The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1911-01-26

and he sauntered slowly down the lit
tie path.
The beach sloped grayly to the edge
Of the lake, where a breakWater thrust
its blunt nose out like a stranded
hulk. The water was calm, tapping
the sand so gently that it was hard
to believe that so gentle a murmur
could ever swell into the roar Of a
northeaster. A launch that was
moored at the outer end of the break
water lay qriet on the tideless sur
face.
"Good-evening," said Orme, as the
man turned his head. Are you on
watch?"
The life-saver slowly stretched.
IT'LL 12," he answered.
mot much longer, then?"
mo. thank heaVen!"
Orme laughed. Il suppose vou TO
get more than you Want of it," he
said. But on a fine night like this |
should think it would be mighty pleas
ant"
mot if you have to put in several
hours of study after you get through"
"Study?"
Yes. You see, have a special ex-
animation tomorrow"
"A service examination"
ooh, no-college."
Are you student?"
"All the crew are students. 1t helps
a good deal, if you are working your
way through college"
"Oh, l see. But surely the uniVer-
sity hasn't opened for the fall?"
mo, but there are preliminary
exams. for those who have conditions
to work off"
Orme nodded. TITS a fine campus
you have-with the groves of oaks"
Yes"
"Just the place for quiet evening
stroll. thought I'd walk up the
shore"
There's a rule against going in
there after dark"
is there? That's too bad"
Something funny happened there
just little while ago"
80? What was it?" Orme was
getting close to the subject he most
desired to hear explained.
why, one Of the cops was walking
along the shore and he found a Jap
anese, stunned"
"A Japanese!"
HE evidently had wandered in
there and somebody had hit him over
the head with club
After money!"
Probably. There've been a good
many hold-ups lately. But the slug
ger didn't have chance to get any
thing this time"
How so?"
HE was bending over the Jap when
the cop came up. He got away"
Didn't the cop chase him?"
"No, the fellow had good start,
SO the cop stayed by the Jap"
And what became of the Jap?"
The life-saVer jerked his head
toward the door beside him. Hes
in there, getting over his headache"
us he?" This was a contingency
which Orme had not foreseen. Nor
had he any desire to come face to
face with Maku. But if he betrayed
his surprise, the life-saver did not
notice it. r -sg4s
The cop is taking another look
through the campus" he continued.
What does the Jap say about it?'
asked Orme. a
He doesn't say anything 1t looks
as though he couldn't speak English.
The cop is going to get Asuki."
"Asuki?"
"A Jap student who lives in the
dormitory"
oh" said Orme. o,s
The fact that Maku would not talk
was in a measure reassuring. His ap-
parent inability to understand Eng
ilsh was. of course, assumed, unless,
indeed, he was still too completely
dazed by the blow which sOrme had
given him, to use tongue which was
more or less strange to him. But
what would he say if he saw Drme ?
Would he not accuse hts assailant,
hoping thus to delay the pursuit of
his companion? a1lt.t& lily e
The danger was by no means slight.
Orme decided quickly to get away
from this neighborhood But Just as
he was about to bid the life-saver a
casual goodnight. two men came
around the corner Of the building.
One was policeman. the other a
young Japanese. 3rme unobtrusivs-
~ seated himself on the edge Of the
little Veranda
How is he?" asked the policeman.
"Ail right, ! grsss." rsrlied the life