The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-06-03
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Complete The Times THIS Week
A Yankee Knight-Errant
ANOTHER NORROY TALE
BY GEORGE BRONSON HOWARD
Next Week, "The Very Grand Piano Robbery"
BY Rupert Hughes
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me- and am leaving him, and with him.
Russia Perhaps ! shall never return
But ] love my country. monsieur, | love
my country as well AS YOU love yours
and n you are English. YOU must love
yours greatly
Suppose there should he war; II
Japan were In possession ~ theso pa
pers which we suppose YOU carry. Port
Arthur would easily fan before her. That
would mean the Cnd OF Russia Ia tho
east Perhaps you hate Russia as do
most English. But Is not Russian dom
nation better than Japanese Have you
reflected what II would mean, should
japan rule AsIa7 Perhaps my own coun-
try IL grasplng. but is not Japan more
so7 Perhaps my own country does not
always keep her promise, but when did
Japan ever keep promIse!'
Norroy knew that what this girl said
was truth. Russians he disliked, but not
80 much AS he did Japanese.
you know. YOU must know, since you
ARE working for Japan, that she has no
gratitude, no moral obligation lIcmcn.
/ Der the officers she deCOycd from Euro
/ pcau arulCs and nayirs to officer her
/ own people She promised them retire
mcnt Al double the salary their own
government would have paid them They
went they served Japan faithfully for
wars, they trained her soldiers and sail
ors Then, when Japan had learned an
/ they could teach her she cut them ndrift
In their old age without II penny or n
prospect. You know that la true"
Yes" no agreed "thht is true
YOU, monsieur YOU who arc 80 brave
and strong should not stnop to such
work for such nation We're Il your
own country that looked for war with
mine I would not urge SOU Bu' ~ Ia
uor for Your country that YOU 1rr doing
lhs Russia Is cruel. corrupt some
times htfhuous Eul what of Japan
Nurru, lighted Il oVnret Hnd nodded
und,r-tHniIuglN
80 ls much 10 ask 81 YOU monsieur
And Won have been 80 Kind 10 me- that
do mot wish to appear uugrul"ml You
utr ust.d ,utr ME for these papers y,
doubt thry are worth much ~ YOU You
nIlr nothing 10 gain hy dot lF what
wIh unless Iou value yourNowu self
f., appreciation But perhaps yNu do NOT
look ~ matters IN tho same light as T.
-Irur-~ rru state -yrIvrIv wh7l
1uu wI 20 me to do. countess said Nor
no not. Oh do not take thoS< ra'
r'fs in dHotu Al I have on'ndct
YOU. monsieur know n is muol I,
n-A. pnd know that Il apprsrs pre-.
,Imp'iuu- that I should Judge You Nut
! monsieur What YOU arc doing Ia ~ronl
Hll Wrong'
The secret agent looked out ~ M,
window NJ the ear nj the eNpanso o
brown country covered with sparse
. vegetation. and through which the tiny
canals wcndcd their wav Ike threads
~ silver lie said nothing hut he wa
thinking nrvcsheless thinking deeply
Tie had gone through mulch To win th'
papers There was reward at th,
end NJ his Journey which would relieve
him ~ financial cmlarras sWcnt. an
make him ahlr 10 return IN his owl
county unfrttefed and under no uhliga
,tiuns ON the other hand
Around curve Of the road the GreA
Wall n Ctlna appeared, faint and shnd
uwy within n few moments the
2 would no out " MBnchurla. and h
would ho free from any possible chanc
~ trouble from Russia. The iourne
was nearly nj an end. the results nc
cumplishod n had taken time. trouhl
ana much that was disHgrccahle to d