The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-07-11
CHAPTER vi.

| Mr.. Yazimoto, carefully busting his
clothes till hardly trace OF the re
cent fray was visible, walked away II
| the darkness, while his companion
| limping in a fashion that showed how
badly he had been battered In the
| fight, went painfully beside him. The
Filipino was evidently sore Of mind as
well as body, and occasionally NUT
tered objurgations in Spanish, Ia
galog, and curiously mingled dialects
of the far east. Mr.. Yazimoto, how
ever, was philosophical. The little
Japanese bore a swollen lip and one
of his eyes was almost closed. but he
grinned almost cheerfully as the ex.
ecrations of his friend came sputter'
ing to his ears.
Patience, my dear Senor Aguilar,'
remarked Mr.. Yazimoto, in the gen
tlest of tones, rs of the greatest OF
honorable necessity. In the life OF the
man who follows the admirable pur-
suit OF trade, patience must be OF a
mingling commensurate with great
Judgment. Should not the man who
makes transactions in the honorable
affairs OF nations be restrain doubly
his emotions and his notable adjec-
tives?"
Senor Aguilar's somewhat irritated
reply seemed to indicate that he was
almost wholly lacking in the desirable
quality so strongly advocated by his
colleague He gave free rein to his
sentiments as they paced along, and
only intermitted his remarks when
they turned into a side street and
stepped quickly into the basement
areaway of a substantial brownstone
house. Mr. Yazimoto knocked lightly
twice; the door opened without noise
or the preliminary rattle Of bolts. and
the Orientals passed inside.
A black man ushered them into a
small room, sparsely furnished with
few chairs and a mission table, strewn
with maps and plans. Beside the ta-
Bile, his huge frame resting at ease In
a gigantic morris chair, sat a noun
tain of a mana portly German, so
vast in every measurement that his
seated figure seemed to tower above
the stocky Asiatics as they paused be-
fore him Bushy gray eyebrows. a
thick white mustache, and bald head
of enormous brain capacity made up
the impressive total--a mammoth of
a man and q deep thinker, such as
those who serve the War-lord have to
be.
The big German surveyed the bat
tered Asiatics grimly and half quiz
zically. My vrendts," he chuckled,
"chudging by der ocular efidence, you
haf had stormy efening. Und from
de EXPRESSIONS by your faces, also
chudge you haf accomplished a Iarch
and gonsbicuous failure"
The judgment of the honorable
Herr" purred Mr.. Yazimoto, lis
equalled by nothing except the un-
worthiness of his regretful associates.
He gives most admirable judgings-
we have, as he so Intellectually speaks,
accomplished failure"
The great German laughed. sound
Iessly, interiorly, his vast form quiv-
ering like a succession of jelly-waves
Wait, vait," he commanded, when
the tempest Of mirth had passed. al
low me dot | bicture to you und to
mineself de efents of de choyous efen-
ing. You virsdt attempted de setuc-
tions of vinance. So? Und de young
man repuffed you, SO? Und den, sub
bosing dot be would haf documents of
value concealed ubon his berson, you
vaylaid him CLOSE by his home. So?
Iss i'd nod correct? But dis young
man iss adletic-ha ha! Und he hass
freGts also, vot de Americans call
husky, CLOSE by hand. Und de young
man, und his frents, dey beat de very
llfo from aus de brilliant young Chap
anese und de ambitchus Vilibino, but
dey do not haf de boIice dake hand
fc- manifesd reasons! Hat nod brob-
erly displayed de bicture? Ha ha ha--
beg of you, bardon de laughings!"
Mr.. YazimotO's amiability remained
unrufled. although Senor Aguilar
seemed decidedly irritated.
The Herr Baron," smiled Mr.. YAH.
moto, might have even been honor
ably present, it is with such correct
ness of description that he speaks. 1t
was not the admirable fortune of Herr
Baron. however, to have participation
in the notable combat, and of conse-
quence there was not the fascination
OF seeing one honorable elephant roll
upon the much-annoying pavement. 1t
is OF deep regret, most truthfully."
The huge German laughed again.
the same beef-shaking quake Of the
interior departments
1T iss veil dot you. und l. are OF
De few vot haf de real abbreciation OF
comedy. Our vilibino frent--ach. hu-
NOR tss defichient in his gombosichun,