Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-02-19

6oor she turned back swnvea. ana SINK
sndaenE prons In deep. swuvine uheis-
nncn
An instant the admiral stood iookiur
afisr her. The petal q plum blossom.
De shid. under the hoof q the Euinet"
His manner chanred abruptly ns the
aide entered. BE spoke IN quick. curt
steal shears Enipplnr Jhrourh sine
-sumething has trhnEpired % great mo-
nent There is no time 10 deal with b ~
The urdinarv channels il Is 81 the fret
inpor4anoe-ihe FIRST imporrance1-thtt I
roath Yokohama within the hour. You
wdn can 10 Ehlubasfl and order q special
train with right 81 way. This admits q
20 delay, send for my carrlhet az once
Noh win nccumpany me. We leave On t9n
minutsa.~ The aide went cot uuickly While
be seated himself at hts dosk and began
10 write raridly.
aTwo huttleshipsl" ne said. suddenly.
wheHling IN hts seat with the nuIunn
lees on them Perhaps even war between
two CT more nationsi GODS q my Gnees-
tors! An this 20 hang on the LOYALTY q .
mere girl
The ambassador. pacing the floor.
snapped the I'D Of his watch. 1t must
SIN be close 70 two hours o. sunrise
be said IN an REithted voice. Surely there
is tirnsl~
The admiral wnH consulting an almanac
when the aide re-Cntersd. Here tsa tele-
gram he said Put II on the wire al
onns II must arrive before ne"
''Exosnency." said the aide. the train
20 net posssble. THE service to Tokohama
ceassd AZ o-ciocK me rulnH-thsrs be a
wHshcrti@
Isis chief pundered swiftly. AT must be
len to oihsrs. then can I'D the erner-
Eencg long distance for Hokohams and
give me clear wire sf once 10 the COVER
nuris residences. ] must make the tele-
graphic instructions fuller" lie bent over
the desk
Trspidatiun was On the aides face when
be returned this time
.Exneuency. the accident 70 the line was
the failure Of the bridge over the Rokuga-
Eawa It carried both the telegraph and
Telephone cunduits. No wire win be work
ing before noon tomorrow.'
The admiral half rose He stretched
out his hand then drew It back.
The wireless" exclaimed the anhassa-
DOR.
The AIDES troubled voice replied. what
ever the necessity he knew that Il wss d
crucial one.
.s1hs mast was displaced by todhys
enrthuuake'' ne said. The system he tenn
porhrily useless"
There was a moment OF blank silence.
The admiral sat staring straight before
him. The only sign Of agitation was his
lRbored breathing
"CHn a horse get through
The either shook his head Not under
three hours II would have to be by detour
and there are no relays
"A motor carr"
Impossible" exclaimed the Ambassador
by the long road and In better weather
my Mercedes can not do it under eighty
minutes"
The admiral lifted himself from his chair.
HIS eyes were bloodEhot and on his fore
head tiny veins had sprung out IN branch
ing clusters q PUHple
In the name Of shAlSRi Yokohama har-
Dor buf a handful q rhnes away, and cut
of utterly9 II must be reached. tell yoal
IT must be reached" EIis voice WAS low
pitched but terrible in its intensity. Drive
TO the Naval eoneEs and ask for twenty
cadets-ats swiftest runners-to be sent
after you to shirnbashL A Locomotive can
are nc snrnpan, they can swim Make de-
rnane in my authority. Not a minute Il
to le lost" He put what he had, beer
wiring into the aides hand ''Fsead thi'
in the carriage. II VIII serve AZ instrue'
uon.
The aide thrust the paper into hts breasi
and vanisheo. The admiral looked Rboui
him through stiffensd, half-cioseo eyeIds
Then. under the stress, 1t seemed. q q
mighty shudder-fhe very soul of that ever
Whslming certainty Of the pera awaitinE
the red dawn On thar bungalow roof shows
the Yokohama Enchorage-ths racial i'm.
paHslvity. the restraint and repression d
emotion that long generations Of ingraiz
habit have made second nature 70 tbs
japanese. suddenly crumbled. he Etruci
his hand hard against the desk.
Has not japan toiled and horns
enough that this shame must come Il
herr" His deep voice shook. Your ex
oeilency-Mr. Daunt-in all this land Wheri
hgroism Is hackneyed and sacrinoe a fetiEh
there 10 no prince or ooolie who. 70 turn
aaide this peril would not give his bods
10 the torture. Yet must we Sit here help
less as Darumas II man but had wings
Daant stiffened. He felt his heart bes
10 hIs temples ne started 70 fis feet win
an exclamation.
',Buf man has wings" he cried
What OF the long hours Of toll and eK
pertinent, the gray mornings on Aoyaml
panads ground when has Glider had carried
him eireling above the tree tops9 Coull
he 50 itg With no other word he darfet
70 The han. They heard his flying feet al
the gravel and a quick command 10 a benso
The wind aogecU hack me word into IN
. strained quiet
AuyEmaf" exclaimed the Ambassador. O.
the hoof beats dashed 70 an anguish c
speed- cied info silence. His Glider
face
..rhs GODS q NippsH Hia himF' be said.
CHAPTER XVII.