The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-01-02

and Hoshi appeared, while Trevor
| moved into the glcam Of the swinging
light. A dead silence followed.
"What did you cut Hop Sing S
queue off for1h ascd Trevor stcrnly
of Satsui.
"Becausc nc tried TO bite me- an
swered Satsui, with sweet smile.
-, 1t is a woman SAID Hop Sing,
"She is the wife of Hoshi; they have
promised to kill me if / tell. but it is
| true.
A light broke in upon Trcvor's mind.
- And the twin sister of Lieutenant
Ityo,' he said to Satsui,
Hoshi and Satsui had begun n faint
protest, but at that they stopped, and
vor. smiled broadly, showing her beau
tiful white teeth.
81 don't want You around here any
more, Satsui,' said Trevor shortly
tomorrow morning we will reach
Kwo.tung and you can 90 ashore, Hoshi
will 60 too
Hoshi at this bowed and wished his
exceIlency long life and happiness, and
so did Satsui. Hop Sing had light of
triumph in his eye.
Trevor, after few minutes. went
again on deck. He felt annoyed and
disturbed, and amused too. How clev-
crly had he been played by these two!
| MS suspicious us TO lDflF real TANK
had proved correct. although he had
been thoroughly humbugged in other
ways. He had no doubt that everything
| Hoshi had observed would go TO the
navy department at Toxic; but that was
of little account.
, There was nothing secret in the Sea
| gull, and after all it was quite likely
that Hoshl was simply naval officer
reduced TO cooking for n living. For
Japan is very poor and a japanese
naval officer when not employed must
have rice TO live upon.
| The night was still and soft and ra-
diant with n great, vivid. golden moon.
| The ship swept on steadily, the swish
of the water under her keel making
mnsic. Trevor made no mention, as he
sat smoking with the other officers, Of
the upheaval in his domestic staff He
was full Of regrets for Hoshi, but as
for that impudent Satsui. as she called
herself, he had nothing but impreca-
tions.
1t was nearly midnight when he went
below TO turn in. But he felt disincliued
to sleep and threw himself on the
transom, with a pillow under his head
and n book in his hand.
The cabin had never got quite free
of the rose scent, and il seemed strong
er to Trevor S Imagination than ever
before. After half an hour s reading
he began TO he drowsy, the book dropped
from his hand and he felt himself slip.
ping into a delicious doze. Then, as in
n dream. he saw Satsui sitting by him
She wore a skirt of white silk. en-.
broidered in gold, and Il kimono of
heliotrope silk, also richly embroidered
as was the scarf around her waist Over
her hair, cut short like a boys, was a
Japanese head dress, which is nothing
more or less than n wig, and glitterine
| IL H.
in her ears and around her neck. She
! knelt by Trevor's side, and, taking the
scarf from about her waist, softly en-
velopod him in it.
The odor of the roses became sicken-
ing. 1t dulled Trevor's senses and
paralyzed his limbs, He wished to
move, to throw her of, to call for help,
but he could do none of these things
He could only see the shining Of Sat
sui s eyes and the CLEAN of her teeth
as her thin red lips were parted IN n
smile. Then he could no longer keep
his eyes open, and he drifted off into a
river Of dreams and perfumes that led
to an ocean of forgetfulneSs.
When he walked he found himself in
semi darkness. The electric lights were
turned out and the light from the moon
port and half lighted the cabin. Trevor
struggled to his feet, turned on the elec-
trio light and looked at his watch. 1t
was a quarter past three In the morn
ing,
His limbs were still heavy. but his
mind was perfectly clear. and beng
used to working methoiically and
He walked uusteadily to the door of his
sleeping cabin and went straight to the
metal safe built in the steel walls of
the compartment In this safe were kept
the ships papers, valuable memoranda
and the private signal book. for which
an officer must answer with his honor,
is not his life. 1t is book of no value
to anyone except an enemy, but If 1t
| falls into the hands of the enemy any
naval ship may be lured to its destruc-
| tion. officers and men may fall into a
! trap that means annihilation. Some
| times il has been stolen, and once IN
| the history of pavies il was sold by an
officer under the spell of woman. He
was publicly disgraced and imprisoned
for life, and was thought to have got
off we'll without being shot,
Lost Signal Book.
Tbevor opened the complicated lock
of the safe. The signal book was not
there. He searched for il carefully.
Only the day before it had been there
and there had been no communication
with the land since they left Canton.
So the book of private signals was
either still in the ship or at the bottom
Of the river
He rang his bell at once, which meant
that Hop Sing the steward, should ap-
pear. Then he rang il twice, which was
the call for Satsui, and next he rang it
three times for Hoshi In two minutes
they were all standing before him in
the brightly lighted cabin. Satsui was
wrapped in kimono,
"Where lis the private signal book?'
said Trevor. looking full at Satsui
"The private signal book ~ repeated
Satsui sweetly. - do not know what
your eXcellency means
''I had my hand upon il yesterday
morning" replied Trevor. Last night
about midnight as / lay here half asleep
YOU came into the cabin dressed as
woman, and ] inhaled a perfume and
knew nothing for time. Then it was
YOU took the signal book, y
"Pardon. said Satsui, but your ex
cellency was dreaming. ] am the wife
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