Show i r a the supreme sacrifice p 3 13 by CLAIRE SMITH r raji inai western newspaper A befit till fill young girl sat at ni it gazing out 11 agn dill iii redolent willi lilac iliac bloom ilef hoi bawls eie clasped clasp rd irr hr eyes flau the full sailing on oil in dihe lile ile her souls sotis 0 going irilli Io illi to tier ier iwer dt at the other end of the vot id she was agnes norton and the lie per son sin upon her heart cente rei was s wade latham lathair Lath aiu author und ami art is iff once lie he had been a law reporter and quite incidentally lind had acquired in formation ron nation upon which rested tile the vital issues of the great norton will case me norton family rosc roc or fell on the tl lanill decision sion upon abat noted litiza lion it was natural on account of oc tills t that ho t ases agnes and wade should sli meet it just as natural that they should ione io e the norton cae ca e would not come up for a year wade voile tin biad in an offer froni from a publication to invade central china arid and bring back something new from floru pen and pencil to give to the lie voiad success 1 ii I this effort meant further a recognition by the academy of design it anns ns a groat grent comi commission nisson for a young man s a nd wade ambitiously dundei alma its execution A year hait had nearly gone by agnes had not heard from froin tier her lover for nearly three months the will case came up in thirty days she hini him among great temples far extending mountain chains amid splendid pageants of richly garbed mand mandarins arlins only the glare and glitter of a vast empire filled her mind at that very hour the man she boned was at the alie crisis of ills life a lone one figure amid a lonely lonely scene IT ie e crouched behind the fl egure ure of an all idol idol in a chinese burial grou ground rid ville thousands of miles from civilization a friendless hunted fugitive he be was lurking in this forlorn retreat clinging with a natural love of life to a vc alre re thread lh rel of hope bope lie ile drew further into the shadow of its ils refuge as lie made out two forms ai approaching then at a glance lie made out friends and spoke to them bot both h the new comers were ans one poorly dressed advanced humbly to wade and even kosed ills his feet reverently gratefully see lie said arising and waving his companion forward as though lie wore were some supreme person it is the high one of our family famely kwang lo 10 wade welcomed the little lithe erect young man introduced there was a quiet dignity that hint attracted 1 I am the sacrifice crince sa lie he said simply tle the sacrifice repeated wade in wonderment it Is so was the quiet reply it Is you who nho a month since found the mandarin at the home of my kinsman lie he was about to be be headed tor for an infringement of tile the law it was that or ill tha payment of 1100 wade well remembered the circumstances sheer I 1 ity for the un unfortunate or t u family had indeed induced him to tn pat pait t with nearly all his bis surplus stock of money since then continued kwang lo 10 the evil mandarins thinking you had money have imprisoned you in the hopes of winning the bribe ransom you could not pay last night my kinsman here enabled you to escape from jall jail they will seek you everywhere they have sent for me the high one of the f fl imily mily to get you beyond peril and because for some great reason that Is not our affair you must be in your nativo native land speedily lut but I 1 have no means to pursue my journey from bero to canton suggested wade they shall be provided quietly assured kwang lo 10 true to ills his promise kang lo 10 reappeared shortly with a two wheeled pushcart holding a close wicker box top lop across this was a broad sheet af it bamboo bearing some chinese let lct lers in bright erml lion in an instant wade knew what nhat this the royal sign manual was henys ways written with a vermilion pencil within that wicker covert wade hathaw was comeyer coin eyed to bearo when it was as opened ile he found himself in tile the rear room of a chinese pawns pawnshop hof kwang lo 10 had disrobed dis robed to the waist encircling ancl blim was i us a gill band of gold I 1 licad hany 1 and unbroken bearing native characters there was some talk between him and the hie keeper of the shot eliop then money passed and kwang lo 10 came forward and placed in wades hand a sum squat nual to two hundred Atner american ican dollars 1 I have agreed to remain hero here tile the slave of the shop keeper until I 1 am ain redeemed said kwang lo 10 tile TL filially family circlet sacred for generations general ions surely my family will not allow it to pass to others at my lily death t but that Is naught nau bt to you I 1 am ain the sacrifice I 1 glory in thus doing tor for the man mail ho saved my loy kin binan 1 that sublime Oce was vas first in ili the thoughts of wade latham when he landed on american sull soil As quickly as lie could reach ills friends friend more than the amount necessary to redeem kwang lo 10 and his family talib talisman mun was us transmitted to betro to wake make of him a free mail inan in i meto let act as a witness in tile the great lawsuit mid to see it won fur for general norton honored tind id fail I 1 lous Ws ills contributions to science and literature latham lathain gained it a still richer prize after till all ills perilous advell adventures twe the hadd baud of loyal happy iiii agues norton |