Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1921-01-30

cret of whose wondrous color he had
now discovered, and crossing back to
the colony, they climbed over the back
wall of the temple of the Queen OF
Heaven and replaced them in the
large blue canopy over the head OF the
goddess. which her devotees called
her crown. Yes. They certainly re-
placed them there. in spite OF the fact
that the very next day Wing Sing
climbed UP the ladder hanging over
the side of the +. & o. liner in the
! harbor, with the those very same
tiles concealed in a leather valise.
But strange things happen in China.
Having eluded the customs officer.
who was leaning over the rail smok-
ing a cigar with the pilot. he slid
quietly along the deck until he came
to room 3d. where he stopped and
gently knocked. Come in" sad a
! rather gruff voice. "Ah. It's you. is
it? And have you brought the goods
with you. as we say in the u. s. A?
my hab got. all ploper."
well. trot them out. them" said
! Archibald wilkins Uhe senior mem
Der of the firm of wilkins Brothers,
the most famous art dealers of Bos-
toni. land if they're the genuine
thing. you're the richest man that
wears "A cue on any sam-pan in this
harbor"
Wing Sing opened the valise and I'M
wrapped the cotton rags that con-
cealed the treasures. Mr.. Wilkins took
the tiles and. holding them up to
powerful electric bulb (Which he had
substituted for the dim lamp of the
cabin). examined them long and care
fully with a powerful pocket lens.
When thoroughly convinced that they
were genuine '"rangs." he turned and
asked, where did you get them?
You are quite sure that they are your
own familys heirlooms and that they
have not been stolen from some one
else," Ying Sing was indignant. to
say the least, and, putting on look
OF injured innocence that would have
done Justice to q Raphael cherub, an
swered, my no blongee tiefee. my
talkee t1ue. my blandfader ne nap aii
same glandfader pay he-many hum
died year hab got he home-side.
Spose you b'lieve, all light my can
saIiea oder man" The American
| apologized for his suspicion. and
after the usual haggling Yfng SING
! .lid over the side Of the ship with
| thousand in Mexican bank notes hho-
| den away in his girdle. wnile inc
priceless tiles of heavenly blue re-
| posed under lock and key In an inner
| compartment of stateroom %:
| n was. of course. not to be sup
nosed that the article In the daily pa
| per had escaped the eagle eye OF IN :
spector Gubbins of the police, anu nc
was naturally as anxious as any one
to prevent an international row ~
the colony He had called at once on
the editor and had traced the rumor
concerning the insult at the shrine TO
| a native reporter. This indfviduai,
i after being carefully questioned al
mitted that he had no actual evidence
l
from the suggestions Of a PERSONA
friend. who was none other than the
| afore- Yung Lung. the 6iue-
gowned house boy at Mrs. Whit
marsh's bungalow.
Now, what possible reason could
1.-The faithful Yung Lung have had for
starting a tale Of this kind?" was the
/ question which the inspector put TO
Wang Foo when they met by appoint
ment at headquarters to talk the case
over together.
LOYALTY to his mistress-and his de-
votion to her dear little Trixy
How many European dogs have
factually been killed. Mr.. Wang"
Eight in all. sir" was the .. answer yer;
is not such very large number
NO, to be sure. it is not: but the
trouble is that they all happen to be
valuable animals and their owners
are prominent residents.
II wonder if we could get an ac-
curate list Of them anywhereT
II have made very careful inquiries
and I have them right here in my
notebook" drawing 1t out from his
sleeve). There is. first. Mrs. Whit
marsh's Trixy and her friend Capt:
McAlpin's Chop sticks, and Full and
Yama, the Japanese dogs of the Will
kins' girls, that is four; then the two
pointers belonging to Col. Yardley at
! the barracks. that is six. and lastly
and most important of all-the two
Scotch collies which arrived for Lady
Beecham by the Glanmorgan. that
makes the eight, does 1t not
Exactly so; and it was poison in
| every case. was it?'
80 every one thought at first. for
people naturally jump at conclu-
sions. but Veterinary Tompkins says
! now that the pointers really died of
distemper. and the two little collies
just couldn't stand the heat. That
reduces the list. you see. to exactly
four"
And there is no doubt about the
poison?"
None whatever-the symptoms in
each case were identical"
! WELL" continued the inspector,
after moments thought. then there
are just three questions for US to