The San Francisco call., 1896-05-10

"Kobe is 300 miles down the coast and
can be reached by rail?"
"Yes."
when will she sail from thereP"
Tomorrow morninc."
''She sails with the tide?''
she lies"
ut is twenty-four hours from here.
What time does train leave?'
''At this afternoon"
at would be too late. You must hold
the vessel"
Impossible, sir. 1t cannot be done.
Under any circumstances it cannot. The
General Werder carries the German mail. f"
But it was done. As an excuse for saw
ing all that he did say in the time he took
to it Train explained that he was in O.
hurry. He told Leopold that 1t meant
two first tclass passages from Kobe to the
canal-almost a third the way round the
earth-worth in money $500; in fame with
out price. This trip was history; he must
get into it. We had kodak with US; we
would take photograph of the agent in
his nightshirt in the act of sending the
message that held the Werder.
1t was effective Mr. Leopold rang; his
little japanese girl responded; by his or
der she brought bottle Of yellow label
Having been won to the enterprise she be-
came enthusiastic in 1t, and Anglin, the
editor, was so delighted that he Rugged
and kissed the little Japanese girl re-
peatedly. But he might have done that
upon slighter provocation. She only
smiled and was still demure.
Then we jumped into the rickshaws
again and rode to the Consul's office.
There was a little rush of pleased excla.
nation and reminiscence at the meeting
with Consul Greathouse and then Train
stated the business: IL am on nv every
twenty-year tour of the world. l want
passports for two"
"AhW said Greathouse. "That is red
tape. You will have to see the American
Minister, Mr.. Swift, at Toxic"
VERY well. Can you tell me about the
train p'
at leaves at H."
"And when return?'
"At2p
THAT will do nicely. 1t will give me
thirty minutes in Toxic. / am TO catch
the clock train for Kobe
"The o'clock train for KobeI" The
Consul laughed. "You might as well sit
down and be easy, for that is impossible u
why? impossible seems to be very
lightly spoken in Japan.''
"Well, 1t is impossible" he repeated.
Minister Swift will have to see the Japan
ese Minister, and there is a whole lot OF
hocus pocus. Besides this is Japanese
holiday and ! don't think you could gel
one of them to move in the matter to-dav
even if they could be found, which is very
doubtful. A passport has never been OBJ
tanned under the most favorable circum.
stances and strongest pressure in less than
three days."
what" exclaimed Train, i'three days
to sign a paper? 1t is time, then, that /
reduced the limit to about three minutes.
You watch me-"
/ did not go to Toxic, but between II
and o'clock saw Yokohama. At 2 O'Clock
a little party of friends, invited, sat and
| stood about table in the dining-room OF
the Grand Hotel watching the clock. Ths
walters stood by equally anxious. The
guests tried their best to make it appear
that they did not feel silly. Anglin, the
editor, who had been shifting the respon-
sibility of his 200 POUNDS from one leg to
| another, made a mental note that the
CLOCK marked twelve minutes past 2, and
that that was three minutes slower than
his watch, when Consul Greathouse
laughed outright, saying that if the dinner
was to cook until Train came back with a