Show I ENDRo SWORDS t t iF iE t l r ii HALLIE d nr ERMINIE A 1 r CJ RIVES W of 0 S ton tan Sanderson derson 2 K F- F sCow ar The Etc 47 W I Continued in that tele- tele presently for for forI fora I a has caused my r gov- L Your excel excel- and when I say that of this attack if are rare precisely those sow so so- w uld suffer suffel suffers most were fuld or r prosperity s tv threat threat- la seemed to lie be a con eon ioL oL purely fortuitous fling ing is 15 no mere more opinion d for that Sonic ina inal in- in a al abroad is apparent apparent- ff y on a belief that tha t J Ja Ja- Ja a. a y 1 enter a period of Q IT spoke for the tho first 1 w i he ho said shrewdly fed ed d at him an instant His expression He He Ic rose roso and went 1 E telephone in the next c With the secret serin serin serin ser- ser in a low tone o ants their host res re's re- re I s 's s 5 something in ill his bis hiso I 10 o s keen suggestion was most pia There Thero is one man Delusive C e of the comI cornin corn com la I I ent in ill the past two garns l s to N New ew York T l' l I turn t about the room Your excellency f tort T T 1 make a conat con con- con con- at t. t man is Dr Ber- Ber Berr r started sta rt ed eme me said the adm ad ad- rim indis indis- m an apparent Win is no longer in in e e. e His contract cx- cx j a. a ay It will not be he ref re re- Mf f ray my government govi I IL Ibe L be representative of J oncoming a private ts are arc in the purI pur pur- I he circumstances are arc JU I think the occasion t. t IOn lEa sharply and his c r Thing Bring me meM report No 11 of ofa of Ataro a o. o he lIe turned to a aLith atTi 1 Lith th red Your e cx- cx II u interested me proby pro- pro proby by the account of f y ur dog I T am I r. r Daunt who Daunt who reads to give ive a running t I as as per pcr- ion on in Uncial Greek IJ a aL As he translated m marc re c quickly and the across thes the theas ds as s chronicled noth noth- f cu curious ous disappear of a tiny song l 1 rest The Tho close I 1 ew ew- ewan an ex exclamation exclamations exclamation's 1 r s 's lips For it told f Reddish brown pert's ert s 's desk and he his study lamp amp b baning ling in o over or r curious n js own piazza Ii said the admiral of the dog sug sup yr X the j might mi ht himself be of the tho ani- ani ani- ani nee acel r rs reply came camo came slowly LL re emphasis more so from irom our preIn preIn pren pre pre- n In my m study I have r. r We Ve were w. w the doctor described jj u ILDO e of the future future future-an an anich ich cli h should utilize some somo Raw aw pf f mole molecular ular ae- ae lat might be carried in which a expressed it more mere Ho spoke I range confidence that In the latter s sIe left t a deep dea it suggested was iff l 1 havo have never spoken Before id td the admiral II that that l ng has actually What pos- pos an n thc there e be bet between een In in some somo near jower ower ower Japans Japan's s 's credit replied there voices outside a outside a sud end l 1 id a womans woman's agitated ie ie 10 secretary came camo in in s sj jered ered to the admiral t yi tho han hall there thero was J t struggle and a girl m. m She throw herself panting broken was torn and ack hair was loos loos- white ite and pitifully t ft after her ho her ho was ie iQ Ho He grasped rasped herL her L feen en at the depart depart- L Up Li English with a s. s II They They detained got away They havel have l ng that she might 19 Iga him her eyes i 1 about her lor with a I Suddenly she sho saw be e Ii lifted fled her face I to him nw m AnA n sol ici Then turn- turn I il I know the tho child lJ companion to ones one s till a week a ago ol red from her home I m n exclamation of Wo no doubt he ord Tord for the strange Jw which is akin to I In n be cared for at id d spoke soothing soothing- I ru She Sho tore toro her her- it grasp and fai falling failing ing mil fists on the tho floor of them them listen They t m listen fl JJ sho she shonA nA e. e They call it itt m not t hear And loo 00 latel A peal r shook her mixed tI Are Aro all the tho an anT anTHe He lie c admiral s 's face Leave cave her Iter with n wait n the ante ii hand hand and the I C IJ aide withdrew rew with the secretary His 5 two callers ha had risen hut but h he stayed staved them We e have hae gond n far along tho I road of confidence tonight he be said in a 3 low tone i If f von YOU arc willing willip we will go o to the thc end cud Ho ITo bent and drew the girl to a sit sit- ting tint posture TeB Tell us ho h said gently ti what what brought brough you Jon here CHAPTER I The Tue Alarm As the men listened to the thc swift story thero was s no save e the tho rustle of the thc wind outside outside out out- side the tIlO clack of a ui night ht and the ticking ticking- of the clock on the of marble marblo J. J 11 mantel The Tho form rm U u garments the P passionate in in- in r of the tho slim clutched hands tho the fire are f in n in the the dark eyes eyes all all lent effect to too a narrative E VO instinct t w with th terrible truth fruth The Tho o knowledge kno of tho the colloquial col col- was ras limited but ho he know enough to grap the tho story story's s 's main fea hues tures II Jt capped tho edifice of don don- donand and furnished ls cd a direful solution f i to what hat had llad v been mysterious Once the admirals admiral that the theother s 's S eyes C met his his a and aud l each knew thet t other believed belie Terrible as ai its Meaning was was pointing pointing to what black depths of abysmal wickedness wickedness- it was true v The rue admiral listened with a counte counte- nance that might have been carved caned of metal meta but the faces of M the tIle others were Later was to come to both the tho pathos and meaning of the fice flee th this r frail girl had lad laid a id on the knees of her country's gods but for the hour all an else was swallowed up in the tho horrifying knowledge kuo struck with sith the sharp fact that one of the partners iu in this thiS' enterprise however expatriate was of their own nation To Daunt this was intensified by his own acquaintance with Phil Memories swept him of that worthless ribald career the career the evil intimacy with the the gradual dominance of the bottle bottIe which in tho the end had be- be him What a singular separateness of vision vis vis- ion ion he seemed in lightning like flashes t to tp see that betrayal the blind infatuatIon infatuation tion the slow enticements the reckless ss intoxicated triumph the final surrender He seemed to see Haru her secret won running panting through the wind He saw Phil waking at last from his drunken drunk drunk- en slumber slumber to to what shame and penalty penal penal- ty He shuddered When the tho secretary entered at the crisp so sound nd of the admirals admiral's be bell he stared at the pallid countenances in in the room The Japanese girl stood trembling trem trem- bling hung supported half-supported by the admirals admiral's s 's arm The latter spoke spoke in in a voice that held no sign of feeling It was to present present pre pro sent the youn young m man n to the girl in jl n the most formal formal and and elaborate The San Ojo dei deigns ns to be for but butan butan but butan an hour the guest of my mean abode h h. h said Instruct my mv that in in that unworthy interval h he may JUay offer her august refreshment and afterward prepare her proper escort and convey convey- ance anee Meantime send my aide to me The secretary's s gleam of astonishment astonishment astonishment astonish astonish- ment veiled itself under oriental lashes and a tinge of ot color warmed the whiteness whiteness whiteness white white- ness of Hani's Hanis Haru s 's cheek He bowed to her profoundly As he deferentially opened the door she turned back swayed and sank suddenly prone in a deep sweep sweep- in ing obeisance An instant the admiral stood looking after her The petal of a plum bIos soul som som 1 he said under the hoof of the swine His manner changed abruptly as tho the aide entered He spoke in quick curt Japanese in a tone sharp and exact exactas as steel shears snipping through 7 zinc nc Something has transpired of great groat at moment There is no time to deal with it by the ordinary channels It is of tho thoI I first importance the importance the first importance that I reach Yokohama within the hour You will call caU up and order a special train with r right bt of way This admits of no delay deay Send for my carriage at once You will accompany me We leave in ten ton minutes Tho The aide went out quickly while h he seated himself at his huB desk and began to write te rapidly Two battleships I he said suddenly sudden sudden- lyT ly wheeling in his seat With the human lives Jives on them Perhaps even war between two or more nations ot ci my ancestors I All AJI this to nang hang on the 10 loyalty of a mere merc girl I The pacing the floor snapped l the lid of his watch It It must stil still be close to two hours of sunrise he be said in in an a agitated voice voice Surely there is time The admiral was consulting an almanac almanac almanac al al- al- al manac when the aide re reentered Here is he said Put a telegram it on the wiro wire at once It must arrive before us Excellency said tho the aide the tho train is not possible The Tho service to Yokohama ceased at 6 0 clock The rains there rains there is a L washout His chief pondered swiftly It must be loft left to others then Call CaU up the tho emergency long distance for Yokohama and give gho me a clear wire wire at once to the governors governor's residence I must make mako the telegraphic instructions fuller Hobent Ho He Hobent bent over oyer the desk Trepidation tion was on the aides aide's face when bo ho returned this time Excellency the tho accident to the line was tho the failure of the bridge over the It carried both the tele tole- telegraph graph and telephone conduits No wire wi will bo working before noon tomor tomor- rol row The ThO Inq admiral nan half rose tie rio ic out his bis hand then drew it back It Tho The wireless exclaimed tho the em em- The aide aides aide's s troubled voice replied Whatever the necessity he knew that it was a crucial one The Tho mast wa was displaced by today's earthquake he said The Tho system is temporarily useless There was a moment of blank silence The Tho admiral sat staring strai straight ht before him The only sign of a agitation was his labored br breathing athing II Can Can a horse get through The Tho other shook his head Not under under un un- un der three hours It would have havo to bo be by detour detour and and there are arc no relays A motor car i Impossible exclaimed tic the By tho the long road and in bettor bettel bet bet- bet tel tor weather my Mercedes ca can not do O it under eighty minutes The adm admiral ral lifted himself from his chair His us eyes were bloodshot and on his forehead tiny veins veins had sprung out in branching clusters of purple In the name of Shaka Yokohama harbor but a handful of miles away and nd cut off oil utterly It must be reached i I tell you It must be reached His voice was low pitched but terrible in its intensity I Drive to the naval col coT le lege e and ask for twenty cadets its cadets its swiftest runners runners to to be bo s sent n t after you to A locomotive can take them as far as the river If there thore areno are areno areno no sampan they can swim Make do- do in my authority Not a minute is isto isto isto to be bp lost Ho lIo put what he had been writing into tho thin aides aide's hand Read this in the carriage It will serve servo as instruction The aide thrust the the paper into his breast and aud vanished The admiral looked about him through stiffened half closed eyelids Then under the tho stress it I Is s seemed emed of a mighty shudder the shudder tho very soul of that overwhelming ovel certainty of the peril awaiting th the red dawn on that bungalow roof above the tIle Yoko Yoko- hama bama anchorage the anchorage the racial impassivity the restraint and repression of emotion that long long- generations of ingrain habit have made second nature to the Japanese Japa nese nose suddenly crumbled He struck his hand hard a against the desk Has Has not Japan toiled and borne enough that this shame must come to her His deep voice shook Your excellency excellency 1 Mr Daunt Daunt in in all aU this land where heroism is hackneyed and flee fice a fetish there is no prince or coolie cooHe who to turn aside this peril would not give his body to the torture Yet Yot must we wo sit here helpless as as' If man but had wings Daunt stiffened Ho Ito felt his heartbeat heartbeat heart heartbeat beat to his temples Ho He started to his feet with an exclamation But man has wings ho he cried What of the long hours of toil and experiment the gray ray mornings on Aoyama ma parade ground when wIlen his Glider had carried him circling above abot the tree treetops treetops tops Could ho do it With no other word lIe he darted to the hall hail They heard his flying feet on the tho gravel ravel and a 3 quick command to a betto The Tho wind tos tossed ed back the word ord into the strained quiet Aoyama exclaimed the dor clor as' as the hoof beats lashed to an an nu an nn- of speed died into silence His His Glider A sud sudden en hope flashed into the admirals admirals admiral's admirals admiral's ad ad- miral's face Tho Tho gods of Nippon aid aul him 11 he ho heTo I I said To be bo continued |