Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1923-03-28
CHAPTER v
On the Riqht Foot.

It was impossible to guess what
Chez Ming thought. If he had been
holding any suspicion against the
white man who had ridden with him
from the Yang-gun gate, it was now
insured by MARGINS hand-clasp with
Lexington.
"Tve been waiting for our friend
Ming, but I hardly expected to see
you,' said Con.
$50 I should judge" replied March,
smiling. "But why waiting?'
"He was on the ship coming over"
said Con. Gle put me under with a
blow-needle, and got my map. 1 beat
him this far by two days, just to have
a talk with him about it,"
"Ah, yes" said March.
"Or figured I might ride on with
him." added Lexington.
"That was all right. But you will
not need the map, and we can allow
him to go his way alone. I did not
expect to pick you up so sOon." There
was shadow over Lexington, and the
elder man felt it quickly. He hasten
ed to add: Nothing wrong boy. Only
/ could not tell you that should be
Just a few days behind you all the way.
1t was planned It would be just plain
murder to send one man alone, out
into-that. But we wanted you to
think you were going alone. You're
all right. I wanted you to lead out,
to draw all the attention. Oh, I guess
you've learned by now that your
travels are not so private as you'd
like, perhaps"
Con was relieved. He smiled and
offered his hand again. 81 never had
a real job before. I like it. Thanks"
The old pride came into Andrew
March's eyes. But he merely said, in
the businesslike tone of United
States Investigator. "You're making
good"
It appeared that March had arrived
in Picking about fourteen hours after
Levington's departure by the Western
gate. Con asked: "How did you find
Chez Ming?"
st saw him in Tien-tsin, at the bag.
gage rooms. / am sure he did not no.
tice me, for believe he never had
glimpse of me in America when / was
shadowing him, but it's never wise to
be too sure of anything about a
Chinese. 1 kept out of his sight until
we had come as far as the Yang-gun
gate, and there met him openly, like
a stranger. 1t was natural to talk,
after finding that he knew English.
He told me he was a wOol-merchant.
81 never gave you the details, but
nv acquaintance with Chez Ming
really began one evening in Dory
street, several weeks before met you
in Cincinnati. You know the Dory
street district in San Francisco. l
had found that it was the distributing
point for koresh. / managed to con-
meet with Chez Ming the night he re-
ceived his money for all he he'd brought
in, fresh from somewhere"
ST am honored by your confidence"
said the younger man. "At one time
my father and 1 lived on Dory street.
"Then you know koresh."
81 can't say that do. I was very
young then"
"There are twelve thousand recorded
users of it in the United States, and
that is but a fraction of those who
enter secretly the bliss and the agony
of it,"
Con felt again the Importance of his
mission. But he occupied his hands In
attending to the smaller personal lug
gage of his friend.
"Fve been staying in that. VIII you
come in?'
He indicated hut, and the sight of
the low misshapen structure seemed
to bring back to him the taste and
smell of that tan-colored goats milk
which they had given him there, in
their mistaken idea of nourishment.
. Chez Ming and servants spread
their camp just beyond the group OF
kennels, and there was no further
communication between them and the
white men.