The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1917-06-30

drilled persistently and made familia
with rifle practice"
I'm other words, they are being mad,
Into a private army of trained men
READY to be offered to the country
Service in event of war"
"Excellency-yes."
Il must see for myself. A dangerous
business, a dangerous precedent
should many American captains of in
dustry adopt this scheme, the United
Estates will have a standing army tOt
soon, far too OOH We must find som
way to discourage this young wOma.
-some way to sterilize her efforts to
ward preparedness before she car
prove them practicable"
KatO bowed assent. After another
moment HurOki dismissed him upor
his errand.
Within ten minutes the two, thor
oughly masked against recognition in
their motoring garments, left the
house and took their places-Kato al
the wheel-in a high-powered motor.
q Of the roadster type.
Tooling the a along in discreet rec.
ignition of traffic regulations as long
as they travelled city streets, one they
had gained open country Kato drove at
a pace which would have 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,
HuroH identified Enthusiastically the
slight, girlish figure that sat alone on
the observation platform.
So sPatria Charming was likewise
bound for Powder Town!
Even had he been without 8 mask,
the face Of the Japanese would have
betrayed no trace Of emotion. Yet the
sight Of the girl had set astir in him
passions which had for some time lain
lormant-dark passions bred Of hatred
and ,chagrin. For, alone among the
many men and women with whom he
had come in contact in. the course OF
4 long and active and varied career.
Patria had proved a stumbling-blOck to
his ambition, stubbOrnly opposing her
puny strength to his-and overcoming
him, persistently thwarting his snrewd.
EST schemes-and paying no penalty.
His arrangements were now all
made for a f~urtive, transformations exit
from the country which Patria had
made too hot to harbor him longer. He
was, in effect, being driven out by this
Insignificant wisp Of womanhOOd-Out. |
lawed, q failure, disgraced, in ill favor
with his emperor.
And he had been prepared to &C /
without further attempt to balance his
score with Patria. But this accidental
encOunter-of which the girl had re- |
manned SO serenely unconscious-made |
him change his mind. Secretly he de-
termined, before the special had !
FOUNDED q bend ahead and vanished
from his view, upon one final essay
to ayenge his wrongs ere he fed.
An hour later 1t stood empty with
engine idle on q by-road near the sum-
init Of q hill overlooking the little val. I
ley in which lay Powder Town. TWEEN
II feet above It, in the cover of a.
group Of trees on the hilltop, Huroki
and Kato were looking down into tho
valley. with the aid Of binoculars, the
Japanese reading plain confirmation Of
III the newspaper alleged concerning
Patria's activities in the cause OF pre-.
paredness. I
On the open space that lay between
The group Of factory buildings and the
town, upwards Of five hundred mel
= semiuniform an. bearing arms wera