For a month, he shared in the gay life and reckless spending of his masters, but meanwhile, his own employer had been badgered by the captives family to offer a price for his release, This was in accordance with the Chinese law of responsibility for the persons of employees and the sum was accepted at the bandits headquarters. A thessage was sent to. Tientsin, authorizing Lu's release, but before his departure for home, the bandits gave him a douccur of $100 for hhia services, with strict injunctions to betray them, 1 -Overjoyed at the prospect of get-flog back to his own folk,' Mr. Lu accepted the terms, but, on arrival home, discovered "that both his grandmother and mother had died of grief at the supposed murder of their sole hope of support. In fierce rage at the tragedy, Mr, Lu went to his employer and' revealed all his exact information as to the members of the band, their local headquarters as well as their secret haunts in Tientsin, The matter was reported at once to the Show Yamen and the same night strong posse of soldiers surrounded the bandits' nest, broke in on the astonished unmates and made a grand scoop of the lot. When the rascals had been rounded up and fettered and all their captives released, the somewhat extensive premises were: sil fied and reduced to ruins, Suspicion naturally fell upon the res-Pectable Councillor. His arrest was ordered and the next day the city was ringing with news of the ex-
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