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Hied no doubt to fljl the lamp Jnalile. I took my position to one side of the

troken evclets or hooks reolai

Usl iced.

nent gentlemen would regard

intry.

Existence had, as I have stated be*

,ond effort to kill men merepleasnnt

Ixistenc •. al'raj

told Joshua to be rrty courageoua, for m

CHAPTER r.

( OOSTtSUKD. f- _ .

v'^or I replied, noting the time. where I could •'Ton hsT better keep it. It is now 1‘Jeo** niouth between the

two o'clock. If Che Pong doe. not l rlc « le “ Th« “ r w “ ,a “^' i aoquaintahoa . arrire before urgbt I shall bo r.ry im- K- bn * \ 'i'* 1 “ ot I the bcsnUful English girl, whom I We went into the temple and ate j \ ^°‘ * ad 8t,fi,a 8 perfume and j ^ ^ arj eome rice fromAhe golden bowl. i ' lted - I come now my motive to'fcot; and “Do be careful, .Mr. Crickmore," I Che minutes seemed like hours. My | aoid, it was the lives of Cha Foi Miss Arnold said. “You must got j litiou was cramped, and it was with Gambok Snell as against the give Cha Fang any advantage. He ts i Acuity that I 1‘emainod quiet And ijfjM Arnold and mvaclf. no ordinary-Chinaman.' ; liised Cha Fonir for tutinc »o lonoJ The argument of. my two

“Do not fear. T shall be-prudent," I “oming—when it might have been' waxed hotter and louder. Cha Fong I replied. “Xow I think I will go on ! ®e to the purpose to curse him for j pointed to the despoiled ricg-l^owl l>e-

deck and reeoncoiter." j cling at all. - ; fore the idol in support of his accusa- gsve.Joshua carifful direction, a. to how | leek?" she said, smiling. I at, notwithstanding my belief to j tious. Gambok Buell shouted bis 3" d •rll" I

ould you call she top | thmntiary. time passed. ! angry denials and shook hia fl.t in the were to march'a£££d the city onre a dly I strike) muld hear footetepr ' - .. i. . . ... .. i

t®*5,r«s:j2ius3 r tp‘prepare victual., for in three Ua>» they ‘ 'gtT.iqn

e river tiro .pica were I ht l-vk word that the I th terror. Ubc ark of

-a. to para over tirat, and when ) who bore the ark stepped.into j he river dividsd utid the people |

“ Lntold had

had be- i thc'Lord wa« and, m I ££-*

“On deck

“Well, what wouh ~"otA£ir thing? How

-y dentals and si of his Mantcboc

, ’ i the water the river divided utid the iK-.ipli ong and ..^j over on dry ground. Twelve men Uvea of had been eboern. who took twylve stone.

r?:;;

—J been rboern. who took twelve stone. 1 from the river bottom and tarried them to Uilgal, where they were set up as a

does ’roof strike | mold hear footsteps approaching I ( ace bf his Mantcboo master,

this the tenth ok | » !l o garden, the heavy tread of mili- ^ \s cha Fong, with a gesture o

‘ar boots and the softer step of s ; turned from Mr. Snell and was ^eud person. I could hrar loud , to leave Hie temple for the 'fb rpio in angry argument. Th# lan- which, ho bad left Miss An

, focal

let-stand; but it > u j m

W‘-

ono of the itskaklv Uke

January

“X'o-thiVis the eleventh.’’

_ “Then I tycatall day of the tenth | in angry argument. Tbs lanin stupor, as a resist of ineTtStrii^»tith ) - was a queer mixture. Now ana Cha-Fong's tobacco. No wonder T; could catoh a .word br'a seu-

was hungry when I got into this worhrM^ n <that I could undi again. WelP, Ralston and Langston ! was ostly Chinese, are surely on shore by this'time.” I U a queer iensatiop at the si We went through the garden and | iugljamiliar sound of. out iulo' the pit. We climbed up to ! voice It sonoded unmis'

the top, mid I carefully scanned the j the yce of a person whom 1 bad cans, horiton to see if Cha Fong’s .yacht to reumber, and whom I would be was coming. It wasTiot in sight, nor ! glad meet under circumstance* was any other vessel. I led her to a favora* to Jnysclf. My blood grew

spot that was somewhat i view—to prevent any pryi coming suddenly upon us, am down on the rock. *

“This is refreshing:'’ exclaimed Miss Arnold, drawing the invigorating air into her- lungs. “I did not know

bad left

iped myself still m6: ling hidingplace

breast,

lire': AT°SilB.l] r Sesr C Xric"o. <,f The Cr | , llni j IVC .Joshua careful direction, a. to how |

Mima told th; i were to march ar for Six day*, and

o blow

living his

iv«. uugu. ,i ha. been about since the Israelite* entered Ca•erali.'ed at Cilgal

j for aix daya, and oMhe^enth dJy\bey f rage, were to march around seven time.. Then room in it tbc lyjrd had commanded them and the

krnold, I wail, fell down JUt.

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land reverberatio iround the rocky Cha Fong fell j

hini feebron. Caleb

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cam* in, the temple. I ben a little lowe

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‘porta of cannon, be waanot!i ,, ’* Dt - ^Plare: Shechem. Joshua was now H. turn.A.ud : ttf S .‘.'..‘K.

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“* U J‘ U K “S uu ‘ 00 00,010 | yacht and made off with it, Mia* j ’X oola * it it was. not vet time for me < » 1 a t 14 >i. „„ _* i thej. 1

to act. sired V

a ready com:

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“I don :

to ■< with

ideal place for a residence, but one fall lilitlj* costume and evidently in «.* •ould need a fast yacht to establish j • towringrsge. The o\her was Mr. mi ready communication with the main ' Gamhk 8n*ll.' I — j; •

l»k 8n* •' I ion

Sn.

lat ji

it it^w There

^ would do nothing tld I see ; W aa on the run, and if

lying agonies before | JM ht and made off

, not y«‘ ‘ Jm « f° r ! Arnold and I would be no better off

; *? There was so much that I do-, before.

1 \ th °?f kt Pl rh ®P® h l I have altfaya enterUiued a hearty

} ~ nld en » a * b contempt for an assusin. To ahoot a

! * rom • tb r heaUd oonveraaUon to tell | ^ Uie back waa, in mr estimaof m friends, Balston and Langs- I t j oni m 00 wardly thing to do. Bat it

Snell or Crickmore, aiH I had no

alive. •’

“Probably not. But you will leave it alive. DoVt worry any more about that.' How far do you think we are

from Hong Kong?” *

. ‘T cannot even imagine. I was con- ;

fined in a stateroom in the yacht j ton. , WM when we came here, and could not | I gatlred from the bits of their | choice.

I <”"'0 •!■*' i Before tbe^lre.tl^'a,

her safety. Her.face saddened. seesed thcfecret of f*- *- :jj ‘-* k “ tn

“My poor father!" she said. “He by which qtrance

»o JnnLt with grief and be ~

psbus (

— ThTTiSfucr of Israel.

pu " ; ^

the Lord

ling’figui

ih pain and

’is no~ doubt frantic wofry over my disap

!3I , ^ii3&-A£LrS7 served Bslsam. Because of.this 1 delivered them into the hands of ssls^.iS.^T'iTrS^

J PlireV Prota'bly ^TeV

fl'-es

1 nations greatly Lord raisinl up

but when corrupted

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-.•OTidtesr^u, r, | izstiz sss ™ bi . lh :,

in a few hours, — ’ • ' * - . tq.him,” I rephea. , 1 rolling/

j serious h* Fon

beginning to take a more than ordinary 1 Mr7oaDuboTanell

, „ ff®d »“ * tantio

:own under my protec- abu^ltoe mifl of

winsome. I j error!j3e ~ "

interest

mirsculoi

tion.

[his wi

at(r in the

foie was great

open tl

evidently a itimatiou ol ttly excited

We sat there some time, talking, i Aside from the fact that her life and j* • mine depended upon my efforts, T •ginning to take a more t-hanordii

terest in the-girl who had been so | engaged in a (antic endeavor to . ulonsly thrown under my protec- abas*,the miff of Ch» Fong of hia She- was very winsome. I error. He seeled to be telling him wondered if our acquaintance would : that he had-nofcad time since the aroontinue.after Mis* Arnold' had re- j rival of thp Citjof Rio de Janeiro It -?rf,/f > ° ng ^ e _ friend8 I Hon 8 k ^?8 to %il the island and re-

However

way apparently ideavbr to dic-

ing Kong to tsit the ia n to Hong ling agaii

this fact Uy ha:

pointing 1

Tb*t it

her! t

«T,

I followed

finger.

“You are right. That ia a-sail, and if I am not greatly mistaken H is Cha Fong’s' yacht It will be some time • before be can reach here, as there ia

rind stirring. But it will

" » remain here, it-wonld pul him

it was a dfficult task tot] the yell^v throat of his

' very little wind stirring. But it will not do dor us to remain here. He

might see us, and if

his guard.”

We cai

pit and <1 hewn step:

the garden.

“Have yon noticed the beauties.si

thia place?" I asked her.

“No, I did. not pay much attention to it when we went out,” the replied. “It ia indeed a beautiful place. How

the fountains are!”

le time paisaed, I noticed my

becoming nervona, al-

though ahe was evidently laboring hard to remain calm. After a time.I went out to see where the yacht-waa. It wax slowly coming toward the rock. I did not allow myself, but csutioualy peered, from behind the ledge. I I judged that in half an hour she would

he in the inlet.

I returned 60 Mias Arnold. There were trace* bf tears on her fad®. It waa a tryinfc ordeal for me. What must it hav/been to thu gentle girt? I strove tG encourage her, and soon had the .(pleasure of seeing her smile

- Aatbe

‘•"t think i^isti I said, after 'a til

ieamove,”

I said, after 'a time. . "You Uke-thia piatol-you Enow what to do.” ’'Can’t I help you if I remain with youV ah# a«k»J. . . "No. I prefer to have you out of

way until it ia ovar.” . Yery wall—I will go.”

T put her down in the trap^Bd closed tt. I told her to be perfectly calm and • fepr the result I did not Uel >f it myself, but no harm could

oouraging her. Ie«^

-

there. I took up the bite and puf«

But the vehe of Mr. Snell m

rould unquestionably be inquisitive •Bough to spoil things. Hence, Mr. Inell, wounded, but olive and submissive to my will, ; —* “—' s -

valuable adjunct to o

I rushed to the.bedroom, kicked aside the rug that covered ihe trap mg, for he switched and pulled it up.

[• Bnell’a' infidelity^ “You can eome out now,” I-called

earni

zuadjat least a lit

presaion on Cha

the question of, _ ___ from the intnuivAreaence of himselTf to Mias Arnold. ‘ ” T in the Imbiaarine balace to the atill “la it all right now?" ahe asked, “''’'wigingthe secret of emerging from behind a pile of silks.

•eater crime of dii io place to a third

In i

iwfal charge Mr. ’ in his protea-

led to be

grei

the _

In reply to thii

Snell grew perfecllj

Utiona of innocenct ^ |_ invoking the wrath d the idol, inaidi of which I knelt, upU himself if he wa« not telting the trfh. I chuckled inaudibly to myself Wnd patted my rifle fondly. - The wLth of the idol would come sure enojth if they only

waited with patience/"

I heard the name of i&mprica" and “girl;'*’, and from the fclineaa of Cha' Fong, JI concluded that^ie waa accusing Mr. Snell pf playinj him false ih •till another respect. T also heard the Ketoto mentioned. \ Patting this and that together, I judgjd the aocnsation azaiost Mr. Snell tl be the seizingrTorhis own ends, of Ihe girl who had been sought and deducted by Oia Pong’s agents for <ha Fong’s own purpose. I had nodonbt that Annie Balaton had been taken, froni her borne to be the victim ofr Cha Fong, and that Oambok Snill had appropriated her himself, jmd now waa •trying to hoodwink the Chinaman into believing something els*. So-far as the fortnnes of the girP were concerned, I could not-aee that it mad* any difference whether ahe waa the wile of one or the ather of

these scoundrels. .

While the tw their wordy war.

While the two were engaged is

*r, I waa calmly and da-

my gentleue*$ « praotfoe of my profession. Even the moat aimple operation in minor surgery called up the utmost sympathy within ma for th# aoffarar. But thera was so roots

"•“i

|

fli* eyes up at me. He recognized • Ephraim ahould be dretroved, me, and with a howl of terror he ■ _ IN- Topic: The triumph of Gideon.

P 2fC i SSI?-, b..; I fost Offics Addrass, fore to shoot Mr. Snell, it was equally liverer. Gideon railed the lira elite* lo'- | to my advantage no»* *« Birr, cetl.er and. assembled an armv of 32.000 ! I-.V W™

aliye. I seriously qi w«w :r v \y,-x w

■atilt, if L >rith attempt to board

lests of

leans

was

to keep him

stioned thi

two pries I had no

> me a

and

>ned the re-

iliss Arnold, should the yacht, and the Su Foo fail to appear, is of giving orders to the

sailors, and as they were no doubt faithful adherents of Cha Fong, they

tionably be inquisitive

Cor. BROADWAY and MYRTLE AYR.,

Ton c Hiss A ■b it

emerging from b< “Are we safe?”

"So fa^re are safe,” I replied. ’T have killed Cha-Fong and wounded Oambok Snell. I-woat to prevent hia dying, if I can, Until we get away from "Gambok Snell:" she exclaimed. ‘IVFitj, that is the name of the man who threw yon overboard." ‘Tea, and thia is the man." I re-

pliecL

“He is not a Chinaman, ia he?" she asked, shuddering. “No. I don’t know what he is. at I know what he will be if I don't

He'll be a dead

But

hurry up. He'll be a dead maa.' I hurried back to the wounded Snell, leaving Miss Arnold to

Arnold to follow joined me, and I the coolness and

ik hold and to the un-

1 earing

will. She soon .

was delighted at the cool courage with which she took helped -me in my attentions 1

conscious man.

She had *it,. she had tao.t, «»e had a mind. v , “By Jorel'? I exclaimed, approringly, after ws had suooeeded in getting ifr. Snell's eyes open ip oonscionsnesa again. “You would make a capital nurse er physician, or—-er—

cr—-a nhvsician'a wife. ■*

Sha^mfled slightly "and blushed. I succeeded. getting Mr. Snell laid out on two or three cage, and plied him with restoratives. X waa not ao very particular about the gentleman's comfort, but I wat « to get him where he would not £

to death. ’

With Mias Arnold's aaaistanae I « stanched the blood from hi( wound tl

and bandaged iL

Jisr

liverer. Gideon railed the Israelite* logetWer and sa^mMed an army of 32.000 men; reqnc*t» the “fearfnl and afraid” to return home, and the army was thus rv- 1 dured to 10.000. The Lc-rd then tr*ted ] them at the brook and only 300 men were ! retained, and with this *inall forcdfCidcon * put'to flight the Midianitiah army. j X. Topic; Ruth's choice. 1’Iare*: Moab, | Bethlehem. There waa . a famine >n the land of Israel and Naomi vrith her husband and two son* went to tbe Und nf ] Moab to live. Tbe *ona married Moabiti>h - woracn. bat after a few yearwjMth aor.«

just thpB^*-iJridowa e,r Nio b tJf thra’d^d^toietl.^ j ^pe. Bethlehem. Orpah remained in Moab, but I >00, kicked -f h V^ God b " moU * er - in !‘ ,r “ d ' b0 « j

pS. ss, ; . ! Eli in the tabrrnactcwarriceiXiod spake tn Samuel; Samuel at first auppdaed Eli had • called him, but afterward understood that i it,was tbe Lord; tbe IxyTtold Samuel | what He intended to do/againat Hi. be- 1 reuse hi* sons bad ‘'madclhcmseli 1 ''

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