The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-11-09
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down on tho stdewaik with xr~as
Tails. and tho police and the doctor.
and all the gang that had put there
como running TO my son. who 10 fall
on TIE sidewalk aud who L. much
bsred from his nose Great bleed
does no bleed. Much about 10 shout.
And the policeman no find a brazs
knuokle that buy for 81 a long tune
ago: and tho doctor he find that my
son has nose bleed which Ia a con.
cussion Of his brain So. the police
be run in this Carlson with the brass
knuckies and the ambulance run With
my son and his nose. bleed to tho hoa.
pital But at the door OF the hoapl.
tai my son he slip away. and tho doc
tor he take upstairs TO the hospital
one japanese gentleman who died
this morning from falling of his
house. He died Of conclusion. like
my sons nose-bised would no, die.
hut all the same. like this old
Abraham. who was not a. clover as
me. I sacrifice my son---only my God
no, know how l do II. But this ws
viii sayr
He paused and grfnnesf n tho
gentleman 10 whom he was
speaking. And this person was
his son, that son for whose
supposed death younx Jack Carl
son nov lay In Jail
This We win say continued
Takahira. senior. Tonight you 20
TO Japan. TO got married maybe. but
most to report what say. You 70
~ my messenger. and you say that
tho whole OF tho Columbia basin IL
now IN my hands--tn the hands Of
loyal japanese. who ar. also Anort.
can citizens--becauss by that tire n
all viii b. You see--iuss how I viii
not tell yuu--thas you can say that
tho last Of tho whites has gon.. oniy
BY this way could I make them go
By sacrificing my son. II they not
10 u bring big Disgrace upon me.
and 10 save me from disgrace I would
DO anything. Nov great honor come
TO mo.
what have you TO say. oh son.
that was sacrificed like the son OF
old Abrnhamr What do you gay 10
your father. who h 30 more clever
than that old man tho teacher told
me about when he make me a Chris.
tan7" And the old man permitted
himself to wink.
With that gravity and respect to
parents which. as an ethical law. has
had 40 much to do with tho rise of
modern JapAn--wish deep respect
Uren Takahira bowed and spoke:
~Oh. honorable parent. In whose
great wisdom arm permitted 20 re-
joieef Tonight 40 leave for Japan.
maybe TO become married. and thus
beget grantsons 20 bear thine honor
able narnei But. most important f.
II that I make report ard say that
the great wisdom Of my father has
beaten the white men. until In the
Columbia basin not ono white man
renainsl Neither In the adjacent
lands DO any remain. We have
beaten them. under tho leadership Of
my father. Thus do make reportr'
Good" replied tho father. now
speaking Japanese. And also let II
be known how we beat them. Say
that the convenient religion taught
me long ago showed mo tho way.
And that improved upon tho wis
dom of Abraham. For By tho time
you make your report In Japan there
viii be no Hammonds or carlsons in
the basin; and. also. their lands will
be my lands. on. my sonY'
Uren Takahira bowed
lis II permitted to know. oh my
father, how this win be actually &C.
compiished: or. being dead. am I to
remain ignorant7"
The elder Takahira laughed.
May. but ~ Ia very simplsi DO
thou amuse thyseif. while on the way
70 the homeland OF thy fathers and
thyself. by thinking out Just how I
shall make this thing perfect. IL
will be good exercise for you--better
even than making faccsg'
And the elder frowned slightly
The lack OF intelligence shown by his
eldest son had long been a source Of
discomfort. In every sort OF vice
Uren Takahira was a leader: but
when IL came TO doing work which
needed intelligence he was not
there" 10 use an excellent American
descriptive phrase.
SO Uren Tskahira, for whose muir
der Jack Carlson languiahed In jail.
started for Japan. troubling himself
little about thinking. but greatly
concerned over the various coming
pleasures he intended 20 enjoy.
Neither was he greatly interested
In the fight which his father was
winning; but even he might have
been startled had he known 20 what
lengths that fight had been carried.
The big gun had been intellectual
Japanese apologies had
written books concerning The real
Japanese question" ignoring the
real question. which IL; why DO
the Japs persist IN coming to Amer.
lea and taking up land. when they
know that the people whom they de-
sire 10 call fellow citizens do not
want them?'
Yes. even Uren would have been
surprised rs he was 70
his interruptions father--had he
known that books had boon written