The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-05-03

Inc HlSglHse was QUICKLY thttled. Nhlle
the lirton held The mascot, which was suh-
hitting To this doubtful form oi abduction
BY purchase with the silent, solcmn-cycd
apathy 81 its race, Strangly rolled his trou-
scrs to his knees, drew on over his saiIoruni.
form b long NATIVE kiinono bcltcd at the
waist, and donncd conical straw hat, III
which attire he looked d cross between a
Chiuaman, 4 Jap and Good Samaritan out
u q Christmas pantomime BY advice of
the machiayellian Lance. this remarkable
toilet was supplemented by the purchase of
apaper parasol, the strategic value oi which
lay inthe fact that by The simple inclination
ol Il one way or another Strangely face
could be eifectualIy concealed al will from
the overcltrious Lanceeycn suggested that
they buy d wickcr-basket with d cover in
which to carry tho mascot but against this
proposition Strangly rcbcllcd 10 the verge
oi tear explaining that he would be unable
to iondle hs little mascot, an argument
which touched the Englshman 50 deeply
that he did not press the point
Thus fortified their further progress was,
until ncar the finish, without further Incl
deat They pursued their way sedatcy,
and only idle gIanccs were bestowed upon
them, even BY the kccn-eyed japanese po-
icc, iof fearful and wonderful indeed are the
diyerstics 81 costume tc bc encountered in
any oriental seaport
They were within block oi the water
front when the calamity CANE A police
man stepped out Of an alley directly in front
NJ them, and before Strangy, caught un-
aware, could incline his pagaso the guar
dian al the law looked squarcly into his
eyes and started, reading there in letters
'arge and luminous the human signature of
the Gieat Republic of the West.
To meet this contrctenaps arrangements
had oeen perfected to the minulest detail by
Lance, and the plan Of defense was now car
rcd out to the letter The squat policeman
reached OBTAINING hand toward Strangly
tut instantly he was caught in the yise-like
andunloving embrace Of Aaron, the fighting
member II was not an assault, il was
seizure Strangly and the Englishman ran,
leaving their struggling comrade To his fate
He would be arrested but during the day
authorities from the ship would come
ashore and get him, paying his fine, if one
sholild be levied, which would eventually be
deducted from bis wages This much must
be borne for the sake of the mascot.
4 Lance ran d little ii the rear of the handi-
capped StrangIy urging on The American
with seourge ol aspirated and omitted his.
II either needed d further lash II was sup
piled by the shrill call Of the police whistle
behind them The police Of Japan are SOL
dom visible until needed, and then arc ubia-
uitous. Instantly they appeared On the
street III numbers, but happily none was iii
a position to head of the (ugitives, they
could only pursue and granting them all
other policely graces, Il must be said that
the police oi Japan arc short of limb One
came leaping short -leggedly al Lanees
heels The angular, seasoned seaman might
have put on speed and easily escaped. but
lie was there to bar the way 10 his American
FREUD, and 50, sticking doggedly To his
post, he allowed himself To be apprehended
His fate was not lamentahe. for within
minute hc was free again. lounging idly by
the pier and watching the seaward fight Of
the man with the mascot He had been
Of any wrongdoing he had been
merely d spectator who In the excitement
u the crowd ran with III But In the time
that II took him, BY dint 81 unnecessarily
damaged language, to explain this to the
officer ii the law who had overtaken him.
Strangly had gained the dock
The American lcaped into a sampan and
directed the boatman to run him to The
American man-of-war, but the man had wit
messed the flight down the street and, living
III the fear and service of the authorities, he
shook his head Strangly deposited the
mascot, gently bul hurriedly into the stern
sheets and, turning, stood over the boatman
with updrawn list The latter, recoiling III
panit fright under the belief that he had
nadnan III deal with. seized His srull and
obeyed the fugitive under protest, and in
this tableau thev sped across the bay, d
police boat in hopeless pursuit at the end
Al the Sampan neared the ship. Strangly
who hy reason 81 his late violent exercise
and tho long intervals between drinks was
partially sober stood up and With a whirl Of
arms sigaaled sls identity to the quarter
master I'll tIse slge III that when the SAM
pan sh0i alongside THE port gangway willing
hands we're there to hustle him IA the deck
Racing policemen to the ship Il not alto
gelher npm pastime lor nen-cf-war's j men
III the Ear East but Strangly'S bizarre cos
tune and the moon-iaced infant III his arms
lent something nf novelty to this occasion.
Fyen The officer III the deck smiled and Bit
hiS undrFlip al he camc forward u speak to
thc ludcrous apparition that stood shame
faced bui crest before him. still iealously
holding the hard-won little human mascot
a his arms - ~...4a. .-s