The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1917-07-28

half of whose length was Sheathed In
black wrappingS.
With this in hand. she addressed
briefly the nucleus at her private
forces. Having spoken, she offered the
pole To the officer commanding under
/ Captain Parr.
UnSheathing the flag. the command
ing officer held il high, its brilliant
c"i"rS radiant in the autumnal sun
light, before delivering il to the color
/ guard.
\ great roar of cheering broke out
, in the ranks and was carried clearly
/ Ia the ears of the watchers on the hill
top.
With an angry gesture Ilur"ki
( turned and strobe back To his roadster.
Drive home" he ordered; follow
the railroad tracks a. closely as You
can. | must find some way.
THE TRESTLE.
\ mile or 50 beyond the ridgc-polc
of The hills walling in the little valley.
the road dipped down into another val
ley. rather more shallow. which the
railroad Sppnncd by means of long
high treStle.
Through this valley m"andrrcd Il
river, broad hut not deep. some TWO
hundred feet below the trrStle al this
It's highest point.
Well watcrcd though il was. this val
ley offered little temptation To the az
riculturiSt. Its soil was somewhat
sterile and thiCkIy sewn with outcrop-
pings of rock. Nevertheless, one farm
er had thought we'll enough of il To
establish IL home near one end of the
treStle
This optimiSt was Japanese. His
utmost efforts, aided by those of his
family and one or TWO helpers of his
own race. wrung hut the bareSt livpli-
hood from the soil. Yet he persisted
year in and year out, patient and I'M
complaining.
1t is singular fact, 10 be interpre-
ted at the within of the reader. that
any great railroad work in the United
States seldom lacks Il Japanese neigh .
Dor, such as this toiling little farmer.
1t is not known that these hardy .
tillerS of the soil have stores of dyna- .
mite or other high explosive cached .
but if they had, they
could readily at an hours notice Grip
pie the transportation facilities of this
country and render efforts TO rush
troops 10 the western SeabOard futile.
AT the dwelling of the JAPANESE
farmer in question, Baron Huroki
allghted from his mOtOrcar and en-
gagged his cOuntryman in Il cOnversa-
ton which engrOSsed both till we'll past
noon; AT which time Patria Chan
ning'S special train was observed
the treStle. hOmeward bound.
When it had passed from sight, HUI
roktS course of action was mapped out
TO the last detail.
SummOning KatO, he delivered To
him certain instructions. some by word
Df mouth, others written on scraps of
paper in Japanese characters, and dis
missed him with an injunction TO make
all possible haste upon his various err
randS.
HurOki himself retired 10 an after
loon OF inaction in the house of his
But hatO put in one of the busiest :
afternoons i'll his experience. In per
son, by telephone and through aides.
le communicated the orders of Baron
turoki TO half a hundred Industrious '
Japanese gentlemen amiably and in l
engaged in small ways
II business throughout an area bound :
81 on the north by Harlem. on the 1
'aSt by the remOteSt Businesses of :
irOoklyn, on the south and west by \
he city of Philadelphia. q
He likewise found time to visit a
mall but SeawOrthy private yacht u
which lay at anchor off PauluS Hook, n
1t was dusk when, weary but indom- q
table, he reappeared at the japanese =,
arm beneath the trestle. delivered his ),
eport To Baron Huroki, and drove
n into the darkness. !
by That time nearly u hundred mo- =
DrcarS were cOnverging from every -
ONT of the compass upon the little :,
alley occupied by the Channings' -
owder mills.
Each OF these cars was occupied by
t least five impressive japanese. all
nservistS of the japanese army, many
them veterans of the war with Rus "
"a. whose topcOatS covered complete "
lfantry equipment for light marching. y