American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1917-08-24

drilled persistently and made familiar
with rife practice"
"In other words, they are being made
into a private army Of trained men,
ready to be offered to the country's
service in event Of war;"
"Excellency-yes."
81 must see for myself. A dangerous
business, a dangerous precedent;
should many American captains Of in
dustry adopt this scheme, the United
States will have a standing army too
soon, far too soon. We must find some
way to discourage this young woman
some way 70 sterilize her efforts to-
ward preparedness before she can
prove them practicable"
KatO bowed assent. After another
moment Huroki dismissed him upon
his errand.
Within ten minutes the two, thor
Oughly masked against recognition In
their motoring garments, left the
house and took their places-Kato at
the wheel-in a high-pOwered motor
car of the roadster type.
Tooling the car along in discreet rec
ignition Of traffic regulations as long
as they Travelled city streets, once they
had gained open country Kato drove at
a pace which would nave been fool
hardy in a driver less adept.
For a time, en- route, their way ran
parallel with railroad tracks. For as
much as a mile the roadster raced a
light special train. Then, admonished
by Huroki's touch on his sleeve, Kato
modified the speed and permitted the
special to draw ahead. AS it did so,
Huroki identified Enthusiastically the
slight, girlish figure that sat alone on
the observation platform.
So Patria Charming was likewise
, bound for Powder Town
Even had he been without a mask,
: the face of the japanese would have
betrayed no trace of emotion. Yet the
sight of the girl had set astir in him
t passions which had for some time lain
l dOrmant-dark passions bred Of hatred
= and chagrin. For, alone among the
: many men and women with whom he
e had come in contact in the course Of
a long and active and varied career
Patria had proved a stumbling-block tt
f his ambition, s~tubbornly opposing he
n puny strength to his-and overcoming
n him, persistently thwarting his shrewd
e est schemes-and paying no penalty.
h His arrangements were now al
made for a %furtive, unostentatious ext
from the country which Patria hal
made too hot to harbor him longer. II
was, in effect, being driven out by thi
r Insignificant wisp Of womanhoOd-ouf
'e lawed, a failure, disgraced, in i'll favo
y with his emperor.
And he had been prepared to g
s. without further attempt to balance hi
score with Patria. But this accidents
encOunter-of which the girl had r.
manned so serenely unconscious-mad
him change his mind. Secretly he d.
sc termined, before the special ha
10 rounded a bend ahead and vanishe
- from his view, upon one final essa
id to avenge his wrongs ere he fled.
~ An hour later it stood empty wit
c. engine idle on a by-road lei the sur
nit of a hill overlooking the little va
ley in which lay Powder Town. Tive
" ty feet above it, in the cover Of
group of trees on the hilltop, Huro
an and Kato were looking down into Il
valley, with the aid Of binoculars, Il
japanese reading plain confirmation
all the newspaper alleged cOncernil
" Patria's activities in the cause Of pI
%paredness.
On the open space that lay betwei
the group of factory buildings and {
town, upwards of five hundred m
in Semiuniform and bearing arms we
by performing evolutions with a snap a.
ICE a precision that spoke well for Dons
)m PARIS system of training.
Huroki's face darkened.
ri Down the road from the railway 81
ton came a motOr-car. In it sat Patl
ne Claiming. AS it appeared the men
training responded quickly to snapp
ng, orders and arrayed themselves in 10
a ranks for review, presenting arms
the a came TO a pause at a little d
ng. lance before them.
the Alighting, Patria was welcomed
or Captain Parr and a group of officers
, it After walking the length of the fro
her ranks, Patria returned to the mo
ntO car and took from the tOnneau an
UGH ject resembling, at a distance a pc
Ons