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fal matter as the use or notices on
sword biades!'
Mr.. Jiros excellent knowledge Of
English seemed to fail him, but his
wife took up the defence.
MY husband had more TO think
about in Ipswich than a small knife.
Mr.. Brett"
VERY much more, It was the knife
which brought him to the place. He
carried the major attraction away
with him"
Mrs. Jiro thought this sounded
nice. She turned to her husband.
why don't you tell the gentleman
all you know about H. Nummie?"
The little man looked at her GU
riously before he spoke to the barris-
ter.
IT have nothing to tell" he said.
81 told the police all they asked me.
That was veliy old ko-katana,
hundred yeals old. It was made by
A famous altist have told you the
meaning Of tho 1iang. That u all
know"
why did you give your name at
Ipswich as Okasaki?" demanded
Brett.
ooh, that IL vely easy. Okasaki II
my family mama You English people
say It quicker than NumagAwA Jiro.
30 7 give II. But when I got mailed I
used my light name. Japanese law
does not pelmit the change Of names
now. MY ploper name is Numasawa
Jiro"-which he pronounced 'JVo."
You told the detective at Ipswich
that the device on the handle rep
resented the setting SIN. How did
you know the sun was setting, and
not rising"
II was haphazard shot. The de-
scription was Hume's, not Winters.
Again the Japanese paused before
answering
at was shown by the way in which
the gold was used Japanese altists
have symbols for ideas. That is one"
Thank you. | imagined you rec
ognized the device. and could speak
sfr-hand in the matter. BY the way,
do You Use typewriter
Yes" said Mrs Jiro. MY hus-
band IL clever 1T all that sort OF
thing. and when he found the people
could not read his writing he bought
machine"
~ have sold 1t again" intertered
Jiro. after q hasty glance round the
room, and | am going to buy
another"
Mrs. jiro rose TO stir the FIRE un-
necessarily
They are most useful" said
Bret. Which make dc you prefer"
'"rheH are all vely much alike"
answered the Japanese. but 7 am
going 10 buy a Yost or Hammond"
Il am very much obliged to you
for receiving me at this late hour"
said the oarrister, rising. but before
go allow me to compliment you on
your remarkable knowledge OF Eng
lieh. I am sure you are indebted to
your good lady for yonr idiomatic
command OF the language.
II studied It for yeals in Japan"
began ,Jiro. but IN vain, for his very
much better half resented the word
"idiomatic."
II don't know about that" she
snortes. He talked lot Of non
sense VIXEN we were married. but
I've maze him drop II. and he is
teaching me Japanese.
HIS task IL pleasant one. 1t IL
tho tongue OF po*tty and love,
Again there WA pause. A min
ute later Brett was standing in the
street trying to determine how best
to act. ,u,, nou,,,.. ,,.. ,,u.
had, in the Arse place, identified the
crest rs belonging to one of the many
- n..A
new to him. and It's discovery had re-
veAled the particular family which
claimed It's use.
Why did he refuse to impart his
knowledge? There must be plenty
of Japanese in London who would
give this information readily.
Again, why did he lie about the
typewriter, and endeavor 10 mislead
him as TO the make OF the machine
used?
Tomorrow, for certainty, Jiro
would dispose Of the Remington
which he now possessed. Well he
should meet with ready purchases,
II a letter from Brett 10 every agency
in London would expedite matters.
He did not credit Jlro with the
UNdlH VI DIT Alan ffNme-Frazpr, nor
even with completely in the crime.
The Japanese had acted AS the un-
whiting tool Of stronger personal
ity, and the little mans brain was
even at this moment considering
fresh aspects Of the affair not pre-
viously within his ken.
Moreover, how maddening tho
whole thing was! Beginning with
Hume's fantastic dream, he reviewed
the hitherto unknown elements In
the case-Capslla's fierce passion
and queer behavior, eliminating in a
sudden journey TO Italy, Margaret's
silent agony. the existence OF an Ar
eentine cousin. the evidence of "Rab-
bit Jack" the punning motto on the
Ko-katana, Jiro's perturbation and
desire to prevent his wite's uncon-
scious disclosures
With the final item came the In
dicrous remembrance OF that fll-as-
sorted couple. Laughing, Brett
hailed q hanson.
CHAPTER XII.
WHAT THE srArfoNMAsTER SAW.