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Show Lft -m mt TT o 4 1ST 15T T 1 7 I This Story, Which Is Excellent in Its Characterization of the Far BH Be Magic Learning of the West H Manila to Qs-rcllow Qs-rcllow soa and era abounded P" smoldering X the Mongols, he useful ves-somo ves-somo of the prent hits and Wctt's amber am-ber command-vent command-vent cunningly 0 harbors and rivers like so their same. v men. knew ct quickly "e litems, lnclud-ilpman. lnclud-ilpman. and. a rouns surgeon by namo, who Sns and logs, iployment was :css the lan- necessarily a Some of them degree, who of compliment 1 names, which aven and the t was one of ang-ting-fang, the suspicions utenant Hyde. H. M. torpedo small even for ber Two wore pies, although Sam's, gridiron ie linlon jack, sod at sua. the th opprobrious ,3 aboard each Ere was a sol-bclwcen sol-bclwcen them :hey hoped, at t an Inierna-er Inierna-er to shou dcr. ihcap drinking ,-hlcli lisfcjrtopr-ocl ,n and British. vas to find out munition were ors were well une from re-Brltlsh re-Brltlsh frankly o Germans ln-Uly ln-Uly mid It on tuguese rctnl -:h as the cul-ro cul-ro It was the lt on:. ... . Halkett and prevent each hole glory of ,IUIU u.wine of the car-small car-small Portuguese steam - ide six mysterious voy-t voy-t native port of Klang-r Klang-r r'ver. Hvdc, who hart ma "out about the coast aid satisfied himself that bit vessel was the trans-s trans-s Quantities of fixed am-B am-B unknown point up the -iL he felt that Wang-bKrcd Wang-bKrcd In tho most beau-rK.tliat beau-rK.tliat province and was kSekl as a chief magistrate I: person uuav. n as woll as for Us de had boarded the wlce, but had found had a perfectly reg-ihowlng reg-ihowlng that she was ortlng cotton goods ,3 on the Yellow river, ough search of the to discover a single small arms. Lang-Ho. -cr was a narrow but fewer windings and tsual in tho rivers of a. bar at the entrance :h was easily passed lydc. believed that the jcse vessel wore made i port was not under lav or two, that she ir'at high water and id did not come down more safe and prac-KCt prac-KCt over tho bar and cntly discharging cot-ing cot-ing on lea and flre-tlicse flre-tlicse things In his cd to catcli the Por-he Por-he could, and relied irdlaw's knowledge of : things, a September evening steamed Into the little )re the town of IClang-rre IClang-rre torpedo boat Num-ft, Num-ft, and it was not ' the active patrol that iinother vessel of war soon. Therefore the which Halkett sus-fally sus-fally lying at anchor, en shipping In the lit- tlo harbor, although native craft and i links and sampans were numerous. The Vulture chose a berth close to the Portuguese vessel, upon which a close watch was kept. Scptombor Is a typhoon month, and llalkctt's glass Indicated bad weather, although the moon shone brightly bright-ly In tho sky and tho stars were stealing steal-ing out Into the blue dome of heaven. Halkett was on tho bridgo with P.oss. his executive officer, watching tho upris ing of great banks of dun-colored clouds 5 on the horizon that marched like a de- t stroylng army steadily toward the zenith i and engulfed tho trembllmr moon and r shuddering stars in the blackness of t night. The land and the water changed i quickly as If tho furies of another world t had suddenly descended upon them to lash and harry them- The wind rose and roared from all quarters at once and i gusts of rain drenched and whipped the faces of the watchers. The Vulture had to stand off shore. Tho i Portuguese vessel, whose engines had i only half the power of the Vulture's and of which the steam gauge was low, was driven hither and hither, her lights bob- ' blng about In tho gloom of the night and ' sometimes getting uncomfortably closo to the Vulture. Presently tu-3.se lights I wero seen no more, and when tho night sky cleared and tho morning, blushing at Its own glory and beauty, appeared the ' Portuguese vessel was r.owhoro In sight. ' Tho Prince of Darkness had saved her 1 once more. -Visits of ceremony aro often paid in China at sunrise, and just ns the river and squallUl walled own and tho suburban subur-ban town of gardens and tea houses and orchards and villa.-, were bathed in the sunrise glow ITalkctt. In full uniform and side arms, with little Ford as his aid. and Warrtlaw. the surgeon, who looked as military as any of them, went ashore to pay a state visit to Wang-tlng-fang, chief magistrate and mandarin. The grounds and gardens of the mandarin's man-darin's house extended to the water s edge, and Halkett landed at ;t pier with a summer house on it that might have come off of a piece of Canton ehlua. He was met there by AVu-Shen, the oldest son and secretary o: Wang-ting-fang. Wii. a high caste young Chinese, splendidly splen-didly dressed and speaking perfect kng-lish. kng-lish. made many obel?nncos and compliments compli-ments and said that bis unworthy and imhappv fa-.icr. Wai:g-tlng-fang. would himself" come to greet the honorable and high-born Lieutenant Commander Hr.i-kctt. Hr.i-kctt. but the spirit of evil had grievously affl'ctcd "Wang-tlng-fang in the arms and and he moved with dlftlculiy. Wang-Ting-rang. j Ifplkctt answered that his companion. , Wardlaw. was skilled In medicine and might be able to help Wang-llng-fan0. This w.-is Joyfully received by Wu. Amcr- , lean physicians being In great repute In Arrived In the beautiful reception room of the house, the master of it and all ..ie ba,:iv of the place made a statclj cn-tnipue. cn-tnipue. Ho was tarrlel up a stair four bearers, splendidly dressed, be himself him-self wearing a robe of purple silk cm-broldorod cm-broldorod In gold. His face ndicatod a high degree of Chinese Intelligence, but rheumatism attor n man Is sixty Is no xnciry Jest and will moke a dent uyeii in a Chincsc-and "F"nB -fang looked pale and somewhat ill. His elmlr bo ff , placed on the floor, ho explained, through Wu who acted as inter prutc. that owing ow-ing to his rheumatism he was unaolo to rise to greet tho noble rcprewnlaiive of heaven's favorite country, tho United States of America. . It did not. however, suit Halkett. with all the retinue of a great Chinese magistrate magis-trate assembled around him. to stand while Wang-tlng-fang sat and ho . advanced, ad-vanced, therefore, and made a profound bow. seized Wang-tlng-fnng's hand and gave It such a grip that It brought the ;ld man to his foot nimbly ouougn. Then after the exchange of compliments compli-ments Halkett. following the CMnoao "is om of plunging Into the middle of things and speaking In a very loud voice, demanded toPknow where tltp ammiir ,U on was stored which had been landed by the Portuguese steamer. ., It was a chance shot, but it 1 t ti e bull's-eye. WiS-"S-f"1n?;1i1 ,rS he certain-no ammunition haa uccn landed at Kl?nK-o- w-n.L'-Unc-ffins ?r mimh Indeed, did waug-iinb ST-S-'iSfp'."- - colloquy, wl.lol. -MB rarrM oito nouu . !i.co0r5CmWnnd b,b.lhod two W P. Ijnd a card up ffi slepvo also, nnd P',)ftrc' to turn It Into ., . ..nfl ,na0 A'&iKnS fiEJTSKf S 'ta131,u.S-"Vo- IWIU.10IO, how- over, as "Wardlaw without winking an eyelash, knew perfectly well what was being said. Wardlaw then began to make a medical examination of Wang-tlng-fang. carried on In the presence of his sons, relatives and retainers. The surgeon's sur-geon's face grew solemn us he nsked professional pro-fessional questions and then looked startled star-tled at Vv'ang-tlng-faug's answers. Pew men can stand with calmness the unfavorable unfa-vorable opinion of a physician, and a iicklv pallor began to overspread Wang-ing-fang's intelligent face. The gloom :onimunicatcd Itself to his sons and serv-ints, serv-ints, and when Wardlaw promised to ro-.urn ro-.urn within an hour, bringing a medicine .vhlch was tho sole specific for Wang-.Ing-fans's ailment, he was Implored to :omc back as quickly as possible. Once on the Vulture In her little cabin .villi Halkett. Wardlaw chuckled. "There Is nothing the matter with the ld fellow," he said, "a touch of rheumatism rheu-matism and a stitch In his side. He II rot over It with some rheumatism medl--Iiio and a suit of red llanncl underwear. But before 1 give him either I think I :an got tho truth out of him about the immunilion.''- . Half an hour later he went ashore, taking tak-ing with him a tiny bottle of medicine ind a suit of red llanncl underwear ivhlch was classified by the paymaster as seamen's slops. When he returned to the ship ho sought his commander In the The Red riannel Cure "1 gave tho old fellow enough medicine to last him until tomorrow and made him put on the red llannols. This is a cold, damp place, and the old man sits around tho fish ponds and duck lakes too much and wears cotton clothes. 1 told him l would return in two days, and If in that lime he was better there was a good chance for his life, provided the red llanncl and medicine could be kept up. "What did you put in tho bottle? asked Halkett. "Oh. a good mixture of colchicum and some other things that my grandfather, who was a country doctor, used to give. There's nothing better today. But 1 felt dirt cheap when I saw Wu and halt a. dozen other sons sitting around the old man with tears In their eyes. 1 tell you. we can learn something about fathers and mothers from the benighted heathen. "That's true," answered Halkett. but they can give us cards and spades in murder anil arson and butchering babies. ba-bies. We have got to find that ammiin -tlcm. I think, Wardlaw.." continue Halkett, Hal-kett, after a pause, "that meanwhile we had better stroll down the river a Utile wav, so as t6 frighten the old gentleman Into thinking lhat perhaps we are not jomlng back." So next morning tho Vulture, without holding anv further communication with iho shore, walked down the river toward Lhe Yellow Soa a hundred miles or so. Two days after this Iho Vulture relumed re-lumed to Kiang-Ho and the mandarin s boat, a sort of glorified sampan, with a lacquered figurehead and a glided stern, put off to her. In it were the six sons of Wang-tlng-fang. with Wu at their Head. Wu Slu-n besought Wardlaw to come once moro to their father. He had beon relieved of all pain as long as the medicine lasted and ho wore the suit of red llanncl. but the medicine wus out. and although red flannel suits of underwear were easy to find they could not bo like the bewitched, If not bewitching, suit which Wardlaw had supplied to the mandarin man-darin Wardlaw wont off In the boat. This tlmo he remained four hours, then came back Jubilant. "I got it. all out of him. ' he said to Halkett on making his report. "There's rain coming, and bis Joints began to tune up and the. medicine was out. I gave him an ultimatum tho hiding placo of the ammunition or no more or my grandfather's grand-father's medicine. At that Wu burst Into tears and begged tho old man In Chinese to tell. So did the other 6ons. Of course the cat was out of the bag then. . , ., "The old man Is a uon-progre?slve'. the sons are wavering in lhe balance. They argued nnd shouted and cried. Wit told him that there was life or death not only In the bottle, but In the suit of red llanncl. He also said he had heard that the foreign devils could now telegraph without wires or poles, and could cut a man up and put him together again without with-out pain to the patient. Well. I sat through It all without winking and when tea wvis brought and Mulshed I roso with my ten-cent bottle of colchicum In my hand, and said I wanted to know then and there tho amount of the ammunition, so as to demand enough bullock carts to transport it. That laid them out Hat. It never scorned lo occur to them that I knew Chinese.' At that. Halkett rose and clasped Ward- You oluTbc in tho lln,. he said "You are thrown away on the statr. I hadn't thought of the bullock carts yet fivlillc 1 '"So ihon the old mnu admitted, through Wu'. thai If we go twelve miles up the KInns-Ho river, on tho Tight bank, clone to the water's edge, a small lookout tower about twenty English foot high stands, willoil up In that tower will bo m nd an ron ox "containing specific dire di-re Ions as to where the ammunition may if- found. I think they appreciate tho anger of sending us on a wild goose chafe. With old Wang It Is a nuesllon whether to stand by the Boxers or with tho foreign devils. But Wu. being a mine ma of learning and tho biggest coward I over saw In, my H o. Inclines to us The old man's rheumatism came In l'olf,shaUtgno0wltl. us?" cried Ilackelt. '"Oh'ycs." answered Wardlaw. "I supposed sup-posed of course you would take mo along. When do wo start I "coinor'ov mnrnlnr" Halkett. there and some hours to locale the ammunition. am-munition. And when it is uncovered we can toll whether It will take fifty or a hundred bullock carts to transport It. OAT to the Tower. Next morning a party of forty sailors headed by Halkett, with a couple of lieutenants, lieu-tenants, Bcrbngo and Wood, and llltlo "Ford, tho midshipman, nnd Wardlaw, the surgeon, wont swinging through the town over, coolly handod it to Wardlaw, who i read It off without difficulty, translating translat-ing as he wont, tho following; "On the 17th of September." Wurdlaw looked up from the paper in snrprlso and glanced at Halkett. That dav was the 17th of September. Wardlaw continued: "At 11 o'clock ' Another shock of surprise went around among the Amorican officers. It was then a quarter to eleven. WAEDEAW LOOKEd"tJP FROM THE PAPER IN SURPRISE AND GLA2TCED AT HAXKETT. across tho bridgo to tho right-hand side of the stream. Behind them four bullock carts, with crowbars and picks, trundled. At the bridge a considerable addition to their forces unexpectedly awaited them. Wang-tlng-fang, in a gorgeous palanquin, with eight bearers, and Wu-Shen, Wu-Shen, In a splendid 'rickshaw and a great retinue, were drawn up In lhe roadway. The old man's faco was wreathed In smiles as he rubbed his knees and elbows. He asked, through Wu. the privilege of accompanying the party, and Insisted on having Wardlaw In tho palanquin with Wu also to translate. It was a tight fit for three, but Wardlaw, obeying a look from Halkett. accepted the- offer and wedged himself In the palanquin. Then the procession started forth. Sailors arc not much good for marching, march-ing, but the Vulture's men came in signt of the tower within three hours of leaving leav-ing their ship. The tpwer was pyramidal pyra-midal in shape, being about twenty feet at tho baso and nnrrowlng lo four feet at the top. and was built of blocks of un-glazed un-glazed brick. .. Halkett at once began an Investigation of the tower Inside and out. taking csuc-fully csuc-fully those exquisite scientific measure-ments measure-ments by which a navigator can pilot his ship by day or night without sun, moon or stars visible. When the palaquln, with WanS-t,n?-fank. Wu-Shcn and Wardlaw closoly packed In it. followed by Its retinue, tamo within sight Halkett and his officois alreadv knew more about the actual construction con-struction and situation ot the tower than did Wang-tlng-fang. who had, as a matter mat-ter of fact, privately designed and paid By'lS o'clock the al freso dinners of all had been served and tho sailors went to work. Halkett had no mind to trust native workmen In finding a box so small that It might be concealed in the sleee of a workman and passed from hand to hand until It landed at the bottom of tho river Tho sailors, with ropes cunnlngli knotted, swarmed all over the tower and with picks and crowbars began the obvious ob-vious way of finding the hidden box bj taking oft the tiers of bricks at the ape. xricKou. It was nightfull before the last few tiers of bricks were reached, and the men were tired with tholr marching and their oik. As the day declined, the air grew chl 1. and Wardlaw advised Wang-tlng-fang to gS to the nearest village and seek quarters quar-ters for the night. The old innn. however, how-ever, seemed unwilling to tear himself away from tho spot, and only by his bon s entreaties and Wardlaw's threat of aching ach-ing Joints the next day could ho bo induced in-duced to leave. When supper was served to the officers and men and all prepared to sleon rolled In their blankets around a roaring fiio Halkett was wakeful and watched he stars coming out In the blue black sky. His mind was occupied in schemes or vengeance on Wang-tlng-fang n case no had really sent thorn on a fool s cnand Both Halkett and Wardlaw'. sleep ng fitfully, waked often during tho nlt. Again, as on lhe night of their arrival at Klang-Ho. great cold banks rose and marched once moro toward the zenith like meeting armlCB. Tho moon and stars were obscured and the dawn came, wan and pale, with a soft, dellculo white rainfall rain-fall like a muslin veil. . It Is hard to catch tho Chinese napping, and when day was yet new tho head of Wang-tlng-fung's retinue, with his palanquin palan-quin In the middle and Wu-Shon s 'rickshaw 'rick-shaw behind It, came trundling into the CaTlie old man wore the same mysterious smile and made tho same cheerful prediction pre-diction that the box would ho found. Hal-kotfs Hal-kotfs reply to tills was a dark Inuendo that if the box was not found Klang-Ho would become very unhealthy for some persons In the neighborhood Early In tho gray, wet morning the sailors went to work with their usual steady and well directed energy at the remaining tiers of brick, and soon the spot was level where tho day before the lower had stood. Tho box had not boon found but the foundations six feet bo ov the surface might possibly hide It. 1 his theory was strongly advanced by Wang-ting-fang, and Halkett saw the necessity of getting every brick out of the structure struct-ure In order to determine whether ho had been trilled with, and U Is a very dangerous dan-gerous thing to trill o with the commander com-mander of a war ehlp. The sailors worked steadily digging am pounding., tho officers watching everything every-thing that was brought up and occasionally occasion-ally taking a hand with n crowbar themselves. them-selves. At last, when nearly tho whole foundation had been excavated. Halkett who was watching Intently, caught : glimpse of a small black object. H sprawled down on his breast at lh dge of the opening nnd drew up a smal Iron box. about five inches square. A shout went up from Wnrdluw. aw the sailors, who cheer loudly In a forclgi country upon very slight provocation throw down their picks nnd cheered as 1 every man had found a Kohlnoor. Halkett borrowed a knife from a sailor worked out the four screws that held tin lop of the box. took from l a. large square, thin sheet of paper with Chinos writing on It. He had wallcod up clom lo the palanquin, and W'ang-tliig-fanf was watching him with half-closed, dancing danc-ing eves, So was Wu-Shen grlnnlnf broadly. Tho officers and sailors gath-i gath-i n d around and Wu-Shcn's hand w.n tended for tho papor, HalkeltHiow- "If tho sun bo shining tho shadow of tho northwest corner of lhe tower will fall upon the spot which is the poinl of departure. Proceeding due north twenty English yards and turning at a right anglo due west and going one English mile another point of departure will be reached. Then, going four English furlongs fur-longs due north again a point will bo readied where digging may begin. There will be found four million rounds of fixed ammunition in tin boxes." The surprise of the Americans was nolhlnp to the amazement of Wang-tlng-fang, Wu-Shen and their followers when Wardlaw began to read tho Chinese writing, scarcely stumbllnir at a word. But as Wardlaw finished Wing-tlng-fang crossed his arms upon his breast and lowered his head. Whether he was praying or trying to hide a grin of triumph, tri-umph, Halkett could not tell. It -was tho day and the hour, but tho sun did not shlno and would not shine, and there was no longer a tower to cast a shadow had the sun blazed In glory. Nevertheless Never-theless the foreign devils did not look dlsconcorted. They merely took out notebooks note-books and glanced at memoranda, while Halkett began giving orders with regard to certain measuring instruments which had been carefully tended, like two-day-old babies, during tho whole of tho expedition. ex-pedition. Then the officers nnd sailors went to work plotting and measuring as If the tower was still thorc and tho sun brightly bright-ly shining. Wang-tlng-fang's face changed to one of surprise and chagrin and Wu-Shen's mouth dropped opon like a gate with a broken hinge. Halkett, after a few rapid directions, turned smiling smil-ing to the old Chinese, Wu translating Into his father's car. "So you thought that by causing us to take the tower down you could make us destroy tho Information we sought? Well, it makes no difference to us of the west whether the sun 'shines on tho point or not. We arc not children. We can count moro than ten on our lingers. We shall find tho ammunition and I want let mc sec" Halkett Interrupted himself him-self to do some rapid figuring In his .notebook. .note-book. "It will require sixty bullock carts to transport four 'million rounds of ammunition- I demand sixty bullock curts. and they are to ho on the spot -where the ammunition am-munition Is stored by daybreak tomorrow morning." , . Wang-tlng-fang looked at Halkett with a strange expression of admiration, fear and amazement. Here, Indeed, was the magic learning of the foreign devils. Wang-tlng-fang began some incoherent explanation. Ho had not meant to deceive, de-ceive, he did not know that It would be necessary to take down the tower, etc. Halkett, for the benefit of Wu and lhe Chinese retinue, began to bawl at Wang-tlng-fang. , , . , , "Go homo and send me sixty bullock carts sixty bullock carts, do you hear? Drawn by bullocks, not by weaning calves. And evfcry bullock cart must have two helpers as well as a driver, and the helpers help-ers and drivers will walk the distance, so the bullocks will be fresh and ablo to trot with tho ammunition boxes down to Klang-Ho. Listen to me, and beware of the vengeanco of my sword If my orders are not strictly obeyed!" Wang-tlng-fang accepted Hhls meekly. Wu-Shcn had begun to cry and wipe his eye with the sleeve of his embroidered r"Ve will send the bullock carts," he whimpered, "wc will send a hundred bullock bul-lock carts if your honorable self wishes It, only" turning to Wardlaw do not call back the evil spirits into my lather s bones. Only give him the healing stun In the botllo and do ns your honorable self would wish lo do with me. Only spare my honorable and venerable ia- Thls was one of the moments when. as Wardlaw said, ho felt dirt cheap In tht presence of the heathen. Here was Vvu-Shcn. Vvu-Shcn. a polished coward, a learned poltroon, pol-troon, fearful of everything, but readj with his Intense parental love and undying un-dying respect for his ancestors to suffei the worst that might befall him. Hnlketi and Wardlaw exchanged significant am shamefaced glances, and Wardlaw sale '""WnetfHIs Honorable Excellency Lieutenant Lieu-tenant Commander Halkett finds the ammunition, am-munition, then will I give you the bottle bot-tle of medicine and a so a wrlllng. s that you can send to Chefoo to the English Eng-lish apothecary- and get the same medicine medi-cine yoursolf." . , , "But will It cost a great sum of mon-oy?" mon-oy?" cried the old man, as Wu translatei thWardlaw named a sum which wa: equivalent to 40 cents. Then Wu-Shcn HK mm dried his eyes and kneeled and kissed EffH tho bottom of Wardlaw's trousers. H mW Wu-Shen's tears and wiping of bis H'H eyes and prostrations on the ground BlIH inelted llalkctt's heart, as It did Ward- RRtH l"Go," he said. "Wo will do nothing tt that a friend will not do, provided tho PjB H ammunition bo found." lifl Then Berhage and Wood and little jm mm Ford, who had been measuring, brought M jH their heads together at a poinl about ten mm m yards away and Herbage turned to Hal- UB Hfl Rett and cried out: RS "We have localod the point of depart- OEhHI UrHafkctt. not noticing whether it was E M sunrise or rainstorm, bade the men take 1 their picks and himself seizing one began mm digging' furiously. All the officers seolng fjfl Mm this followed his example. Kvcry man vfj IB wanted to be tho first to strike the tin HO boxes. They dug steadily for half an EH imm hour, then a sailor smiling silently hand- HJ )Mm ed his pick to Halkett. B IflV "There they are. sir." ho said. An- KJ ' MCI other stroke and It will hit the top. DR SBM Halkett made that stroke and it rat- irj asm tied upon tin. Then all fell to work like laB1 mad. and in a few minutes a big tin boj. 3 M was lifted out and there wero tiers ana JB Bgt tiers of other tin boxes all around it. m HI II requires hard work to dig and lift HH ammunition boxes, and Halkelt conclud- WE Sm ed that a couple of hundred coolies would TH f do the job in an hour. Wardlaw. there- W H fore, with two sailors, wont oft In the m mm fields where the coolies were laboring and m Mgfl shouted out that a wage equivalent to ten m M cents would be paid for two hundred men Jfj Hg who would be ready the next morning to f lift out the ammunition boxes and load m imt them upon tho bullock carts. Bj& jH This brought four hurldrod In an almost Ufl WM Inconceivably short tlmo and from them m FM1 Halkett selected, two hundred of the able- gi II bodied. Not a man looked surprlbed. BK 19 every ono of thorn knew what was bulled W 19 on that piece of ground, but they ' expcc.- m B J ed a different crop to spring from such W 11 a seedling. . RniKtt That night Halkett and Wardlaw slept ffi WR the night through without once waking. HjUlffl The next morning by sunrise the tin M ffi boxes were, out and lying on the ; fci lM 11 and tho coolies squatted around waiting Kiffil for the arrival of the bullock carts. A fj m runner had been sent out and brought Oft E back the Information that the bullocks M)M were trotllng on their way. A little ir- m H ter sunrlso the long string of cartb .1.- K&t kH rived and tho loading began. Halhe WM W distributed the equivalent . of twenty ffilfl American dollars In small Chinese coins U mm to the laborers and the procession started HJ H ; on Its return to ICIang-Ho. W HUI It was barely 12 o'clock when the long IM Wl ' line of bullock carts drew up on the M MM : shore and lhe ammunition boxes y.ere MM transferred to a string of Jun? ffil i which the Vulture's launch towed along- IHffl : side tho ship. , , , . sflKHl As the sun was sinking and a greit. IHS ' vivid moon was hung In the heavens th jHBM Vulture lifted her anchor, her engines MMm began pulsating and she turneo i her mm m . nose toward the open sea. By way of WMm a parting salutation sho swept with her TON , unearthly glaring searchlight the river jg&gl the harbor, the town of Klang-Ho. and ESy&j ' the beautiful house and gardens of BHil : Win,et'.;inrtateSapartment of that house. Efg . lighted with two candles, sat In his great Ifflffi carved chair inlaid with gold and ivory WM i Wantr-ting-fang. and the old man wept JHkl I and moaned, while Wu-Shcn tried to Bffl 1 CFrfom Chcefoo the commander of tho WSm . United States dispatch boat Vulture i wired to the commander of his majesty's ! . torpedo boat Number Two as follows: mWM "Found four million rounds of fixed am- HB . munition at Klang-Ho. Will discharge BMK Andthe commander of his majesty's hS9 - torpedo boat Number Two telegraphed H 1 back to the commander of the united HH States dispatch boat Vulture: Hl 5 "You bo damned." HH |