The Cairo bulletin., 1909-04-12

"Komakichi was a wire-walker and
trapeze.
Il remember how he interested me
the first time | saw him. While he
did his turn Martha played a soft mel
ody that was always a favorite OF
mine--played 1t as il her whole soul
were in the playing. Yet noticed she
turned frequently 10 look at the Jap
who seemed to be shaking hands with
death nearly every moment of his act
after Martha ana had become en-
gagged | made a diekar with Tom Icn
kins, an Irish hackman, 10 can for her
every night after the show and drive
her home. was on duty at night then
and couldn't play the escort myself, ana
felt perfectly safe with good old Tom
whom | had known ever since ! was a
kid, and who respected Martha about
as a man of his estate would respect
an angel.
One night Tom came mp into the
office while | was trying TO straighten
out a mix-up on the east end. and
waited, hat in hand, for an hour before
| could get to speak to him, When
saw him looked up with smile and
made some pleasant remark but Tom
was serious.
miss Martha wouldn't take me
kerridge tonight John, he said, in
considerable agitation. She wint
home with thot haythin', An niYer
wurrud, did she sphake wild ne,
The import Of HE thing came to
me like the current that mahes con
nection with a man whom the supreme
court had gone against. dismissed
Tom with some sort of remark
don't know what-and turned 10 my
train sheet. 1t was nothing but a
blur For the life Of me | couldn't
have told where a train YVES on The
division. | knew better than TO try
to fool with the work any further tha'
night and on plea of sudden sickness
called one of the boys to my desk
II never entered the Office again az
dispatcher Skipping the details Of
the next day, night found me at Spcn.
GERS, way up in front Martha
glanced towards me, bowed slightly.
but never paid any furthc1 notice tn
me. When the performance was G"e
l started to the side door, aad thea
changed my mind.
Il hung around town, doing nothing
The railroad put new man in my
place, and things went on as usual,
a piece of the machinery had worn
out and been replaced; that was all.
will confess took some pains TO learn
what was going on between the two
The thing appeared so utterly unrea
sonable that | hoped some light wCulG
come which would justify me in seek.
ing to establish old relations. Theirs
We're plenty to tell, One or two had
attempted to speak to Martha about
her infatuation for The alien but 81,
had acted so imre:iously that they
were sorry they spoke.
"One day he got Il letter from Japan
that made him dance with joy lie
grinned at anything and everything
but he told no one what the good news
was. Martha surmsed it was.a Letter
from his sweetheart back home, AMI
began drawing off. 1t made no differ
ence to Komakichi-he went on being
happy just the same. He laughed all
through his acts and was constantly
kissing his hands like mad to the pee
p1o Df anurca n man uouid,'t oot lilr.
that for any other reason except h.
was in love, and Martha resigned her
position and stayed at home, The Jap
went to her house when this happenel
and made some explanation that al.
peased her. AT any rate she kissed
him like-my God. Why do | tel you
this?
MY friend, Montgomery went on.
solemnly, you are the first man VINO
ever heard all the ms and outs of this
affair, and you win be the last When
| have finished the vault door is sealed
forever
'Komakichi went to his island homo,
carrying with him the love Of my girl
He promised TO return for her If all
went we'll
of course you and everybody in the
world read of the assaults ON Port Ar
thur and the frightful less of life out
side the forts. Sushiyan. Long Noun
tain, Wolf Hin and Etze Mountain
went into the hands OF the terrible 1T
tie brown men, and then came 203-
Meter Hill. The capture of that forti
fication was the call of Gabriel 10
brave old Gen. Stoessel, but the laps
paid the price. Names Of The dead
were not printed in American newspa-
pers, unless they were of consequence,
or connected with some significant i'm
cident But a correspondent with the
troopers Told of a Japanese
colonel who had led his men on The
final assault which r suited in the cap
ture Of the fort, and how he had been
shot down as he had seized with his
own hands a rapid-fre gun and turned
II on the Russians After the battle
Gen Nogi directed the army to I'M
cover and stand at salute while the
coffin of the colonel wa carried down
the lines for transportation back to
japan. The man to receive that dis
I In gu;ahad honor uac Eor, n fcbi to