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(Copyright. ISM), by S. H Mniuro & Cot about the affair, for 1 could not even guess
I called upon Marston Mooro one evening at the meaning of his strange words and
It waB In September. lSS8-and quite to manner. I had known Mooro since my
my surprise found him lu deep dejection, freshman yenr at college, and our frlend
llo was a young physlclnn of three or four ship had never faltered sin o that time, now
years' practice, but without a caro In the twelve years, nor had I ever known him to
world that 1 had ever heard of; certainly ho got Into a serious scrape. Of tho two, I
had no occnilon to worry about ordinary was more prone to that scrt of thins1,
things, for his bank account was among tho It was barely 8 o'clock when 1 left Moore,
tnany thousands. Nevertheless ho was so that 1 had four huurs In whlcn to miko
despondent and when 1 endeavored to laugh my preparations for tho midnight rid-. Th.s
him out of tho condition he became only I did. first by writing several letters and
moro morose. His manner was so brusque enclosing them In a big envelope, which I
and his replies t-.o monoiylnblc that at last placed conspicuously on the mantel In my
1 took offetiso and roso to depart. It wan sleeping room, marked: "To be opened and
then that ho detained mo. directions followed In case I havo not re
"I'ardon me, old chap," ho Bald, with moro turned at 8 o'clock tomorrow evening."
cordiality than he had yet manifested. "Tho 'Then I dated It, so there might bo no mis
fact is I'm In trouble. Somebody has got to i take. After that I clothed myself In my
help mo out and 1 don't know which way .riding suit and boots, buckled my cartridge
to turn, it is almost too much to ask of hclt ami revolver around my body and I
nny friend
I dropped back into my chair reassured
nnd after a moment of silence asked as
gently as I could:
"How ranch Is it, Marston?" '
Ho looked up quickly und there was a ptu
Rlod expression on his fare, then he laughed,
but It was a mirthless laugh after all.
"It Isn't that," he said presently. "I wish
It were. Do you think that I would havo
hesitated to apply to you If It were a ques
tion of monoy. No; that Is tho least of my
worries. It Is something of far moro Im
portant than that. It Is hut I cannot put
you to such a sevcro tost of friendship, old
fellow."
"Come, come," I exclaimed, my curiosity
aroused and also resenting tho Idea that ho
waB ready.
It was then only 11 o'clock and I passed
tho Intervening time In writing more letters,
for Moore's seriousness had impressed me
strongly anil although I could not even con
Jocturo what might happen, I was thoroughly
Imbued with the Idea that the experiences
of tho night wero not to be child's play. In
that I was correct.
When tho clock struck VI I entered the
stable. Mooro was awaiting me. Impatiently
slashing his boots with bis riding whip.
"You aro llftecn minutes late. Ferguson."
"It Is exactly 12," I responded In aston
Ishmcnt, producing my watch In proof of
the r'atcment. "I am right on the minute."
"Aro you?" Ironically "I thought I said
a quarter of 12."
HVEUY
HUSK WHICH THE HUMAN MIND COULD CONCEIVE WAS FORCED TO
INMJCWTtfE TO DESERT MOORE.
hhould consider nny test of my friendship
for him too great for mo to stand, "It there
Is anything in tho world that I can do for
you, Miinston, you well know that I will be
only too glad to do It. Out with It now;
what la tho matter?"
"I cannot tell you nil of tho horrible
story," ho replied with marked hesitation.
"If you aro willing to go with mo you will
havo to wult until wr arrive beforo you
hear all thero Is to toll."
"Arrive whero?" I demnnded.
"That also Is out of my power to state,"
ho responded, "for I do not yet know my
self." Then ho sprang from his chair and
with rapid strides crossed und recrossed tho
loom several times, at last pausing directly
in front of mo, with feet wide apart ami
hands thrust deep Into his trousers pockets.
For a moment ho regardod me with a gazo
so intense that Involuntarily I turned my
ryes away. It was then that ho continued:
"Look here, Ferguson," ho said, "If you
really mean that you will stand by mo
through thin thing you will havo to go Into
It blindly. It is not that I lack confidence
In you that I do not toll you know that,
or should It Is because, now, I cannot be
moro explicit."
"All right; I'll go It blind, then," I Bald
trying to lough, and making a miserable
failure of It. "You would do It for mo If
tho positions wero revcrsod."
"I am not so suro of that, knowing what
I do," he half soliloquized, "It's a great
those aro
"No, you said 'exactly at 12;
your own words."
"Well, never mind: you are hero now,
anyway;' and he swung himself into tn
saddel, struck his horte a smart clip with
tho whip and dashed into the darkness.
I was after him on the Instant, but did
not overtake him until we wore at Flf
teenth street, whero ho held up and waited
for me.
"Wo turn here," he said briefly, and led
tho way along that thoroughfare toward
tho Ditto river valley. I endeavored to get
near enough to converse with him, but fo
some rcarou I could not succeed. Either his
horso was unusually fractious, or surreptiti
ously Mooro kept him excited with the spur.
All tho way to tho river bottom ho kept a
littlo nhead of me, and quite to ono side, so
that there was no opportunity for conver
sation. Down at tho very point whero Fif
teenth street crosses tho bottom ho halted
and for tho first tlmo seemed disposed to
talk.
"Wo turn south here, Ferguson," he said,
"and wo will hnvo to pick our way. It is
rather dark, but I think I can find tho
place."
"Then you know now whero you aro
going?" I asked.
"Yes. Thero Is nn old houso a milo or
t.o below here. I am going there. Aro your
pistols nil right?"
"Yes," I replied.
"Thero Is an old railroad grade somo-
us, 300 or 100 feet away dark, gloomy and
forbidding, loomed tho outlines of a hjitse
and for somo reason the aspect of the
whole thing sent an involuntary shudder
through me.
While 1 was intently regarding the hoiih
Moore dismounted and. having unbuckled
one side of the bridle rein and thus mndo a
halter of It, he tied his horse to a tree.
We will have to leave the bortes ucre.
Ferguson," he sold. "What we nave to uo
now must be dono on foot. Tie your animal
nd follow me."
t acted as hastily as I could, but Moore
was already several paces in udvancc, still
I hastened to overtake him.
"Don't you think you had better post me
little now, Marston?" t managed to whis
per; but tne only repiy i receivcu o
sharp "Hist!" and somewhat offended I went
on after that, silently and doggedly, resolved
that I would not ask another question, no
matter what happened.
As we drew nearer to tho houso I saw tnat
we were behind It. There was no sign of life
Islblc. Indeed, from appearances, I decided
that the place had been deserted a long time,
perhaps years. Moore, however, seemed to ;
know whero he was going and ho led mr b
a detour around tne nousc so tuai wo unany
approached It from the front.
Just before we stepped from the conceal
ment of the bushes to approach tho door I i
felt my frleld's hand upon my arm und
heard him whisper, very low: "Follow me
closely and do exactly us I say. A great
leal our safety may depend upon it." ,
Then he went ahead.
We stepped upon the rickety porrh as si
lently as we could, but despite our efforts
It creaked dismally benrnth our combined i
weight. Then, to my surprise, Moore with
tho butt of one of his pistols hammered '
loudly upon one of tho panels of the door. ;
After the sllenco that had preceded his act j
it seemed to my strained senses as If the
noise made by the knocking might have been ;
heard a mllo away. Notwithstanding that
fact, there was no Immcdlato response, and I
presently Mooro hammered again, this time
louder than before, and the summons had to
be repeated the third tlmo before thero was
anything like a response. Then from beyond
the door a masculine vo'co Inquired: "Who
Is there?"
"Marston Moore," replied my companion
In a loud tone.
"Alone?" was the second query.
"No; accompanied by a friend."
Thero followed a moment of silence, nnd
then the volco beyond the door said.
"Why didn't you come alone ns you were
told to do? Thero Isn't any room for
strangers here; you know that."
I thought I heard Mooro swear under his
breath, but I wns not suro; nnd then. In
a tone which thero wns no mistaking, he
Bhoutod:
"Open that door, Madglcy, or I'll kick It
In. nnd it won't bo n difficult thing to do,
either. Open It, nnd open It quick!"
There was another short Interval of si
lence, and then, rather to my surprise, tho
door swung slowly back on Its hinges,
leaving a spaco of Impenetrable blackness
In Its place. Thero was not n sign of n
human being to bo seen. The man who
had spoken to us from behind tho door
had disappeared or, rather, ho did not ap
pear nt nil.
Mooro Immediately passed through the
aperturo Into tho darkness, and disap
peared, but a second later I heard his
voice.
"Como on, Ferguson," he said, 'it's all
right."
I followed without hesitation, but I had
scarcely passed the threshold when strong
arms seized and pinioned mo from behind,
a blanket wns thrown over my head nnd be
fore I could do anything to resist tho nt
tack, 1 was dragged to tho floor and by
many hands held helpless whllo others
bound me. Notwithstanding tho strugglo
tn which I was engaged, I was conscious
that thero vnn another one near mo, and
I believed that Moore had been attacked
in tho snme manner. "Fools that wo wore,"
I thought, "to enter that dark corridor as
wo had dono without first taking precau
tions to avoid exactly tho thing that hail
happened."
I called aloud to Moore, but rccolvcd no
reply; except for tho deep breathing of
the men near me, tho sllenco wns absoluto.
As soon ns I was bound so that there
was no chance for me to escape, my cap
tors raised mo from tho floor and boro mo
nway. 1 know that they carried mo to
tho second lloor of the building, and
presently I was taken Into a large room
where thero was n lire, nnd lu tho dim
light I could sco that the men who had
assaulted mo were garbed In tho now well
known Uvcry of "whlto caps."
I realized that thero would be littlo or no
uso In asking questions and remained Ell
ent; nor not ono of my captors uttered
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ileal to ask of any man, especially one's boat ; where hero. It has been abandoned for
frlond. No. Ferguson. I do not think thnt I jenrs, but If I can locate It we can follow
Bhould accept your offor. I'll see the thing "'"IK tho top of It. It will bo enslor than
through alone, let tho consequences L-c what
they mny."
"I'll bo blowed If you will," I ejaculated,
gottlng upon my feet also and facing him
whero he stood. "If you aro going Into any
danger where I can bo of servlco or whero
I can help you through, I'm going to do It.
1 don't cam a rap what It Is. You needn't
tell mo another word, now or ever, if you
don't want to. but go with you I will, and
If you still refuso, so help mo, I'll trump up
somo chargo and havo you arrested so that
you cannot go yourself. Now, don't havo
any moro words about It, but tell mo at
once what I am to do."
"You'ro a trump, too. Ferguson!" ho ex
claimed, seizing nio by tho hand and shak
ing It hoartlly. and I noticed that his eyes
brightened perceptibly ns ho did so. "It
Is worth while having such n friend ns you
aro in an extremity like this one. and I
will take you at your word. All that I can
say now la this: I must leavo hero tonight
nt midnight, nnd I havo nn nppolntment to
keep beyond the city limits, but tho exact
location of tho placo whero I am to meol
the parties who expect mo has not yot been
tlxed upon. In fact, I will not know about
It until shortly beforo tho tlmo to start.
Wo will havo to go on horseback, and God
nlono knows when wo will return. If wo
over do. Aro you still determined to nc
company mo?"
"Moro than over."
"Very well. Moot me, then, nt Landls
stables exactly at 12 o'clock tonight. I will
hnvo two good horses In readiness. See
that you aro well armed, Ferguson. A pair
of "forty-fours' may como in handy before
we soo tho sun of another day If wo aro
fortuuato enough over to do ho "
I clasped his hnnd silently, and In sl
lonco left him. I was greatly perturbed
foiling our way through tho brush. Keep
your eyes peeled now and look out that
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Of nuine btirt name Hinsronn's onwtipjwr.
you are not brushed off your horso by
low hanging limb, and above all, Ferguson
don't talk. Let us move along as silently
as possible."
llo led tho wny and I followed, although
ns we dived deeper Into tho woods It soon
bocamo dlfllcult to sen him, but I knew tha
my horso would follow his unorrlngly. bo I
nbnndoned the effort to guide him. It
seemed to mo that wo traveled In that man
ner moro than an hour, though 1 now know
It was not so long by far. then we turned
down tho bank of tho old grade, crossed a
swampy strotch where the grass grew so
high that It caught In my spurs, and pres
eully began the nscent of a steep though
short hill and at tho top emerged from tho
woods, but found ourselves nt the margin
of a wilderness of bushes that wero not
quite as high as our heads as we sat upon
our horses, Coming from tho gloom of the
word. I looked around as well as I could
for somo sign of Moore, but ho was not
thero and If ho was I could not discover
him
They placed mo upon my back on the lloor
and tho next Instant a thick handkerchief
of blnck silk was bandaged nround my head,
effectually blindfolding me. A moment later
I heard them leavo tho room and I knew
that I was alone.
Nearly an hour passed before I again
heard a sound, and then It was the stealthy
trend of many feet passing near mo until
It seemed to my strained sonso of hearing
as If I was In tho center of a group that
had formed nround me. Then I was startled
by n deep volco near mo, which said:
'Mr. Albert Ferguron, you may thank
yourself alone for tho iucouvenienco to
which wo havo been compelled to put you
wo nan reasons tor desiring tno presenco
of your companion, but wo havo nothing to
do with your affairs. If you aro willing to
return as you camo nnd to pledgo yourself
to absoluto secrecy regarding all that has
happened tonight, thero Is no reason why
wo should detain you.
Whore is Moore?" I demanded. "Cor
talnly. I am willing to do all you nsk, but
you must remember that I came here with
Marston Moore. If I return as I camo I ro
turn with him.
"In this case you will have to return with
out him," wns tho stern reply,
"Then I II give you no pledgo of secrecy
and you know that I would not keep It If
I made one.
"This Is n serious matter, Mr. Ferguson
you had better think twico beforo you do
clde. Our business with Mooro Ih our own
afl't ir nnd his. He knew what he had to
expect before he camo hero and ho know,
also, Just what dangers threatened you If he
brought you with him. He acted tho part
of a coward In doing so nnd If you will
heed good ndvlco you will havo nothing moro
to do with him."
"What havo you done with him?" was all
the reply I made.
"Wo havo done with him Just exactly as
wo now propose to do with you, for I see
that you aro incorrigible. Pick him up,
boys. It Is a waste of breath to argue with
him."
If I should attempt to describe tho ex
periences through which I passed durlns
the ensuing hour nnd n half credulity would
no taxeu to me utmost, hut It is eertnln
every ruse which tho Ingenuity of tho hu
man mind could conceive was forced upon
mo to Induce mo In Homo way to desort
Mooro or to deny him. As the ceremony
progressed and before tho proi ceding.'
bad ocuplcd nbovo an hour, I had decided
that it was n ceremony of some kind it
dawned upon me, dimly at first, and then
with the forro of certainty, that I was un
dergoing B0Inp sort of Initiation, whnt it
was 1 could not determine. Tho real truth
did not once occur to me.
At last, with tho bandage still over my
eyes. I heard these words.
"My friend, '-and the voice startled me
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with unmixed plcasuro that I announco Jhe
completion of your trials nnd Buffering. Y ou
havo been tried In tho balanco and have not
been found wanting In the virtues wnic.i
wo require of alt candidates. Whoever en
ters hero must possess an tno qunnucn
which nre expressed by tho word 'Friend,
which Is tho most abused and traduced
wotd In our language. arougnoui an im.
tests that havo been applied to you, you
havo been steadfast, loyal and true. What
more can one friend nsk of another? Y'ou
wero willing, at tho request of Mr. Mooro,
to go blindly into unknown dangers, con
tent to nwait nn explanation until ho choso
to grant one, and you havo fouud hero
many who stand ready at nny momcni
to perform tho same service for you. And
now. nfter some further initiation and In
struction, you will hnvo hecomo a member
of tho most secret order In tno worm
nnd tho most magnificent. Hvon Its truo
nnmo Is never montloncd never uttered
aloud. Mr. Moore will remove tno uanunge
from your eyes nnd cut the cords Hint Dinu
you. After ho has craved your pardon for
tho Imposition no nns pracuceu upon you
you will be Instructed In tho mysteries
of this sacred order."
That Is all. I wish I might tell tne
rest, but I cannot.
(Tho Knu.)
A Cloie ('nil.
Mr. Henry Thlpps had an nttack of colic
that ho says would certainly have proves
fatal before a physician could havo reached
him. Ho was cured by cnamDcriain s ouc,
Cholera and Dlnrrhoen Hemeay beforo tho
doctor arrived. Mr Phlpps Is a well known
citizen of Ilcckty, W. Va.
Ol'T Ol
nn: oiiiunahv.
forest behind us tho starlit sky there was
no moon wade It bocw quito light. Before , for I Uncled that I rocognlrcd It "It is
John J. Tnnner of HrlBhton, Mlc.li.. has n
benril olght feet long. Hp Is only tlvo feet
six Inches high. Mr. Oulles of Ortonvllle,
In tho same mute, ban whiskers seven feet
long. They decline to enter the museums.
Kchoes of the times before the war
still occasionally make themselves heard
even in these comwiratlvoly remoto 'lays.
I.uclnda Taylor, who was once ono of the
slaves of Henry Clay, has been sent to the
city Inllrmnry of Cincinnati.
Boston has a lloatlng, hospital which
makes n dally trip down the hnrbor with a
number of sick women nnd children. Bonn
of the patients nre tnken by tho day only,
but the moro seriously aflllcted aro per
mltted to remain ou tho vessel constantly
until cured.
Hudynrd Kipling said nt the inquiry n
London that tho hospltnl conditions in
South Africa were "unspenkable nnd then
went on and talked for two hours nbmit
them. That Is like tho nominating orator
who says: "You all know this man' nnd
Immedlattdy proceeds to tell you four col
ntnnM nlio.it htm.
It Is tho law In Maine that the bounty for
liearH shall be paid when the animal H nose
Is shown. In New Hampshire the ears
must bo exhibited. Home enter:rlHtng
sportsmen living nenr the borders of tho
two states get u double bounty by collect
ing on the noses in ono state nnd on the
ears in the omer.
i.. a.....- f tUn T'nli'prRltv fif Hvdncv
Austrnllu. has made nn artlllelnl larynx
for a man who lost tin- uso of that portion
r.f ,iu n.ii.inmv ihrniuli disease and has
successfully Inserted the same In its proper
place. The new larynx can be ho regulated
un if. fniiKf loe viilfi' 'num. inu,,
imitn or Iuihh nt the will of tho owner.
Tho mnsslvo gold cup presented to the
city of Uublln by Queen Ictprla In com
memoration of her recent visit Is of gold
throughout, weighs W ounces nnd Htnnds
two feet thrno Inches In helalit. The
pedestal Is of black marble, Inlaid with
!,.!. i ri,.n ,inih nf thn run ltRolf Is eight
een 'inches nnd tho circumferences of tho
rim three feet.
A broker In New Y'ork called a brother
broker a liar, which was a violation of tin
rules, nut lie caroiuiiy prun-i-iru iimwoi,
as he HuppoHOU, ny me qimiiiicaiiuii ue
foro 10 and after n rclock"-tlmt Is t
iuiv nntHi.io of business hours. Tho gov
miitlv HtiHiiended both members,
A tor calling II a liar and II for provoking
the iirriiHUtlun.
Aeennllnc to the latest studies of Prof
n., Hnnriu nf Turin, children becln to
dream before their fo.irth yeur. but are
unnblo to recall dreainH beforo tho ago of
-. 'riia in-,, he concludes, is that at which
n child tlrst becomes Instinctively conscious
nf self. Aged people dream less frequently
and less vividly than the young. Women's
dreams are morn frequent, moro vivid and
better rememnereu inaii uioxo pi men.
That somewhat prevalent slung term
"lobster," is alleged to ho at least re
unxi'tMlilii In use. John Adams, in his area
meat In defense nf the llrltlsh soldiers on
trial for murder because of complicity in
the "Hoston massacre," mentions the word
"lobster" ns one of the epithets nppllfil by
the litlzens to tne soiiliers. rno use oi in
word "lobster'' hh npplled to a soldier ha
been shown bv ii Itostonlnn Interested i
the subject to havo bn found as Ur buck
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CIVILIZING OF JO W1SC FOSC
Becamo a "Melican" Man in Earnest and
Proved It by His Works.
GOOD STORY TOLD BY A FREMONT MAN
Only Chlnnmnn of the NcbrnsVn Ton-n
rirrnmrn a XnturnlUeil Amrrlciui
Votes for .Inmrs A. (inrllelil
mill "I.ciniblli'nn Ticket."
"Can a Chinaman ever bo civilized?"
asked the New York man In a gcfferal way
after tho littlo group In the llroadwny hotel
had discussed the situation in China on the
basis (A every rumor that could bo remem
bered. "Ho can." snld. the man from I rcmont,
Neb., confidently; "ho was."
The others waited in tho questioning sl
lenco thnt follows bo bold and unexplained
a declaration and finally tho Fremont man
went on:
"When ho camo to Fremont In 1877 ho
called himself Wing Fong nnd wore bluo
burlap clothes and n pigtail. Insldo of a
year ho had prefixed 'Jo' to his namo and
cut his hair and his clothes wero tho latest
remont stylo. I was county clerk in liso.
The town wns moro or less torn up over mo
presidential campaign and Jo got to going
It strong for 'dlaflcl' nnd well, I wouldn't
attempt to tell you how ho pronounced
Arthur,' with all its r'H. At nny rate, no
strolled Into my ofllco one day and said:
'Me want voteo Olaflel, saveo? Makeo
me Melican man nllco same. I goteo tlco
dolla; you makeo mo Melican man.'
" 'Oh,' I said, 'you want to bo natural
ized?'
'Alloc same, alllght,' ho said; 'bully fo
lou. Y'ou glmrao lecelpt can vote, I glvo you
tleo dolla.'
"Jo was the only Chinaman In town and
ovorybody humored htm. I got him a na
turalization application blank nnd ho Hlgned
It with his mark. Then I daubed somo seal
Ing wax on It and stamped it. 'Never mind
tho money, Jo,' I said, 'this Is a freo coun
try.'
'Much bilge, said Jo, 'you dlop In launly
somo time, I set 'cm up.'
"Me I.eiiiililleiiu Alice Time."
"After this Jo Wing Fong becamo the
chief object of Interest in Fremont. Of
course everybody heard that ho had been
'naturalized.' Tho democrats tried to con
vert him to Hancock, but he said 'me lepub
llcan nl loo time,' and he was. A German
friend of his named Schrager taught him
'Yankco Doodlo' and the 'Star Spangled
Danncr,' nnd ho used to sing them In a
voice like a Chinese fiddle at republican
ratification meetings to the gieat Joy of him
self nnd all tho rest,
"It was Homething to make you laugh or
cry, you don't exactly know which, to see
hlra on a front seat at one of theso meet
ings, his face as ktcn as that of a polntor
dog 'standing' a prairie chicken, waiting
for n chanco to applaud. At tho faintest
sign of a cheer or a hand clap Jo would
turn In nnd stamp his feet and beat his
hands together und yell 'hullah' till ho
was blnck In tho face. Of courso ho never
understood a word of tho speech, but no
body who watched him would doubt for a
mlnuto that he'd be glad to die for tho
spenkor. Nights when tho republicans had
torchlight processions Jo prnnced along In
tho front ranks nnd his face shnno nut ns
happy ns thnt of nn nngel when tho un
steady gleams of tho kerosene torches gavo
you n good sight of it.
"On election day Jo got up at 5 In tho
morning and went over to wako Schrager
up to go and voto. Schrager wouldn't got
up then and Jo sat on tho porch three
hours and waited for him. After they had
voted Jo locked up his laundry, went to tho
livery stable, hired a horse and buggy and
drovo about all day. Ho had on a pair of
bright yellow dogskin gloves and held his
reins up right under his chin. It was tho
only limn anybody in Fremont over saw
him drlo a horse. In the evening ho went
into the biggest itloon in town and pounded
on a table till everybody stopped business
und waited. 1
" 'Hullah Jo Wing Fong, Melican man.
voto lepubllcan ticket stlalght all a time!'
ho cried. 'My tlrat. IJv'lybody step up.'
"They nil cheered him nnd drnnk with
him and ho snng 'Lnnkeo Doodlo,' nnd It j
wns a great night for Fremont and China. (
Joins lu Fire llrpiirtmrnt.
"Somo days nfter this Jo took It Into his
head thnt to ntllt further carry out his
plan of becoming n 'Melican man' be ought
to Join tho firo department, so ho went
nround to tho engine house (hand engine),
nnd found tho man that polished tho brass
nnd took care of tho hook and ladder, and
nm.ln his annllcntlon. Tho mnn told nun
nil right nnd In a week or so Jo nstonlshed
tho natives by marching down sircci in me
red shirt nnd whlto cotton gloves which
constituted tho main portion of a Fremont
llrcman'H uniform.
"In those dnys tho town had one nre ocu
nn nnelent ringer that had been discarded
by a church because It was cracueu. u was
mounted nt tho top or a scauoiuuiB bhui..
llko tho pedestnl of Liberty In the harbor
hero'and the rope hung down almost to the
ground whero oven n child could roach it.
Tho plnn was, of course, that tho fellow
who discovered a lire should rush to tho bell
and glvo tho alarm.
"Ono nlcht about 10 o'clock tnat tieu ue-
gan ringing ob though It hnd Just heard of
tho Chicago lire Thero was no tolling to
it, but Just 'cllng-clnng-cllng-clang,' llko
tho bells on n city ambulance. Most of tho
town tumbled out of bed nnd enmo ruHhing
to the plnce. Thero they saw Jo Wing l'ong
pulling tho ropo frantically and yeiung iiko
a domnn.
'Where's tho fire, Jo?' came In a breath
less chorus.
" 'Aln' no flla,' said the Chinaman, drop
ping tho boll rope. 'Stlnngo man beateo mo
out two bit laundry bill; lun away llko devil.
I llngeo bell, calico pilce ullec samce Mol
lcau man.'
"Well, 10 o'clock was pretty late at night
to be rung out of bod In Fremont by a fool
Chinaman, but pomobody In tho crowd
laughed and that's how It ended, except that
the hosemnn did spray tho 'Melican man' n
littlo as ho trotted gravely down tho street
nnd cnllud out to him to Iron himself as soon
ns ho got tn his laundry.
II U CoiirtNlilp ttltli llrlilK'-t
"Tho next step in tho civilization was his
romance. His laundry was next door to tho
New York hotel, and among tho help thero
was llrldgct O'Doollhan, or words to that
effect, with pink cheeks, bluo eyes, towaley
hair and a blarney. Sho begun by using tho
blarney on Jo, and then she went further
and used hero eyes, and finally she pronilnod
to marry him. I don't Biipposo there was
ever a lover, natlvo or foreign-born, who
took himself moro seriously than Jo did nt
this decidedly American turn In his affairs.
When he sprinkled water on IiIh washing
through hU teeth ho looked nB solemn ns
ono of tho fountain llnna that sends a big
stream from Its Iron lips, nnd tho minute
anybody tried to Joko with him he'd look
pained nnd turn uway.
"Ho got somo remarkable Ideas ubout tho
duty which ho and Hrldget owed to Fremont
society. Ono day my wife heard a knock
whllo at work lntho kitchen, and when she
opened tho door thero stood Jo and his
fiancee. Jo explained what every gossip In
town knew (with no offense to my wife, you
understand), that ho and llrldgct wero to bo
married. Ho said ho thought that, being
cngnged to him, Bho ought to have a quiet
placo In somo nice, respcctnblo fumlly. For
this reason ho wns going to take her around
to his 'Melican lady din's' nnd sco what
could bo dono
" 'What's your opinion of tho matter?' my
wifo Inquired of llrldgct.
" 'I think the mon's right,' sho replied.
'Tho hotel's no placo for tno likes o" mo
wid every ono knowin' I'm about to marry
wld this young haythen,' and sho slyly
pinched his arm.
"So It was arranged thnt llrldgct should
como to work for us, and thero sho Mayed
till they were married by a Justlco of tho
poaee In our sitting room. Thero was no
kink In tho ceremony, except that when the
Justice said. 'Do you Jo Wing Fong'' Jo
Interrupted with 'Melican man' and pos
itively refused to 'take Urldgot for his wed-
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"Tho happy couplo went to live In tho rear
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tion ot Jo Wing Fong except tho finishing
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Tho Fremont man having a pretty tact at
tho effective In ending a story, paused hero.
After a moment's bllcmo enmobody asked:
"And what was the finishing touch'.'"
"Well, I moved away from Fremont
shortly after tho woddlug und didn't too Jo
Wing Fong again for two yenrs. Then ono
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" 'How ftrn you, Jo," 1 asked as I sot l led
In tho seat with him. "How's biiBlnoss and
how's Mrs. Jo?'
"Jo Ignored everything, but tho refnremn
to his wifo. 'illldrot nlllght,' ho said,
proudly 'Mo geiee devorce, pay llou'tecn
dolla' month alimony, ullec uawco Melican
man ' "
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