Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1921-06-02

come on the train. When he came he
said, II will do everything for you | can. .
The next two days was terribly wor-
ried. | didn't see how l could afford to
nav back all that money yet felt that |
must. decided to tell no one OF the al
fair, but to keep it secret. Fortunate
" had some money in bank so man
aged to make all their purchases but OF
course could buy nothing for myself
On the way back | looked for Mr..
Yang when we reached Luh kou Pu, but
did not see him. At Yum Chi l would
not 90 near the door as my heart felt too
sore, but Miss Lii went. One of the po-
licemen on platform told her the thief
had been caught She came running
back to tell m but would not believe
Then one of the train guards who knows
me came and verified the report and told
me if went to the head of the K X.
police | would receive the lost money
minus $2(two dollars) and my dress
Then began to believe, altho it seemed
too good to be true.
On reaching Yochow | found that the
story of the theft was all over the place.
The poor fellow picture and descrip-
ton was hung up in the station and the
fellow himself was at the railroad police
house, the head of whom is a Mr. LIN,
whose one daughter is in boarding schoo
and the other in day school. In the
morning-we had reached Yochow at
a m.-Miss Lii and went to see Mr.
Lin, but he was not ut home, but we saw
the poor fellow.
He had received one thousand blow
before he would confess alth he had been
caught with the goods on lie got of
the train at Yum Chi and the guard wh'
took his ticket thought it strange that
he had bought ticket all the way t.
Wuchang but had got off at the second
station out of Yochow The thief wa.
undecided what to do, whether to go to
the city and have good time with hi
colleagues or go back to Yochow on the
train that was already due. After hest
tating he went up to the ticket window
to:buy ticket back to Yochow and thu
same guard who had collected the other
ticket saw him and asked him why h'
was go ng back to YochoW. He said t.
buy things, but as Wuchang is much
better place for shopping or business
this seemed strange. They noticed, too.
that he had quite roll of money ano
they asked him how much he had. As
he had not had an opportunity to count
it he said he didn't know. Just then my
telegram arrived and as he seemed a
little suspicious they decided to examine
him. Out came the silk kimona and they
said, "Where did you get this?' and the
poor chap finished the tale by saying,
From foreigner.
At night | was requested to go again
and after little formality received the
lost money and the dress. Mr.. Lin saio
the thief had worked on the Picking Han
kow line, had been caught there, hung
up by the thumbs and still bore the scars.
AS he could no longer appear on that line
he and several friends had moved to Yum
Chi and were doing regular business on
the trains. He was beaten until he
told on seven others and two days later
| heard that he and one he had told OF
were taken on the train and shown AZ
each station so they would be recognized
and would never dare to appear there
After he had received this severe pun
ishment ] was hoping they would release
him but they had too many other cases
against him.
The Chinese who have talked to me
about it say that if | hadn't found out
lust when did that the suitcase haC
been robbed it would have been too late,
If he had gotten back to Yochow City h
couldn't have been caught. therefore
have very wondt rfu intuition, but
consider it different. 1t was a good les
son for me, too. | never carried silver
like that before. | should not have done
so, and believe me, never will again.
Today something happened which gave
me much JOY. One day last winter on
bitter cold morning a little beggar boy
came past our Mich Hsi Chiao street
chapel just at S. s. time. We invited
him in, Put down his basket containing
a bowl half full of cold rice and his chop
sticks and pu: him in Wi tn the other chill
dren. Several times since I've pass ed
him on the street and last Sunday he
name to our Tsai Gia Lin S. S. This af-
ternoon he C .me again and brought his
little brother who is just able TO walk.
He was so little that had to lift him up
on the bench, and, as | did so, someone
said disgustedly, "Beggar,' whereupon
he received little lesson on what's not
allowed in S. S. They were both so in
terested and seemed so happy to be the re
that feel pretty sure they II come regu-
larly now. 1t was such a miserable day
and there were so many things to Re
done that was tempted not to go to S.
S. but feel richly rewarded for having
gone.
BY this time you know that unless |
can make an exchange | sail on July %,
northern route, and ought to arrive in
Vancouver in fourteen days, or about
August 9Th, so that by at least the mid
die of August will be at home. How
unbelievable it seems.
At present I'm having the Chinese
tailor make some clothes. | wonder if