Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1915-04-01

Liquid fre seemed streaming
down his throat. He choked, strug-
gled and gasped. A white face
| framed in dark hair bent above him.
He became conscious that some
body's arms were around him, that
some one was speaking his name,
over and over again. He looked
again into the face. Its eyes were
darkened, it's. cheeks rouged, its
lips carmined. After considering
deeply, as it seemed, he decided that
he knew it.
"Hello, Katew he muttered to the
face.
"Gaffyp she pleaded with him.
other drink and wake up. You've
got to wake up. Gaffy! Gaffyw
CHI" He struggled to lift him
self upon the cot. "All right, Kate"
he murmured. "What's the row."
Get up and come out" she COM
manded. "Can you walk, Gaffy?
Can you get to my room?"
81 don't know" he responded, slip
ping back toward slumber. "My
head is balloon and my feet are
six feet long. Oshitu has flown
away, astraddle of blue bomb. l
can't catch him-I can't"
"Gafry! Gaffy! Wake upw The
voice brought him hack.
BY a great effort he opened his
eyes and staggered to his feet.
Some inner voice seemed urging him
up, to tell him that he must fight
off his clinging lethargy
He staggered drunkenly erect.
White Kate threw her arms about
him and helped him to stand. "All
right, Kate" he seemed to hear him
self saying from distance. Cali
right-all right"
Again she pressed the cup upon
him, and he drained it. 1t fired and
reused him. They went to the door
of the room and along passage,
and with great effort up some stairs.
Presently he was sitting on the
couch in Kate's room. The daze of
his senses was leaving him. Kate
came and knelt with one knee on the
couch beside him.
"Get a grip on yourself, Gaffy,"
she urged him. give got import
ant news"
He started. He remembered now
that Kate was to try and learn
something. Some time long, long
time ago he had asked her to do so.
His senses reused another degree.
"News?" he repeated. What
news"
"Oh, Gaffy, rouse yoursclf," she
begged in hurried accents. You
must rouse up and be strong. You
must do it, Gaffy, or were beaten.
Oshitu will beat US to it. The girl
-" She seized his shoulders and
shook him in a frenzy of haste.
"Oshitu-the girl, 'gasped Gafford
He pulled away from her hands
"Give me some more of that whis-
KY" he said sharply. I'm all right
now, Kate. l remember. How long
have been shut up, what time is it,
and what have ysu learned ?"
"Thank God!" sobbed White Kate,
as she ran for bottle on her table
and poured out liberal drink.
Gafford drained the glass she gave
him.
"Nsw," he said, "tell me. You
said haste was urgent Well:"
81 didn't learn it until tonight"
Kate rushed into narration "Then
one of the girls-the one | spoke of
came and told me she had over
heard Yamata and Oshitu talking.
Gaffy, they are going to steal that
girl from the Nippon tonight"
"How?" Gafford shot out the
word.
They're going to forge letter,
to look like her fathers writing.
There's a Japanese steward on Nc
Rae's yacht who is an expert pen
man. He's got hold of some samples
of McRae's writing. They'll write
her to leave the hotel and go to the
yacht, that her father has come
back, and is in conference there with
Japanese official Oshitu will take
the note, go to the hotel, and pass
himself as a member of the Jap's
staff, come to escort her. Shell
never know until it is too late, un.
less you can save her. That's why
/ came to rouse you. | had to. But
do you think you can save her? Are
you strong enough ?"
. "Strong enough" snarled Gafford
. "1've got to get strong enough. Why
else have l been in hell ?" He ros,
, to his feet. "How long was | shu
in?"
, "Four days"
Have l eaten?"
mo"
"Then get me something, and Civ,
| uiC Iiide "AttC QUIZ anu re
! volver. While you're gone for tn
!. chow I'll dress"
Kate sprang up to do his bidding
!, and produced clothing and weapon
"I'll be back in a minute" she tol,
him, and hurried from the room.
Gafford fumbled his way into tn
! suit. So it had come! Oshitu an
Yamata had acted. For minute h
questioned if he would be able t
play the part before him. The fac
\ Of the girl Of the Nippon's garde
: rose before him, and he answere
s the doubt of his strength with u
e cath as he swayed to his feet.
t A hot rage at the treachery of tn
9 attack on the woman alone at tn
I Nippon laid hold upon him and CAV
d him a temporary strength, whic
d served to get him dressed. He wa
y buttoning up the jacket with shall
ing fingers when Kate came bac
J. with tray.
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