Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-02-26
oHAPrER xLv1n-ooatiauea.

BerEonin muttered a curse az be peered
before him. for the stretch vas brilliantly
Illuminated lie was on tho strest-of-
yer-to-the-Gods. which tonight seemed
strangely alive with hub-bub
That Afternoon. with the passing q the
rain. there had been held a neiEhborhood
hananal. a flower viewing excurslon.' A
soore o. families. with picnic parapher-
malta. had troopes 70 the Efstaria arbors
q lar distant Kameido. % return in the
small hours laden with empty baskets and
aomnoient babiea- To-norroW. ike today.
would be holiday, when school and work
alike should be forgotten The caFalcads
had gust returued--afoot. since the uams
had ceased running e. midnigat-the mea
merry with sake. the Woultn lanterns. A
few children. sl-il Wakerul. scamperld here
ana there.
TIE chauffeur leaned forward with an eE-
cianaaon-they had ala but run down
hobbHng figure.
Keep your bands or" s-arled Bsrsonin-
Let them get ont o. the way" The auto
vnohne dashed %. the people scattering
before t.
There Vas a small figure IN the roadway,
however. Of whom no one took accounts
t-year-old- Ishikichi had not gone % the
hanAmi that DAY. For many hours that
long afternoon, while his mother cared Tor
tha SICK father. be had heat the tiny drum
that soothed q baby's fret, comforted b.
he promise nat ne should be walked IN the
great hour when the crowd came home
stretched on hss worn ft0n that night be
had puzzled over the situaton-the hard
blank fact mat because they had no money,
they must give Up ne shop. which was the
only home he knew. when they took his
father away 80 the by3-in. the sick house.
shat woul5 be and his mother and the
baby-San dog Would they stand. axe the
kadotske. playing a samissn at people 3
doorsf II Was not hon0Fabig pleasant 20 be
q kadots'kei Only men could sara money.
and it would be 20 long before he became
3 man 50 he had been ponds4ing when be
wcut 20 sleep. Nov. standing In the road-
Re heard the hum Of the rushing motor,
and . quick thouEht-born Of that instinct
q racrinae for the parent. that Is woven
q golden thread. IN the wool o. the Jana
nese soli--dar1ed INTO his baby brain. Ons
Of tie tig fire wagons o. the EeiyO-Sin was
cun.fng! When the carriage killed Toru. his
playmate, the foreigner had sent much
money % Tcru's house. lie Vas not sorry
any mere. because the white-faced man
whom he liked. Who lived IN the temple.
had told him what fine thing Il had
been For Torus hun3rabie father had
been fighting with the Gaxi. the nO-rfes
devhs-is was almost IKE WAr-and TOru
aad died Just az the brave soldiers did in
battle A great purpose flooded the little
soul Was be not brave. too
So as Bersunin. with q snari. shock off
the hand OF me chauffeur ana threw the
throttie vide open. Ishikiehi did not scam,
per with the rest With his hands ughsly
clenched in his patched kimono. his huge
ciors gathering on the roadway, he ran
straight into the path Of the hurting mass
o. steel.
mere was a sudden. sickening Jolt me
car leaped forward eraeglng somsthing be-
meath L that made no sound. The chauf-
fsur hurried himself across the seat on the
scar. and the automobile stopped with q
grinding dlsoord o. soreeching pistons- A
surge q people came around n-a wave
without outery. but holding . hnshed muir
mur ike TIE sea shoji were opening, door
uaya mline the tbs street with light A
man bent and drew something gently from
beneath the Wheels-
with a Hrithing cath the expert Wrsnched
AZ the clutch.
GO on. ne Elll AaAAEtll- INV DAIe
yon stop without my orders1
The japanese made no reply. bat the
arms that braoed the wheel were rigid ~
steel
Bersonin sank back in his seat his mas
sive frame auirsring. his eyss giistsEsng liks
flashes OF mica But for this, In ten min
utes be would have been clear u the city
flying along the Chiba road, Wha1 Il b
we're detaineas Ne felt strange. ohnly
tsndrls piucking al his nesh, and hun.
dred fiery needles seemed pricking through
his brain.
Peering over his shoulder. with his hor
rible fear On him. he sAE the crowd par
% aAnit . woman Eho. unite Eiieatly. bu
with haste. came forward and knslt on thi
ground. There was no movement from m
crowd.
in hush Iiks thar Of dsath. the mother
rose with ishlkichi IA hsz arms. The Ehits
stiff face locked piiifuiiy small. one riol
swayed from ifs fhcag betWesn the barr
toes. The faded kimono was stained via,
red she spoke no word. There was =,
tesr On hsr face. But in the dreadful slienee
she turned Slowly with her burdsi
and Looked steadily az the tWitchins face d
the car-iooked and hooked TIE ehauffeu
swung hinssf from the SEAT into m
croWt.
An insane desire had oeea erecplnl
Stealthiiy on Bersonin- he had felt Il com
ing when he faced the truth IN Phil
crlnging admission. The horrible compui
son 20 laughter Was on him The dam
nabls man-hysteria had him ~ the threat
He fought Il Desperately, as one uEnIs
VIA beast IN the dark
IN vain
HIS Jaws opened He iau8hed-a dread
fm peal % ulerrinenf that echoed up an
down the iattioed street And as b
laughed, he knew that he raised q pr.
nearer more fearful even than that fror
uhich he had been flying.
There Vas an iRstants shocked Gala
IKE the sRence which follows TIE dlEtan
spurt q blue fame from the muEEle 81
Krupp gun Thsn uks It's ansEerins de
tonatlon-in such q mtnarins roar q
u1Isht ariee from TIE hrluk % an Inferno
the silence az the Quiet street burst ma
auful sound.
Ten niinutes later but q singie nEhle
shol FIlmHasrst on the darkened thorough
fare ne roadway Vas deserted save o.
ths solaierly ngare IN poliosmAnE unifurl
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