The Newark journal., 1909-03-19

to fool with the work any further that
night and on plea of sudden sickness
called one Of the boys TO ny desk
Il never entered Inc Office again as
dispatcher. Slipping the details O.
the next day, night found me at Spen
GERS. way Up in frent Mar ~
glanced towards ne, bowed slightly
but never paid ray further notice L
ne. When The restcaEa4ec rs oyel
l started to the side dco", and ther
CHANGED my mind
i hung ..loaAd town. dig nothing
The railroad PIT a new nia9 n my
place, and things went on as usual.
a Piece Of the machinery had w2@
out and been replaced; that was all.
will confess | TOOK So sc io.hs o Ie2fi
What was going ca Is t*aan lie t&a
The thing appeared 20 ntt2r.y uarca
sonable that hoped some light won.
eome which would justly a.e in seek
ing to establish cid relations. Thor
were plenty 10 tel enc or TIVE ha"
attend ted to speak to Martha aboa
Ter tnfatuation for lie aiitn. but 81
had acted 50 imPerioHslf that the
We're sorry t?ey spoke,
"Cne cay lie got q letter from japan
hat made him dance With joF. H
s9inned at anything and everything
but he told no che what the good news
was. Martha surmised it WIS a letter
from his sweetheart back home, and
began drawing off It made no differ
ence to Komakichi-he went on being
happy just the same. He laughed al
through his acts and was constantly
kissing his hands like mad to the PEG
lie. Of course a man wouldn't act Ike
hat for any other reason except ne
was in love. and Martha resigned heI
position and stayed at home.=The jar
went to her house when this happened
and made some explanation that ap
neased her. At any rate SIZE kissed
him liae-my God, Why DO l tell YOU
his?
My friend" Montgomery went on
soIemnly, YOU are he first man who
yer heard all the ms and outs Of this
affair and you will be the last. When
have finished the vault door is sealed
forever.
aKomakichi went to his island home
carrying with him the love Of my girl
lie promised to return for her if all
vent well.
of course you and everybody in the
world read of the assaults on Port AZ.
thur and the frightful loss Of life out.
side the forts Sushiyan, Long Noun.
tain. Wolf Hill and Etze Mountain
went into the hands Of the terrible Iii
tie brown men. and then came 203.
Meter Hill. The capture Of that forti.
fication was the call of Gabriel to
brave old Gen. Stoessel, but the Japs
paid the price Names Of the dead
were not printed in American newspa
pers. unless they were of consequence.
or connected with some significant in.
cident. But a correspondent with the
mikado's troopers told of a Japanese
colonel who had led his men on the
final assault which resulted in the cap
lure of the fort. and how he had been
shot down as he had seized with his
own hands a rapid fire gun and turned
it on the Russians After the battle
Gen. Nogi directed the army TO IN
cover and stand at salute while the
coffin of the colonel was carried down
the lines for transportation back tc
Japan. The man to receive that dis
tinguished honor was KOmakichi, the
wire walker, the soldier of Japan.
They sent his sword to Martha, in &C.
cordance with a direction he left.
For some time | had hoped that a
war between America and Japan might