The daily Alaskan., 1907-06-13
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Ice HAL4 W HIGH tue FaAeftaHe h-'N tAN vlded and received the following order:
 A cablegram has been received from Tokyo stating that the Russians have succeeded in getting and declphering the imperial dispatches to our peace commissioners now in Portsmouth. ! have been directed to forward an I'm portant message lseut here by an old code not used for many years) by mes seuger to the commissioners. l wish you to take It, starting by the next train.
 Every man leaving thls embassy. as you know, Is shadowed by persons in the pay of the Russian government You will be followed, and possibly It may be known that you are a mes senger. for we have spies right here in the embassy. ! hope that you will get the dispatch through. but l doubt It. Take no weapon except these bank notes. These Americans are not to be fought. They must be bought"
 The dispatch was written on tissue paper. and. taking of his shoe, Hitomi placed lt on the sole where 1t would be under hls foot. He asked for a dummy dispatch of large proportions bearing the embassy imprint and placed It in hIs side coat pocket. The bills, amount lug to $IOOOO. he distributed about his person. Then a cab was called. and he set out for the station.
 He had not turned the first corner be- fore a man who had been standing by an automobile jumped into it and start ed after him. Uitomi had gone but a short distance when he felt shock, and the cab was knocked Into kiudlinE wood. HitomI. who, stuEularly enough, vas very little hurt, disentaugled h.m. self to see an automobile speeding away chased by 8 policeman. Calling another cab, the messenger, first sAov Ing i've S1OO bills into the hands of the owner Of the wrecked cab, pushed on to the station. which he reached in anu pie time.
 Nothing occurred ou the trip t.iI the train had passed Newark aud was within five or six miles of Jersey City. Then a man took a seat beside the Japanese and ten minutes later cried out:
 "You thief! Give me back my watchw
 Pluuglng his hand Into the lower slle pocket Or HIt0lnrs sack coat, the man pulled out a watch and chain and beld them up to the gaze oG the passengers.
 "Couduct0r." shouted the stranger, "give ne some traluueu when l Set to Jersey City 10 hold this man tiu can got a policeman to arrest him."
 When the train rolled into the g,a- ton. a policeman was called, who t.ok the messenger In charge. the man pIho claimed to have been robbed agreeing 10 appear against him la tue morning. But on the way 10 thn pol,ce station . fifty dollar bill passed from Uir0ml to the policeman. and Jhe Japanese cross ed the ferry without any great delay.
 When the boat reached the New York side and the passengers were crowd. lug forward to leave three lueu stuUd- Ing together near Hiroml began a dls- pute, during which they jostled HitO. ml A moment later the gate was open ed, and they hurv.elly left the boat. They also left slit in the outside Of Hlgomrs breast pocket They had re- uyved him O5 the dummy dispatch.
 'Thls made the little Japanese tgel temporarily easier. He hoped that ns- foe his enemies could discover their mistake be might get gp the Grand Central depot 4 policeman stood In thg street keeping back teams, while the boats passengers got ashore, and G:.umI offered him Sl0JU to escort hbu to the depot The man couldn't IeSve his post. but called another utd- ce.. who dgd the job and received tho lnSEey. which be doubtless dlgited wltb the one who had called him.
 uuomI g0t on an evening train Cor sIs.on feeling sure that new efforts wruid be made Co delay him and set hE dispatch. While waiting in the car for the train to leave a man an- tstaI it, with a young girl Placing bar Iu seat near HitomL ho bale her s,Olby. wishing her a pleasant Jour n,.y When the train had got under way. the girl took up a lunch box and beglu to eat a dainty supper. U-toml had not tasted food since breakfast aud looked at the girls snack longing ly. Seeing him do so. the girl offered hllu a sandwich which be accepted ard ate. Then she drew forth aNsk or wine and asked him to wash down tbs sandwich. He did s0 but a bitter ug8te ln the wine stopped him before be had swallowed all of It. and he got rlI of the balance in his handkerchief
 Nevertheless be soon began to feel drowsy and eventually fell asleep. Feeling something tugging at a knot in hI5 shcestrlng. he woke up to find that tbe girl had hl3 foot In her lap and was trying to get hls shoe of. Pre- tendiaE not to be awake, he withdrew hls foot, then opened his eyes and re- maIned awake.
 wAnr stopping at Hartford a train map vent into the telegraph office and sent a dispatch without attracting any attention. The message was from HitomI to the Japanese commissioners Rt Portsmouth notifying them to send
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