Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1915-04-22

| "OIC bOWH anu UlTeCCpu ny
wireless power! He no longer doubt
ed that they wore exploded by the
same force. Now he knew what
Oshitu must have meant by tie Sc
cret of the firinr device.
| He trembled and quivered. Before
him in the hut he knew was the
mind of the matter. Impulse urged
him to creep out and kill the evil
genius, and so put an end to the
affair. Yet some inner voice
prompted caution. There WIS no
proof that Karloff's death might put
a stop to the manufacture or use of
| the bombs. Oshitu had said they
had all the plans, save those of the
| firing devices. Might these not now
be installed and so obtainable by
| them? If so, to kill the man in the
hut would be but to serve warning
upon them that an inkling of their
| plans had leaked out.
Such thoughts held him as he
crouched in concealment. With them
came another. To kill and give an
| alarm would almost certainly pre-
vent his hope of entrance to the
plant and keep him from his at
tempt to rescue Shiela McRae. His
land, which had closed about the
butt of Yamata's revolver, loosened
its grip, and at that moment kar-
loft came out of the hut.
He stood for moment with face
raised to the sky, lifted his hands
and shook them toward the west and
north, and dropped them to his
sides. Then. without warning, he
turned and began to walk along the
brook-b bank directly toward the spot
where Gafford c~ouched. He moved
slowly, with head bowed and hands
clasped behind him, as though lost
in thought.
GafTord found himself trapped.
To seek to escape would be to invite
almost certain detection. He adopted
a different course. With a purpose
full crash of the bushes, he pushed
out into full view.
Karloff lifted his head in startled
surprise and surveyed him in silence.
Gafford approached.
"Good morning, worthy Karloff,'
he said in greeting, changing the
identification. "Thou art Karlotf, art
thou not ?"
"Aye," said the man of the hut.
"But who art thou? How dost thou
know my name?"
"I am a man from Kobe, who
slept last night on the hillside" re-
turned Gafford in Japanese. 81 am
on my way to the place below here,
where they make thy bombs. Pass
ing down from my bed in the weeds,
| heard strange sounds from the hut
and paused to listen. l witnessed
the fight of the bomb from behind
yonder bush. 1t was thing. Of
magic. l laugh when l think how
surprised these americans will be
when they burst over their stupid
heads"
Karloff started. "The Ameri-
cans?" he repeated. at is not the
Americans whom my pets will sting.
1t is the Gar of the Russias, whose
iron heel grinds the necks of the
groaning peasantry into the dust,
against whom they shall fly, my
little friend"
Gafford chuckled. Perhaps later,
yes. But the Americans come first,
clever Karloff," he sneered. "You
have been misinformed, perhaps;
but | know. 1t is the Americans
whom we will first destroy"
"But | have no quarrel with
America" protested the big man.
2" cried Gafford. at is Nip
pom of whom l am talking. What
have you to do with it? You make
the bombs. We fire them. When
they are finished, then we will make
war on these superior whites and
wipe them away"
Karloff smiled slowly. at is you
who have been misinformed." he
said. 81 have planned this thing for
years. | have talked it with repre-
sentatives of your government. The
war will be on Russia. l wish only
to overthrow the government of the
Car and free my people from bond
age. 1t was for that | invented
these bombs"
Gafford smirked in superior fash
ion. "What is it to you?" he in
quired. "You receive your price.
But l know. Already have steps
been taken which, when the bombs
are ready as they will be in few
days, shall force America to fight.
In proof of this, my Karloff, did not
Oshitu, when he returned from his
last trip, bring a white girl to the
works."
"a white girl?" gasped Karloff.
"He brought no white girl, but
shameless woman of his people--a
geisha, whom he keeps in his house."
"a white girl disguised as
geisha,' insisted Gafford, while a
tremor shook him at the others
words.
A puzzled frown grew on Karloff's
heavy face. "But why should you
want war with them?" he asked.
"Why? Because they will not
recognize US as equals. They will
not admit that we are their equals
in every way and their superiors in
most"
Karloff's frown deepened. Neither
are, you," he said.
Gafford laughed in derision. care
we not ?" he challenged. "Karloff,
we of Nippon are the superiors of
all other men, yellow or white. Look
what we did to your people few
years ago. They were as chaff be-
fore a wind when we blew upon
them.
"They died by thousands, and the
rest ran away. They trembled when