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;» - z. — * PRINCESS OF TAU KUAN. Synopsis. — Cornelius Levlngton, well-born, an orphan, conies to manhood through the devious ways ot the underworld. He is saved for a better life by Andrew March. The strange adventures of "Yellow Men Sleep” begin when Con takes by force a small leather sack from Chee Ming, the Chinese cook of an acquaintance. This sack contains a Chinese map of the Gobi desert. । which Is precious beyond price to Andrew March. Eighteen years before armed men in the Gobi had taken March’s wife and infant daughter from him. Now he sends Con in search of them. On the voyage Con finds Chee Ming a fellow' passenger. Con Is shot by a poii soned dart, and while he is In the 1 consequent stupor his map is stolen. On the river boat to Peking he again sees Chee Ming, and realizes they are seeking the same desj tination. Con keeps faith with An- ’ drew March and starts on his mission westward with a caravan. | After weeks of difficult travel he reaches the little settlement of I Shan-sung and reads instructions • from Andrew March to the effect 9 that Con has been made a federal j agent to search out Chee Ming, t who has brought quantities of koresh, a deadly drug, to San Fran--1 cisco. At Shan-sung Con is unex--9 pectedly joined by March The two Americans press forward into the _ desert. Armed horsemen swoop , down on them, rob them of every- • thing and leave them to die in the 3 desert. March has a map tattooed r on the sole of his foot. They press on. suffering incredible hardships. * Again they are attacked by horsemen, in coinman I c,f a sentinel in I gray. ’ *. — J CHAPTER Vl—Continued. , 9 A maze of hoofs tangled about him. ► but through this a clear voice sounded—and again. The gray figure, rhe , sentinel, was standing up in the stir- ( nips, with right arm upraised, and the 1 clear call of command was repeated. Swordthrusts were halted, and the mad . horsemen reared back in obedien"e to an imperious gesture. A circle widened around the two white men. The wild horses stood trembling and disappointed. A further command came from the person whose face was again hidden by the left forearm upraised, and who now spurred away out of sight. A whispering loudened among the battle-riders, a ; low giving and taking of advice. Four of their number dismounted, and Con felt the familiar leathern thongs 1 tightening about him. The white men were lifted up and set behind two I * । broad-backed horsemen, and the entire 1 party moved at a walk up the ravine ' road. j “Ask for water,” called Con to his comrade. March did so. in native speech, hut no heed was given. The party emerged i ’ apruptly upon an open plain at the , head of the road. Here was the wonderland they had come to find, the treasure for which 1 generations of elect-wanderers had given their lives. Levington stared dully, believing it all a mirage. 1 Spread out as far as rhe eye could discern, lay a green valley, moist and ‘ fertile. An evening breeze drifted the I fragrant earthy breath of life. Fields j were level and marked into squares j by ditches. In the middle distance was a city 1 of red stone, its battlemented wall enclosing roofs that gleamed. There was, rising above all, a palace, its , many-angled roofs and long eaves blocked against the west; sun’s tire flared back from its lofty embrasures. It was mansion set upon mansion, each with the stonecraft of its own age. a maze of narrow walls in irreg- ( ular layers, pagodas pointing In the । mist, all in a mad, dreamy harmony 1 of architecture. 1 The white men jogged behind their [ captors, and accepted the city and ; palace as a noble illusion. The beauty was bitterness, lor they dared ; । not believe, they had not the strength. ' “It's all over 1” cried Con. “My eyes । 1 «• ’ nro "onp. “Too far.” said March, “too far” The ditches were cool. The main ' ( road passed between patches of un- 1 , familiar vegetation, pale green. The palace seemed to leer from narrow eyes, a thin smile that was evil and i secret. Its mass had a strange rod-' dish cast, like the rust of the desert I , At the southern end of the inclosure was a grove of trees, nothing less than North American white oaks, somewhat , stunted, their tops showing just above the rim of the city wall. Levington looked again over the shoulder of his captor, and was even further from ad ' initting these things to himself. The ■ । western plains were beginning to veil ' under the violet mists of evening ! Higher the, palace lifted as they aje ’ proached, like an unnatural hill of [ bright roofs, ami many apartments perched in fantasy, to be reached by some inner miracle of stairs. Now , from toe city itself a murmur ran around the white men, like invisible ; bees. The notched wall had but a single broad gate. Beneath its masonry, ancient and perfect, they rode five abreast. A crowd was gathered, to' witness- the arrival of trespassers from > a strange world. Gray and brown faces stared up at Levington. In them a furtive malice showed. j Some of the people wore sandals j but most were barefoot, and not every man showed a queue. Faces at latticed • windows were heavily v< ded. Children . ran about naked and sme nning. Old • nwn. large of frame but failing and ■ | M«ont, stood oxer their sticks and gaped J■ 'n ugly amazement. The common ' >■]! ngs were close packer] under Hie ificatlons, while the palace was set within, a wide lawn -parating > .t f all else. Three white foun-

[ tains were jetting, and the grass was I spread with yellow-NUii-dlnmonds. A i I white-faced monkey grew frightened at the approach of the company, mid I leapt from tiie rim of the nearest pool to the silver stem of a fountain, and clung there, watching with haunted eyes the tattered, uncouth men behind I the warriors. Ilen> along a marble curb, a canopied 1 litter approached from the palace. Its six bearers came gliding swiftly. The curtains were satin, embroidered In a design of pearls, and the pole was ringed with silver. The crowd gave way before it. The black runners were clad In short white tunics »and satin turbans. As it came opposite, the carriers halted, and likewise the horsemen and captives. The curtains were I parted heavily. Con could not for a moment look down into the litter, but he heard the voice, and shivered. The leader of the riders raised his hand in salutation, and It was clear that his reply to the voice was one of contrary opinion. A momentary silence followed this dis- 1 agreement. The people held still. Then the litter and the horsemen resumed their opposite course. As the white curtains were being drawn. Levington forced an instant of vision into his swollen eyes, and saw, reclining beneath i soft white robe, the eminent personage Chee Ming. CHAPTER VII The Blend of Tau Kuan. i They were not consigned to a jail. ' Such Asiatic courtesy as they were । shown was traceable to the spoken ! command of the gray rider at the top ' of the ravine road. But it would nor have greatly mat- ! tered to Con if they had run him • through with their lances. His limbs I were dead with fatigue, his nervoussystem <lmanged by thirst. He had scarcely a mental surface upon which to receive the wonder of these fme< about him. the walls and twisted conue -s, the red blocks of desertquarry. Andrew March was in a fever. Levington found that his friend had grown strange to him. as if in America he had never glimpsed the true Man h. Tne companionable, big-hearted man of fifty was gone, with tin* substitution of a gaunt, dark person, of no land or period, a living ghost of the Gobi, product of sands and barren hills only, the sun, cruel winds, and utter wilderness. Con did not know this Andrew March who was silent and glitter-eyed. But the pain of the knowledge was dulled like everything else. “Might I have a drink?” he asked of rhe nearest, as his eyes closed again. The coolness of fountain spray was in his nostrils, hurting him curiously, and rhe Ineffable sweet smell of green sod i was a release like death itself. They lifted him from his horse. lie I saw- for a moment many low archways and sheltered walks. The stone flagging was like cold knives under his bruised feet. The hands of those who ; led him were strong as iron. The । tinkle of water sounded near in the ( pleasant gloom, and Levington grinned ■ at the torture, until a white cup was I held to his lips. Startled, he opened | his eyes; and then came the half-s j dark again at the touch of water upon ! his tongue. His sigh was a groan, and 1 he swooned. The last sunlight reached in through [ a high window, falling golden across a bath of clear water, level with the stone floor. A censer had been lighted, and its soft fumes went to Con's head like wine. They had roused him. Big hands were placing him infant-wise upon the shallow steps of the hath. In the sun-warmed water. Levington ( drew a breath that seemed to have no end. A purple curtain was drawn across । I the idgh w-indow, taking all sai o a ! mellow glow of light from the pool. : They bathed his body from head to | to foot. He relaxed in their arms. | having neither power nor inclination ‘ ।to resist. Presently he was placed upon a mat. and rubbed. He found i he could use his eyes, and almost I trust them. Only two of the captors I remained, and these were of a differ- ' ent caste, clad in short white jackets I and snug trousers, nothing of the war- | rior about them. Their heads were ' ‘-haven —yellow men. and aged, their f hands very skillful upon the human । structure. I The oil was delicately aromatic — i i cedar, cinnamon, and Hie grape, but i faintly mingled. Levington’s body was । glowing; his legs ached with superb satisfaction. i “I have died.” he whispered to himI self. “I should have done it sooner.” Sonu-thing in the oil made him forget ! Andrew March. They wound Idm in a silken cloth, loosely, after which , they < kipped their hands twice. Two i brawny negroes shuffled to the edge of the bath, and laid Levington upon j । a pallet, which they raised as high as , ' their ihi< k shining shoulders. The I I while r. in sighed as he was borne | along i orriilor, up a series of stone ! steps to a wide balcony which was open to the skies. A third negro now advanced, picked him up in his arms. ’ and carried him to a covered bed ; i against the wall, just within a door. . The pillow was cool to Con's cheek. He fell asleep. A mild green glow In his face waken- ' ed liim. He glanced Up at the figured gri'en curtain enclosing his bed. -trei< lied himself slowly, full leagili, ihen turned over and slept again. । I pon his reawakening, the curtains were drawn back. A familiar head was near, and a now smell brought He fact that ('on was being shaved. । He had a glimpse of the razor, a j straight broad blade shaped like a key in the yellow hand. He dozed through ( 1 this performance

“What time is it?” lie inquired. “It is near sunset.” said a voice, also ’ In English, and only then did Con | realize that he should not have ex- | perted it. <'hee Ming stood near, hav- . Ing noted the tonsorial process to its I finish. He bowed slightly, and the ‘ folds of Ids white roi>e fell away from j the narrow bosojn. There was some- I thing strange about being so near him । again. “Thanks." said Con. “I appreciate all the attention; but I don't understand It.” “I do not understand,” replied the Chinese. “But somebody must —” “it is the will of our princess,” Chee Ming said with quiet hostility. “I»oes she wear gray, and ride?” When the yellow man had nodded, ! C< n said: “Then phaiso convey to her i my gratitude. Or show me how I can . tell her myself. It seems you are sort | of prime minister here.” Chee Ming answered coldly: “I have the honor to be known as vizir at this court.” Levington made his gravest gesture of respect. "And where Is my friend March?” he asked. Chee Ming did not choose to hear, and simply wallied away. Con fingered a perfect effect (of I arbering upon his j smooth, hard chin. Again the servant came, now bearing folds of soft white i cloth, his purpose to swathe the white ' stranger in it. A mysterious winding ' began, too complex to follow. Padded sandals were placed beside the couch. , and a satin turban built up in intricate laminations upon Levington’s head. Tartar fashion. In the attendant’s j eyes was a kind of patient, evil humor. I The balcony was more properly a fiat roof, leading out from the apartment. The western sun shone into the , rooms, brightening every color of woven silk. There was a second divan in the inner chamber, obviously not for masculine use. rose-tinted, yielding to the touch like new fleece. A tapestry of astronomical device, lilac ; and silver, covered one wall of this 1 room. Above the outer doorway was sheathed a huge iridescent sword with Before It Was Finished the Princess Arose and With a Stir Among Her Retinue Stepped Down From the Dais graven hilt. Standing beneath it. Con looked out across the roof upon the valley of many fields, squared off neatly as far as he could see. To the north were vineyards and flocks of sheep. The sun was lowering beyond this world, sending back a flood of orange radiance. Levington raised a thin white goblet to his lips, and drank of cold water. A messenger prostrated himself across the sunny threshold, then arose, standing erect before the prisonerguest. and showing his smooth stupid gray face, muscular neck, animal eyes, and thick ears. Con fumbled in his white garments for a pocket, for a coin. The slave wished him to follow, and. without being able to inquire what might be expected of him. the white man obeyed, down a rock stairway to the courtyard, onward amid the arches and low stone fences, beyond another fountain. He wondered where March was and if they would be able to e- - He followed on through a dim hallway where the scuffle of many slippers was echoing, and the soft chink of bangles, moving always inward along dim. dusky corridors. Standing at intersections were bowls of alabaster. each with a swimming, flaming ick iti oil. Many other figures in the s<‘tmdarkness appeared to be going In the same direction. Racial characteristics puzzled him. lie found himself in a great vaulted chamber, inside a lofty pyramid of glass. The gray slave made abasement jrrevious to entry, repeating the gesture every five paces. All others of inferior cast did likew-ise as they proceeded deeper into the room. Huge silken curtains were swaying in Hie breeze. The lower walls were indistinct with rich, deep tapestry covering bare rock. >He heard a purring like the echo of many distant bells, wind-borne. A hundred censers of jade were clouding the royal twilight. Unman figures, grouped in background along a further side, seemed insignificant. Levington’s boyhood dreams were freshened before his eyes. He forgot he was prisoner. His attendant guided him around the border of a dragon-rug toward the w-aiting group of men. He saw that they were warriors in council. They had forsaken the leathery gear of the desert, and wore cleanly appareled in silken tunics, but they retained their swords. He glanced instinctively in the direction in which all oxos were turned, and noted a largo dais, its canopy reaching out above. Ho was standing before a throne. Three heavy chairs were upon it, ( narrow and high-backed, with carven I dragons for their arms. The central

| throne was vacant. A human form oc- ’ cupied the place of state on each side. | The one, a prince, sat motionless, | his black hair woven with strands ot . silver, a green diadem upon his forehead, from which jewels shore- like a । far cluster of stars. His face was । narrow, yellow as wax, and blank. ■ Long, tapering hands rested upon the I dragon-heads. His robe was worked : with silver an I emeralds, and the royal sandals were bright upon a mat of raw silk. But Levington was looking at the other figure, a princess, who likewise waited very quietly upon her throne with hands folded In her lap. The brown tresses tjiat yesterday had j streamed down the gray cloak of the I supposed sentinel were now bound idgh and stuck with jeweled pins; Her i throat was closely wound with diamonds. The body of the princess was । small. Upon her countenance was an I expression of untried powers, or so ’ Levington imagined, for he could not look away from her face, wld- h was dark but not yellow. Her eyes, which seemed all the while to study the mg, had no upward line, although her brows slanted delicately. She was very unlike the prince—unlike any one else. The white prisoner was troubled. He had an Impulse to cross the marble | flagging, and kneel at her feet. From a further portal Andrew March was brought In, and halted near his companion. The group of ■ warriors stood behind the prisoners, ; who had no opportunity for exchange :of words. Then a stiff sudden whisper passed over their heads, followed by a sharp silence. Chee Ming had entered j the room. In his pearl-broidered robe, which was more voluminous than that of any ottier person in audience, lie carried i himself witli solemnity before the assembly, bowed with feeling at the foot of the dais, until, at the faint stirring of the prince’s hand, he straightened himself, mounted the first level of the dais, and began to speak. He disregarded the princess. I.eving- • ton thought of the night (’hee Ming had served the coffee in the Wedger i dining-room, and of his first impression of that small head, stony face, and lean, everlasting body. Cecil Wt'dger. in his gold-tipped ignorance, had seen nothing more than a <'hlnese coolie who eouhl cook. Now tin- same thin arms were gesturing before royalty, and seemed much more at home. The talk was meaningless to Leving--1 ton. although It here upofi his fate, for die speaker’s glair e turned again and again to the slender, dark prin- <•••<<, Once—or was it only a trick of his. sun-racked vision’■ sho lifted her eyes to meet his. and her lips moved silently. It was done too quickly for him to be certain. He trembled, Chee Ming was making a spee.-h of some length, with his little back toward the assembly. Before it was finished, the princess arose and. with a stir among her retinue, stepped down from the dais. Her feet were small and perfect, her ankles bound with gray ribbons. Through the haze in the room her Jewels gleamed, and the whisper of her robe conveyed more to Levington than all Chee Ming might be saying. A curtain near the throne was drawn aside, and she was gone. Con is Bondemned to die —after a month. (TO BE CONTINUED • THE TRUTH ABOUT EVIDENCE Some Difference Between its Theoretical Purpose and Its Presentation in Legal Practice. Evidence is that portion of the truth which your lawyer thinks will impress the judge or jury In your favor. Any other portions of the same truth mu-t therefore be irrelevant and immaterial and should not be admitted j as evidence. Thus evidence is both | part truth and partial truth. The theoretical purpose of evidence is to bring out the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth. In legal practice, however, it is used to emphasize unduly certain portions of the truth, to color other portions so as to imply tilings that are not the 1 truth ana to cover up die rest of the truth. 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F COULDN’T LEAVE DEAR DADDY n Sweet Girl’s Affection Must Have Been Very Comforting to the Old Gentleman, Yes! y The blushing girl leaned over her ;, i father's chair and put her arm around r his neck. d i “You dear old papa I” she cooed, i- | "You've been very good to your little g girl since her engagement.” g ; “I’m always glad to make my sunn beam happy,” murmured father fondo ly. “I want you to think sometimes a of your foolish old father and remember that he did everything he could to d make home pleasant for you before a yon left him in his lonely old age.” a “Oh, you dear, sweet man I What s would you say if I didn’t leave you. after all?” o “Eh 1” exclaimed the startled obi man. ” "How can I be so selfish after you ?, have been so good to me, and done s everything for me?” said the girl feoff derly. "I don't care so very very i’ very much for George. I’m going to e tell him it was all a mistake, and that - he can find somebody else, for I'm J- always going to stay at home wih you. . . . And then you can always give me nice things!” y He Knew. d A Western youngster who attends an ‘f Eastern college came home recently s for a few days. His mother, of course, cooked up all his special dishes and s the youngster rejoiced as he sat down n to th? well-filled table. “I'll tell you. 11 John,” began his father, beaming at the boy, “the happiest time in most t- people's lives is right when they are *s eating, isn’t it?” e John looked at mother, who had y acted as cook, and then'at the rest of his family. "Yes, it is.” he agreed, i’ “provided that they are eating with ’- some people for whom they actually it , care.” 3 —— n The New Poor. “Good morning, madam. I deal in cast-off clothing.” "Oh, how lucky! Do you thinif you s- have anything that would suit my husband?” —From London Punch. The Surprise. a Stella —Why such preparations? lr Bella —I’m expecting a nominating committee of one.