Omaha daily bee., 1906-07-15
eivinrution and those highest, uP.-New
York Press.
SECRET SERVICE OF The JAPs
story OF n Lieutenant who Became
Dissipated to Fulhu n Deli
cate Mission.

Il require OF YOU" said the chief Of the
star. in polished Japanese, that you
should leave your present mode OF living
and become, on the contrary, dissipated.
You must leave your studies 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 dissipa ton.
but being a Japanese devoted to his coun-
try, he set his teeth and obeyed orders.
He was to become disspatcd In order "a
prosecute some secret service mission, the
nature and object Of which he could not
surmise.
At FIRST he found thatit Is not so easy for
the good to fall He neither liked the gay
costumed girls nor the warm sake they
naively served to the accompaniment OF
many sweet smiles.
At last the day Of evil came; the licu-
tenant, after all. was human. not Of ada
mant He actually fell head over heels in
love with a geisha
From that day he ceased to be sombre
and silent, and went boisterously to the
devil. His superiors at headquarters dis
missed him from the service and With
iRnominy His father forbade him the
house, his relatives politely declined to see
him and his acquaintances, many Of them
themselves military men, knew him not
He was an outcast.
Now" said the chief Of stan you have
| reached the condition that I earnestly de-
sired and you will receive your reward.
! am about to send you on a mission Of higf
| Importance to the state. Tonight, telling
nobody-not even your father-you will pro
| ceed to Nagasaki. There you will open the
| box which will give YOU. It is OF lacquer
and inside are complete instructions as t.
| your future"
Those instructions were that he was e
| go to a certain country, where a first-clas'
power was at war with the natives. Here
| he Joined the staff of the native chief, anC
| his bravery, no less than his military ge
MUS. soon acquired for him a fame no
altogether unmingled with notoriety. As &
matter of fact. his presence counted 81
much in the campaign that the flrst-clas'
power opened diplomatic negotiations will
Japan, contending seriously that a miiitar!
officer was serving in a high position OF
the rebel chiefs stan. OF course, the Japa
nese government knew nothing about tn
matter, nor was 1t likely TO, seeing tina
no military offlcer had been of1cially dis
patched on such a curious mission. He wa
| nominally a rebel under the rebels banner
| In this way he secured the needed an'
valuable information about the topograph!
OF the country, the enemy's plan ant
scheme Of operations, his tactics and hi
strategy, his fortifcations and his defens
works, all of which were Of the utmos
value to Japan.
Then the young officer, after many ad
! ventures, made his way back to Japan
only to find that the chief OF the staff wa
dead and another occupied his place.
He was disowDed by the army, but toll
privately that work like that he had JUS
accomplished would be found for him Il
Manchuria. Possibly he thought he hat
done enough for his country, however. Fl
has disappeared, and, strangely enough, tn
geisha with whom he fell in love has dis
appeared also. Together, far from tn
madding crowd, the young lieutenant an
the beauty of the tea shop are livin
happy ever after.-London Telegraph.