The Washington times., 1916-09-03

SUDDENLY SHE De
am a little soft-hesrted myself. You
"You and the nice young man with
the grin will always be mystified as
paet n the sSS.s ssto1S Of ss that uness s
I make i clear to you. II was not a
ninF-and then Judge between us
m m the smpSy mpsS Of arsns ns
you. but why not? My husband. my
father. my Brothers all had part In
the. war for Cuba. And they all died
longcd to Spain and Of right still be-
| longs to Spain. might be true to the
traditions of the men who discovered
your country for you. and who settled
her islands.
She Became . Governess.
I'VE have our ideals. too-but you
do not think OF that, do you?
| "Cuba libre meant poverty and
loneliness for me. 1t left me widowed.
orphaned-an enemy to your country.
Again l ask you. Why not? You have
no answer. have you. Senorita Fair
fax? Read on then. and Judge me
fairly.
| II came to your country and be-
J came a governess--a teacher OF lam
guages. The pay was small. Because
! was woman. young and possessed
| OF CASTLE. there were plenty OF in
suits from the husbands OF my en-
ployers.
Japanese who are aliens. too-the
| yellow Peril OF your country
They pay OF spy is better than
the pay Of q governess. The Japanese
ns matter r'f tG ws: srs. nos %e dlsnsfy lsinSy
Il ested?. Whist smaater II they meant
to use me for their own ends. They
used me kindly. Remember that.
became spy in the pay OF the
Japanese?
often to our secret councils there
came q youny, son OF Japan whose
Ills voice was musical, his manner
charming-and he seemed indifferent
To all the women at our meetings. Me.
determined that he should notice me
some day.
And then. at last. the day came.
Number Five. chief dignitary OF our
a dangerous mission. l did not fear
the mission because 1t took me to
Hako satsu OF the Nippon Garden.
IL went to his garden and urged
had tea. He was quite Indifferent
until l gave him my message: / am
sent out by Number Five
Then he looked at me calmly and
terest nevertheless. He reached into his
pocket and held out to me a small
paper disk. 1t was numbered seven
teen.
1t read: Number Seventeen will accom-
pany bearer and follow instructions.
For the Motherland. Number Five
While he read. looked about the
Garden. pretty little Japanese wait
watching us. over her tiny face ex-
pressions chased themselves-fairly
hurting out their puny strength against
me-Anna Cortes y Teixa.
II smiled to myself: so this was the
secret Of Hako Satsu's indifference.
This doll-baby girl. Well. need not
} fear her as a rival.
"satsu finished up the note, nodded
sicbfms and tore 1t up Id,v The baby girl stood
Il leaned toward satsu and laid my
hand over his. You will come-for the
Motherlandg" I asked.
r.. II drSh will C. come S he replied sravey And
Then I remembered that ] was Anna
Cortes. daughter Of q Spanish Don. and
that my fathers had dwelt In the corri.
doris OF the Alhambra. l registered a
! vow that Hako Satsu should not waste
his power on the silly little slant-eyed
, doll who stood watching us so sorrow
fully.
had smiled-smiled once. That was a
beginning. Our work took us first tt
my apartment. There We had to plar
: what we must do But before we hac
finished planning the work OF the
should notice that I was woman, ant
beautiful.
, And when the work was done. the
3 little Japanese girl might sign all she
+. hA IN
Garden and Anna Cortes anr Hakc
| Satsu would be on board launch which
should carry them and that which they
: has been sent to obtain out to awaiting
ship; .aH,., a,a no, ,s.v, on tn. ,,uno,
. youn know. Perhaps you even think
Z you know why. But you are wrong Fol
, the one thing You cannot know until
: tell you Is this: Anna Cortes Is soft
4 hearted like you!
: 1--WE made our plans-and then We
| carried them out. very cleverly. / think
( A great Limousine was placed at our dis
4 posal. Satsu disguised himself In the
uniform of a chauffeur; goggles ant
Motherland protects her children wher
! they perform her missions.
t He brought the car to my door as u
he were servant and I employer, There
r mad out over the road, At last we came
I to bend Of the road. There was M
Y one In sight. satsu went forward to re-
Y connoiter. and then he returned to com
plete our arragemets. -
With a wrench. he loosened tht
I hub-cap from one OF the wheels: until
q the wheel was sure to come off witt
: a few more hundred yards OF driving
I Next he put oil on the license plate,
and threw dust upon them so II woult
3 appear he had come from great dis
E tance.
Then he returned to the wheel. and
: he drove slowly around the curve
Q which led to the house we had come
to rob.
I SLOWLY and carefully satsu drove