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I 1 An Intern J Romance iv Jl iAL HALLIE ERMINE RIY Author A o of J l en n S derson n. cn t. t The f Etc o. o CHAPTER III IlL The he Land of the Gods ho he J rat touch louch of thO th lh shore where pretty prett daughter waited r problem had been swept away Ia ad rushed to meet her emI em- em m- m I jie ber with a moist ecstatic kiss heek beel rescued the tho bishop from fon fromi d eai r al i of oC handshaking and carried find their trunks leaving Bar- Bar borne down by a Babel of sound whose newness made her herle herless herlest ce cent V le less lest and to whose manifold sen sen- was as keenly keeny alive as a plate to color color- ride to the for Cor Japanese has adapted tho the English station was a moving panorama ange ange high lights and shades of ot odor from bake ovens O of ot open fronts hung with gaudy figured with saffron warty Lor Im melons lons ebony egg plant ellow peppers and red Hokkaido tot of of weighted carts drawn by naked coolies and swiftly of Europeans set them down at atlon allon Barbara felt bewildered yet et exhilaration As s they drew up tp at n a porter with red cap and buttons emerged and began to ring 1 swinging it back and forth The Tho bishop bought their ata little barred window bearing t tithe the sign Your will t freel in every direction entered e entered the roar just behind an flady l dy who had hod been among the passengers a a good natured volu- volu loks lok's tourist who the second day to t Barbara her orlan fan invitation Inn to the imperial blossom party as her husband had the litigation She wore word a a. and the husband of inal inal in- in al acquaintance showed now a aig ig Ue expanse of of white waistcoat r a gold watch chain that hate hare restrained a a. tiger The lady and Ind smiled in the uniform of some school with foreign jackets of ot ota ofa a ack cloth set off oft with brass but- but atlin kl n a row on the opposite side adZa fa cap like a cadets cadet's with a erry blossom on jt its front and all all' Between Hittle boy sat on the edge of the Is hanging from the thong ThIs bare toes the sleeves of his with Wit bundles He stared curl of Barbaras Barbara's hypnotized at ar a hair which lay against the cush- cush stretched hed out a hand furto fur- fur to vouch t uch it but drew it back co coWd only talk to him him Barbara I I want to know the lan lan- ITch rrell me Patsy Patsy how how long did it learn cried Patricia in comical amaze- amaze Heavens and earth I 1 haven't t I only know enough to bad- bad servants You have to turn youre your- your Id e out to think Japanese and and d d. d on your our head to talk it mind Barbara said the looking up from his newspaper n it j if f you insist on it id be a capital teacher teacher- Bless InI 1111 believe I forgot to tell teU you OU r I asked Barbara Barbata oung ayoung gla young Japanese girl the Lc l f the thc old samurai who sold I Ind for the chapel The family lold one but bu of frayed fraed fortune interested in her chiefly because v r- r she is a Christian She iWi her fathers father's consent w hejls B a Buddhist She isn't of vat lit class of course but I r you f liked she liked she wo would d make malte an m anion for or you while you are said Patricia L She as pretty as a picture and Is too quaint uld be lovely to have her Bar were Youre a very thought thought- Arthur Are you sure 1 an ant t to her a note and ask her to at the f embassy this even even- all ahl aboard for the Japanese 1 f u h wisdom for me thank you I prefer to take mine mino InI in I ithe pores All AH the Japanese of- of of-I of I peak English anyway just as I diplomatic corps By the I I 1 ipe's ipes res etc's Count tho the Servian I She nodded toward the fur- fur I i d 1 of the carriage where a bored t European regarded I cape through a monocle Hes lies t re reflectively but hes he's a I I caught him lim one night at a I I dr dropping dropping- a capsule Into his hisT T passed hastily through the car- car carI I having a trail of r small pam pamphlets pap paper r with gold old lettering I if of If a a. health resort I for nr the tourist Barone Bar- Bar Barj ened one curiously She looked j Ilta perry try erry eye 4 c 4 a paragraph for y you u. u Uncle Qt 5 eald ald Listen Usten J place has other modern f nm and second class hotels and a I In one quarter are a a ai i 4 missionaries but they can f tOB e C voided avoided s' s credit that to difficulties of gUage he protested Im sure at have ve been meant hat a contradiction put in 4 I j he retorted my baker has haa a I his wagon The biggest loafer lRe e means that well too a slamming of doors I the ne gray roofs fell awa away Bar- Bar the very spirit of at beauty Lithe I ne whirling shadows of pine trees between tiled walls thatched temples flights of I eons geons and spurts r of pink cherry the gorgeous landscape retro rey re- re tro fron- fron every y rift and crevice device of Its OllIn its colors of rich red earth In the grace and vigor resilient bamboo groves cardinal w pride of ot Its flowing hi Barbaras Barbara's heart answered the CHAPTER IV Under tho Red Sunset I Id i I were gone now The train tran training Urn ling ing along a canal teeming n level with the paper per t tran looking houses on Its op- op ank Beyond lay a sea of ot roofs gray billows of tiling spotted ee foam barn en from Crom which steel fac- fac 1 yS lifted like the black back masts en ships ps The train tran wa entering 1 slammed sharply From the thee m king I 1 Mor Re e carriage a man had ewas wa an European a Was and struck at once by his great J e. e absence ot of color In his said ad the bishop y d their wraps He St St. b fore J r I left last fall He is expert and is supposed the Il p os ves greatest living 71 i i t lie hI as 8 Sl tlc IC I Y expert odious whispered I. I whispered 1 the long Stepped before 1 dusky asphalt plat plat- I 18 eyes are like o as it if a a. cats cat's and his they Wanted to crawl e etto 0 Spiders she There Is lh the said Iw suddenly rv tJ pointing over the turnstile where s stood a Japanese boy In a wide winged kimono of or tea colored pongee with crimson facIngs facings fac fac- ings and a n crimson mushroom hat Tho The carriage Is just outside You'll come too of course bishop she added Father rather will vill expect you He lie He shook his hiss head and motioned toward a dense assemblage comprising half naif a dozen of his own 11 race in clerical black and half a hundred Japanese whose faces seemed one composite composite com corn smile of welcome There Is a apart apart apart part of my flock ho saW said There will willbe willbe be a a. jubilation at my bachelor palace tonight I shall BhaIl see you ou tomorrow I hope They watched him for a moment the center cente of ot a ceremonious ring of or bowing figures then passed through the tho station to the steps where the carriage waited A hundred yards from rom the entrance the embassy carriage halted abruptly and Barbara caught her companions companion's arm with a low exclamation At the side of th the square seat seated d or reclining on the ground was a body of perhaps eighty men dressed in a deadly brown browl ish yellow ellow the hue of ot iron rust with I coarse hats and rough straw sandals They were disposed in lines Unes a handcuff was on each left wrist and a thin rattling rattling rat rat- LUng iron chain linked all together They are ure convicts said Patricia I on their way to tho the copper mines I im Im- im- im agine They will move presently and we can pass At the tho head of the platoon stood an officer In dark blue cloth uniform uniform uni uni- form and clumsy shoes a sword by his side He stood motionless as an idol Ido his bronze face Impressive The prisoners prison prison- ers looked on stolidly at the stir of the station Some talked in low Jow tones and pointed here and there with furtive glances gances at the officer Barbara noted their different expressions some stolid low and featureless some with side looks of ot sharper cunning all touched with oriental apathy A bell ben now began to clamor In the and there came the rasping hoot of ot an engine The officer turned gave ave a sharp order and the prisoners rose with light clanking of their chains Another order and they moved In double double dou dou- ble lines of or single file into the station To be continued |