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

M l2ll room in a japanese lodg
HaS SN ing house ID Yokohama.
O, Tho place bcng the real
thing, Tie worcakimnno in
lieu III palamas, ana was lying on The
forF, WITH the intervention of mat and
#verA thick eamiorters Two similar
uomFortrrs verc piled on tor Of him For q
moment he laY quiet trying a. recall how
he got there Then the inert limbs, the
aohing head The blisicrcd throat and the
more than bHstered brain apprised him of
fthe bitter iarts with 4 sudden, deathly pang
KIN. TIA remembered Hc had Stunned
his shipnatcs when The liberty gang
strtiek the shore because he Was keeping
himself rlcsn and wholesome III body and
mind laF The sake u "Girl Dear back
home Most III thc crowd had made for the
gvshiwara, ana the others had scattered to
thrir favoHte haunis IN the European quar-
teF Jap Tommie place, the American bar,
the Six Flags. al thc familiar resorts
whcrcfa thc maritime representatives oi the
mary nations torcgathcr i'll arity over their
cups But He had gone off alone To huH
souvenirs ior the girl and to brood about
hcF as Il Nc could not think of her enough
III the still watches of The nights At sea and
she length III clamarous days aboard ship
And this nas the result Tile ltd not under
stand the peril If being aclf-centercd and ID
III acute moment ne hai drank drank il 4
ranic, alone " ward y the intangible fer
7arol himself EIe drank b forget, for 4 lit-
.le while, tic girl that was so far away. AND
N had been drunk, CT all The shifting
nisases III his mental torture that Was the
Fprss that she, paragon " all purity and
mess. should have been remotely the
n ccnt cause of Ills fall from grace
aung japanese GIRL perhaps fifteen
a9l stole IN at the open door " the
r9om and began tidying i with 10
aoise than il She were shape II vapor
as pretty and meek appealing, and
!. n4at unaophisticated presence was
fe u thc hrc oi Ills remorse, Was net
Asear pretty and meck-apnearing and
uanner of brute was he to havc com
f1aT ith SUCH al thesea He followed the
N sas 4isnt raid III har busy hutteripg with
and he reflected With hardening
il sVleh as comes to reform ers who
sha she would probably he a few
iIis b bitter world
ne I'M Japanese phrase, he ili-
Vt iine It was She was gently
discovering him % be awake,
efed u low voice, first inhcr own
pa ihea IN bis, and almost imme-
aitrr9ard wont oul with A smiling
" na Al another tine he woaid,
eii intent have caaxed her q M
eossiFing but ~ vas h ra mood now
aayaenl gaIaaty MIR couic hc De
re longer and gipc himself over to the
ssieal and mental rack 81 the morning
iie vas ~ faci in such hurry now To
get out that he did not Take time to iatc bs
shoes Au hour or 50 later he ala hot care
vbether theg were laced NJ not He was
seated II table ID Tonn6es caft, with
eswain MING Aaron for company, eating
afa driukine aad remembering with
'ecundify Chat evertaSed ais Righly stimu-
'ate3 ocabnlary
Fo~ the fFst time ia his naval career silent
I'm sifangIf opened tbe pcni chambers u
aisaeart Add poured his private sorrow into
tps aaf d sympathetic shipmate. The
nfharaeniag was W huge a reliei that he
gApl III sheet relaxation. Mike Aaron was
stili THIRSTY and commiseration NJ bis COM
rsde snes Eas grateful sauce to the In
ieryals between The frequent drinks.
Though II Was yet early morning, the
house wss rapidly filing up with pictur-
c#Quc nen " thc YEA seeking their morn
Ills eye-openers and breakfast Americans,
Flgiishrnen and some bearded Germans
from 1 cruiser ID the harbor The spec
tacle " I weeping Yankee was distinctly
original aiid planant q The Others, and gen-
cfal attention centcred On the sobbing
mafhinist
Blarst nie eyes watts a-catin' Of the
AlyHss ahsd ! bnton VI tle bartender,