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

little way. He would have gone to
the restaurant in an endeavor to find
| out what address Maku had wished,
but for two reasons: The cashier
might refuse to tell him, or she might
have forgotten the name. In either
event his opportunity to follow Maku
would thus be lost-and to follow
Maku was still his best course. Ac-
cordingly he watched the Japanese
go back to a Clark street car and
climb aboard.
1t was an open car, with transverse
about two-thirds of the way back.
There was, as yet, only one other pas.
| senger. How to get aboard without
being seen by Maku was hard prob
lem for Orme, but he solved it by
taking a chance. Walking rapidly tor
ward the next corner, away from the
car, he got out of the direct rays OF
the street lamp and waited.
Presently the car started. 1t al
most reached Ormes corner when he
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street, swung on to the back platform.
There had been barely time for the
car to slow down little. Maku could
not well have seen him without turn
ing his head, and Orne had watched
the little Japanese closely enough to
know that he had continued to stare
straight before him.
Safe on the black platform, desire
( to smoke came to Orme. He found a
! cigar in his case and lighted it. While
he was shielding the match, he looked
over his followed hand and saw Maku
produce a cigarette and light it. The
Japanese had apparently wished the
consolation of tobacco just as Orme
had.
"An odd coincidence" muttered
! Orme. Il hope it wasn't mind-read-
ing" And he smiled as he drew Q
mouthful of smoke.
Lincoln park slid by them on the
left. The car was getting well down
into the city. Suddenly Maku worked
along to the end of his seat and got
down on the running-board. The con-
ductor pulled the bell. The car stopped
and the Oriental jumped off.
The action had been so quick that
Orme, taken off his guard, had not
had time to get off first. He, there
fore, remained on the car, which be-
gan to move forward again. Looking
after Maku, he saw that the Japanese,
! glancing neither to right nor to left,
was making off down the side street,
going west; so he in turn stepped to
the street, just as Maku disappeared
| ly to the side street and saw Maku,
half a block ahead, walking with
short, rapid steps. How had Maku
got so far2 He must have run while
Orme was retracing the way to the
corner. Aid yet Maku seemed to
have nc sueqtcl9n that he was being
followed.
The chase led quickly to a district
of poor bcuses and shops-an ill-look-
ing, ill-smelling district, where every
shadow seemed ominous. Whenever
they approached corner, Orme hur-
ried forward, running on his toes, to
shorten the distance in the event that
Maku turned, but the course contin-
ued straight until Orme began to won
der whether they were not getting
near to the river, one branch of which
he knew ran north through the city.
| At last Maku turned into an alley
which cut through the middle of q
block. This was something which
Orme had not expected. He ran for
ward and peered down the dark, un-
pleasant passage. There was his man,
barely visible, picking careful way
through the ash heaps and avoiding
the pestilential garbage cans
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