Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1918-10-03


saw him--I knew-that there would
never be any other man who would
mean what he did to me, and that
whether he cared or not it would be
the same with me, in my heart, and l
would never be quite the same woman
again, unless he did care as / wanted
him to.
Anyway, / began to walk UP the
slope Of Grant street, toward Clay and
the great emporium OF Oriental goods,
which Connel had said was owned
principally by Kim Lee.
didn't hurry, for the simple rea-
son that did not wish to attract at
tention.
There was every probability, knew
that some agent of the people who
had captured Danny would be keeping
an eye upon the movements of Semi
Dual and those with him. They would
hardly neglect so obvious point.
kept purposely in the most crowd
ed part of the street, therefore, and
slipped along without any apparent
purpose, acting more as though wait
ing for some one to meet me than any
thing else.
Yet all the t:Gie was keeping
keen outlook, as 1 had learned to do,
to see ii l could detect any one who
seemed interested in my movements.
/ felt sure that our visit to Connel
would be known. They would Ger.
tainly keep the Hall of Justice under
observation.
But / had left there with Glace in
the taxi. and had left it quickly of
purpose. l hoped that if it had been
kept under surveillance my move
ments might have escaped detection.
went on up the hill, crossing street
after street, losing little by little the
touch of Occidental life, and coming
gradually into the fringe where the
two edges of east and west met and
mingled.
Then all at once, as i. seemed, the
faces on the sidewalks took on yel-
low cast.
Slant eyes gazed out of them upon
me, and the singsong OF speech, the
shuttle OF slipper-shod feet, replaced
the sharper accentuation of voice and
step which marked the course of the
race had lett.
So far as l could now adopted the
air OF a sightseer merely, walking
| along the narrow pavement, pausing
now and then to, stare through a win
| dow at the wares of the East, ON eX-
hibition. even went in one place and
purchased few little things to carry
| out the stimulation and came out car
| rying them in my hands.
After a time l came to tn, corner
had made my destination. The three
storied building of the store l sought
rose with pagodalike roof and tower
before me.
The sunlight glinted from its great
windows, behind which wealth of
beautiful things from the East found
place.
l knew it well. To all intents and
store.
Its interior arrangement was mostly
Occidental. Its saleswomen wrote
your order or purchase in duplicate
book. and kept record CT their sales
as precisely as any shop girl down on
Kearny.
Its floor walker-small, dapper,
Occidental clad-would direct you to
anything you might desire. 1t main
tanned magnificent tea room upon
the second floor.
l had been in it dozens of times
now and then, but never before had
heard of Kim Lee as the governing
spirit of the place. That shows you
how secretiye those people are.
l wondered as stood for moment
before it what luck l would have in
reaching him today.
Then pressed my lips and made VI
my mind that reach him l would in
one way or another. In a way, l put
it up to fate to lead me on from this
point to the end.
Il went inside the great plate glass
and bronzed front doors, and ap
preached the dapper little genius who
walked here and there with claspet
hands behind his back.
"One moment, please" l. said.
He paused, glanced up, and allowed
a bland smile to grow upon his other
wise impassive face. In moment HI
was all attention to what i might re
quire.
Yes, madam" he returned in ex
cellent English.
Il have a messase-a message o
importance---to deliver" / told him
endeavoring TO impress him at the out
set, SO that he might perhaps tell m
what / wished. 1T is a message whicl
cannot deliver except in person.
is message for Kim Lee"
II had asked for paper of pins
would have been all the same, ! SUI
pose. Not one muscle in the yello,
face changed under my scrutiny.
Yet fancied that deep down in tn
brown eyes which met mine fully
little something stirred. looked u
quickly, and dropped its head.