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 more than a few weeks but he had no sooner met Ardell Trent than he knew that his travels were over. For years and years he had wandered the earth, a lonesome man, rich but friendless. Now at last he had found a home, the home for which unconsciously he had been in search. When Ardell died leaving a baby boy, Hung Long Tom had remained to watch over the little fellow. With Scobee, Hung Long Tom was able to mold his career just as he would have joyed to watch over the son of Lotus Blossom if it had been granted to him. Now Scobee was a man and Hung Long Tom was still with him, for in his blindness Scobee needed him more than ever. His helplessness only served to weld more securely the bond between them.