Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1906-08-10
JAPANESE SECRET SERVICE.
Story of a Lieutenant Who Became
Dissipated to Fulfill q Mission.

II require OF you." said the chief Of
the staff in polished Japanese, that
you should leave your present mode Of
living, and, become, on the contrary,
dissipated. You must leave your stu
dies and your books, and instead have
for your haunts tea houses and your
companions geisha."
The young lieutenant was sad, for
he was healthy minded and detested
dissipation, but being Japanese devo-
ted to his country, he set his teeth and
obeyed orders. He was to become dis
sipated In order to prosecute some SER
vice mission, the nature and object Of
which he could only surmise.
At first he found that 1t is not so
easy for the good to fall. He neither
liked the gay costumed girls nor the
warmed sake, they naively served to
the accompaniment of many sweet
smiles.
At last the day of evil came; the
lieutenant, after all, was human, not
Of adamant. He actually fell head
over heels In love with a geisha, says
the Toxic correspondent Of the Lon
don Telegraph in writing Of the Japa-
nese secret service.
From that day he ceased to be SOM
bre and silent, and went boisterously
to the devil. His superiors at head
quarters dismissed him from the SER
vice, and with ignominy his father for
bade him the house, his relatives po-
litely declined to see him, and his ac-
quaintances many of them themselves
military men, knew him not He was
an outcast.
Nov said the chief of the stan,
you have reached the condition that
earnestly desired, and you will receive
your reward. ] am about to send you
on mission of high Importance to the
state. Tonight telling nobody-not
even your father-you will proceed to
Nagasaki. There you will open the
box which I will give you. 1t is Of
lacquer, and inside are complete in
structions as to your future"
Those instructions were that he was
to go to a certain country where a first
class Power was at war with the ma
tives. Here he Joined the staff Of the
native chief, and his bravery, no less
than his military genius, son ac-
quired for him a fame not altogether
unmingled with notoriety. AS mat
ter Of fact, his presence counted so
much in the campaign that the first
class Power opened diplomatic negotia-
tions with Japan, contending seriously
that military officer was serving in
a high position on the rebel chiefs
staff. OF course the Japanese
government knew nothing about
the matter, nor was it likely
to, seeing that no military off,
Ger had been officially despatched
on such a curious mission. He was
nominally a rebel under the rebels BAN
ner. In this way he secured the needed
and valuable information about the to-
Biography OF the country, the enemy's
plan and scheme of operations, his tee
tics and his strategy, his Notifications
and his defence works, all OF which
were of the utmost value to Japan.
Then the young officer, after many
adventures made his way back to ia
pan, only to find that the chief of the
staff was dead and another occupied
his place.
He was disowned by the army, but
told privately that work like that he
had just accomplished would be found
for him in Manchuria. Possibly he
thought he had done enough for his
country, however. He disappeared
and, strangely enough, the geisha with
whom he fell in love has disappeared
also. Together, far from the madding
crowd, the young lieutenant and the
beauty of the tea shop are living hap
py ever after.