The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-12-01

Ncre ctrnlte a. 10 itS tVt4ttoh
snrrt b.. fer Peter Is my confidcn-
,s.I ,nformsr. l must protect him.
sx you viii sec.
rog WEEKS PETER
MATCHES IN SILENCE
Fw weeks on end. Peter had oh.
wvea these hourly. patient pilgrim
ares Of kawayama In silence. y, Is
scubtfui Il he would ever have men
,ncnsd them had l not gone 10 get
M <hces backed and said 20 him:
-pr,er. the editor has sent me out
IA firt cot how the crooks keep
sxxy frun the jaii hou~e- Whcre'n
70 70 fInd a good crook
~Hsas' Hear laughed Peter.
-yca spue 70 de right church. but
A w-cax pew. Nah friend. you
v.nn ~ ovah to de- city hall 20 lind
Am rrcks But. mah goodness. II
yse I'm solve "a mystery oh de Jap
nirr boy Dat goes 10 Dc shrine HOUSE
sofy hour TO worship HIS buddy. fo'
4 Ar' sakes 20 git II solved"
Lets of Jap boys 60 there to wor-
<lp Budkiha. don't thcyT- said.
ne was an open secret that the
shrss room contained a small Jade
nss before which. one at a Tins.
~ japanese Of the locality entered
q krsei. No white man had ever
>e<n inside the shrine room TO con
ssninste It's sarredness. but anyone
esuld ten you what was within.
TAILOR FEI.f4A. HE'S A
wGuI@AR rRAYI>' FOOL
-rasso.- said Peter. MANY Jap
NJ goes In one time day. but dis
1He tailor fsllah. he's a regular
psyin' fool. das what he ix What
~ fixrers Is. he must hab a ictsa
Guscienos on his msnd--snebby
OurdAhrr
I thought Peters murder theory n
trsfie fArfstched. Probably kaway-
anna WAS religious fanatic Of mild
zort. but determined TO Investigate
"a the hope that. whatever I found
cut when I went 70 tell Peter he
vould think Of something more i'm.
pcrtant 10 divulge 10 me. for n
sherr's crook in town. Peter knows
r and ! was out TO interview crooks
Il was nearly 4 O'Clock. Exactly
st 4. saw the tailor shop door
spen- Kawayama stepped out. a.
uzxl. and started for the corner
HIS eyes looked straight ahead. His
TRAD was measured. slow. He
uziked as II IN mi-consciouaness
He a sleep walker. He passed the
correr. opened the shrine room door
M entered Three minutes later he
0me out
booked At Peter His eyes stared
ssfs and white after the Jap as
k1szTsma re-entercd. as was his
custom. the tailor shop. II was plain
~ procedure was getting on Peters
nsrvex.
a BURDEN on
Ms -C0NsCIENTTOUsNEsss
-Ah tells you" said Peter. dat
tzyin houn' is a-carryin' a burden
n bis "conscientsousness das what. I"
One hour later. I WINS slowly APP
Z preaching the tailor shop. II was
oark ard drizzling. As I ncared the
shcp the lights went out. A moment
htsr kawayama. dlscerned. came
o1i and locked the door. He WIS
e'xing the establishment for the
r'ght ! presumed
he put the key IN his pocket.
nspped out into the rain and strobe
nsthodicaily towards the corner. I
iNiowed him Across the street I
HneT Peter was watching with
rrzining eyes.
kawayafna. 10 PAGES In front Of
y. passed the corner Elowly and. I
uought. bit unsfeadily. I quick
sne1 my pace and when he opened
NJ shrine door was 20 close behind
h'm coEld have touched his back.
The door closed. ! laid my ear
sf1inst II. A moment later I heard.
"shnc'ly, the clink OF metal against
metal Another moment and ] heard
ns sarne sound repeated. Then ]
seard kawayama's footsteps coming
Acx 70 the door. II opened. Nat.
.aed myself against the side of the
building.
Ihru the dim light could see
fs'er' the bootblack, waving his
arms al me across the street. He
rsmed TO be motioning for me to
80 In.
h2vayama came out, turned his
&c from me and with measured
pAes was gone. put my weight
-ssihst the door. and II flew open.
INSIDE V was dark as night. but
v'h my flashiight looked about for
We statue Of the heathen god. n
- not there. The only object In
~ room was a white enameled wash
w IN one corner.
Du an odor came from the wash
wv with which was not altogeth
unfamiliar. had snelied the
.'me ming elsewhere, In soft drink
Ars about the city.
before the wash bowl I kneIt down
~Nn The metal part of my flash
s<M gently tapped the drain pipe
~ response was the same "clnk"
haa heard thru the door a scani
"fte minutes before.
romeone had once told me. TN The
s'a'n pipe, that's where you'ii al
AJs IND ~" ! unacrewed the drain
3sfDef into the a,ort,,.. ..s,t, -.