The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1917-06-23

Baron HurON under close but unos-
tentatious surveillance.
Late in the afternoon HurOki was
surreptitiously waylaid by lOw-caste
Japanese, from whom he received a
message which seemed to cause the
baron considerable perturbation. The
messenger was duly identified as one
of the colony of fishermen on Limbo
he returned to a little sloOp, which
had lust come in from the island and
made fast to q dock on the business
waterfront of the community. Baron
Huroki himself returned to his hotel
and remained there, closeted with Juan
de Lima, till nightfall. Under cover
of darkness he sailed forth, closely
logged by Donald Parr, made Il cir
cuitous way to the waterfront and
boarded the sloop, which immedi;. ely
cast off and set sail for the harbor
mouth.
/ Now what pressing business dragged
/ Huroki away to Limbo island by
night?
Parr made il his own business TO
find out. If there were something on
Limbo that interested Baron Huroki
so profoundly, it was sure to prove no
whit less interesting to the United
States secret service.
Within fifteen minutes of the time
when the sloop had sailed, Donald
launched his seaplane and rose to an
altitude whence he could espy the
island, a formless blur of darkness on
the face of waters silvered by moon
light.
THE HUMAN BOMB.
Half-buried in the side of the larg-
est dune on Limbo island, the dwelling
which Senior Juarez had shared with
his Japanese associate, Captain HAIKU
seki, was shack Of single room,
with one window and two doors. VI
these last one, like the window, opened
upon the hollow in which the other
huts of the station were gathered to-
gether; the remaining door led, by way
Of a short, timbered tunnel, to huge
! vault followed out in the heart of the
dune, wherein q very considerable store
of arms, ammunition, mines and high
explosives was sheltered. On the FAR
Their side Of the dune-here a concave
bluff, wave-eaten-the vault had two
great doors behind which a biplant
stood lightly poised, ready for instant
: use in emergency.
By this means alone Patria Chan
: ming hoped, with the aid of the Mexi
: can, to contrive an escape from thu
refuge which had proved so quickly thu
: cell of two condemned prisoners.
e For the shack was in a state of siege
Since the dispute between Juarez ant
d Hakuseki the hollow had been pickete'
with armed japanese. As yet thes'
had made no offensive move; but tn
understanding was implicit, that Meth
er prisoner might set foot outside tn
shack save at penalty of death. Patria
| condemned by Baron HurOki's ukas
| that no stranger might visit the islam
| and live to tell of it, Juarez' dealt
| sentence signed by his own act o
| mutiny. Thus the interests Of the tw
| were one, in bonds Of common peri
Juarez had schemed scheme t
/ hoOdwink the enemy which Patria ha
| Endorsed. She waited now, alone /
the shack, for the Mexican's retur
from making all things ready at tn
far side of the vault.
| There was no light other than
feeble glimmer of mOonshine filterin
in through cracks around window an
door. The girl sat in corner, the ii
of nitroglycerin on the table before he
automatic pistol in hand, her pose Oh
of tense vigilance.
NOiselessly in his bare feet, Juar'
| returned, preceded by the flicker of
| electric torch, bringing with him
| modern magazine rifle newly flcht
| from the stores in the vault.
| "Are you ready?' he whispered.
Il Patria arose with nod of asser
81 and picked up the tin of explosive
81 a cautious hand.
Fl "Follow the aisle between the pac
ing cases." he instructed with a &c
ture toward the tunnel. ut leads
the hangar doors. If the guards
the beach run off to see what's Z
re matter when l begin shooting, unb
the doors-but don't open them till
ia join you"
is She nodded again, and entered t
let tunnel as Juarez tiptoed to the windC
and stealthily unbarred it.
to Picking her way cautiously, she
tut rived beneath the wings of the birla
or before the silence of the island mig
lit was shattered by ripping fusillad
'ut An eye to the crack between
at, great doors, she saw two armed Jal
ng, nese who had been patrolling the bea
Ia turn and, after momentary hesitate
run off in the direction of the distu
ne ance.
Working swiftly, she had lifted dc
ere the last heavy bar of wood that n
ian the doors together before Juarez
peared at her side.
arr "Goodw he breathed, eye to
by crack. 81 got one of them. The 9th