The Arvada enterprise., 1917-09-20

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nosed repoeters,> denied admittanes Il
the grounds Of the various Canning
works, lurked in the ofling with ear
asprick for every hint and every syl
liable Of incautious gossip. Insvitabl,
there dawned . day when tn new
WAS bruited to the world.
II was the day preceding that OF
which Patria purposed starting. In hel
private car for the border ranches, t.
sec for herself what was tAe truth
about the situation In the Southwest
% well ~ to inspect her Tying corps
take personal instruction In aytation
and supervise such preparatiool
against armed invasion % might In
her judgment and Dooald's, b. deemed
Wise.
What was really going On alsns the
border and soath Of It WAS masked in
rumoF. mislnfoenation and o@cial cen
sorship. The eountry's half.t1ainsd and
ill-eQuipped militia had been mSbilised
and transported to the Southwest; fol-
lowing which It had aecomplishsd-by
an rsports-prscisely nothing.
To look into these conditions, then,
to nnd out for herself how grave the
danger was Of invasion following the
prospective withdrawal Of the Ameri-
can troops from Mexican territory.
and to make due provision to protect
her own properties-since she would
In all probability be prevented BY ad-
minlstrative ukase from extending
such protection to others-was the
main purpose Of Patria's contemplated
journey.
And because she had become one Of
the widely advertised personalities in
the United States, since her accession
to sole control Of Channings. Inc, she
had caused her plans to be made with
all possible secrecy.
None the less they had become pub
lie property. While she dressed for
her last trip to Powder Town, to re-
view her employees there. Newspaper
story advised her that she could hope
to make few moves without the know
sV>Ao0 Va sAAO RCVbsOs
Beneath . portrait Of herself. in dis
play headlines, she read:
Miss Patria channInS
Amsriea's Bertha krupp,
VIE 10 rapidly converting hse sxeen-
sive arms and amWunitleW faeteriss
Int armed eamps, fersalsss seeisty -
safeguard hss vast prspsstlss In the
osvthWsse-is repertsd % havs sald
shs Will sesNA eioo,oooooo - prstses
Tile country sOainst Peril Of Japanses
influences In Msxiee.
Over this the siri shook an exaspsr.
ated head.
She made NO doubt but that Baron
Huroki-presuming that he were still
In hiding somewhere within the radius
Of metropolitan Newspaper circulation
was reading with keen Interest that
salf-same story.
And she WAS right.
Many miles away. in 4 dead little
house In dead little side street In Jer-
sey City. seated on the door Of an
apartment cunninsiy transformed BY
means Of screens into the semblance
Of q room In Q japanese house, room
from which every ray of daylight was
jcalously excluded-HurOki was curl.
Ing his lip over the headlines which
made Patria's secrets his, and al the
worlds to boot.
But when he had finished reading.
the sneer had faded from his face. Q
cast OF thoushtfulness replacing II.
Foe many minutes he sat ponderins,
a. still and immobile ~ one Of the
craven gods which. secretly. he wOr-
shipped. When at length he moved. II
was merely to clap his palms together
thrice: this done. he relapsed into
movelessness. Nor did he stir % much
AZ to turn his head when his summons
was answered.
A cringing, servils creature In Jap
ancse robes slipped noiselessly into the
room and stood at attention. announ.
cling himself BY one word In bis native
tongue:
Nu1OAl tnOuRuS IOE ouOSuct WOueut
before he spoke.
"What are today's reports. KatOr'
''They say that We are apparently
safe. All efforts at pursuit have been
abandoned. The Charming girl Is u
her hotel In New York. Captain Pert
spends most Of his time In the Chi q.
ming factories near Powder Town. II
10 certain that NO sort Of watch 10 be-
ing kept upon this house; not once
since We took cover here has one Of
tho Claiming investigators approached
this ncighborho0d."
The baron nodded approvingiy.
''ordcr my roadster to the door,
Fetch busters. caps and google masks
for yourself and me"
ut 10 an ORDER"
Kato said NO more. and his tone was
colorless; yet In the barely percepibls
hesitation he evidenced about puttial
these orders Into effect, Huroki sensed
mn unuttcrcd criticism: Was this wiss
on his part1
In response he touched the pswDpa.