Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1917-03-10

thrown this way and that, spun sew
eral times headlong' into the dust and
finally pitched into dock. in which
he might straightway have drowned
had not a couple of mates gone to his
assistance and dragged him out.
Osuka became the hero of the dance.
The news of his exploit spread
through the village, and Marjorie, who
fled at the outset of the fight, had re-
covered her self-possession sufficiently
when she met Osuka as to be able to
shake hands with him and thank him
very prettily for the great service he
had rendered.
The jewellers made Osuka come in
and join them, and the Jap proved as
nimble on his feet as he had been
with his hands.
John heard from his lawyers on the
following morning; they arranged to
send skilled Investigators within TWEEN
ty-four hours. As the weather contin-
| ued fine he resolved to accompany
| Captain Rogers to the fishing grounds.
This was the very opportunity that
| Richard West awaited and he seized
| it ruthleSsly. On one pretense or an
| other, he contrived to detain every
| boat except the MARY r. Moreover,
that smart little vessel, which carried
| a sailing rig as well as a petrol en-
CINE, was sent to sea short-handed.
But evil is not a thing that can be
| doled out with such care that it never
passes the bounds set for it. Richard
| West little imagined that there would
be four people instead of three on the
''Mary R." that dayi
| Marjorie had elected to accompany
| the fishing party
| Osuka wished to accompany his
master, but Jim Wade refused en-
phatica1ly to allow the Jap on board.
Rogers was annoyed by his assistants
defiance, but had to yield since Wade
| was needed to attend the engine.
| Osuka was greatly disappointed. He
| lounged about the pier, watching the
MARY R." speeding out into the blue
expanSe of the waters, until at last,
| being minded to enjoy a cigarette, he
went behind some buildings on the
wharf and seated himself in the shade.
| By idle chance he sQuatted beneath
the open window of an office, but had
! not the least notion that he was on
the premises of the company in which
his master was interested until he
heard a deep voice cursing Burton by
name.
OF course, the Japanese did not
know who was speaking.
81 have fixed him now, Tom -
doomed the voice. Hell never come
back alive from that trip he started
on half an hour ago. And I've got af-
fairs in such shape that I'll be able
to grab every bit of stock he holds in
this company
Father" said another voice, which
Osuka thought he had heard before
(and therein he was not mistaken
he had met young West at the dance)
you shouldn't say such things. You
can't possibly mean them It's just
rubbish to talk about Mr.. Burton not
coming back alive. What's to stop
him, I'd like to known"
"Pll stop him, you young fool y
stormed the elder West. "Ive stopped
him already. Jim Wade will attend
to that. The Mary r. will be lost al
sea, and with her will go down bott
Burton and that rotten telltale
Rogers"
what are You saying?" screamed
young West, startled into a frenzy b!
his fathers extraordinary statements
since he knew that Marjorie wa:
aboard the fishing smack.
You're mighty slow this morning,
came the jeering answer. Its jus
as I tell you; I'm payin' Jim Waldo
quite a thick wad to get rid of the
pair of them. You ought to know
You're my son. 1 am doin' this fol
your sake, but 1 took the risk on m!
own shoulders. For all that, 1 an
dashed if 1 let you believe that the
thing was an accident. You've go
to be up to the neck in this as well a!
me!''
"You-you murderer" shouted thu
son, his voice rising to a shrill falsetto
| Marjorie is on that boat!''
Don't you dare call me names. w
! are one as bad as the other. Ant
: what do 1 care whether Marjorie i
there are not? Here where are vol
going?"
LET me go, I tell you'll Let me g
or I'll strike your
''What do you mean to DOR
'Start out to save them, of course
J, 1 pray to God may not be too late !!
= The sounds of a furious struggl
; reached the astounded Osuka. Broker
" curses and breathless threats told tina
!, the son was striving to choke his ia
r Their into helplessness, while the olde