Show r- r al Ir l 0 m es sI s 1 k 1 1 T s sOuM OuM J 3 3 Ct un t y to hey r 1 r 3 rl 1 t A r J Jand and by The l fro r J CHAPTER XIII XIII Continued AI Mf 16 16 f L he he sat on the edge of her berth s troy tray on the ser Jn table serving tn le I kimono Jade Jade- In green no nob 6 thrust t through her hair it b hr led pins h it attitude one of dejection defection Her IIer face lustrous eyes ees dim with to toe e- e her Jg g ib ed ea tears Her ITer high courage le e to red oil She realized the close cont con con- I ho i that shipboard was bringing Sf the ds quickened in a stream to her hernet net et let her h go hgo a 1 no hide her hide ing far from those nasty faces E E itIl the Intention of comforting m w. w ty Wells stepped close and touched 1 ur lur gleaming hair hall all nIl of her fear able and instinctively she COhen covher coy cov- ben hen her mouth with a n hand e ellS stepped back Her lIer fri fright ht lr h hurt him and aud pleased him liim Yet IO found d It even en as ns a Jap he lie was B ills JUs lie He had Wells Wells' thoughts Wells Wells' ells ionS i O nana little blossom he ire hed d 1 turning as ns he spoke to take lake the i from the door that connected the Ins fear Is In your heart henrt If a heart do not take takei rm m gnaws your t i t the heart but destroy destro the worm h 1 1 Here Is Is the key Lock the lel little on one YUe lr returned to his cabin and delved s SO b a wooden box boi taking out a bit- bit r rt orangewood stick a single le dried y J y Sly ly Iy leaf and the head of a tiny tin lied lied d shrimp The stick he thrust thrust tough ough the holly leaf the fishs fish's head f i i I 1 li t d I 1 In 1 fastened into lUlU a U s1 pill mua muad IU iU a none vC d of the stick the other end he Into the keyhole of the door I I 1 have ha placed a charm chann about your nur m 0 lIana he called through the or No devil de may enter m L haze settled over oyer him as us he threw elf upon UllOn the the couch Williams Al- Al Uncle Jim whirled before his es les in shadow shadow play Play Misako the nurse nursed d I his father evil priests chasing b I Ilen len hen his Ellen I Ion rc None on of his dreams Involved himS him him- S i If HI Ilia troubles were over or near near- I over over To o r all he rte was Kayama ama andas and andas I as s tr treated with deference He wa WHO erfe safe as ns the great lord In InIs InS Inis S is he erred His masquerade had read ready bron brought ht peering errs ef eyes s Into his bIn bin eyes which df discovered ered the wimps wimp's head charm and the fact that j hs 1 lord and his wife were not as asp asI I p people that the lor lord was alone in his cabin cabin- h ot Q But nut the boys boy's courage was not Its Irs zenith lIe He feared lIe He eJ did lit t dare dar as fiS yet et to attempt hut but but the j would come come he he could slip the v from front the door the door the lord would t 4 onder that the ke key was gone but butter butter but but- iter ter all would be dark londer h b Wells slept Once Ellen heard him himy 3 y softly almost inaudibly In sleep gut ut Con Coil on ya o 0 yo 0 da da what what night ht It Is for love In CHAPTER XIV J r On One da day clay th the captain missed Kayama- Kayama an an from the event evening meal The lon long longI I ours of exertion the ss worry ad brought Wells to the point where whereS S e e would be unable to withstand or orthe glint ht the onslaught ht of nn any Infectious Disease the cle clean m air of the ship had raced h ht hm l and nd the ship It Itself had J u Cleared leaved d from Japan with a clean bill billu Jf r f health This for a time saved sa him e ut a n li heartier artler meal than usual eaten 1 Ith rapidity it brou brought on a sudden S1 e Wells wondered If he was about to faint he lie sta ged slightly In l his Gois walk wIlk and ami knowing ln ones Intimated what some ome om of the baggage of this Oils s Jup- Jup nese contained potent waters lie oe ad neon been barely barel able ahle to get to his abin Strange he he thought that there thereas ur as us no key keyThe keyt key leS- t The Thie steward reported to the capIn cap cap- In that the time lord had a sickness Time The te ord ie toward vard had knocked There was noy no noy y but 11 he had heard mutter nys SP s P Therefore he Inquired of th the rl Cords Cord's rd's ord's wife ife who was surprised r i See to It that lint San Kayama-San Is prop prop- ly served d In his Illness s the attend- attend nt ni warned the cabin boy who hed fed away uway to the cabin SI It was true The lord of n mf many i cc c Cf fields tossed the upon bed beel Soon 1 i t e would be he darl dark Very soon co on The Time boy am-boy ca hurried down below helow decks Kind mad slid a knife under his white coat sj ln death alone all men equal a as fojt rat a now is the rathen nl said t 1 It u would H e ver very dark and the lord would be hi jt Ics and and alone r Wells did not believe that he was wn 9 really ill He lIe had land these periods of weakness occasionally ally none like this r r. r done bone blurred his eyes so nor ma made c he furniture of Ms his cabin dance lie dance he filing un ung himself upon the bed lIe He Just Couldn't be sick I It would bring brins the he hips hip's doctor Prying e eyes cs Where fild Id the red spots on the wall come comes s rom He lie couldn't be lie sick lIe He tos tossed pun the bed tc feverishly J jj Ellen listened when the steward had Ilon rou rought the news Kayama was given n inI I flo 0 o silent spells when he spoke to no ne nc She hesitated t to r call calI to him u ugh h the door she fen feared red to eny en- en er his cabin y Sounds set seined ed p through ugh e in tain ln f Time The lIttle devil devil de fell from fromn I the keyhole as us she opened the tile connectIng connecting connecting con con- door had hud been good I to ler She Slie saw him 1 lying gray gruy upon the bed e The Thu Kayama she had known was gone The Time color of his face was tint thu of old white whit e wax his mouth seemed stretched to the cra cracking point neither neither nei nei- ther titer turned up at nt the corners nor down but a n bleak slit silt Jagged eel across his face Ills IUs eyes eres were closed The bandage math had slipped away revealing nothing of a n scar beneath for the time wound had been slight POI For For all nil the distortion distortion of countenance countenance counte counte- nance he lie looked boyish She searched for any shred of reason renson In him but the dea deadly l mask told her nothing at all nil rl Then en his lips 1115 moved loved and undo as- as amazed she heard him him speak His Ills eyes sl sightless h with fever fe opened fastened ed upon her In one hand he lie held a samurai knife very erv lean at the blade Is It San Kayama-San Ellen spoke first in a n whisper Ho Ill croaked croal his reply Williams I Iam Iam Iam am going g to kill you Kill rue Ine Lord 1 You sold me out You Yon 10 loved ed Al Al- berta herta You made me lose Uncle Jims Jim's respect That's wh why you ou had me drink drinkwine drinkwine drinkwine wine and md carouse with the Taps Japs There can enn be no other reason I am amnot amnot amnot not a n fool i He sit t up Ills frame was shaken as if with th palsy Tremendous effort torah r l lif hit t A i r r frt tn to l hI his tt feet i not of f the Vl I nn U 0 u. u knife ia is in his hand She turned like a wild creature wild and with horror He lie was mad mud Ellen swu swayed ed started to run entangled a foot In her lon long lO lOHU HU and forward to stay her herself elf by bv the table tahle He followed her blindly blind I 1 ly r instinctively As he touched her arm ste turned to him a pinched face Well Well looked at Ellen fixedly Some Sonic whisp of his Inner rage ruge caught lI light ht front from the Ilie silken touch lIe He gasped supported himself a against her and fell Cell on the bed hed again Fe cr thoughts thought raced through Yells Wells dons lous mind he called aloud that some sonic ne one must shout his name re re- I in ing that thus the d dying ing ma may maybe maybe be met wd to earth for tor the Heln fleeing soul can to return San unia San Ellen whispered This contented him and mud he lie In lay quietly The t. t gIrl Irl tried ti to remember the words be a had used all English words word b but rt th tit 1 terrible scene had driven en them far a 3 What she wondered was an afraid of There Thereas was as as something something some some- thing J h Why the sudden departure the loi big sll silences the avoidance u of people on on n the ship the bitterness which enveloped him she call the doctor Ka Kayama Kaya Kayn- a ma tun wa sick Seriously perhaps per Yet he feared people Ile ire He lie had hind protected protected pro pro- er ier from the priests and from 1 lIe He had bad been kind lie He wata was wa wasta ta taking r l er to America Perhaps he might ven en fr free e her from front this bonda bondage e v she want to go J Hotly she dismissed nn any suggestion tion that she she- WISh to sta stay with him P Ka Kayama needed protection Thus lIl die he might repay the debt He lIe f had had-br had had Li might her with money Surely Surely Sure Sure- I Il l ly ity h j hj-j 1 staying with Rh him when nil all I would foW know ow that she was i in l his stateroom stateroom state state- I rou room I rs rDe e would cancel that debt Th Then n 11 fine die might alight he free Ka was alone It was her place j I Nell face twitched and his ti t lips struggled bled to together a as if work in for words The rime f Kittle cabin was 8 er very quiet Ellen v u alime he the shrimps shrimp's s head bend slide across time tile floor Hoor as the boat buat rolled gently it It was wu symbolic symbolic She I dered SheA A li h heavier t Ier swell touched the ship regularly hea beating pulses ocean tIlt the ship sung g slowly vlY cradle Ellen opened the porthole that air nil might revive re t time the unconscious elous man Bluesky Blue Rk sky blue semi sea en welded tug together In the time white horizon How Howk happy and content she ml slit ht have hn been upon this sum summer sea sen II Wh What di JIll did l the mission women n call ail 1111 It it Honeymoon If only the man mUll were wore not nota a Japanese Wells must roust have halve seen phantoms for he w was sin sing ig ag the bridegrooms bridegroom's We e Weare eare are JI married JO joyously I I In a n shrill strident voice Thus sin sing the young men of Ill heir ere Wells WllIs was ns born Tit noise brought to the girl Irl the nece necessity for action What had laid Tsih Tsi- Tsi h l Kunj the venerable Chinese fl foster foster- tr father said If I sicken little daub daugh daughter ter tel summon the priests Make 1 the prostrations Place food before before be he- fore the shrine Then hurr hurrying in lest Jest It Ithe be he too late obtain the time doctor at ut the mission When ihen the time senses swoon and andare andare are eager enger to depart he has hns' hns potent spells to brin bring them back hack The last sentence she remembered clearly With deliberation she opened the thedoor thedoor thedoor door that led leeJ to o the time Inquired of the first mun man where tiie the doctor was to be found asked for something to bring back buck the senses Her breath came short mi us I she asked naked It It Her face burned Burnell when she heart heard the What wont won't ont these girls nowadays do for mone money 1 and felt the eagerly Inquisitive e eyes eg of ff man many men examining lu In ing g her One man glanced long enough to to admire the trim silken ankles which the wind revealed Ills His name was Williams Whenever given the time opportunity he admitted freely that he was vas an un cn engineer neer who achieved time the Impossible You 1 don't dont want that the time doctor said when nImen the tile girl explained for what she wished the draught Here lC you hive give I e him this tills a n powder In In a a glass lass lassof of water lie will sleep If there Is nothing serious the matter he will be he better upon awakening But dont don't you ou think thin it ml might ht be beI I wise e for m me to me- me him Ellen refused gently gentl for fear of angering angering an an- gering the doctor No booze girlie geisha Irlie said as lie he fought the time sleeping potion Nothing othin at all I dont don't want any None Get out Go wa way Then with a queer gesture of renunciation he drank Thus closel closely Wells Yells lIn lingered between fever feyer and sanity It Words shook him of little tea houses s and mighty might bridges s. s As the bromide took effect the words became Incoherent She Shevon wondered von at the correct pronunciation of the time Isn Ps ls Vaguely n he lie must have been sensible of the tc opened porthole Tensely Tensel en eager er nn fingers el all unknowing clawed at nt his kimono baring the time throat to the breezes breeze's coolness He tossed upon the bed bell the kimono opened a bit hit farther further in a 11 well defined marking circle Ellen saw that the brown skin stopped I ITo ITo ITo To her startled eyes ees the whiteness of or the revealed sl skin ln was searing blinding She stood still Her lier face was eras drawn but hut full of Instant flamIng flaming flam- flam In Ing happiness a thing timing subtle elusive ecstatic scorning to hide itself The fhe uneasy hand which groped undirected undIrected undirected un un- directed was that of lH her r husband A white man She had had or or had she she she- feared him had hind erected a n barrier burrier n against him which ha I never existed Save Sa In her own mind He lie had lint known protected her against every everyone everyone- one one one- against himself Who was he Y U Would he remain n a Japanese Vh Why Would he lie tell teU her of it all ull What t was he going to do lo Now w it seen seemed ed a as 1 if sine she he had realized d all of the tile time that tuat i le he e was a white wane man mun Would she remain as his wife his wife She Site loved him hint Surely he also cared or he would not have been so gentle and kind His fingers twitched moved toward her she did not avoid a them but met the time seeking hand rand Ellen knelt beside the Ule bed felt Wells Wells' fingers fincers relax his breathing become even and deep There was no light in the cabin cabin- her eyes were heavy Over O and over these strange e new thoughts tumbled through her head until her hand tI tightly tight tight- ht- ht I ly In his kimono cascaded over o the floor in green rippling configurations she drowsed Once she shel started thought that she sheI heard th the creaking of an opened I door settled more comfortably u against Wells Veils arm A dream flushed her ller cheeks she smiled as us she slept Tho Tim cabin boy boy had stopped and spoken n u moment with the fourth bar bar- bo boy A piece of monc money passed between ahem h m. m and amid soon SOOl a n fier fiery drink seethed the already warped brain Until this night the till cabin boy limit had feared fared that the moment of re en revenge revenge revenge le for all of the poor pOOl who had no rice rice must must wait nIt until the steamer landed The thOU thought lt had become monomania the monomania the lord a lord a over knife over the rail rail rail-he he had hadIt It letter Kayama ama was alone and sick Time The cabin boy was ver very brave The Tire deck deckas as was dark deserted He walked boldly down until he near neared cl Ka Kayama's cabin lIe He heard footsteps anti and shrank Into the time pis s the time approached d he heI I crouched couched in unreasoning fear for has not a cabin boy a perfect rl right ht to be beon beon beon on deck clock when on duty huty and amI be began an to swear not blasphemously hut but In sheer ele desperate prate search for courage courage- curn the footsteps died n a away Ills His e eyes s were yer very bright ht anti and purpose purpose pur pur- pose shone In them anew A shiver shi a Ion lone shuddering sigh swept over u him bim Ih The leek deck was now truly trimly desert desert- ed ell He lIe listened |