshe whispered
/ the last words so that the ever
| curious houseboy behind the screen
I! should not hear)-"almost priceless.
The only others in Hong Kong are in
! the Government Museum"
! And" Wang Foo added to himself,
lin the canopy over the queen Of
heaven"
! 1T is an awful shame that it got
! Clipped this way" pointing to
jagged edge. but I accidentally
! dropped it on the stone hearth the
! other day while showing 1t to the
wilkins girls why! there's their
i mother now, just outside our gate !;
| You must excuse me just moment
while I run out and pay my chin chin
to her" Chinese for How do you
i do?").
The genial captain insisted on ac-
companying her out to the sedan
charlie would have been delighted
| to accompany her to the ends Of the
earth-and the thoughtless and. tact
less Mrs. Wilkins, who by general
consent was the greatest matchmaker
In the colony. had no more sense
than to say: why! Capt. McAlpin, I
declare! What surprise to find you
here! How long your ship is staying
in port this time. isn't it: And, isn't