. To California and back;. ere socorrupted by intimidation or bribery of witnessesthat it was next to impossible to convict a High-binder of any criminal offense. A climax of terrorwas reached that at last convulsed the environingcity, and by the pure effrontery of autocratic powerthe society itself precipitated its downfall. A per-emptory word was given to the police, and there en-sued a scene which the astonished Celestials wereforced to accept as a practical termination of theirbloody drama; a small epic of civilization intenton the elevation of heathendom, no inconsiderableportion of which
. To California and back;. ere socorrupted by intimidation or bribery of witnessesthat it was next to impossible to convict a High-binder of any criminal offense. A climax of terrorwas reached that at last convulsed the environingcity, and by the pure effrontery of autocratic powerthe society itself precipitated its downfall. A per-emptory word was given to the police, and there en-sued a scene which the astonished Celestials wereforced to accept as a practical termination of theirbloody drama; a small epic of civilization intenton the elevation of heathendom, no inconsiderableportion of which in a short space was blown skyhigh. The Highbinders were scattered, many im-prisoned or executed, innumerable dives emptied,temples and secret council-rooms stripped bare, andthe society in effect undone. Yet still, for one whohas viewed the lowest depths of the Chinatown ofto-day, the name will long revive an uncherishedmemory of two typical faces, outlined upon a background of nether flame. One is the face of a young106. BALCONY OF woman who in a cell far underground leans againsta high couch in a manner half-wanton, half-indiffer-ent, and chants an unintelligible barbaric other is that of her owner, needing only a hang-mans knot beneath the ear to complete a whollysatisfactory presentment of irredeemable that is why one quits the endless novelties ofthe peepshow without regret, and draws a breath ofrelief upon regaining the familiar streets of civili-zation. SANTA CLARA VALLEY. Below the junction of San Franciscos peninsularwith the mainland the Santa Clara Valley stretchessouthward between the Toast and Santa Cruz this valley lies the way to San Jose and thecoast-resorts of Santa Cruz and Monterey, past inter-mediate points of celebrity. I^alo Alto is the site of the Stanford University,where in a campus of 8,000 acres, an arboretum towhich every clime has liberally contributed, standsthis magnificent memorial of a cheri
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