Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-01-19
CHAPTER vIIl--contlnued.

Orme followed, and when Maku
turned west again at the next street,
swung rapidly after him and around
the corner with the full expectation
of seeing him hurrying along half a
block away. But no one was In sight.
Had he slipped into one of the near
by buildings?
While Orme was pulling. q voice
ut his elbow said, "Helloi"
He turned with a start. Fattened
In a Swallowed niche Of the wall be-
side him was Maku!
"Hellol" the Japanese said again.
"Well?" exclaimed Orme sharply,
trying to make the best Of the situa-
ton.
"You mus not follow me-" The
Japanese spoke impressively.
Follow your"
Il saw you in a mirror at the other
end of car"
So that was It'll Orme remembered
no mirror, but the Japanese might ap-
ply the word to the rejecting surface
Of one of the forward windows.
you lit a match" continued Maku,
II saw. Then l come here, to find II
you follow"
Orme considered. Now that he was
discovered, it would be futile to con
tinue the chase, since Maku, naturally
would not go to his destination with
Orme at his heels. But he said:
"You can't order me off the streets
Maku."
II know. If you follow, then we
walk an walk an walk-mebbe til
mex week." Orme swore under hill
breath. 1t was quite clear that the
little Japanese would never rejoin the
man who had the papers until he wai
sure that he had shaken off his pur
suer. SO Orme simply said:
Goodnight"
Disappointed, bafled, he turned east
ward and walked with long strides
back toward the car line. He did no
look to see whether Maku was be
hind him. That did not matter now
He had missed his second op~portunit,
since the other Japanese escaped hin
In the university campus
Crossing Clark street a block mort
of the point at which he and Max
had left the car, he continued lake
ward, coming out on the drive only
short distance from the Pere Ma
quette, and a few minutes later, afte
giving the elevator boy orders to ca,
him at eight in the morning, he wa
IN his apartment, with the prospect q
four hours Of sleep.
But there was a final question
Should he return to the all-night re-
taurant near the a barns and try {
learn from the cashier the addres
which Maku had sought? Surely sh
would have forgotten the name b
this time. Perhaps 1t was a Japanes
name, and, therefore. the harder I
remember It; If 1t were a peculis
combination of letters, the very pee
aiarity might have fixed 1t in ht
mind. And If he hesitated to go bac
there now, the slim chance that tt
name remained with her would gro
simmer with every added moment
delay. He felt that he ought to g
He was dog-tired, but-he remembers
the girls anxiety. Yes, he would q
with the bare possibility that Il
cashier would remember and would
willing to tell him what she remei
bered, he would go.
He took up his hat and stepped I
ward the door. At that moment
heard q sound from his bedroom.
was an unmistakable more. He Il
toed to the bedroom door and peer
within. Seated In an arm chair W
4 a man. He was distinctly visible
the light which came In from the s
ing room, and It was quite plain tn
he was sound asleep and breathii
heavily. And now for tho second tin
his palate vibrated with the rauco
voice Of SLEEP.
orms switched on the bedroc