Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1912-05-30

OF OF the messenger VINO should brfng .
him his instructions, when ths door
bell tinkied lightly. Bertha. answer :
ing the bell. admitted stoekys well
dressed man OF middle ago. swerthy
little fellow. with one cheek erossed
hy q broad. indented scar. TIE boz
At once remembered the Jnpazese
whom he had seen stop kiss Lawson
on the previous night. but gave no
sign OF recognition 90 he hooked in
ouiringiy as his Oriental visitor.
There was ola World politsnsss IN
the coursly bow with which The strsn-
Eer prefEced his Standardization
Il speak % Mr.. Harry Brockst4f
Yesr-
AT yoar ssrviO@ Hr. xOa are
Mr.. -
7 am Mr.. YaEimoto. OF TOKYO. I'M
porter Of Oriental goodS'
-won't yoa SIT down. Mr.. TAEino-
tor
I thank JOG. yss. May I speak q
/ the business that bTinSs me TO you. 1
Mr. Brocksttf-
/ Brockstt. wondering. nodded his as |
sent, and the Japanese spoke susvsIy.
Mr.. Brockett. am a man who has
much. very much. OF business trouble.
There are many who are competitors
with rss fn tie honorable occupation
OF tnporttnE Oriental wares. Too
doubtless can oomprshsnd n sof~
Perfectly. Mr.. YaEimoto.-
There are. Of thsse who are coua-
, pQtitor against me. soma. whom DO
not know by name definitely. Who -
sort % means not wholly honest 7
an porTy. much. that say this o. my
own countrynsn. but Il a. truth I tell
you. have reason 10 bslisvs that my
correspondence. both IN japanese and
IN English. n az you say Il. held ~.
T. read By these not 90 honorable com
= peitors. so I have come % yoz. AT.
D Brockect-
TO NET why. what can % fer
= your
o That shall now Be told yoo. Mr..
Brockett- could now make Use 81
some new. some very dffacult oorre
upondsnos cipher. II IN EnElish. thai
would be very good-my era has al
q. home most admirable English sdu
= Gated clerks. Friends Of mine tai n'
8 that you. Mr.. Brockott. have doTiset
such cipher. A cipher Of most hon
al orAbls exoeilsnce- Y this cipher YER,
- 20 BE- adaptive % the use OF commerce
- I would pay well I SAY. fn fact. Mr.
1e Brockstt, pay nodestiy high monsyu
~ Suppose hat you demonEtfats for M
"a the idea Of your cipher. II 10 ahal
eT prove satisfactory for the oommercis
I'd purpose. pay you $4,000. And. that
% show I am a man OF business. and TIA
We do not waste the valuable time.
I'D pay you. n Satisfactory OF no, $50
Or. that you only demonEtrats for me- %
~ ideas Of the cipher
iat The smiling japanese had draw
be forth q thick. prosperous-lookinS va
M let. and Was fumbhng with e. whs
ID Crockett slowly. bot smphAtioar
- shook his head.
On Mr.. Yazimoto. you have been M
ne informed. I cannot imagine where u
All gained your information. but Il
wrong. completely wrong. I have
the cipher for sale. and am sorry that
So cannot obIige you
hat hr. Yazlmoto sighed a. be repiao
ion the portly pocketbOOk-
and 7 am deeply sorrT. M. Brooke
'est that you should lose the opportuni
ban Tor enlargement OF fortunes. Perha
azd you wiz reconsider. Maybe I call I
An
ana tachsd % . squiTming leg. caught
? 10 the side, and halpsd 20 drive
IA dizziness away. A twisting ma
,vof- Jerking and heavtng spaEmOdioal
,oao carromsd against him. upsetunG 7
, Tn for the third time Just az be vas
IL, FRining his balances. Part o. the a.
- came almost under hfs own face a.
ara struck the walk. and. even IN the a
nsss, he could recognise the fsatu
- Of Nr. YaEimoto, distorted with
'Pa~. and with pain. Broekstt reached o.
,~,ua- clutohsd the throat Of ShA little Z
with fast-returninE strength.
49, strangisd grimly. msrcilssHly. tn
80 japanese lay limp and mOt3oriess.
,..r. the hEht choksd out OF him The
No. small. solid figure climbed on the
,rsvs- OF the PROSTATE prisoner. and .
-, risd a the direction of ne att
-cra lamp. A moment later tho
49, cleaned out IN an its pristine
600 Aneo. giving the bsWil4ered BrOe
. "a. a chance 20 survey tie scene q
vT4t- tie.
10 Mr.. Yaximoto, very limp and
,ninw ino1ensivo. WA stretched cut a
~ Brcckstt'I knees. Ten fest away
..tt.- raon BolAno WGs vtciouEly hekii
...lv zaAn who was stin nghting. slgAl
,otsr down and At an overpoWering q
thor. vantage. Evidently badly hur&.
hardly able 10 drag himself Alonl
s...6 ground. this dAuntlsAs warrior
,vvhIv trying 70 crawl 20 closer quarters
; go. thu Cuban. Who stepped lightly
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