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THE ADVENTURE OF
THE VACANT HOUSE.
BY F. VIM. ASHLEY W OLC OTT.
Copyright, 1899, by Earl A. Wolcott.
Ah Kim was a coward with the curios
ity of a magpie. Hotli these things he
knew, for he hat] been told them often
by the mouth of his friend, the shrewd
Wong Chee, and his inner consciousness
assured him that Wong Chee spoke the
truth. It was due to both that be had
the adventure of devil's night.
It happened thus: On the night of the
adventure he stood in the dark doorway,
two houses from the corner of Pacific
street, on the edge of Chinatown, in the
city of San Francisco, and it was here
that he saw a Chinese pass across the
way with a sack upon his shoulder. Now
there was nothing about this to attract
his idle attention had not the bearer of
the sack stopped, looked cautiously about
him, and then as cautiously opened the
door of the third house from the corner
that bore the “To Let” sign of the white
agents. This was remarkable enough, for
no man takes the fourth hour of the
night to examine a house that he would
rent. So Ah Kim speculated idly on the
matter, and had but reached the conclusion
that it was none of hk business when
he observed another Chinese to saunter
along, also, with a sack upon his shoul
der, and after the same precaution to see
if he were watched, open the same door
and disappear in the darkness.
Now Ah Kim, not being bright of mind,
was unable to think what this might
mean, and, after study, decided that
it was a case to lay before his friend,
the shrewd Wong Chee. He was there
fore about to move from the doorway to
put this idea into execution when he ob
served a third Chinese to come along,
also with a sack upon his shoulder, and
after the same precautions, to enter the
same house.
Ah Kim at this was partly in fear, for
If the three sack-bearers thought it so im
portant that they should not be observed
they might think it of enough importance
to attend the silencing of one who had ob
served them; and for all his slowness of
mind it was lus thought that tiefore he
sought the shrewd Wong Chee it would be
well to know how many men with sacks
went through that door. So lie waited
and watched with care and kept himself
within the shadows that none might see
him. There were now and then men pass
ing ak>ng. hut none of them lore sacks
upon (he shoulder, and none of them pass
ed through the door will the "To Let”
sign upon ii. Yet as he watched he was
startled on a sudden to see the “To lad"
sign itseif disappear like the handkerchief
that (he Juggler throws into the air. And
Ah Kim having watched vainly for further
signs of the men who had gone through
the door, Joined a !>arty of three who
passed and becoming one of the crowd,
went on hris way to And his friend, the
shrewd Wong Chee.
"It Is well," said Wong Chee, when the
case was explained. "There are many
things in life that we do not understand.
We should therefore endeavor to learn
them from those who perchance may know
more than we. Said you that these men
were of a size?"
"Illustrious WOng Chee, I had not said.
But, as I remember them, one was tall
end thin, and one was of middle size and
stout, and the third was small and spare.”
"Did the tall man have a scar from nis
eye to his chin; and did the stout man
have a wart on his cheek; nnd was the
small man lame in (he right leg?"
“Indeed, my wise Wong Chee, I could
not see the scar nor the wart for the dark
ness, but 1 remernlwr the small man did
have the trace of a limp."
"You have done well, my Inquisitive
Kim. And if you go to the Joss 10-nignt
pray to him for your friends, for there is
mischief afoot.”
"Do they threaten my friends?” asked
Ah Kim In an awestruck voice."
“Pray that it be none of your friends,"
said Wong Chee with a mysterious shake
of his head, “for when those three men
went through that door it meant no good
to the man who passes through it after
fhem.”
"Then I shall not trass it,” said Ah Kim
with a shiver; "and 1 shall stop at the
house of the Jess as I go home and pray
that none of my friends seek the place."
Then, after a moment of silence in which
his curiosity rose superior to his fears,
he continued: "Does your most profound
wisdom inform you of the names of the
three men who went through the door?"
Wong Chee considered, and answered
with half-dosed eyes:
"Is there one among the longs who has
not heard of the Three Brothers of the
Hatchet, who are a tong by themselves?
We do not stieak their names."
"Yes. 1 have heard," said Ah Kim with
a shudder. “But were they ever known
in our tong?"
"If you had been present at the meeting
you would have remembered, my good
Kim," said Wong Chee. "It was in ihe
tenth year of Kwong Suey, not three
years since, when Mow Yip Ting refused
to pay his dues to the tong, and his case
was brought before the meeting of the
association. Then we sat in the dark, and
the Voice of the Tong read the charge
against Mow Yip Ting. And we listen
ed in silence, and when ii was asked if
we would forgive the debt there was no
voice raised for the merchant; for he
hud made his riches through the favor
and protection of the tong, and he would
evade the dues that even the poorest must
pay. So, when the Voice of Ihe Tong
spoke through the darkness, and said that
we had choice to forgive the debt or to
inflict the punishment, there was a mut
ter as of the thunder that sounds in the
distance, nnd it was the sentence of death
to Mow Yip Ting. Then it was spoken
in the darkness that it was not tit that
one of the tong should do the deed, and
a whisper ran through the air that this
Was work for the Brothers of the Hatch
et. So it was said, and the reward was
fixed, and i was made the voice of the
tong to speak to the Three Brothers. Yes,
I know the Three, and have seen them,
but I do not speak their names, nor turn
my eyes to their fares when I meet them
on the street. You know the fate of Mow
Yip Ting?)"
"Who does not?” said Ah Kim.
“Who, indeed?” echoed Wong Chee,
placidly. "For many men have given up
their lives in Chinatown, yet but three
have suffered death in the manner of
Mow Yip Ting.”
"And Sam Suey was hanged for it by
the police of the white devils," said Ah
Kim.
The art of the Three Brothers is past
the power of the police to search out.
For though Ihe white devils are clever
with machines they are but children in
the subtle workings of the mind, and
know not falsehood from truth."
“Your wisdom Is great, Wong Chee; yet
Is It great enough to say w ho goes through
the door of the house that the Three
Brothers have taken to-night?"
"it is great enough to say to you not
to concern yourself with such thoughts.
Think not of who the man may be. Pray
that he be none of your friends. Make
sure that he be not yourself."
"Wise Wong Chee; your counsel is of
the best. I will go to the house of the
Joss to pray for my friends and dismiss
the Three Brothers from my thoughts.”
And bo saying he left Wong Chee, and
turned his steps toward the shrine of the
Jess that is In the tong house in Commer
cial street. Yet on the way his thoughts
were only of the Three Brothers of the
Hatchet; and in the darkness he couid see
with the eye of the mind the face of the
Tall Brother with the sear running from
eye to chin, and the Stout Brother with
wart on his cheek, and the Small Brother,
who itmiied with his right leg. And the
three glowered as they floated Itefore him
through the atmosphere of thought, and
threatened him wjth silent words as he
walked. So it was with alarm that came
almost to consternation that Ah Kim
found (hat his feet had brought him once
more to the doorway from which he had
seen the Three Brothers go
with such mystery into
the vacant house; and he halted
as a man struck'to stone. To his excited
vision the three faces peered menacingly
ut him from every dark window, and told
him that even in the obscurity of the
doorway to which his feet had brought
him he was observed; yet he could not
fly from the danger, and watched the
house as the bird watches the snake.
He looked Intently for a sign of life,
yet none was to be seen. No light glim
mered from the windows. Men came by
in onea and twos, ami he shrank hack Into
the shadow. Then, on a sudden, he saw
a figure glide along the walk, across the
street, and disappear in the fatal door
way. Now Ah Kim shook; as with an
ague, and was alert for what might hap
pen.
Was this the man for whom the Three
Brothers had laid their snare? No vic
tim would go so unsuspectingly to such
a house, atiel alone. Yet curiosity was
strong upon him, and lie wished that he
dared venture to the door and listen,
and perchance learn something of the
dreadful tl< eds of the Three Brothers of
the Hatchet.
As he looked and listened and trem
bled, two men came along the walk. He
was relieved to sec that they were
white devils, and listened to iheir talk.”
"1 was sure that was the number,"
said one.
"Now, that’s quare,” said the other;
and Ah Kim was stricken with fear to
see that this was one of the white dev
ils' policemen—for he had been arrested
for the awful crime of holding a lottery
ticket, and had been kept thirty days in
Jail. Yet he was not too much In fear
to hear the policeman as he said: "That
house has been to tint iver since I came
on this bate."
"It is not so strange,” said the other
with a laugh, "for houses are sometimes
rented."
Now Ah Kim trembled again, for at
these words he knew the voice; and it was
the voice of the good doctor for whom tie
worked, who had stood by him when he
was in trouble, and had given hack hia
place after he had come from tile Jail.
"1 would keep out of there if I was
you," said the policeman.
"It’s an old servant who is hurt to death
and has sent for me,” said the doctor,
"and 1 couldn't refuse. A doctor, you
know, must go when he's called.
“Well, that's the first Chinaman I iver
heard of askin' for a white doctor," said
the policeman; and he bade the doctor
good night and went his way.
Now, Ah Kim wished to cry out. for he
had found the man who was to pass the
door that hid the Three Brothers of the
Hatchet. Yet his voice refused to conte
for he was in fear of the white policeman
And shaken with the double apprehension
for his employer and himself, he did not
recover power of voice or movement until
the doctor had crossed the street and was
swallowed up in the dark doorway. Then
he hastened after him with a cry in his
throat, that was stilled when he saw tlie
door opened and a tall Chinese usher the
doctor within. He halted as the face of
the tall Chinese stamped itself on hit
mind, for it was a face of much evil, and
it bore a scar that, reached from eye to
chin; and there was a malignant pleasure
under its polite air as the tall man re
ceived the doctor and closed the door be
hind him.
Ah Kim leaned against the post without
the door, faint and shivering, and put
forth all his strength to keep his teeth from
chattering. He was in mortal terror lest
the sharp eye of the Tail Brother had
spied him and the shadow of death was
even now upon him. Two or three minutes
passed, and his heart steadied its fluttering
beats. Yet, instead of following his im
pulse to fly. he crept closer to the door
and crouched in the corner, that he might
listen and think, and be out of the obser
vation of any one who should come along
the street. It was near the middle hour
of the night, yet belated wayfarers passed
now and then.
What idea was in his mind he could not
have said. Gratitude he did not know, and
friends one does not have among the white
devils. Yet it was before him that he
ought to save the white doctor from his
doom, for he was a kind master, and it Is
not fit that one should see a man go thus
to his death when one eats his bread. And
(hen there was curiosity—the eager wish
to know the work of the Three Brothers.
Thus Ah Kim crouched against the door
post and strained his ears to catch a sound
from the mysterious house. Yet listen as
he might, the only sounds that came to
him besides the smooth purring of the
distant cable that draws the white devils'
street cars were the loud heats of his
heart and the breathing that he tried to
repress.
As he lay straining his ears at Ihe door
it came to his mind that this was a case
for the shrewd Wong Chee, and he started
to rise and go and seek him. Then he
sank hack, for he feared what might hap
!>en while he should be away, and that
Wong Chee might come too late. What
ever was to be done must be done by him
alone. The heartslckening fear that fol
lowed this thought seemed to give him
strength that was not from himself. He
rose, laid off the Chinese shoes that he
wore, listened intently again, and then put
his hand cautiously on the door knob. No
sound had come from the house while he
had lain there, and he felt assured that the
Three Brothers were elsewhere than in the
hall. It was his fear that the door was
locked, hut to his surprise and relief it
yielded as he turned the knob and no sound
followed as inch by inch he opened it. He
drew his knife from his blouse and listen
ed again; then he slipped through the nar
row opening and closed the door without
sound.
The darkness of the street was as the
light of day to the darkness of the hail
when the door was closed; yet it gave
him courage, for if he could not sec,
neither could he be s<en, unless the
Brothers had the gift of the devils io
sec in the dark. Ho stood for a minute.
Then a murmuring sound that cam, f lo m
overhead confirmed him in the opinion
that the Three Brothers an,l their victim
were up the stair. A crepuscular glow
the Very ghost of light, came to his eyes
from above, and he divined that there
lay the asoent.
His fears asked him if one of the
Brothers djd not lie between him and
the source of that light. But reasoning
thut the grip of death would by then
have been at his heart if otic of the
Brothers had been on the watch, tie
staked his life on the desperate trust that
the crime for which they had conic had
taken the attention of the Throe, and
that none was left on guard.
So he moved forward, step by step, and
almost inch by inch, the fingers o>f the
left hand touching the wall as his guide,
his right hand gripping the knife, and
eye amt ear straim and to catch the faint
est hint that his presence was suspect
eoi Thus noiselessly he came to the
h< ad of the stair, and saw that a mid
dle room was alight, and that no one
THE MORNING NEWS: SUNDAY, JANUARY 29, 1890.
stood outside. The door was but an Inch
or two ajar, ami Ah K.m crept to it
with noiseless progress, though the
murmer of voices, of which he could
catch a word now and then, would have
covered his steps had he proceeded
boldly.
When he looked within the room he
shook with astonishment as w’ell as ter
ror, for not only did he see the white
doctor witn arms and feet bound stand
between the Tall Brother and the Stout
Brother, hut on the floor, tied with
ropes and bleeding from the head, lay
a Chinese, and the fai;e of that Chinese
was the face of the shrewd Wong Chee.
Between wonder that so wise a man
should have been taken by the Broth
ers, fear lest his friend was dead, and
the lack of pain by which to rescue
the two from the bands of the Dread
ful Three, it was not until Wong Chee
stirred and groaned that the words that
w. re spoken came to his understanding.
Then he observed that the Small Brother
with the lame leg stood before the doc
tor . grinned evily and spoke In English,
while the Stout Brother with the Hatchet
and the Tall Brother with the running
noose, held to the captive, made silent
threats of floath.
"You will be hanged," he heard the doc
tor say.
"If they catch 1IS," said the Small
Brother, showing his teeth.
That is easy," said the doctor. "The
police have only to find out the man who
rented this house and they will lav hands
on you nt once.”
"The house not rented,” returned the
Small Brother, with his evil grin more
pronounced than before.
"Why. how are you here then?” asked
the doctor.
"One man he go one time, he get key,”
said the Small Brother with a silent laugh
that was terrible to see. We make key
all same this key. Then same man he
take key back. He not like house Thai
long time ago. We have key. We come
here in dark to-night. No man see us
come. No man see us go. You not do all
sanje we tell you, we leave you heah."
And the Smnll Brother pointed to the
floor and made suggestive gestures as
though the body of the doctor lay there
dead.
"But the police will find me, ani they
will know that it is murder,” argued the
doctor.
“Police no catch us," replied the Small
Brother, with pride and scorn mingled in
his voice. "Some day catch you this
place; catch Wong Chee that place,”
(Minting to the floor. "All same say
•Chinaman fight; white man fight; both
get kill.’ '*
"That will not be the end of it.” said
the doctor, in a tone of menace and warn
ing. "I was in Los Angeles when your
highbinders killed two of the white po
lice, Then the white men came with guns
anil knives and fire, and they shot and
stabbed and hanged every Chinaman they
could And, and they burned Iheir China
town off the face of the earth. Many
were killed, and many hundreds were
hurt, and all ran for Iheir lives. Do you
remember that?”
Now at these words the face of the
Small Brother lost something If its look
of diabolic pleasure. For even the Three
Brothers must tremble at the name of that
awful night in the southern city, where
the Tall Brother had got his scar and the
Small Brother had acquired his limp, and
the Three had barely escaped with their
lives.
"Wo not want to kill you,” said the
Small Brother, with a smile that was
meant to be conciliatory, but succeeded
only in being ghastly. "You do all same
we say, you go home all lite."
Now the doctor knew that his fate was
sealed; for the Three Brothers had let him
know too much, and must kill him for
I heir own safety. He saw that they but
played with him to make their pleasure;
yet he bore himself as though the Broth
ers but Jested with him.
"What would you have?" asked the doc
tor.
"I tell you before. The heart of Wong
Chee,” answered the Small Brother.
"I cannot take it. The man is still
alive."
"He all same dead," replied the Small
Brother. "White devil doctor man he like
cut up dead man; why he not like cut up
live man?”
"Why do you want me to cut up a live
man?" asked the doctor.
"We like see. Sometime maybe we like
do."
"I cannot kill him. He has done no
harm.'
"Oh, you tlink him good man?" ex
claimed the Small Brother, contemptously.
"You tlink him all lite? He all same come
to-night to say we get one tlousand dolla’
to kill Wing Lee. Y'ou tlink him good m in,
eh? He no shabby one tong say we get
two tlousand fi’ hund' dolla' all same kill
him." And at this humorous situation
the Small Brother went off Into diabolic
laughter.
"Then, did one tong’ tell you to kill
me?” asked the doctor. "I do not know
the tongs, and never harmed them.”
The Small Brother’s face took on a look
of preternatural cunning, and he appeared
to consider what excuse to give.
"Never one time kill white devil,” he
said at last. And his eyes snapped eagerly,
as though this had been the long desire of
his life; and the bodies of the Tall Brother
ami the Stout Brother bent toward the
doctor as though they were eager to have
his blood. "We kill white devil doctor now
if he not do what we say. Give us the
heart of Wong Chee.”
The Small Brother's tone at this became
menacing that the doctor gave himself
up for a lost man. Ah Kim marveled at
his coolness in the face of death, for though
he was but a white devil, his voice chang
ed not a whit.
“I cannot take it with hound hands," he
said.
The Three Brothers consulted in Chinese,
for they were unwilling to loose the hands
of the* doctor. It was true that he could
not cut the heart from Wong Chee if his
hands were tied, yet if his hands were free
and the surgeon's knife was put in them,
they hud to fear the rashness of despair.
Then the Small Brother advised that the
doctor be mode to kneel before his hands
were loosed. And thereupon Ah Kim saw
him forced to his knees by the holy of
Wong Chee, and the Tall Brother flung the
noose about the neck of the kneeling man.
and the Stout Brother lifted the hatchet,
while the Small Brother slipped the cords
that bound his arms.
Now Ah Kim breathed hard, and gripped
his knife fast, for he feared the life of the
shrewd Wong Chee was lost. He had a
wild wish to cry out to the doctor that
there was a friend at hand, and that he
should make an effort for 'fife and free
dom. Yet he knew that to cry out was
folly, and would he death to him along
with tile shrewd Wong Chee and the good
doctor, and he hail to use all his strength
to keep his teeth from chattering.
"What was that?” suddenly asked the
Small Brother, pricking up his ears.
"1 hear nothing," said the Stout
Brother,
"A step on the stair. 1 thought,” said
tile Smail Brother.
"I locked the door." said the Tall Broth
er, with an evil smile. "It is Wong Chee's
devil come for his soul."
Now at this Ah Kim could scarce keep
himself from sinking, for it is evil Indeed
to be between the Three Brothers of the
Hatchet, and the devils that come for
the dying. And the Three Brothers them
selves lost a little of their confident air;
for even the Brothers, who feared not
the Joss, liked not to think of the devils.
But Ah Kim smile-el In the midst of his
fears ut the mistake of the Tall Brother
in thinking that he had locked ihe door.
Florida Central &
Peninsular R. R.
Central or 90th Meridian Time.
TIME TABLE EFFECTIVE JAN 16, 1899.
All trains dally except 32 and 40, daily except Sunday, No. 31 daily except Monday.
NORTH AND EAST. NORTH AND NORTHWEST.
~ j 32 |3B |36 |4O pr^T 36 I 35 ._
Lv Savannah | 3 57 pl 2 12p;12 09a 6 lOp Lv Savannah j 4 47p,12 09a| 6 08a
At Fairfax I 6 3tip 1 59p> 2 05a 9 33p Ar Everett ( 6 45(>j 1--| 6 308
Ar Denmark j 6 14p 2 4opj 2 50a;10 st'P Ar Macon 1 3 00al 112 50p
Ar Augusta | 9 45j> 9 46a 6 55a, Ar Atlanta ...| 5 20a] I 2 20p
Ar Columbia | 7 39p| 4 lOpj 4 45a; Ar Chattanooga j 9 ,Wa I 8
Ar Asheville I | | 1 40pj Ar Lexington | 5 00p| 5 00a| 6 00a
Ar Cincinnati | j | 7 45a Ar Cincinnati | 7 30p 7 45a; 7 45a
Ar Charlotte |]] Sip 8 lap l 9 15a Ar Louisville | 7 35p| 7 55a| 7 55a
Ar Danville j 3 07a n sip; 1 30p; Ar St. Louis | 7 04a 6 00p| 6 OOp
Ar Richmond 1 6 Ooaj 6 25pj Ar Chicago j 7 15a| 5 55pj 5 55p
Ar Lynchburg | 4 67a 1 53a| 325 p! Ar Detroit | 6 15aj 4 00p| 4 OOp
Ar Charlottesville.I 6 45a; 3 25a 5 28p| Ar Cleveland | 6 45a, 2 55p| 2 55p
Ar Washington ...I 9 45a! 6 42a( 9 OGpj Ar Indianapolis |ll 06p|U 40a|ll 40a
Ar Baltimore |u 05a, 8 00a 11 25p| Ar Columbus i 1 30a;ii 20a!ll 20a
Ar Philadelphia ~| 1 18p!10 15aj 2 50p| SOUTH AND FLORIDA POINTS.
Ar New York | 353 pl 2 43p 6 23u ! 1 i~37 1 31~
Ar Boston |U 00p; 9 00p 3 30p| L ! _i— -
VVFST i.iercV, ref a Lv Savannah I 5 (JBa| 4 47p 9 22a
- I |35 |3l Ar Everett ...| 6 50a| 6 45p|10 58a
JjV Savannah | I 5 08a| 9 22a Ar Brunswick j 7 45a| 8 45piU 59a
Ar Jacksonville ; 9 (>*i 1 00p Ar Fernandana j 9 20a| 9 40p|
Ar City 1 m 30a| Ar Jacksonville j 9 20a| 5 26p| 1 OOp
Ar Live Oak | 112 22p| Ar St. Augustine jlO 30ai | 2 20p
Ar Madison j 1 1 2 6p| Ar Waldo Jll 25a!12 30a|
Ar Monticoilo 1 3 40pj Ar Gainesville |l2 01n| j
a Tallahassee 3 45p| Ar Cedar Key3 j 7 oop| | -
Ar Quincy | 4 43p | Ar Qcala | 1 41p| 2 45a;
Ar River Junction j 5 25p| Ar Wildwood | 2 37p| 3 55a|
Ar Mobile . j 3 06a| Ar Orlando 5 05p; 9 35a|
Ar New Orleans j 7 40a| Ar Plant City | 4 52p! 6 40aj
__ | Ar Tampa | 5 40pi 7 40a|
Trains arrive at Savannah from Nort h and East, No. 35, 6 a. m.; No. 37, 4:10
p. m.; No. SI at 9:14 a. m. daily except Monday. From Northwest, No. 35, 5 a. m.
From FJorida points, Brunswick and Darien, No. 38. 11:35 a. m. ; No. 36, 11:15 p. m.\
N °'t> .1 fl ° m Donmark and faints, 9:20; No. 32, 319 p. m.
Pullman buffet sleepers Jacksonville and New Orleans on trains 35 and 36, also on
same trains Jacksonville and Cincinnati via Asheville without change.
Pullman buffet vestibuled sfeei)ers between Tampa and New York on trains 37
and 3*, going through from Charlotte as the southwestern vestibuled limited train.
1 ullman sleen^ 1 * Charlotte and Richmond, also Greensboro and Norfolk.
Nos. 31 and 32, Sew Vork and Florida Limited, solid vestibuled limited train,
lng of composite, dining, Pullman drawing room sleeping, compartment drawing
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• r . r . scientific and successful remedy for old sores, pimples, blotches and all
diseases of the skin and blood.
r> r> r> Great Remedy, is well known ,° physicist, who prescribe U
P. F. 1 . ca yrcly ‘“ o |tetr tUe formuU llcing printed onery
Lippman Brothers, Lippman Block Savannah, Ga.
“Well, let us make haste," said the
Small Brother, “that the devils may finish
their work.” And with a move he shook
the bonds from the doctor's arms, and put
in the doctor’s right hand the surgeon's
knife.
"Now cut," he said.
At this word the doctor flung his arms
about the Small Brother and dashed him
to the floor, and at the same time made
a mighty effort to rise.
"Strike, Brother,” cried the Small Broth
er •to the one with the hatchet.
The hatchet was in the air. and the
doctor's brains would have scattered over
the floor, but that Ah Kim. nerved by
tlie danger of the men before him and
by the noise of devils on the stair behind
him, had 'flung open the door, and with
one leap buried his knife in the throat of
the Stout Brother with the hatchet.
The Stout Brother flung up his arms
with a scream, his blood spurted over the
bald head of the doctor, his hatchet fell
to the floor, and his knees giving way, he
fell heavily against the Tall Brother, anil
they went down together. The noose
tightened in the hands of the Tall Broth
er the doctor was brought over with a
Jerk, and assassins and victims lay in u
heap Ah Kim alone standing, with blood.v
knifi* and shaking knees, crying out in
the extremity of terror. For the brothers
Struggled before him, and the noise of
devils was behind him. and he stood still
for want of way tojtlv.
Then the devils hurst into the room,
seized upon Ah Kim with an oath, and
in the maze of confused impressions he
thought he saw them strike the Small
Brother and the Tall Brother with elulw
till they lay still, bring the doctor to
nis feet and wipe the blood from his
head; and his ears told him that they all
talked at once. And at last he saw that
the devils wtye not of the air. but of the
white devils' police, and he learned th it
he and the Tali Brother an.l the Small
Brother were under arrest, an.l that the
Stout Brother had gone where the Joss
and the devils deal with his kind. And
dimly came to his mind the words of oae
of the policemen:
"I was that unaisy about you that 1 got
these men and came t>ack. for I found
that the house was vacant up to sundown.
\Ve was afraid of mischief afoot, and, pe
dud, we've found it."
Then the terror-stricken Ah Kim, when
he found that he was arrested as one of
the Throe Brothers, fell upon the floor
and howled, and called out his name to
the doctor. And the doctor, having now
recovered his shaken wits, knew Ah Kim.
"See here,' officer,” he' said, “you’ve
made a mistake. This fellow is my cook,
and if it hadn’t been for him I'm afraid
you would have been a minute late."
And the doctor explained as much as
he knew of the affair In which he had
played so great a part, nnd Ah Kim pieced
out the tale of the Three Brothers with
a sad disarray of Ihe English language.
So Ah lilm was released on the doctor's
promise to bring him before the court,
and Wong Chee was brought to con
sciousness, and the surviving Brothers were
taken to the prison and loaded with many
crimes on the hook ot the police. And the
policemen praised the courage of Ah Kim.
and marveled at it as the strangest thing
they had known.
"O.” said Ah Kim, nonchantly, as in
explanation, “Wong Chee, he my fieri,;
docto’, he heap good man. No wan’ ’em
kill.”
“I think.” said Wong Chee, as he nurs
ed his broker, head, “that it was just as
well that you did not stop in the house
of the Joss to pray. You are not so
much of a fool as you look.”
And Ah Kim took this for much praise,
for he had ever known him as the shrewd
Wong Chee.
MOSLEY’S LEMON ELIXIR.
A PLEASANT LEMON DRINK.
Dr. H. Mozley's Lemon Elixir Is pre
pared from the fresh juice of lemons, com
bined with other vegetable liver tonics,
cathartics, aromatic stimulants and blood
purifiers. Sold by druggists. 50c and JI.OO
bottles.
For biliousness and constipation.
For indigestion and foul stomach.
For sick and nervous headaches.
For palpitation and irregular action of
the heart take Lemon Elixir.
For sleeplessness and nervousness.
For loss of appetite and debility.
For fevers, malaria and chills take Lem
on Elixir.
Ladies, for natural and thorough organic
regulation, take Lemon Elixir.
Fifty cents and }1 bottles at druggists
Prepared only by Dr. H. Mozley, At
lanta, Ga
Lemon Elixir will not fail you in any of
the above named diseases, all of which
arise from a torpid or disease liver, stom
ach or kidneys.
At the Capitol,
I have just taken the last of two bottler
of Dr. Mosley’s Lemon Elixir, for nervous
h"adache, Indigestion, with diseased liver
and kidneys. The Elixir cured mo. I found
it the greatest medicine 1 ever used.
J. H. Mennieh, Attorney,
1225 F street, Washington, D. C.
MO/LEY’S LEMON ELIXIR
Is ihe best medicine for the disease you
recommend it for on earth. T. R. Hewitt,
Hewitts, N. C.
MOZI.EY’S HOT DROPS.
Cures all coughs, colds, hoarseness, sore
throat, bronchitis, hemorrhage and all
throat and lung diseases. Elegant, reliable.
Twenty-five cents at druggists. Prepared
only by Dr. H. Mozley, Atlanta, Ga.
—Surgery has a fascination for Emperor
Menelck of Abyssinia. He is a frequent
visitor to the hospital at Adese Ababa
attached-Co the Russian mission, and
never misses an operation. Nothing
pleases him more than to be asked to hold
a iimb while it is being amputated.
Plant System.
Train# Operated by 90th Meridian Time—One Hour Slower Than Cltv Ti^,-
READ DOWN. f] TIME CARD. [j REAb l'p. .
38 I 16 I 32 I tf I 78 || In Effect Jan. 22. 1899. || 23 | 35 | 37~~~ i5~~-r-~
7 27pj 1 30p|12 35p| 5 00a| 1 Savannah Ar|] i'o<la| 8 15a| 9 OlalTrTr^-
| | | | ||Ar Augusta Lv|| | | j ; ” lj P
H 45pi 6 30pj 4 39PIU oa| 6 lSajjAr ....Charleston.... Lv]jll 15p| 6 13a| 6 50ai 7 fey, ■> Wp
8 soa| j 3 23af | 7 20p;;Ar Richmond.... Lv|j 9 05a I 7 30p I0 000 l ‘ '
12 43p| j 7 Ola| 11 30p;!Ar ...Washington.... Lvjj 4 30a| 3 4Sp| 6 20o! I
1 53p[ I 8 23a| | 1 08a:;Ar Baltimore Lv!i 2 50a| 2 250 l 5 lOnl i
♦ 10pj (10 35a 1 | 3 50a Ar ...Philadelphia.... Lvj;l2 05a112 09p| 2 52p
6 43p| I 1 03p| 1 6 53a “Ar ....New York Lv|| 9 OOpj 9 30a|12 aopj”""
21 1 37 | 35 | tf | 23 t| || 78~”j 24 "] 32 j
5 35p| 9 f-6a| 8 35a| 7 oQa| 2 luaj,Lv Savannah Ar|| 1 20a| 9 10a|12 lSpTTooi. ’-vc
7 20pjl0 32a; 10 00a| 8 57a| 3 45a|,Ar Jesup Lv||U 40p| 7 17all0 47a' 5 23p ; -j®
8 30p,1l 27aj 10 56a110 20a, 4 50a |Ar Waycrose Lv||lo 30p, 6 00a, 9 50a: 4 20n 5 ,' i>
11 40p| 2 30p; 2 30p| „| 8 30aj;Ar ...Brunswick Lv|| 8 00p: | 7 45a'.. "
2 15a l Ii 2 15p| j|Ar Albany Lv|| 1 30p| 1 15a| ujjjjj
10 50p| 1 00p|12 50p| I 7 30a. Ar ..Jacksonville Lv,| 8 00p| | 8 00a 2 0Op"j" : ;L
I 2 20pi 2 S>pj | 8 4”a|;Ar ..St^Augustine... Lv|| 6 35p| 7 OOaill 00a “
I c OOpj 4 00p| jl2 00m !Ar ..Gainesville Lvi 4 30p| j 3 15;,; P
I 5 30pj 5 30pj I 2 OOpjlAr Ocala Lvjj 2 25p| 1 35a| ”f
8 17a| 8 20p| 7 56p| 5 35p||Ar Tampa Lvjjll 00a| | 7 37pj |'g"
12 26a 1 55p,12 54pj I j|Ar Valdosta Lv|| 6 50p| 3 44al | 1 20p • jL
1 40a| 3 40p| 2 15pj | j|Ar ..Thomasville.... Lv|| 5 35pj 2 30a| |U soa 11
8 10aj | 9 30p| J ||Ar ...Montgomery... Lv||ll 25al 7 46p| |
* 30pj | 7 40a| j j|Ar ..New Orleans... Lvtj 7 45p| 7 56a| .... I"’
7 00p| I 6 50aj I ||Ar Nashville Lvj| 2 21a| 9 00a| | TANARUS"""
105a; I 4 06p| I I[Ar —Cincinnati.... Lvjj 5 45p!1l 00p| |
No. 23 arrives St. Augustine 8 40 a. m. except Sunday; on Sunday at 10:30 a ~taT
No. 35 arrives St. Augustine 2:20 p. m.. except Monday; on Monday at 9 p. m .
Arrival at Brunswick 2:30 p. m. daily except Sunday; on Sunday arrives l;3o p ra
Train No. 37 leaves New York daily, except Sunday. Does not leave Savannah on
Monday.
Train No. 38 leaves St. Augustine, Jacksonville and Savannah dally, except Sun
day.
All other trains run daily.
All trains except Nos. 23,32, 35, 37, 38 and 78 make local stops (Nos. 37 and 38 are
the “New York and Florida Specials,” a solid Pullman vestibuled train composed
exclusively of Pullman's most superb drawing room, sleeping, compartment, dinin'
library and observation cars. Electric lighted and steam heated. Runs solid
tween New York and Jacksonville, at which point it divides, part going to Tampa
and part to St. Augustine. Pullman buffet sleeping cars are operated on other trains
as follows:
No. 35, New York and Jacksonville, New York and Port Tampa via West Coast,
Waycross and Cincinnati via Montgomery. This is a solid vestibuled train from
Washington to Jacksonville.
No. 23, New York and Jacksonville, Waycross and St. Petersburg via Jackson,
ville, Palatka and Trilby.
No. 21, Waycross and St. Louis via Montgomery and via Atlanta, Nashville an!
Marlin, Waycross and Port Tampa via Jacksonville and Sanford.
No. 25, "Waycross and St. Louis via Atlanta, Nashville and Evansville.
No. 32. Jacksonville and New York, Port Tampa and New York via West Coast
Port Tampa and Waycross via Sanford and Jacksonville. This is a solid vestibuled
train from Jacksonville to Washington.
No. 78, Jacksonville and New York, St. Petersburg and Waycross via Trilby
Palatka and Jacksonville.
Nos. 23 and 78, parlor cars between Jacksonville and Port Tampa via Sanford.
Steamships leave Port Tampa for Key West and Havana 9 p. m. Mondays
Thursdays and Saturdays; arrive Key West 3 p. m. Tuesdays, Fridays and Sundays’;
arrive Havana 6 u. m. Wednesdays, Saturdays and Mondays. Returning, leave Ha
vana 12:30 noon Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays. Train 35 makes close con
nection with ship.
E. A. ARMAND, City Ticket Agent, De Soto Hotel.
H. C. MFADDEN, Assistant General Passenger Agent.
B. W. WRENN. Passenger Traffic Manager.
GEORGIA AND ALABAMA RAILWAY.
SAVANNAH SHORT LINE.
Passenger Schedules. Effective Jan. 29, 1899.
74 Miles Shortest Operated Line Between Savannah and Montgomery. 26 Miles
Shortest Operated Line Between Savannah and Columbus.
F. C. &P. | A. C. Line !| ~ || A. C. L;ne. j F. c. & P.~
19 I I I n || ' fj nis i nr
-12 15amj 4 30pmj 9 00pm| 9 30am, Lv ...New York... Ar j 1 08pm! 6 53am| 6 23am l 2 43pm
3 50am| 6 55pm|12 05n’tjl2 09n’n||Lv ..Philadelphia. Ari.lo 3oam| 3 45am| 2 56am]10 15am
6 22a mj 9 20pm; 2 50am ; 2 25pm; Lv ..Baltimore... Ar j 8 23am| 1 OSamjll 35pm 8 00am
11 15amj!0 43pm| 4 30amj 3 46pm n Lv .Washington.. Arj| 7 Glamjtl 10pm 9 25pm 6 24am
I I 9 05am| 7 30pm,|Lv ....Richmond... Ar:; 3 23am| 7 16am| j
I |H 15pm | 6 13am; jLv ...Charleston... Arp 4 39pm! 6 13am! j
10 15pm| 9 25am| | j|Lv ...Charlotte.... Arj| | | 9 15amj 8 15pm
12 47amlU 55am| j i Lv ....Columbia... Ar|| | | 4 24aml 4 15pin
6 OOaml 4 40pm| 1 50am| 8 15am Ar ...Savannah... Lvj|l2 35ipm[ 1 45am|12 09arajl2 12pm
5 I°P*! I I 7 25amj;Lv ....Savannah... Arp 11l 45pm i 9 30am
7 23pni| ! j 9 35ampAr Collins Lvj I ! 9 34pnv| j 7 noam
9 31 P m l I |H 35amjjAr Helena Lv|| j 7 34pm! | 5 00am
I Ii 13 3pm|iAr ...Abbeville Lv|| |56 44pm| |
I I 3 25pmpAr ...Fitzgerald.... Lv|| | 5 10pmj j
- I | 2 55pmPAr ...Amerlcus Lvp ! 4 23pm! | ...
I | 3 55pmpAr ....Richland.... Lvjj | 3 20pmj |
t j 5 20pm|]Ar ....Columbus... Lv|j |lO 00amj I
I ! 8 50pm|!Ar Albany Lvj| | 7 OOamj |
1 1 | 4 17pmpAr ....Lumpkin.... Lvp j2olpm| |
I I | 0 56pm;|Ar . .Hurtsboro.... Lvjj | 1 21pm| |
I I | 7 55pm;!Ar --Montgomery.. Lv|j |ll 30amj |
I I 11l 30pm;jAr Selma Lvp j 8 40amj j
1 1 ...112 25,n'tpAr ..Birmingham. Lv ! S 42am j
I I |l2 25 n’tj|Ar ...Louisville.... Lvjj J 9 12pmj j
S | | 4 05pm) lAr ..Cincinnati.. .>. Lvjj j 5 45pmI j
I | |ll 59am! Ar ..Evansville.... Lv|| | 9 52pm| j
I —! | 8 17pmj Ar ....Chicago Lvp ! 1 50pmj j .'...
I ! | 3 00am(|Ar ....Mobile Lvp |l2 20n’t| j
I i | 7 40am;'Ar .New Orlenas.. Lvj| | 7 40pm 1 |
§Meal stations.
Connections—At Collins with Collins and Reidsville Railroad and Stillmore Air
Line. At Helena with Southern Railway for all points thereon. At Cordele with
Georgia Southern and Florida for Macon and beyond, also with Albany and Northern
Railway for Albany. At Richland with Columbus division for Columbus, Dawson
and Albany. At Montgomery with Louisville and Nashville and Mobile and Ohio
Railroads for all points west and northwest. Trains 17 and 18 carry Georgia and
Alabama Railway new and magnificent buffet parlor cars. Tickets sold to all points
and sleeping car berths secured at ticket office, 39 Bull street, or at West Broad
street passenger station. C. C. MARTIN, Agent.
CECIL GABF3TT, V. P. and G. M. A. POPE, General Passenger Agent.
ALLAN SWEAT, Ticket Agent. 39 Bull street.
W. R. McINTYRE, Union Depot Ticket Agent C. J. HUNTER, Soliciting Agl.
€ Central of Georgia Railway Company
SCHEDULES-IN EFFECT NOV. 27, 1898.
QOING WEST. READ DOWN.p P GOING EAST, READ UP~
~No7 9 !~No77~rNo) 3 | No. I|| Central || No. 2 | No. 4 ) No. 8 | No. 1#
except [except | daily. | daily. || or 90th || daily. I dally. |except |excpt
Sund'y |Sund'y]_ I II Meridian Time. , || j jSund'y ißund y
"2 00pmj 6 00pm| 9 00pm| 8 43am |Lv ..Savannah. Ar | 6 00pm| 6 00nm| 7 48flm r 4~50pm
3 06 pm; 7 02pm; 10 03pmj 9 48am |Ar ..Guyton... Lv|| 5 OOpmi 4 53amj 6 46amI 345 pm
7 35pmj 10 34pm| 10 20am ,Ar —Oliver... Lv|| 4 30pm| 4 23am| 6 13am
| 6 35amj 1 40pmi|Ar ..Augusta.. Lv;| 1 20pmj 8 40pmj...
| 12 45am| 12 35pm||Ar ..Wadley.... Lv|| 2 30pm! 2 23am
I 1 60amj 1 56pm|;Ar ...Tennllle... Lvj 137 pm, 1 30amj.
j 3 10 am; 3 04pm! iAr ...Gordon... Lvj| 12 OSpmj 12 22am
l Ispm!t 8 50pm;|Ar MUledgevill. Lv|jt 6 23amlt 300 pm
|t 3 Oopm|tlo OOpmjjAr ..Eatonton.. Lv||t 5 25am tl2 50pm
jj” |t 6 50pmjt*7 30pm|jAr ..Covington Lvj 157 ooanvjt 9 20am
j | 3 56am| 3 45pm;,Ar ....Macon... Lv|| 11 2Sami 11 38pm
j | 10 26amj ||Ar ..Madison.... Lvj| | 4 15pm
|l2 OOpmj |1 Ar ...Athens.... Lvj| j 300 pm
j I 5 40amI 5 40pmj|Ar Barnesville. Lv|| 9 43am| 9 45pm
” '!!!!!! !!. I 6 08am| 6 13pmj|Ar ....Griffin... Lv , 9 12am; 9 15pm
| |t 1 00pm| H Ar -Carrollton.. Lv|| |t 2 30pm|
] j 8 50am' 3 40pm, |Ar .Fort Valley Lv,; 6 39am| 6 27pm| |
| 3 27pm j 11 06pm ||Ar ...Albany.. Lv|j 4 16am| 11 35am| |
' | 4 37pm| |1 Ar ...Eufaula.. Lv|| | 10 20aml |
| ' | 7 30pmj 11 Ar Montgomery Lv|| | 7 40amj |
| | 7 25pm| 11 Ar Troy.... Lvf| | 7 56am| |
| 11 13am| |Ar ..Columbus. Lv|| | 4 00pm| L.t
| ; |l2 30pm| ||Ar ..Opelika... Lvjj | 2 45pml j
j 5 50pm| IIAr .Birmingham Lv 1 1 1 9 30am| |
•Connection vfa Macon and Machen.
{Connection via Machen and Macon.
BETWEEN SAVANNAH AND TYBEE.
Trains run on 73th meridian or Savannah city time.
Leave Savannah— Daily, 3 p. m.; Sunday, Tuesday, Wednesday,' Friday. Satur
dav 9am' Monday. Thursday, 6:20 a. m. Leave Tybee—Monday, Thursday, 7:20
a m-' Sunday. Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, 10:20 a. m.; Sunday, Mon
dav Tuesday. Thursday, Friday, 5:30 p.m,; Wednesday. Saturday, 6 p. m.
Time shown is 90th meridian, one hour slower than Savannah city time, except
that between Savannah and Tybee, city or 73th meridian time, is shown.
Solid trains between Savannah and Macon and Atlanta,
sieenlng cars on night trains between Savannah and Augusta, Savannah and
Macon Savannah and Atlanta. Parlor cars between Savannah andUtlanta.
Passengers arriving Macon at 3:;w a.m. can remain in sleeper unrfl 7 a. m.
For further information and for schedules to all points beyond our line, apply
- Ar O BREWER, City Ticket and Passenger Agent, 89 Bull street.
° ' j, C. HAILE, General Passenger Agent. Savannah, Ga.
THEO D. KLINE. Gen. Superintendent. E. H. HINTON. Traffic Manarer.
IF YOU WANT GOOD MATERIAL AND WORK ORDER YOUR LITHO
GRAPHED AND PRINTED STATIONERY AND BUNK BOOK 9
FROM THE MORNING NEWS SAVANNAH, GA.