Mr, Bendbow tried doing the cruel father and threatened to repudiate the adoption if his wishes were not met The daughter selected 9 young lieutenant named Raft and sent two of her friends to offer him yer hand and her heart. Not rea izing the troubles into which he was plunging, and admiring tie Indy, Mr, Raft accepted the suggestion. Miss Bendbow thereupon inerred an advertisement in the Dapers announcing that, as she was only the adopted daughter of Mr, Bendbow, she was going to please herself whom she marr At this point in the story the Kuominchun commenced their r2- ent attack against the Government and Lieut, Raft was ordered to the front. There he contracted a sex Sous illness and a short time ago re turned to Hankow in a very wen'.
'The grandmother of Miss Bencbow by adoption next comes on the scene determined to' finish off this unfilial nonsense. But her method to pity the young Lieutenant and put him in rooms in the street of the three virtues. She also called in a doctor named River to treat him, and this doctor wrote a prescription. Incidentally the doctor {is well-known in Chinese circles and has had a large practice, The grandmother had the medicine made up and brought it to Mr. Raft, the new-style Miss Bendbow being in attendance on her betroth-4d. The medicine is administere, the lieutenant commences to groan and writhe, and then he suddenly: dies. The young Indy guesses wha: has happened, but does not guess the real culprit. "So she marches with the bottle to the house of Dr.
River and accuses him of the murd-for. He absolutely denies that the medicine has any poisonous propporties, but the maiden finally chal-Tenges him to prove his words by drinking what is left in the bottle. And such was hor power over the poor man that he finally did as ho was told, and in a few minutes he too was writhing in pain and died.
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