The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1911-02-09
CHAPTER VII.-Continued.

At the side of the girl, Orme now
streets. 1t was some time before she
spoke.
After you left me at the home of
my friends" she began at last.
Don't try to tell about it," he in
terrupted quickly. "You are tired.
Wait for another time"
They were passing under a street
lamp at the moment, and she glanced
up at him with a grateful smile,
pleased apparently by his thought Of
her
That is good of you," she exclaim-
ed, "but my story is easily told Let
me go on with 1t. l explained myself
to my friends as best l could and went
to my room. Then it suddenly oc-
Cured to me that Maku and his friend
might have come to Evanston by
boat"
Just as, later, it occurred to me-"
Il thought that the other man
might be waiting for Maku. The mo-
tor car that we heard--there was no
good reason for thinking that our man
was in it"
She paused
Il know" he said. II thought of
those things, too"
1T flashed on me-" she went on
that if could find the man, might
be able to buy him off. l didn't be-
1ieve that he would dare to injure
me. There are reasons why he should
not My car had been taken in, but
had them bring it out, and l told
them-well, that part doesn't matter
Enough that l made an excuse, and
went out with the car"
you should have taken some one
with you"
There was likelihood that the
Japanese would run if l had a COM
panion. AS long as l was alone he
might be willing to parley, l thought
At least, he would not be afraid of
me alone. So I went north on Sheri-
dan road to the upper end of the low
eT campus There is a cross-road
there, you remember, cutting through
to the lake, and l turned in. l left
the car near house that is there, and
walked on to the edge of the bluff.
'MOOred to a breakwater below was
a boat, and man was standing near
her. ! called out to him, asking what
time it was. He answered, Don
know and I knew him at once to be
foreign and, probably, Japanese. So
went down toward him.
when he saw that | was coming,
he got into the boat. He seemed to
be frightened and hurried, and l in
ferred that he was about to cast off,
and | called out that | was alone. At
that he waited, but he did not get out
of the boat, and | was standing at
the edge of the breakwater, just
above him, before he actually seemed
to recognize me-"
Did you know him?" asked Orme.
81 never saw him before to my
knowledge; but he made an exclama-
tion which indicated that he knew
me"
What did he do them"
81 told him that wished to talk to
him about the papers. His answer
was that, if would step down into
the boat, he would talk. He said that
he would not leave the boat, and
added that he was unwilling to dis
cuss the matter aloud And | was
foolish enough to believe his excuses
II he wished to whisper, said to my
self, why, would whisper. I never
felt so like a conspirator"
She paused to look up at the street
sign at the corner which they had
reached, and turned to the right on
a shady avenue.
well, got into the boat" she con-
tinued. Il told him that I--my father
was prepared to pay him large sum
OF money for the papers, but he only
shook his head aud said, No, no.
named sum; then larger one; but
money did not seeG to tempt him,
though ! MADE the second offer as
large as dared.
"'How much will you take then?
asked AZ last Instead Of answering,