Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1906-04-12

no man living could avoid the mis-
take. But tell you he Is Jap. He
met Jiro yesterday, and they walked
In Kensington Palace Gardens. They
talked Japanese all the time. My
mate heard them. He distinctly
caught the word 'Okasaki' more
than once. He managed to shadow
them very neatly by hiring bath
chair and telling the attendant to
come near to the pair every time
there was chance. More than that,
when you know It, you can see the
Japanese eyes. skin and mouth. It is
the grating OF the Jap on the Euro
pean models that gives hiL the like
ness to--well to the party you men
toned the other day"
THE devil" exclaimed Brett
That's HIM"
1t was useless to explain that the
exclamation was one Of amazement.
The barrister began to roam about
| the apartment, frowning with the In
| tensity of his thoughts. Once he con-
| fronted Winter.
Are you sure of this7" he de-
! handed.
so sure that were It not for your
| positive Instructions Mr.. Coma would
now be in Holloway, awaiting his
rial on a charge Of murder Look at
the facts Rabbit Jack can identify
him. He knew how to use the Ko-
Katana. He knew the Japanese
tricks OF wrestling. which enabled
| 4 I. Ill ,ttn al,
on the two cousins. He has some
power over Mrs. Capella, which
! brings her to him at eleven at night
in a distant quarter of London. He
made Jiro write the typed letter In
my possession. He sent Jiro to Ips-
witch to attend Mr.. Dayid's second
trial when the first missed fire. ! can
string MIR. Coma on that little lot"
winter" said Brett sternly. you
make me tired. Have all these stun
ming items OF Intelligence invaded
your intellect only since you went to
Middle Street."
NO, not exactly. Mr.. Brett. ! must
admit that each one of them is your
discovery except the fact that he Is n
yesterday | strung them together, so
to speak"
Ending your task by stringing
Coma, In Imagination. allow YOU
| full credit for your sensational de-
velopment-elways excepting this,
that sent you TO Middle Street. Why
did he kill Sir Alan? How does his
japanese nationality elucidate an
utterly useless and purposeless muir
DER"
81 don't know. Mr.. Brett"
Unless am much mistaken. you
will learn tonight. Holden is nearly
due"
The barrister resumed his stalk
round the room. In another minute
he stopped 10 glance at his watch.
"Half-past seven" he murmured.
Just time to get n message through
TO Whitby. and perhaps reply
He wrote telegram TO Hume:
Where is Fergusscn' want to see
him"
What has Ferguson got to do
with the business?" asked the de-
tective.
"Probably nothing. But he is the
oldest available repository of the
family secrets. His master has told
him TO be explicit with me. By ques-
tioning him. l may solve the riddle
presented by Mr.. Coma Does the
name suggest nothing to YOU, Win
ter?"
1T has a Japanese ring about it.
Nothing Scotch? Isn't 1t like
Hume. for instance?"
BY Jove, never thought OF
that Well, there ! give in Coma
Dash my buttons, that beats coclv>
fghting,"
The barrister paid no heed &c
Winters fall from self-importance
He pondered deeply on the queer
twist given to events by the detec-
tive's statement. At last he took E
volume from his bookcase.
do you remember what told
you about Japanese names?" he said
Il described to YOU, for instance
what strange mutations your sur
name would undergo were you horr
in the Far East"
Yes; would be called Spring
Summer. etc. according TO m,
growth"
Then listen TO this" and ne reac
the following extract from that eX
cellent work. The Miksdo's EN-
pire," by w F. Griffis:
, at has, until recently, In Japar
been the custom for every Samura
to be named differently In babyhood
boyhood, manhood. or promotion
, change OF life. or residence, IN com
memoration Of certain events, or OF
account OF vow, or from mer'
. whim'
. What a place for aliases!" inter
polated the professional.
AT the birth OF famous war
, rior." went on Brett, "his mother
having dreamed that she conceived
by the sun, called him Hioyshi Mar,
; (good sum. Others dubbed hin
| 10 Chiku (small boy), and after
, ward Saru Watsu( monkey-pine).
/ He closed the volume.
? This gentleman has twenty othe
3 Names" he added; but the forego
ing list will suffice, Doesn't 1t strik
3 you as odd that the man who struc
, down the NTH Hume Frazer barone
| on the spot so fatal to his four pred
| ecesors, should bring from a countr
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