The Washington times., 1912-12-27
CHAPTER Xv.
Inouyiti Becomes lntractable.

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CHAPTER xv.
Iaouyiu Becomes Intractabls.
a = UGH wine had made the Japa.
M nese artist reckless. His TIDE
N with Horubu through tho
screaming mob outside the In.
ternational Bureau had shaken nerve
and brain until his reason trembled'
Physically he was = handsome boy
With . soft brown. skin and eyes. Un'
lacked the broad Aongolian cheek bone,
the simian brow. and lips.
..ussd ss iEn' I'm uss a! s:s'ss %a::
child. Tsarka's hand ciutched ssvaSely
at q hell near his elbow. as though he
would hurl Il at the INTRUDER. head.
peared Instantly in the. passage outside,
sweat and anger In his baffied eyes.
Tsarka cut short his meaningless apol-
s.,n%. sefors seis p.sns sis sabSlins: ar,Ss N:
mad. Get him to his room.
inouyiti waved the .coolie servan,
aside: Keep those angsrs = Tor or. your S.'
ssis ssnsiy. !Xnd and you. Teronl. remsmSs.
that I policeman walks past here each
evening at this hour"
Your pulse is hish: lnSTyia::n TssGnd sa.d
spoke with ;frn Some ,tn rss'ran ay s.rvant ou
are sorry for your intrusion already
Japanese sentlemen are careful Of their
dignity in the presence OF ladies';
list was responsible for the most IN.
famour outrage within memory. That
Ills sudden entry had disconcerted pr
Tsarka she easily OWNED; notwith.
act with liberation and reserve.
inouyiti bowed with excessive cour:
tesy to Beatrice Meseonier as ne slipped
past with the intention OF confronting
his one-time colleague.
II must salute you. Teroni Tsarka;
40 the most accomplished impostor Of
bowed 10 the .spellbound BeatriceI "is
Mss s..rd S NJ nss Il IS shS% %s, n ss., ":Ss :Ss
"ISes "Pesce. ei little fool. peace" Tssrka re-
monstrated. You. Satuma"-he beck
oned to the coolie servant sharply-"see
low him to again intrude upon my pr''
II repeat that you are a colossal
% srS" Eep TIM nJay; ssoSf OK the tns
with q catlike spring gained the far end
q 'S. the nsrsf study h'' hand resting against
FOR an instant Tsarka mistook the
ieveled hand for a loaded weapon. He
stopped Hike one in fear Of bullet.
Tnouyiti laughed hilariously. You
s. y: s:t 1s"S' H"S 'Ss sss ksS ss'ss s""sS:
responded. "when It comes from a SOL
dIer or a gentleman. % ! object, jsS;.ht,U hSwsver'
The retort steadIed the boy artist as
. whip-cut sobers a frolicsome panther
cub. Yet the resolve to expose his old
mentor grew, mercer each moment.
the eyes Of the world, he turned upon
the man who had wrought his down
Not even the presence Of Beatrice
poured In disJeinted sentences over the
qualine nerve specialist. lapsinR occa-
sionally into his native tongue when the
passionate idioms failed to And express
"You promised me fame. .Teroni. as
YOU promised It to this lady. People
would worship my. art: ladies would
kneel at my feet. You lent me money
mSnded nv INV lifs in return. Il va. S1T Hors- r
bu and yourself who planned that bit
OF devils work In my atelier. Who
nxed the molecule shower that turned
tuC uotoi ihkO - bpottcu ioOi
Who arranged the stereoscope lenses SO
that the radium-sponge should press
ever oyer, TIE @ eyes OF Prince Hohenhon and
Beatrice sank farther into the shadow
Of the door from the terrible impact of
words flung out with measured en-
phasis. lnouyit was no longer the In.
coherent babbler: each moment saw
him steadIer Of eye and limb. until his
denunciations reached the plane Of a
skilled prosecutors.
He turned from the dismayed little
doctor and addressed Beatrice In q
strangely altered voice.
Three wears ago Madame; lived
fans and screens, selling them to the
curto dealers for the price OF little
food for my brothers and sisters. One
Of M. sisters was III of consumption;
II remained for me to help my mother
and the little brothers. who cried for
more food In the terrible winter tina,
came after the war.
came to my studio and admired my pic.
lures. He gave me a thousand dollars
for two pictures and a small collection
Of fans. He advised me to go to Lon.
come speedily famous. / came and ME,
Teroni Tsarka. You know something
Of the result Of our friendship.
Last night he and his associate. Ho.
rubu, forced me under threats to at
tempt the life OF a young Englishmar
named Renwick. failed. and was com.
pelled to sit In an iron car while u
was driven through crowd of indis.
nant citizens. This morning." he con.
tinued. passionately. II learned from q
newspaper that Miss Cranstone had beer
refused treatment at the institute be.
cause Of her inability to pay a scanda.
tous fee"
Beatrice was about to speak: hs
stopped her swiftly. his eyes hxed on
the palpitatinE nerve specialist.
ut was not your Wish that Miss
Ask yourself whence came the order
to squeeze the last shilling from