Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1915-01-09

She handed him one from a pack
age in the sleeve of her kimono, and
he lit it while she dropped to seat
"It's just as | told you,' he went
on. 81 was too late. | always have
been too late in my dealings with
Oshitu; but, by the Lord, I'll catch
up with him yet! That's what | want
to talk with you about. Pm on his
trail. III find him and his bombs
and this girl. Think of her, Kate,
kidnapped and dragged off by that
yellow devil! Think what her fate
must be-" He ground his teeth in
an access of rage and loathing dis
gust.
al am thinking Of her." said White
Kate in a strange tone of voice. II
seemed, indeed, as if she might be
thinking of something or some one
far away. swell, what will you do
next? Have you formed any plan 2"
Follow him, Kate. Just follow
him. Follow them both until | get
Oshitu, and destroy his menace to
our country and save that girl.
You're sure your information about
the steward on the yacht was cor
rect?"
81 think so, Gaffy. What hap
pened tonight would go to prove it."
Fright. Now, another question /:
could that geisha find out anything
about where Oshitu is buried while
he makes these bombs ?"
"Not directly. Still, it may be
that one remark will serve" said
Kate. "She heard him tell Yamata
to address him under the name of
Hashimoto at Kobe. That would
look as though he were somewhere
in that region"
Gafford nodded. "And it would
be made comment. Somewhere back
of Kobe they could tuck a plant
away in the hills. Kate, | think
had better go to Kobe tonight"
White Kate widened her eyes.
eco to Kobe tonight? Howl" she
gasped.
ain the Nantucket - McRae's
yacht" Gafford replied
Kate smiled. They'd be likely to
take you without McRae's orders or
permission. You yourself said he
was in Tokyo. Oshitu knew that
when he chose his time to strike"
''l've an idea they'll take me all
the same" said Gafford; "and there's
something you've got to do. | want
to be disguised"
GAS what ?" inquired Kate.
"As a Jap. If I'm going poking
around the neighborhood of Kobe on
Oshitu's trail | can't go as a white
man, can /? You've got to make me
up. You haven't forgotten the art
since you left the stage, have you ?"
White Kate shook her head. Il
see," she said. you'll want a coolie
suit and not much else, except to
have your skin painted. All right,
Gaffy; ] still have my makeup out
fit. III get it. Strip yourself to the
waist"
Gafford nodded, rose and threw off
his jacket and shirt. Meanwhile,
White Kate knelt at trunk and rum
mayed out an old stage makeup box.
which she brought back to a stand
andS pushed to Gafford's side. She
rolled back the sleeves of her kimo-
no, preparatory to mixing a stain
which should darken his skin; and
suddenly Gatford cried out:
Kate! What have you done to
your arms ?"
White Kate gave him a glance and
a smile. Nothing" She said
"But those bruises! You're black
and blue TO the shoulders! II looks
as though some one had struck and
maltreated you. What happened ?
Who did it? | want to know?
I'm glad you don't know" She
smiled her response. 81 didn't think
you debut Pm glad. I've more of
the things on my body, Gaffy. You
tried to get out of the room the other
day, and you nearly made it. l
called for help, and it came just in
time"
Gafford's eyes dilated in shocked
horror. "You mean-I-did that
attacked you--made those marks
KateW He clenched his hands and
turned to pace the length of the room
and back TO her side. When he spoke
again his voice was tense with emo
ton. I'm sorry, Kate-mOre sorry
than you can know. God! | must
have sunk to the beast level to have
done thing like that. | never lifted
my hand to a woman, yellow or
brown or white, before, no matter
what happened. | didn't think ever
would"
He pat out a tentative finger and
touched her arm. "Are they painful :?
But Of course they are"
"Never mind it, boy" said the
woman. at wasn't you, Gafy--it
was the thing we were both
fighting. You didn't know what you
were doing and don't mind the
bruises. They were won in a good
cause. Oh, boy, Pm so glad to see
you conquer! Don't say a word more
about it. Come here and let me make
you up"
He seated himself without word,
and she set to work sponging his skin
with "A brown stain. By and by he
told her of the events of the evening
the trip to the Nippon, the pursuit
20 the island, and the escape of Oshi-
tn with the girl.
81 suppose he'll run straight out
side" he surmised, land transfer her
to a vessel or a coasting banka, or
they may even run up the coast in
the launch. They could do it. Any
way, figure that Oshitu will take
her with him, and Oshitu is evidently
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