Evening star., 1924-08-31

quest for treasure. It's probably an
opium den"
Thyme shuddered. and Terry ecstat-
tically exclaimed: "Oh. DO let's start
at once,"
Enter then the young doctor, os-
tensibly to fetch his newspaper
Finding not only the pseudo twins
but also Jane and Dudley, all crouch
ing eagerly over a faded half sheet
of paper. with an old red lacquer
Chinese cabinet filling up the back
ground. he behaved in the offhand
way of a small child, who, aware
that there is a secret, and dying TO
be told the secret, pretends with all
his might that no secret exists. But
Terry, the irrepreSSible, speedily bah
bled forth the whole story to him
and the real Leigh Stanton twins
liking the look of him, made no at
tempt to stop her.
II wouldn't take any sister of mine
down the docks to visit an unknown
Chinaman. who may possibly dislike
your inquiries" was Or. Ropers very
decided advice to Dudley. But I'll
take a hand in the game with pleas
ure If you'll let me. Two males are
better than one. in Limehouse.'
Til be glad to have you with me
sir. if you can-I mean-your work
"'Can 1 leave my practice for a
week?'" DR.. Roper quoted from his
immortal conferee. DIR. Watson Ger
tainly. 1 can, my dear Holmes have
an obliging neighbor. and only one
case of convalescent chickenpox'
Got the address? We may as well be
off" he added, nonch:!lantly.
"A little generalShip from Jane
would be useful" quoth Jane. briskly
MY brothers a dear, but they saved
on the gray matter when they put
him together, didn't they. Dudley, old
thing?"
Dudley retained his lazy good
humor go ahead" was his reply.
We all travel up to town together
Thyme and Terry and / don't want
to be quite left out of this. I'll take
em home with me. to our wee
Bloomsbury fiat. Well wait for you
there. Bring back the jewels in a
taxi: but if you can't. kidnap WI
Fung, to deal with him at our leisure
Always more powerful on your own
hearth rug. We three frail and help
less maidens can swot up our pldgIn
English to pass the time till you ar
rive. MlSlleSS 1tiiS uo NciiS "Cii
savvy nit my plans aslee?
Me aglee," replied Terry.
I'VE oughtn't to have let them CO.
cried Thyme, her nerves taut from
long waiting at James fat
But at this moment the taxi was
seen to drive up.
They're both there-and the
Chinaman! But no treasure, unless
it's in their pockets.
Dudley explained breathlessly, IN
the hall: 1.-The beggar was sullen' and
wouldn't tell US word, so we
brought him along. No use losing
sight of him now"
Then it is Wu Fung"
The Chinaman looked up at the
sound of his name spoken by Jane
and suddenly beam ed all over his
face. Me muchy pleased" he eX-
claimed.
Jane replied, not. to be outdone
"The pleasure is velly also mine
Then IN a hasty aside to her brother
Look here, Dudley, is he man
DARN of the Order of the Colder
Pom Pom, or just an ordinary Chink'
Because of asking him into the
kitchen. I'm sure he's dying for q
cup of tea or whiff of opium"
cor some puppy-soup. or blanc
mango a la bird's-nest," suggested
Terry, who had overheard.
Oh. the kitchenll do him al
right"
But in the kitchen occurred i'm
mediate crisis. Sarah declared, pale
with passion, that sooner than stay
another minute breathing the same
air as "a heather Chinaman," she
would leave on the spot. Jane, who
in her own way was equally quick
tempered and autocratic. snapped
back that Sarah might consider her
self free to depart that very moment
and go and learn curtesy to for.
eignerS elsewhere.
Foreigners is bad enough" sait
Sarah, but when it comes to the
man-eating Chinamen-And you'll
my sisters at Walthamstow, where
you know the address as well as
do, because stay and pack it I won't
with him poisoning the air"
And that was the last of Sarah.
x i: x X
UIU FUNG sat, still cherubicallJ
w smiling, at the kitchen table
while Thyme and Terry and Jane
assisted by Dudley and the doctor
scuttled about and prepared his tea
They seemed to consider, in foolish
sort of fashion, that tea would un-
loosen his inscrutable Orienta
tongue Wu Fung obligingly drank
it, and to his credit went on smiling
And now," said Jane, the spokes
man, tell us where the treasure is
mean, you tellee where Chinamar
hide treasure"
Wu Fung's smile began to fade
mo tleasure," he said; me pool
man."
Jane produced the paper which
they had found in the lacquer cabi-
net. Have you even seen this be.
fore?"
WI Fung shook his head. "Me nc
lead English