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Show REAL JUDAS FEAST AT TOKYO nmity In Division of Spoils and Tips Between Guides Leads to Tragedy. Kosaku was the head guide at a big Tokyo hotel. He and another guide called Tomora, who also acted as policeman po-liceman and incidentally as a spy on foreigners, were constantly quarreling about the tips and spoils they extracted extract-ed from globe-trotters, Lays the Wide World. Kosaku finally proposed reporting re-porting Tomora to the police authorities authori-ties and so destroying his hopes of a pension. At the end of the year Tomora To-mora one day dressed himself carefully careful-ly In foreign clothes, loaded a revolver, put It in his pocket, and invited the unfortunate Kosaku to a feast at a tea house. It was indeed a Judas repast. The two men ate together and drank. One after another, as little stqe bottles bot-tles of sake were emptied, the former enemies swore in bibulous phrases that ell was forgiven. Together they started start-ed to return to the hotel, both apparently appar-ently full of happiness and peace of mind 4ul resolved that In future they would fleece the stranger within their gates hand in hand, as beloved brethren breth-ren should. Then, just by the bridge near the hotel the untidy bridge where the trams meet Tomora turned like a wolf and suddenly shot Kasaku in the neck and body shot with unerring un-erring aim, for Kosaku fell dead without with-out a moan. Tomora then killed himself him-self on the spot. He had not forgiven, but was there not a supreme and cruel treachery in spending his last hours making merry with his victim? |