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

As Bersonin stood By the w1EtHriA gate
beside the pulsing motor, confused thoughts
rushed through his mind into an sodying
phEntRsmRgoran- The fear and agitation
which he had kept under only BY an inn
msnse self control returned with double
weight.
All was knOND-thEnks 10 the brainless
fool in whom he had Relied The govern
ment knew. The wild tale the japanese
girl had told had been believed Had there
been suspicious befores He thought OF the
espionage he had fancled had been keut
Of late on his movements. Of the silent.
saturnine faces he had imagined doEEed
his footsteps. Even his servants. even
1shi6a. with his blank visage and fantastic
English, might be-
lie looked sharply At the chauffeur. He
was lighting a cigarette in the hollow Of
his hands. the rudy flare Of the match liz
the brown placid face, the marrow. secret
keeping eyes
He tried to force his mind 20 q measure Of
control. TO look the situation in the face.
II PHI failed. II the aeroplane won
against darkness and wind-if the bungalow
was reached In time. and the machine
made harmless Nothing would happen.
Who. then. would believe the girls wild
story? Who could show that be had made
locked laboratory. Besides II would ten
nothing. II would yield It's secret only to
the master mind. And If its presence on the
roof damned anybody il would not be himl
lie had not put IL there lie had not been
In Yokohama In three days!
IL The aeroplRne aid NOT stsrt-he remem-
bered the look on Phf's face when he
rushed awRyi-or II II failed. Win its own
deadly ray, the very machine would vanish
PHI hRd not known this-could not have
told. The ssarchers would find nothiuri
The news would have flashed along ina
cables that must ron W for him rhsi sums
IN The panic OF markets. And there would
be nothing 10 bring the deed home 70 himi
Nothing The warning had been given
before the fact The government had
taken alarm. Bureaus we're buzEinE A.
ready. Sooner or later the accusation uould
would be running through the street.
swiftly and Eisalthily from noble 70 mer-
chant. from ooolie 70 beErar. from aua a
end Of this sesthinE oriental city--u.hersin
be was a marked man WHIST rnnttered A
Nhether there were evidence on which a
court would condemn him7 The story q
ms huge coup In the bOurseE would be tod
would rise W against him he remsu-
bered suddenly a tale he had heard--of a
traitor 10 japan cur 10 pieces IN a tea
house An seq sweat broke out ON mn
limbs
Where was there any refuge? on a for
eign ship There were many M the bav
he longed with desparate longing for tbs
touch o. a deck beneath his feet. a bulwnrk
Of blue water between him and possible
vengeance Al Klsariz' or the Chba road
dozen miles 10 The north In the curve Of
the bay. WAS MS sumner Tina. ms frs-
gueut resort Tor weekend HIS napihs
launch lay there. always ready for use
He could reach II In an hour.
-'Get into the tonnHau" be said 10 the
chauffeur. EN- crlre myself
He took the wheel the other resirned
threw co the clutch and the clariorous rnon-
ater meVed of doWn the quiet lane Pnst
banks ~ darkeued shol win here ana
there a barred yellow square. By iautarned
Tea houses. HllEht and tinkling. past stold
pacing watIhrnen Ia white duck clothing
ana transferring groups Of uishthaEk stu
cents chanting luEuhrlous Honrs-fastsr
ana faster. tIIl the chnuffear clutohad ths
seat win unensineEs
The fever of flight was ca ais master
nov. Re began 10 imagine raices were
calling after him. Prom q police box ahoad
q man stepped into the roadway Waviue
hama. ID was no more than q waruiua
against 0VerHpeed. hut the gesture sem 4
thrln 81 terror through the big man a M
wheel He EWerFed sharply around : cor
ner. aizidding On Two wheels
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