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Show TATTOOERS DRINK THE BLOOD. Part of the Operation iis Conducted by Expert Japanese. Young Lieut. Marllnsplko rovcalod on his right arm an Undo Sam, nnd oh his left a pencock, whllo round his neck a gleaming serpent was coiled, its mouth holding its tall. "This la Jnpancso tattooing," tho lloutenant Bald, proudly. "Nngnsnkl work. 1 was under tho nccdlo 19 hours In nil. Mytwo tnttooers drank qulto a pint of my blood. "Jnp tnttooers nro nil blood drinkers. drink-ers. They llko It. They got to llko It In tho ond ns you or I llko tobacco. "You boo, ns thoy work, tho blood wells forth; It flows ovor tho design, nnd then, very carefully, without smearing the wet Ink, thoy lick tho blood up dpllrntely with tho tnnguo. Every Jap tattoocr, ns ho picks and picks nwny nt you, bends down every few mlnutca nnd licks tho llttlo rising tldo of blood away. "If he Is a seasoned tattooor ho swallows swal-lows tho blood. Ho likes it, ho says." |