H ; a I .sjn jr.'tImrjprv&i.iTj&s&rf2i fía -i. vera-:.: ...tóto;' ;. . ' .-i FRANCIS PERHT ELLIOTT If mí MWW jf Br eoess-mjwiu. cowrr - CHAPTER I. A Prawnt from China. It tu tn Drat thing I saw that alfM a I swung Into- my chambers. J"aot la, tor the moment. It waa th only thin- I aaw. Somehow, lta aplaah o( yellow i there under tha shaded lamp temed to catch mj a; and hold It I aorawad my' flan tight and ex amined tha thing with Interest Noth ing remarkable; Juat a tiny, oblong gockata, bearing curloua foreign 1 markings, lta wrapper . plainly . a draaaed to ma, but'. "By Jora I From China I" I Jacu- iaUd. ' , Somebody In far-off China sending ma a present, with duties and charge Arapald erldently. "Anybody I know Is China, Jen kinir I asked. And to help him out, I added: "Fact ta, aoma ohap'a aant ma a package, you know." "Name on box, air, perhaps." Bald Jt offhand, jút like that no trouble of thinking, dash It all narar Ten blinked. Juat lnatlnot, by Joral ' And there It waa, nicely printed In tha corner with a pen: Roland Maatermann, Government Home, Hong Kong, China. I read It aloud can't read anything. you know, unleaa I read It aloud and a i looked at Jenklna Inquiringly. But ' ha oama right up to tha acratch; Juat aeamed to get It from tomewhere right out of tha wall over my head "Beg pardon, air; but think It'a that London gentleman entertained you t tha Carlton when you wera oyer tha other aide." Maatermann ! By Jove, ao It waa ' I began to remember blm now, ba- eauae I remembered hla dinner, aer an! of them, Is fact, during tha three yaara I had lived over there, acquir ing tha Engllah accent manner, you know and all that aort ot thing! Maatermann oh, yea, I had him, now I Jolly rum old boy, but enter talnlng and clever long hair, pink wart on jaw I And, by Jove, I had promised him promised him what tha deuce waa It I had promlaed hlmT Let ma eea: ha waa aomethlng or other In the foreign office; yea, I had that and tremendously Interested In mummies and psychical Investigation and rum aort of things Ilka that, and- "By Jove!" I ejaculated, aa It came to me. "And for that reason he want- ad them to send him out to China. "Beg pardon, sir," put In Jenklna, "but think you had a letter with a Chlneae postmark ,last week." He looked around at my Uttla writ ing-desk, and coughed slightly behind bis band. "Waa Just a-wonderlng, air, It it might not be among those you haven't opened there ara several piles. It 1 might look, sir " I nodded. Fact Is, I allow Jenklna much privilege, owing to long aervlca. Than, you know oh, daeh It, he'a so original ao refreshing and that aort of thing so surprising. Just aa In . this case, ha thinks of ao many devil ishly Ingenious, out-of-the-way aort of things! It waa Jenkins' idea that I find out what waa In tha box by Just opening tha dashed thing while he looked for tha letter. Clever that, eh? Well, rather! So I .unsheathed my little pocket manicura knife, cut the . strlnga and iremoved the wrapper. Inside waa Juat a little, straw-covered box with a telescope cover and Inside tha box, wrapped In tlsaue, waa a tight roll of bright red silk. That waa all not another thing but this Uttla silk roll. It was a wad as thick aa three Angers and perhaps twice aa. long, tied with a bit of com mon string, ending In a loose bow- knot. I pinched tha roil gloomily. "It lt'a a red silk muffler, Jenkins, catch ma wearing It, that's all!" 1 burst out Indignantly. "Rotten bad torm. It you ask me. I'd look Ilka as ' out-and-out bounder!" Than I had a horrible thought: "Or or tha Salvation Army, daah It!" Her Jenklna thrust a latter at me. "Perhaps this may explain It, air," ha uggeated. Sura enough. It waa from Hong Kong, and from that chap, Maater fcoann. Out there on special mission tor hla government, ha said. I don't know what It waa sever did know, 'In fact, for I aklpped down to this paragraph, which I read aloud: "Every putt ot thoae rara cigars you ant m has but reminded ma that my idabt to you la still unpaid." I road thus far; then I read It again. But I could make nothing ot It "Cigars cigars r' I exclaimed, put- aOed. Than I forgot tha latter aa I stared at Jenkins. "And what'a tha matter with your II demanded. For I had caught him with hla hand Itwar hla mouth, obviously trying to Lañar a chuckle. Ha so bared. in- stantly, but aeamed ambarraasrd for a reply. ., "Oh, I aay, you know!" I urged him. Ha started to apeak, then pulled P- His breath want out In a aort of sigh. And he Juat stood there looking at me, and looking kind ot acarad. Factl Perfectly Irreproachable serv io for Br ears; and now here, daah It, showing' emotion and that aort ot thing, Juat. like well. Ilk people, by Joval Oad, I don't mind aaylng I waa devilish put outl I acrewed my. glaaa rather Severely and ha made another go:-''. ' - . i. "I hopa, Mr. Llghtnut, air, youll try to pardon na, air, but I Wall, la deed, air, the mistake wasn't nine; It waa the dealer fault, yon know, air." "Oh!" Jenklna cleared hla throat with aa effort, hla eye rolling at m apologet ically. ! Whan he si,ok them waa a tremble in hi uttarano, and It waa rather husky: "Why, air," ha began tn a l ton.' "you told me to have your dealer ship this gentleman, tola Mr. Maatermann, a dosen boxea ot Paloma perfecto your favorite brand, you know, sir ninety dollars the hundred." He pausad, hla fingers rae ting trem blingly on the edge ot the tabLa,, "An error, air, ot tha shipping clerk. He" With a murmured apology, Jenklna paused to wtp hla forehead. I aaw that the perspiration had gathered Is great drops. Than be aeemil to gather himself for a reaolul iffort, hla yea fixing themselve upe m with the most extraordinary rprea- (ion kind ot half-frightened, half-dee- perat glare that aort of thing, don't you know. I began to feel dovillsh unoomfortabl and edged away. And be mad another plunga: "They sent him" And, daah m If ha didn't stack again! It Just looked Ilk he couldn't get paat But I encouraged him Juat like you have to do a horse, you know and this time he got over: "They sent him a dosen box of Hlckey'a Pride,' air, instead 1" Ha spoke In a low, choking rolo and looked me full In the eye the kind of look you get when a chap's boxing with yon, you know that aort ot thing. CHAPTER II. An Omlnoua Discovery. I waa pusiled. "Hlckey'a Pride r" I rej sated thoughtfully. "I don't aeem to recall that one. Do I smoke It often r Jenkins seemed to gasp. "Too? Certainly not, air! Never! Navtr taw a And, by Jot, he turned palal Any how, h looked devillth queer as ha put hla hand down on th tabl and bent to whlapar: "Mr. Llghtnut air And th way ha dropped hla voloa and turned hla bead to pear aronnd Into th ooruara waa Juat creepy! That' what creepy! This, with tha glow tram th grn lampshade on hla pal faoa aa ha Waned across th tabl oh, It waa aomthing ghastly awful, yon know! K got on my nerve, and I ootid tl the hair slowly rising on each side ot my part Ha bent olote, whispering behind hla hand, and I knew he had been eating radishes for dinner: "It'a what'a known. In the trade, air, aa a twofer.'" ' "A twoferl'" I repeated, puisied.. "Two tor Ave,. air." Jenkins spoke faintly. - "I'm suae f I'm' ashamed t mention to a perfect gen'' 1 - "By Jove. I know!" I lifted my Anger suddenly. , "I know now the kind you mean big, tat, greasy-looking one the aort, Vanderdacker and -Colonel Boylston smoke over at the olub." I shook my head.- "Too Jolly thick and heavy tor me. Bo they're twp tot a "V ht Oh, I 'two feral' By Jovat-i. r' - A brand saw one, this rlpperl I mad up my mind to spring It on the fellow first chance that la. It 1 could remember the Jolly thing. I Just, looked .at Jenklna' solemn faoa and laughed. ' ... "Oh, I aay, Jenkins hang the ex pense, you know!" I remonstrated In some disgust For tila London ohap had given m no and of a good Urn, yon know; and-lt'a such devilish bad form rotten, I aay haggling about xpns'whn you want to mak coma-back and do the handsome. I waa Jolly glad tha mistake had hap pened. . Juat her I remembered the letter and went at it again, for I waa keen to And out if possible. It It waa a muf fler under tha string. So I Axd toy glaaa and read ont "Realising what these cigars ara, I have given them, from tima to tima, to friends ot mine and others. Real ly, I don't think I ever had such un selfish, unalloyed pleasure from any thing in my lit. Gave on to a bua driver out Barra Court way chap who had nevar been known to apeak to man, woman or child In ysara, and, attar he lighted It well, my wordl He opened up and grew ao bally loquacious I bad to get oft. "Had been trying to get Jorglns, my chief, to send me out her again to China, but he waa aver finding some cold, beastly evasion. But when your package cam to th ofDco, tha flret thing I did after I had tried th cigars waa to hand tha old Iceberg a box with my oompUmenta, "Five minutes after, ha cam back, completely thawed out. Fact la, never saw him ao warm toward any one. Asked ma If tha other boxea wera to be given away outside. Said no; that his waa the only box I could apar: waa going to keep 'em all there at the office and amoka 'em myself. Never aaw a man ao moved o worked up ovar Uttla thing. Next day b sent m out here to China. ' - Man Moved. "And ao I have been looking about sino I have baa out bare, trying to And aomethlng aa rare, nnlqu and full ot surprise for your Irlanda aa your cigars bar bs tor mln. han found it Ton know what a curiously npsld down ptopl th Chines ar. Exam ple, they begin dinner with desert and end with soup; they drink hot acid beverage in summer Instead ot load one; they writ from right to left, vertically, whll w writ tram left to write, horlsontaUy;.they mourn to- white Instead of black, and they ara awfully honest" and nay their debU." "But there I on other, point of dif ference still queerer: ' they wekrtpv Jamas all day, while wa wear them only at night" Here I yawned. Always hate that heavy, historical, Instructive stuff, you know. , If yon have to hear It, gives yofl headache,iunleaa you can slip off totaiepi nrst. : : -So I reached th latter np to Jen kins. . , . . 'V "Juat run over th rest of it your self, and see If he eaye anything about hla present" I said, settling comfort ably. Clever Idea of mln, don't you tblnkf." ,. - ,And I waa Just dropping my head to hav a snug little nap Juat a little forty, you know whan, daah me, If I didn't have another Ideal Awfully annoying, tima like that ' , Mind la so devillth alert daah ttl Always doing things Ilka that; can't seem to get over It you know. And this ripping Idea that bobbed up now and got me all roused np waa nothing mor or Uta than to untie the string myself and ee what the thing waa. Be? "I believe, air," Bald Jenkins, look Ing np, "th gentleman haa sent you- h'm has aant you" "By Jove, a suit of pajamas I" I ex claimed, holding them up. It waa neck and neck, but I beat Jenklna to It attar all! "Gentleman aaya, air," continued Jenkins, studying tha letter, "that his present of a pair ot pajamaa may aeem aurprlslng, but you won't know how aurprlslng until you hav worn them." , . . "Jolly likely," I admitted, feeling the silk. By Jove, It waa th finest, yat thinnest stuff I aver saw, soft aa rose leavea and aa dlmy light aa spider's web. Not bad, that, for a comparison, eh? Caught the Idea from a vase ot full-blown roses that wera beginning to abed their pétala there on th tabl. And on on ot the blossoms waa Uttla brown spider. Catch tha idear Suggested spider's web, you know. "They're rather red, sir," Jenklna commented dubloualy. Red? Well, I should aay! Myl How Jolly red they were! We spread them under th light,- and the .red aeemed to flow all over the table and tall from the edge. Why, they were aa red aa . . I tried to think of aomethlng they wera aa red aa, but somehow 1 couldn't fetch the idea. X thought ot red Ink and blood and Areworks, but they didn't aeem to be up to them at all. And a. big, velvety petal that dropped from' one ot the 'crimson roses Just seemed 'brown - beside them. I waa wondering whether the little spider waa curloua about the Jolly red color there below him. And Just then Jenkins' hand went out and awept at, the Uttla thread. The spider dropped and shot Into a fold of the pajamaa. "I aay! - Look out!". I exclaimed aa Jenkins made, another clutch. "Don't mash the beast on the silk; you'll ruin it the silk, I mean!" ,.. "There It goes, -sir!" said Jenkins eagerly. "Over by 'your, hand." ' "No; by Jove;, he's gone Into a leg of the pajamaa! Here, shake him out gently now!" i Jenklna lifted the garment gingerly and lightly shook It ' But nothing came forth. ., ,: "Why don't you look In tha leg" 1 said, "and see it you can see It?" Jenkins peered down , one of the silken tubes and forthwith dropped It with a yell. He Jumped back, "Look out, air," he cried excitedly; "don't touch 'em! There's a tarantula In there big aa a sand crab, and it's alive." I backed nervously from the crum pled crimson pila on the floor. Crimson? Of course, I knew It was crimson; it must be the shadow ot tba table there that made the things so dark black, In fact But my mind waa on the tarantula; and I waa thinking that It must hav been wrapped with the pajamas. Yet I could not understand how this could b. considering how tightly th thing bad been rolled. ' Anyhow, It wa there; and Jenkins pointed excitedly. "Look, sir! You can aa It moving under th silk!" By Jove, ao yon could I And the thing aeemed nearly aa big aa a rat It waa making for th and ot th leg. I climbed upon a chair. "Oet a olub," I exclaimed, "and amaah the thing aa It com out!" Jenkins rushed out and returned with a brasil. "Careful now," 1 warned tram th chair. "Don't go and hit tha dashed thing before K gets out and mak a devU ot a mea on th silk I Thar It la It'a out! No, no not yet! Walt untU It get lta whole body out! Ther now; he's drawing out bla last beast ly leg. 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