New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-02-14
CHAPTER XIII
-APAS AND ITS QUEER PEOPLE
,~-pyrrr, 1909 By she ssa'a''

shPAN AND ITS QUEER PEOPLE.
.s..- ,bsir adventure with the volcano. HaIoio
- his COMPANION made their way due east t's
-spsn current vas surprise 70 our 'taNee's
cause a. vas So much warmer than me i-7' W -
co.er through which o. ran and The Nese'ai'"
49,, ,-se 80 different Where rhe Japan current
sou-ed +be submarine grasses MOSES ana lea'i'i ;
mere more brilliant IN cOloriug ana gre" l'' SO
,,-oftiso~ than they did where me "a'e' 0
colder fu~t as the foliage on land - more l'Iol 80
end highly colored in the toriid zone. "heIe ~
S. very warm than d. ls -' 'i'7 i
where 81 - cooler.
one clear DAY they rose 10 the suIfaoe a"N ="
,,-ire ahead ~ them. only a Few miles away me
.v..ast smelling cherry blossom island Oh '.'e
$50, seas Iapan As the ocean was very CAIN
tbey STAYED on the surface and appro"cheo me
49,, ..s--fur a. IN every direction with iheir
e.,d glasses 90 ind a quiet place 10 laio' VIZ. :
,bav would not he observed by me natives ~
H. .,,,- sv- q rlace where clump or trees sre~
close n tire shore. anad for this place 'heE
che slephan- -, .s-.
- =, sink 10 she bottom again or be discovered
a, t,era were too many little fishing BOATS l Sc
md one or fv-o chinese .lrNs were Flsl.i' i' '-o
distance Consequently Harold oecl4eo I1l 10 -
.el,or. ,-rs night. when h was quite oaTN ne
rose ~ the surface ard made foT the clanp OF
,-ees and was soon hidden by their overhangIhe
f-snolas u happened. however. that he mad ho1
t.es7 ilr,cfserved as he hoped. FOR when ihe eie-
A.,t -,,ae ont OF the water some bellifo nSh-
f-,ne- who were drawing ia their nets saw IT, ana
bronniug their nets they fed 10 the village 10 TEL
@hat they had seen
shortly afterward Harold and lone were SUI
rounded hv a lot o. bareheadcd Japs. creeping ana
t~auliug on their hands and knees 10 ger a
glimpse of the monster without themselves peIhs
seen When they were thus engaged, Harold, uil-
conscious q the attention he had attracted hap
f,ened TO turn the searchlight 10 see how Things
looked ahead and around him, turning ne AgH'
On ali directions
As The light feIl upon the Japs 1T SO intense
that blinded them fOr the time, ana they lnline-
oiately fell their faces, praying fraEucallE Ior
keip. thinking their god Buddha had come TO NE
again and had visited their island IN the shape pI
be had turned himself into flame OF living Aght
20 destroy them. When the light disappeared anC
fhey found tneN etll alive. they were too sur
Frised 20 move Tor several minutes then they lied
were dispatched the capital and the wonderful
news 81 the returned god related % The Emperor
The searchlight had disclosed 20 Harold that
Fhey were IN "a Thin grove of trees bordering on a
wide. well kept public road. dotted here and there
with native. sTra he'd luTS. E4e from
This that. travelling as they were. 81 would be
impossible 10 see Japan and not excite great
ceal 81 notice. fIe finally made up lis mind. how
ever. that f De had 90 scare al the people the
island death hc would not leave his beloved ee-
morning he started down the road on his way "a
she capital
About noon he passed some runners bearing
news 10 the Emperor. They did not the ee-
rapid gait down the middle Of the road When
they saw III, they thought making straight Tor
Them. fell 20 the ground from fright. The
other stepped 10 The side ~ the road and stood