jmmmwmwBiymCTewMMgaWMBHMf | IN THE CHINA SEA I

A NARRATIVE OF ADVENTURE.

Br SKWASD W. HOPKIXB. r ComxxT Boa»s’a Sou.)

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issjs^»s5sa«8S8s^asse®^a®aa8 CHAPTEB XVI. " jputfovmj WCting «tk .»•- [costincrd.] I ^ boat ttm lowered from th« shipt. irk Ml down. Garn Saak I and 1 taw soma aailort. clamber Into it him with a glow of pride, it. They wore followed by «ome ofhandon the hiltof his aword, Brers. Another boat followed the officer had stood motionless ' first. A third followed tho second.

aring

looked ut With his I

the stern officer had stood motionless | first and silent while bis fellow-Jumar bad j They v dealt the tyrant his telling blows. | the uni

When the orator finished, the warrii

bat one word:

••Good:”

lows, j the i

of Tal mooch had The buspenso at

>r of Gi •

followed

filled with men 1 of the Cnttcd Slat

tSU-«M tiffSTC m fOi'tUr between this and the nearest town on

tbs island.”

“By beaten, this i* strange!” mattered Langston. He started toward me, bat the hand of the officer re-

strained him.

“Be carefal,” said the salt to my friend. “Let me do the talking now.” Then to me: “lam Captain Harwood of the United States Naty. My

yonder is the Bester. I

fder orders, to derm

. •hip

here,

ind an American ids of the Got-

The story

was a murderous

-o American

Galneor said ira' rcry

upder orders, to <1 prisoner from the ham ernor, Hen-Ko-Hi.

that this Hen-Ko-Hi wi

tyrant, and has held two American prisoners for months. One of them escaped and reached the American sonsul at Hong Kong. Inrostigation ihowed that Hen-Ko-Hi was carrying things with a higher hand tnau was permitted by his royal master, tho Emperor. He was supposed to be merely the Gorernor of a penal colony, whereas he made the criminals sent

s friends and aoldiers

Hen-Ko-Hi stood cowering beneath the awfnl tones of tho Thunderer as the story of his evil deeds was told. Mr. Avery, while Ojo-Bark bad been speaking of his wife, sat'white and still, the tears of anguish rolling down his shrunken cheeks. For a moment after the Jumar bad teased the sileuce of the room was oppresI turned to Mr. Avery, and he

arose.

He lifted

ponso among my aoldiers ( under his care his friends and soldiers great They stood awk- | , n a lived riotously and wickedly. iand, u A entirely satiefied j Sow, who are you, and where ia the

not ! •*! King o f Tclmooch. Hen* | Ko-Hi was Governor until yesterday.

Tnlmoocu. Those who knew me best ( people over whom he had ruled iru.ieu me. Gaiu-Saak stood by my j J0 j on g without mercy arose in their serteru eyes watching the pro-' ■ and crushed him st a hl.u* T

tng boat*. Bado- I know of no American prisoner, bat I

gwttwtml g«rt». jQlt WALTER 8. BEAMING,

DENTIST.

Offlos Honrs:—

0 to 11 a. m. 8 to 8 p. m.

Cars Mat, N. J.

i^aera

unong ; of c

affairs,

them did

al-lo. his,!

gress of tne approaching boats. Bsdo- | know of no American prisoner, bat I Bor stood further away, he* too, in- j have plenty of Chinese in the dun-

Biters as they j geons."

Bor stood furtl

tently watching our vu drew gradually nearer cloth, the token of < floated lazily in the e

ora os • they | geons The white “K

inder, I

floated lazily in tho warm breeze. The us something?''

bright sky, dotted here and there j “He might, if you had not carried with a snowy cloud, spread a glorious j away his head with your first shot.”

lopy over the scene. It

r. In* the gladness of z

ew it was the most blessed peace. I turned toward tho palace. The

nary prayed. | pale face of Miss Arnold could just be “O, Thou God, who art wiser than j seen, peering from the little window we. look down upon us in this hour of ' in the south tower. I waved my hand and gnide us. Thine oye ; reassuringly, and her handkerchief

ep them there. But where is o-Hi? He might be able to tell

^The* i

d bis one gc sward hcav

;ood arm and raised

| canopy over the scene,

scene ‘ war. In-the gladness of my 1 knew it was the most blessed

turned toward the palace.

Miss Arnold could ji

e portrayei

In a calm, unimpaassoned voice the | 11 missionary prayed. | pale

away his 1

“Alas!

ston!—must

Langs

first shot.”

Ralston—poor Ealie dead!” muttered

i its ton.

Ralston, did yon say? Is it Ralston you are in search of?” I asked in !

excitement.

“Ah! You know him?” shonted [ Langston. “And you! And you! ■ Your voice is familiar, yet you are

b of this island. The onl)

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sst seen tho crime* that have been ! fluttered iu reply. >mmitted by this man, over whom we ; The boats sped through the water, ; DB tive of this island. The only man sit in judgment. Shall it be Thy will | yet it seemed as though they would ; j knew whose voice resembled yours that we show to him that mercy shown | never land. : was drowned in the China Sea months

a mac | ago.”

on the | j looked him full in the face. He ding of j was laboring under so great a strain

e law j cast

meet his ficez

punishment? Guide us. Thou God of j not as yet 1 Peace and War. Place in our hands j to be tellii

at the law of

by which this man must

Guide us, Thi

'ar. Place in our ha

that instrument of good or ill that will enable Thine own wishes to be fulfilled.'

O God " “Your majestj Bado-Ror had

r majesty!”

ido-Ror had come

and stood before me, evidently ing under great excitement.

“Speak!" I said.

“While the lookout was

speck on the eastern h< looked like a ship, a large wi has pome upon us from tho 1 flics a flag that we have never before. There are hundreds of swarming in the rigging and on decks. What are your orders?”

“Sound the call to 1

into the room evidently labor-

ibont the pall

would stretch out, and ronld point to the sonth tower.

the boots

carer, I si ■thes sitti: the comm

iso fi

itinguiahed, seamed j withhold my e officer something i “Arthur," I sail

His long arm | msV’

fin)

ding of was laboring under so great 1

This man, whose features could that I saw it would only increase it to

be distinguished, seemed ! withhold my identity.

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gestures, 1 bearing, seemed strangely familar. The boats grated upon the sand. The gunners in the parapet looked toward me for instructions; Garn-Saak and Bado-Ror stood

mystery rules this part He almost reeled._!

hands to h’ '

a leaf. Hi

host. '

'Yes, Arthur, old man—Crickmore,

nost reeled. He clasped hii his head. He trembled lik<

a leaf. He started at me as if I weri

a ghost. To him I was one^

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Just then I h

in the battlements

— ‘1 the unwelcome visitor.

S“2= S-'nSKvS; s

that the men are | Had I made an attempt to speak. ) j , mcition as they ' 5f T * ,,nT ’ n ' 1 !

reception to Then the boot heard, and through the smashed the His beadles

heard some of the gum

under theii

im of a distant cannon w

rashii

came ora of the paloc of Hen-*" ic fell proa

hast Thou answered me, murmured Mr. Avery,

lorrid si

“Tin

God!"

turned away from the horr “Mr. Avery," I said

“find Miss

Had I made an attempt to speak, doubt if I could have uttered a sound. I forgot for a moment that I was King of Talmoocb. I was hot the chief ol Jumars nor of the Kaloks. I was onci more the Crickmore of San Francisco, j The thin man iu civilian garb was

Arthur Langston. CHAPTER XVH.

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‘Then, oh heavens, he is dead,

' ‘ n the tower!”

■cry.” I Arnold 1

e of safety. ^

It will be

y to li

I My emotion can bo > O 1 agined than described 1x0 I nized in tho thin, v

friend Langston.

when I reeogn man my old

K*t H**

r of t kepi

dungi (

tower of the palace. It was there w« , were kept. If you have not found hin j

he has starved to death siz

Hen-Ko-Hi has ninri

since yor ! zgnrderec '

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friend Langston. | him in his wrath at my escape. Oh j UHClST NOW MS.C.BP'GIIlSIlt lurriedly, j x wanted to rush to him and clasp search, Cricklnore, search!” " p

nd get to bj m j n arms. I wonted to shout | “I will, indeed, o nave no | BS( i scream my joy in his very ears. | calm. You are not 3 easy task for an , g nt Bome thing in his appearance held ; “No, I am not 1 . I cannot imagine j lno back. He looked like a sick man j tures and impriaonment 'I

*11 hi

enemy to laud. But I cannot imagine j me bdct He looked i ike a Biok mnn who is making the attack. No ships , _ did Langston—and some occult inwere at Qniental when we took the | fl Qence warned me not to declare my

Im. You ore not yourself." Open all the Year. “No, I am not myself. The tor- j throughout. European, plan, res and imprisonment 'I have hai _ T • r< A W

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were at Qniental when we took ti citadel, and none have been here sin< Bow, then, did the news of the down- ! reach the ears of tho emperor?" T know not,” be said, bewildered

‘ e room, jorridor

tures

have zhattored my nerves,

fluonce warned me not to declare my i sight of yon has almost unmanned me | _ identity to him with too great a sud- | I hare not yet told yon even that I woi I denness. He had evidently suffered : glad you did not drown. ”

“I know not,” be said, bewildered. J j b ad 01

I left him tottering from tl

1 the

is. He had evidently suffer He was not the robust athlete id once known, in whose massive

- * 1 arms the power of o horse lay hidden,

rushed through tne corridor j He haggard. His eyes had a toward the southern tower. Miss Ar- j 8hifty W%J that was not natural to aold met me. I them. His mind was evidently not at “What is this?” she cried. “I bear | rest . I knew that he beUeved me cannon. They tell me there is more ; dead the bottom of the China Bea.

war—that we are attacked from the j Should I declan so*. Is ^t true?” ^ j manner, thi

“It is true, but there is I nave not scon tho told there is but one defeat her. Come

danger,

enemy, bat am ship. We can J “‘- “— —juth

ottom of the China Sea. are myself in an awkward die shook might be too much

I knew tbs

Another boom from that

ing shook with thcratUing of the guns | Lang,ton. They were followed in Die defenses of Quiental. . . | by other officers and several sailors

i,*llft

glad you did not drt He said this with “No need of that

devoured by curiosity

’ 'he fii

wan smile.

But come. I an

ty to know hos yon came here, in the first place. Hen we have been living on e twanty-mili island and did not guess it. But oui talk must come later. We must lock

for Ralston now.”

Captain Harwood had been an cage) listener to oar conversation. When turned to call Garn-Saok he oaii

quietly:

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•T would suggest, Mr. Crickmore,

ling of Talmoooh, that, in order to

ivoid mistakes in future, yon

flag.'

I followed his look, and of China was flying gayly

rder to change

lo, the flo( from th<

My general !

had withdrawn to a respectful distance | when he saw that Langston and ] !

were friends.

‘•Sire, I am here,” he replied, atop- !

ping forward.

“Do yon know of any dungeon un i

1 north tower.”

none. Then j

for: him. I knew that it would be difficult for him to recognize me with my brown akin, yet I hoped that the

> sontn BOUnd 0 f my voice, if we came to speak

... to each other, would give him an ink-

distant ii D g 0 f the truth.

burned | ij be commanding officer stonoad

: from tho boat to the land.

I cami

-1 ] \jj ^

There was a small window in the , knd marine, all fuUy armed end ready south tower that overlooked the bat- I for emergency. They were nol Memento. I rushed -Jiss Arnold to y et ne|ir eno ugh for me to hoar theii this window. Mr. Avery reached my 1 ToiceI| bnt x could tell from the exmde. Fopcned the window. - ; presaions on the faces of Langston and

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-ilKl .’ ki * g - rk” «»“' J 1 ** 1 *“ a “A friend of nuo.—ol our.— b,oipom.oot..,t^moo. I molt -top [. j ^d, in „ 0 „d«i by to, onotn. ”*“8 !«“*■ "

| waiting to receive them. As they ap-

S' 0 lpto«b«b I noticed tb.t tb. eo».

mandcr was a handsome fellow, and bore himself with a dignity becoming the representative of my own great

country.

“You surrender to the United States?” said he, stopping before me and studying me and my officers with a wondering look. “And right glad am I to do it," I replied. “You might have oome in and token ns without a shot, end would have been made welcome.” Langaton peered at me curiously. His face was very pole. He was very

nervous.

“You are the commander of the forces of Hen-Ko-Hi?” demanded the

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dived down Uio step* » tho park to the battler

“Stop!” I yelled at the top roicc. “Cease firing! Those

own people! Raise a white flag! 6 that I had a flag of our country with ss! By henveua. I’ll go with one wrapped around ray body the rest of my lUe. Cease tiring, I tell yon!

Boise a white flag!”

Garn-Saok and Bado-Ror me almost in stupor. They

was going to surrender.

my my

gazed at thought I

“These ore ray countrymen,” I said lain. “They hava not board of the

again. iucy sar* u-j. i revolution, and came to Ko-Hi. We are safe is tc

The firing oessed—on the ship ss well as on the land. I stood on the

“No, I am nothing of tha kind. Che forces of Hon-Ko-Hi—most of

i—is con

him, and Hers and

ud OsoBark.”

“Sire, I am ready.”

“See that the flag now floating ove> the northtower is taken down.” On onr way toward the south towel we met Mr. Avery and Miss Arnold coming toward' us. I motioned for them to go back and wait for ns. “Whole that?” asked Langston.

I quickly informed him.

“Bnt about Ralston,”

Where did You

rsshetl “Oh, I

“Where did you leave him, and how

was he then?”

. I haven’t seen him in four or five months. I don’t know just how long it is since we landed, but I hsv«

from that *

not set eyes on him from that day k

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