Show I THE LORD OF GATE ce T TURN YOUR SYNOPSIS ln In Jn a low drinking place In the he Japanese town of ot ayama dissolute son on on of ot the Wealthy Ao Aochi hI Ix lord rd otha of o the tha Thunder Gate date boasts of a girl he In Is to purchase with gold fold stolen from mm hi his hili father Following Follow ing a n if lit In tI the place a K drunken white titan man PI perfect Jap Jap- anese U Ii left Ift Kayama Kaya- Kaya ma dHa dreading hla anger seen reA II it s WilY Way of ut I He tIe changes with the unconscious white Willie mR man n Un In whom tie lit beam ar a remarkable resemblance leaving log a In exi X motion Is la rul b l unI U n The white while man as Is I. taken unconscious to 10 the home of Ao hl Ills name Is IC Wells Wells VelIs awakes awak l hut to 10 familiar scenes In Audits Audit's house almost e I from age ago does doe not perceive the titi 01 t tin lIe had determined Ills his ul son should be bt put ut to 0 but VII Wells Wells' deportment leads n hl-n In tp think a reformation Is la i ih dies that thu day Wells elIs note nole and under ts Priests remind him of a n bf he has made to buy a girl lI He nl goes goe to the tho temple I CHAPTER III Ill III Continued 4 Volt I shrieked d the eldest priest hearing the long I Indrawn breaths Is IsIt IsIt isit It not as I said suld Is she not a l pome iome pomegranate orne- orne granate flower r AIl Act I The eyes of polished jade I The burnished I lied as a dream dram sunset Soft as the mist of ot the moon Examine her poise e eyes eyes ps sought ought out the tiny bit of ot curved neck that promised rounded loveliness concealed below who below who s ys Is not beloved of ot the gods An old priest cackled Here was no Japanese woman It was not necessary necessary essary to assume an attitude of ot po po- po- po As white as satin entin the priest called ell carried awny away In his hili oratory Throw down your our kimono as the lIelI jin women dress Ael Aei I Iste Ithe the ste does not understand and with his own kimono tie demon demonstrated what was Intended l For or a full f minute she he gaped tit lit him Her lIer eyes lyes were full rull ot of pain so RO much of ot anguish an was In them Item that Wells wondered why hy the gods did dill not strike them all nil with n a thunderbolt Ills face wu was Impassive Ills eyes eyell narrowed with anger giving him a more Japanese Saps Japa nese expression The girl sobbed threw up her I gleaming head clutched hlll the top of ot other her tier kimono bent nt her liar head bend abruptly for tor the tile we weight ht of ot the cross and drew down her ber kimono The veins wins In Wells Wells' forehead throbbed stood out In bonded d van van- vurl- vurl realty What he be had come for fr was sas II 1 b I t L ll ir i- i r i Shrieked the Eldest Print Priest Hearing the Long Indrawn Breaths Creath It It II Not at as I Said plain nod ordered orde lie II stood up grimly grim ly 11 gathering Catherine the Ie Mk Ilk of lila his robes mimes about him hun The Lord of the Thunder r late flute speaks be tie soul dramatically This Is his maid lieu 11 fro he its time the sU ix rolls of ot gold cold upon ulon the lie temple sn Sit that the they cascaded In glittering whorls scoop tip up the time gold Who Is III the lord of ot the lime destining I of this vii ll lage loge Turn your our heads from the It Is not that low eyes ees behold her longer mur curiosity Is sated Int Consider carefully In III your our cells hut Kayama has baa In his hs toe benevolence permitted per mUted you ou to behold the splendor of ol his hla first wife Ife Consider nothing of her beauties Or Or he be wrinkled his forehead fore head bead trying to rt remember what Miss Miss- ko to had said or little the I da day may come comae when the lord of your village will descend upon tile the temple as 08 his forefathers t herl hn have done lie paused eyes lYS Intent upon the time hot hotspOts hotspots spots of rif red teul In the time Kills gIrls Irl's cheeks Then Import tim till maid to my house bouse I will talk to the time abbot Honorable eldest priest Wells Sella wild said hi bluntly II you ou have hac tricked me nie Time Hie abbot had bud not liked Wells Wells' orn orn- Ion It ns not net 1111 that his lila priests Lie Le so an addressed res ld 1 He lie I. I answered abruptly abrupt ly Iy How ilow In is white You Oti saw her before through the time slit silt In the tIme panel of nf her room lie hl Is I. Pot not white while I spoke of that before blore She hime hp Is lan Chinese blood Hood flows s In her veins If It If site she Is why do you fear the tile missionaries They questions There Is a atory tory story Ioor seared scared kIll kid Wells was think III ing She he would be he fur far better ort off In hIs Ills o m oun n household Safe Hed He'd find a away awny awny way to it t JI her r back hock back where here re l I is this tItle stor story honorable nb ab- hot liot Where here did tild the mold maid come rome from Wells waited then I 1 have asked it This Title was n a new Inyama I The priest hind lind heard many man stories of ot a dissolute dissolute disso disso- lute rogue rogne at once penurious and spendthrift a o seeker for sensations It would be well to conciliate this newer l The temple might need gold goltl oid again You Vou will remember l San Kayama-San a that lint when ben your honorable father sent you ou abroad to the lie white countries there here was much fighting The Japanese Japa nese troops took front from the sEI o country much land which they themselves them selves elves hind had taken from China It thus Becomes becom's yellow ng agninA again agnin llnA A troop of ot our soldiers led Ild by b a anoble anoble anoble noble whose name Is II of ot no Importance Im Ito captured a Chinese family Urn hn hind had 1 succored fleeing Germans In Inthe time the he family was this mold mad Good The noble loMe had hiatt her sent lInt to Japan Joplin to his hs house louse Her white skin was distasteful distaste te- te ful rul to him lie He condemned himself Her lIer would arouse ques- ques lons for this tIlls noble lived In a large lare tI II where missionaries resided He tie did not like the maid Sell Sett her No None Nore found her pleasing Then this lila maid wr educated by her hr Chinese Chinese father futher In a seiyo o Jn mission oils mis sion r after the habits of white women Some missionary might ht know her Thus Thull the time noble nohle feared urN Feared Fearell Investigations Inv's and oDd official upon time the lie Ill owed oved this lila temple hemple gold We Wp d to take the maid as ns payment We l dill did so We would have sold her herto herto herto to the highest bidder awaiting an op 0 It came caine nm You Vou have her It II Is III nil all very err simple Sue She he Is very r beautiful Wells said It Is that she Sill hns hilA tIme the saving sn Chinese I blood that limit she ale may Inay be lie a In your our house tIe tlc priest I agreed It saves ci her that limit Is II certain Wells agreed with different meaning ns liS he stepped nut out Into the th temple yard urd The peace hence of ot his room w WI s grateful to limo lIm He lie threw lurk hack the screens anti and the time scented air from the garden flowed fio In j Hack In th time the house he could hear hur whispering 1 anti and A wort word 1111 drifted ft II to 10 him Laughter r. r Time Till sen sony ants were wen arraying time the Eurasian In her loony finery Her lIr hair had been adjusted adjust ed to serve e as Uli a n nimbus for the lie fairness fairness furniSS fair fur I ness niSS and sweetness 8 of her face the Ihl whole holl laId held In place with curious ornamental orna orno- mental combs and shot luot through ii with Inn tong long I tine fine pins of guild gold anti anil tortoise tortoiseshell tortoiseshell shell shIll with viii cunningly carved Cur heads St studded with dull hlll jewels JI We f t. t must mut hurr hurry the time old servant di directed eu The e I loid nid will Il I be bl Impatient Ion t He lie will Ill walk from garden to tn from house honl e to tn garden now lOW here now nn I He Ill ie can C'an hll hardly rIll u await 1111 her com com- I tn lag Ins Wells truly trul found tim till waiting wallin tin tin- bearable Unten nn as all he lie hull had III beon n shuffling hack buick anti ami forth over r time flat stones that marked time the paths the time thelon lon lonu s 's 1010 1 blended Into n tie one I stilt soft Within tIme the house e hun bin terns tent were f ero lighted antI and little III tables mules I. I ItS It'S wen vent prepared for tIe tlc inn marriage feast The Time servant found him hint In lii tIme the gar gur den SI SIe e will ill III not I un And we cannot talk to tn her r I t 1 will go It U It not according to custom but bitt I wilt will go I understand word of ot time the MIrI language as its you ou know lie He strode down clown time the Ion tong long corridor hurl besot erect mind and he single Pen open room rhom Arrayed In her finery burnished hair thrust through and through I with u 1 hilt h J jeweled pins pin the lie girl rl sat on arm u a n cushion alone Of Ot OtI w I what limit use liSt to tu U resist If only tube she could speak luk to this demon dell explain eIl the time Urn tear Ilor forerunner fore fort runner of ot more to 10 follow ou Ott the lime matting and so Wells Velle found her Ills His eyes ejes ached Tired t The Time day was long and he lie approached the time climax elI cli 11 max DUX to strange events l' Hed He'd explain quickly that site she was 18 with him hint sate safe from hIm That he ht would assist her ber to return to her people In China He lie knelt before b her r. r If It she were I only white lie He was WIS lon lonely ly Some one oneto oneto oneto to talk to to sonic some one of ot his own kind Some one to make him forget the bit s ot time the past that pIl welled d Up In him That white friendly ly fingers I touch the h head ad which ached to so And lie AntI lie had a yellow woman I II I 1 have b been ln In foreign countries Wells said slowly and unheeding lift her look of surprise at nt his hue English words word went ent on I am am told you understand I English I also lie He pronounced with infinite care each letter I 1 like ilkI liker lIker r The Tue girl gasped tried 1 to speak collected col col- herself Wells waiting hearth heard the women the time fires cooking a mumble of ot voices then lien the time old serving woman woman's shrill He lie has lias gone to her Yoh I Were I but hut young joung again agnini I Wells WllIs would have hare continued to reassure reassure re rt assure her hot hat the time girl looked at nt him with hope pregnant In her eyes ees and words word flowed td from her imer In a frightened metallic stream I please she whispered dont touch me please cant can't you ou see pee dont don't you Oll understand you pm wouldn't want me flue I am Jim all white shiite all wll white te you wouldn't want me toe CHAPTER IV It now becomes needful to go 0 back some twenty t years before the God lod of ot Chance ordered the course of ot Wells llIs to fall full Into strange ways as There must be foundation It t was mId laid In the home of ot Doctor Wells ells missionary In Intile he time little village lle of ott kl many leagues from fromn Here lIere and then Hobble Hobble- San Hobble nn Wells despite the constant reminders of ot Ml- Ml II sako his Imis nurse preferred 1 making the S 'S I Ir r I 6 J If I I n fY I I You Wouldn't Want me Im I'm All White WhIte All All White Yo You Wouldn't Want Me Me- Me temple court his playground rather than thun the family garden This Tills was natural The 1111 garden had hod been lD uprooted of Its single wild peach tree whose blossoms lu Iu the time early spring sprin gave oil oft an odor thin as that which clings to the silk of ot a forgotten robe Doctor Wells mind was firmly finnly set ret upon a space to remind re him of the and godly home which he had bad let left behind and nUll the peach llach tree was as ultra Thus In season snapdragon snapdragon snap snap- nOl nOl- dragon and canterbury cante bell would burst from the soft rain ground In all nil promise of erect stern splendor In the mummer 1 I solstice a n promise profuse never ne fulfilled ful filled for tor time the long spikes spIkE's gave birth to nothing save sue a trickle of puny pliny flower and early found disgrace upon import the baked ground Small wonder that the time child played between the long walled Coult courtyard of the the grass was nil tall where trots trees on either side shIp Interlocked Inter locked their m grown muss grown arms above him hl bes the way where the time birds sting sling anti and butterflies sought out the time dancing slanting sunlight Misaki had hind more titan than love for fr the boy added to the strong affection was wu an Imperious sense of the tIme Importance of ot Suns Sun's missionary father Was Vios he be not an honored honorl servant of i for love hove of whom Misako hUll haul fled her position In the time household hold of ot the time Lord of the Thunder mite her people and town and province True Misako lid did not Dot understand UI tunny timings things Him Um It was wa said and und Doctor Wells Veils did diol not deny that I He lit it wmma the son linn of a 11 car car- I penter then could roul 1 n a god got go II but Misako simple In n taU rd fd because sue she bt belle If It It were wrong to how bow before the IIII flowering peach Inthe In Inthe the time garden before an nn ax found the thet t trunk r l' every ery one on knows ll that lint time the blossoms l l or are tI ll sign Rt nt b by the Six Ix Goddesses to toil tIll that they tumey good luck for the tue coming ear jear lir wh why did dill l Doctor Well worship the pine tr tree lurking lucking fir or spruce which each acim winter season he lie set In the main maui room nail and adorned with ornaments which ItI must II It Misako figured be he prayers pray ers era offered the Carpenters Carpenter's Son She Shedid Shedid did dirt not understand It was all nr very I Can you guess flutes how It I II I. that I Kayama Kayma the impostor I Is able ta to carry out hit his role 10 so successful success success- fully ful i I I TO HE UE CONTINUED CO |