| Show il The Lord of Thunder Gate I CHAPTER Continued I Many a night I said euld Bob dont don't go out again tonight Think of ot your uncle at home home home- He was warm worm to toh h his s work now Sanderson could hear no more and without a word shuffled o out t of ot the room again The sound of ot his footsteps so lagging and dragI dragging dragging drag drag- I ging and hopeless startled Williams for tor an on Instant Bobs Bob's feet teet had Lad made the self same noise when he lie left Shu-shu-shu Shu down the hall It was uncanny A fancy lancy came carne to the old man to speak peak with the Japanese lord It would not do to press him for facts until evening for he had already said that he was tired Perhaps lie He would enjoy enJoy enJoy en- en Joy a view of ot the time cIt city and the bay man many had said sold that this was very ery rest rest- ful Sanderson knocked at nt the door It will please me greatly W Wells Il agreed Also my ray wife who has never ne neverseen seen Been a great city fJ He clapped his hands calling O Sun 0 San Hana-San I With Sanderson preceding them they walked up the spiral staircase which led to the tower room with its t many windows Lord the tile times hed he'd gone cone up those stairs to the time tower room that had been his room Wells was thinking The warm nights he had hod gone Ione higher up the stairs to the roof root 1 I t Wells Welts the moment that he was In Inthe Inthe the room was oblivious to Sanderson's Sanderson's Sanderson's Sander Sander- sons son's comments on the broad bay the city below Uncle Jim mad had kept the time room as a shrine there shrine there were old posters posters post post- posters ers on the wall class cluss pictures even evena a a o suit hed he'd worn the last year at college college college col col- col- col lege and left behind as ns worn worn out A bureau drawer rawer was partly open and andas andas as Sanderson carefully closed It Wells en n. nil nF o f rr r.r. A rn no 1 n 1 1 VA vu nuu t he had bad thought that Uncle Jim had been through with him I Ir I Iy y r f On the time dresser he saw an nn old photograph photo photo- graph raph of a man a young man with smiling face tace who was wearing that suit Had od Ellen Ene seen it Held e d better get set her out of ot the room out out quickly mighty might quickly Ellen had seen It It before Wells ells Had Hod she ever seen the original ever eyer anywhere anywhere any any- i where There was something familiar distressingly familiar yet she could not say what it was Had Hod Wells not been B so anxious to hurry her out of ot the room she would have haye thought no nomore nomore more about It t But there came to her 1 remembrance of ot a sleeping mans man's face f on the ship a face from which the 1 bandage had fallen and which with with- without f out It had hod seemed surprisingly youthful youthful youth youth- f ful ul- ul e a e Down at the docks docka n a c cabin cabin boy bo boy with shore leave had already found out where this San Sanson son lived and that Inthe in inthe inthe the employ of ot this too much white whiteman whiteman whiteman man was a servant In s sympathy with the time radicals Not a brave man but butone butone one ne willing to help when at no danger er erto to himself The cabin-boy cabin walked with rolling sea-acquired sea gait In the direct n t ion given him Suppose his Inflamed c mind taunted him suppose Kayama- Kayama aSan a- a San were to leave this city 7 The d cabin boy oy having hawing little gold told could not nol follow follo him If It the robber of or the poor i 11 was to receive to-receive his reward It must r rt be done ponce once tonight If possible cj The ho cabin boy found the house un and 1 slunk E down the areaway Th There re was wasa a brief conversation with the time cooks cook's helper the cabin cabin boy boy hind had cuzI cuz- cuz I in house could E speak peak swiss The Thc cousin when brought ht to the l. l b dOOr must be convinced In hissing Jap- Jap JJ W anese anese that no dnn danger cr but much honor would come to himself honor and J the e mont IS I'S wages of the cabin It was soon agreed upon You will come along the stone u a pour fro liS you ou om nut nut- now now- me care ne a 5 directed him You will find n a door c That IB is IAtO to the basement little Hide yourself your- your fie self It securely I win will be unable to see I layou YOU for there Is bl to he be a grent great dinner cJ Much depends upon me I T will polish tt f the silver and peel the potatoes potatoe and even ven cut Uie radishes he Into shapes S asIs as ass asIs Kven Is s done In the poorest t houses In my may but none here understand this this- t t la art After the dinner the master ter the mistress the Japanese lord lord hat what Is li liIS his IS names again and and 7 and his woman will spend the evening In the room of books and ond will wm not he be dl disturbed I will l inform orm you fIU when the time dinner begins on l You o may then slip up the hack back stair stair- eL ay which I 1 will show you And secrete secrete se se- crete yoT Orl ct f In the lords lord's room Which Is time the lords lord's room Y You will how Chow m m mla I Some one might discover 0 er me alth you It Is to be he r mern ered hered brother that should you be hp detected detected de de- de I know nothing of ot you I Ire re- re I e ex excellent pay par here and will shortly short short- I ly leave fer for tor ranch which I will rent He fie e d. d 1 f per iere I 1 talk too much The he lords lord's rou There are two to On One for him and mad one for the white woman I f do not know which Is s which You must must-I I TimIt Tim Tim- It walt I I wait In the little loser tor-et In linen n Is kept It Is the I rat door on door on the left lett and opposite the wo rooms Tell m me eagerly erly you m the lord tord for tor hl his fields and ancI mone money C tit mt he has taken from the poor Ho Ilo 1101 1 fJ l know better He has taken H R maid mold hom you admired or perhaps your nur ife 5 s No Never Ne that thAt thAt-I I have no wife ont hat on tt Is for tor the cause u e I 1 The Time leader has aid that one who str strikes e II es earns allue all u ue c be delights of ot Heaven Hea 11 I do not believe belle slowly scratch scratch- ng g his heavy henvy Jowl that you have u urage enough for the tile purpose You pill veil steal in the house mouse and I J will be lie loomed lamed tamed No I do not believe I will Jit et you OU In The cabin-boy cabin trembled with an and e pleaded his purpose she t e other waa adamant Killin Killing 7 Yes Yea Nor By SIDNEY HERSCHEL SMALL I Copyright by The Bobbs Bobbs Merrill Merrill Co he could be In a remote portion of ot the house bouse where his e every ery ry act would be watched his presence observed He ne would be unsuspected But theft theft theft- here was another matter and he ha might be accuse accused The Time cabin boy felt that some proof was needed I I this this Is le not the first one Iv Ive I've killed he offered Is that proof of m my courage and purpose Who a n shoulder shrugged who did you OU kill O Matuso 0 He Be had bad read of ot itin ItIn It ItIn In the papers Ael I It was as you 7 Did he struggle struggle j gle With all alt the strength of ot his thirty well fed years He nearl nearly overcame overcome me but but but- e Thirty shouted the other He lie hod had a straggly beard like the time Sacred Goat Goo t. t No not like a goat Not as thick as a goats Yes of or course straggly Yes I was thin thinking Icing of ot some one else who ho Is marked for tor destruction Did you kill him or did you not I told you ou What color was his blood Black I 1 II II I saw the nobles at sword swordplay One was cut He Be bled red as os a dogs dog's tongue I think you lie He I IA A voice from the kitchen calling nom where was that accursed bo boy with all of the work before him Come Come I I will not penn permit It you you you- Then return the time money which I have paid you ou or I will 1111 tell of ot It to your employer the time honorable cook I I know that money I can tell It by a mark The houseboy stroked lily his pocket thou thoughtfully I still think you OU lie he lie said mournfully But you well well rou you it At mW I II 1 I i i i iM ir r M 1 I Ir Im r m Kew Ellen Was Was Was-as as He Had Imagined Her Her lust Just Ellen will not steal nC no Yer very well I assist you ou as the mone money will go o far with me You have haYe It all clear It was ns all nIl clear cleur When summoned the cabin boy vanished vanished van ran up the stairway crept Into the time linen Linea closet lea leaving the door a u hit open that he lie might hear heur and see One hand band he kept on ott th the knob that he might close It If necessary The fhe other whetted an un already keen knife on the time sole or his shoe S r S e e e Alberta was proud of ot her arrangement arrangement arrange arrange- ment for the dinner It was really nn Rays Ray's 8 hom homecoming dinner that Kauma Ka- Ka yama uma and ond his wife were there was un tin an unpleasant incident However no r Uncle Sandy und would believe hellev the Japanese he lie would find hind that those things s which Ray Hay had bud hinted at nt In his letters were wen tr true e. e After that tout she she smiled to tu herself her her- self Uncle self Uncle Scantly Sandy would be he himself u again aln would give IYe her o n free tree rein todo to todo do tIo as she wished Surely this wits was worth a u distasteful conversation It would mul make e It Ray Itay secure seure She and amid Un Ray she she amid ond Un Ray Itay AI Ahrn Always 8 In that order She lowed loved him loved him clem dearly I and ancl with her money she thought of ot It asher as os asher osher her own ova now what couldn't the they do I Wells had hull chosen as liS his Ids kimono l an un austere silk an black which made him hits appear very eQ sallow It was unrelieved h by any allY embroidered figure His HIlS forearm seemed lean leon as ns the time wide folds of the time sleeve fell tell awn away from It lIe He looked a fit tIt harbinger of ot ill III news u a veritable death bird Just lust before the hour set for tor dinner he tapped at Ellens Ellen's door That Flint he gave guve no gasp of surprise convinced Wells that he would h be he all III allIce lI Ice In the ordeal which was to tel Ellen was as as he lie had Imagined her Just Ellen Madame the proprietress of ot the little Yokohama shop had hod done clone her work well So Su Alberta recognized when Ellen descended to the lower hull Alberta had hod never seen such a 0 silk silk froma from froma a weaver muster of the Ta Tu lying Kho the Or Great nt Pure Kingdom I such as JaR Was WUK In the old days reserved for tor forthe forthe the Palace Itself The bluIsh violet bluish violet t of the time gown seemed to 10 surge upward to 10 meet the soft circle of ot Jude green which made rt the e bodice us ua If Jealous of the contact with the white skin above Hbo And AmI us as the weaver had hull woven so had the thc maker designed ned It was be beauty uty adorning beauty Alberta felt eclipsed b side the wonder woner of ot the time gown own nn and 1 the girls girl's own sweetness Wells sensed senser this and ond was pleased The table conversation was trite Wells was very ery grave answering Williams Williams' Wil Yams liams' purposeless questions concernIng concernIng concerning concern- concern Ing Japan with exactness Albertas Alberta's queries about Oriental customs with elaborate courtesies Sanderson sat lot si silent silent sir si- lent through the dinner only nodding his head when the Japanese explained some som Interesting detail of the time East All found It difficult to follow v his words time the I 1 t was as always r ur he lie spoke In singsong almost Ellen thought like the girls In the time Flower Boats Bonts of ot China With the disappearance of ot the lost last dish from time the table tahle and ond the time bringing of coffee and tobacco all f felt the he a air r become ten tense e Ellen had wished more than once that her man would in include Jude her In the conversation she knew that under the calmness he heas was as ex ex- ex cited This because of ot time the careful way In which he spoke time tile great attention attention attention at at- that flint she knew he was Yas giving to the time stilted pronunciation of ot each word And she was was almost sure sure sure-al- al almost most sure that she knew v. Let ULet us go to the time library Sanderson Sander Sander- son Mn said sold at last I have given orders that we are not to be he Interrupted It will be quiet there CHAPTER CHAPTER- CHAPTER Wells fumbled with h his s c cigarette garette He felt very cold althou although h the time room was owns warm with a fire Alberta Alberta Alberta Al Al- berta hud mud seen that all of ot the setting was ready rendy nicely arranged a row of chairs edged about the hearth with Sanderson between Ray nay and herself next the Japanese lastly Albertas Alberta's new aversion the Japanese's wife wile Williams was sunk unk luxuriously In his p padded chair but none of ot the others was at ease The patch over Wells Wells' e eye e gave him hima a R sinisterly appearance He fastened Sanderson with the time other which seemed smaller than usual hard glittering utterly Japanese His words were ere soft and smoothed er very gentle And nd controlled There was not even een on nn echo of Wells in this modulated speech with Its strange change of r for tor l I 1 I as RS with the dead man when he was passing Into the First H Heaven aen Wells began begun This he considered was WitS strictly true He patted his fingertips fingertIps fingertips finger finger- tips together choosing his words with ca care reo It was in the last Prayer Iwas I Iwas Iwas was reflecting upon the saying that evil eU passions restrain the perfect perfect- ness of the human heart when a n servant servant ant brought me the news ne My Mf revered revered revered re re- re- re vered father fattier hind had Just died and I Iwas Iwas Iwas was absorbed In devotion de for tor him But It Is said that he who exp expects ts mercy must give It and I 1 accompanied panle the time servant ont to the time side of ot the white moan man Wells ells felt that this was sufficiently Oriental In iu tone and switched to the truth again Why Yh was this man munn killed 7 Ann Aon men have the same passions passions pas pas- the same samue sun warms us all There was WaR the matter of a pair pall of gold old links cuff s Wells described them minutely which must have e b been en seen b by some source thief A knife The work of an nn Instant Wells heard them all sigh This was start enough and he awaited a u question What had he tie been heen doing b before tore you ou saw Sit him 1 Williams prompted There hud had been much brandy Wells watched VIII Williams Williams' lams lams' air of ot satisfaction Time The smug scamp He lIe folded his bis hands Inside the sleeves es of his kimono fi fighting for tor the first time for self control The d dying Ing man mun told me of his r.- r. n. n il L h L 7 fill u L LJ IUS lilt ue perhaps It is is sold said that those who face the Invisible speak truth as ns there Is no longer need to lie Well Nell The trees were bare bore when this man began a long pilgrimage An endless Journey journey journey Jour jour- ney that could have but hut one ending Before this was reached the trees had blossomed the petals fallen and ripe rille fruit clustered on the brunches branches s. s Ho this men man had the gift Itt of ot words I 1 saw time tile building of a great greut bridge A disagreement the time dead dea man inn did not tell me what this was nor did I ask usk lie He had bud set out upon a n broad trail a road bordered with ninny many comforts com rose forts and M soft ft cushions but which narrowed d and narro narrowed ed until as s the river Iver which has hUR Jt Its source at nt time the temple tem Ille of ot J JIzo Ii o God of Travel Tra there was wo hut but on one |
