The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-11-14

spirit or thN NciiNN teiloN Nttaenh "
now on the ascendant. There u no
revenge in their makeup, they tell
me-
what are you getting al, Tom
asked Hammond.
ooh, they are 80 tndulgent that
they viii allow the prisoner 10 have
an interview with HE attorney. and
even 60 see his friends. row and
then" said jenkins sarcas,icaily.
How kindi" growlrd Hammond
~nut will they e. 50 far as 60 admit
that a man Is guilty an he's proved
innocentT'
That's about the size of tt agreed
the lawyer. They figure Jack Il
guilty. and don't care N the law says
he i-nt until he's proven sulityi and
they're going Co take damned good
care he IL proved guilty. Hammond.
Tn no gutter. but don't see way
out OF this And that Jap governor
win never commute tho sentence.
eltheri-
And white he was not n gutter.
Ienkin. know he was beaten. The
case was 70 different from other
cases II was like q book with q
chapter torn out Of tan important
chapter, without which the book did
not mako rtory-sense. For blunt as
Jenkins was he could feel tho sap,
as II were. Ia tho evidence without
being able. as was Mary Hammond
20 feel certain that there was gap
But not even Mary Dreamed tina,
the sap IN their feeling OF logical
continuity was the substitution OF a
corpse for the rtiii living rrcn Taxa
hira.
She had ideas about effec'ing the
escape OF her sweetheart by changing
clothes with him. but when shs Wis
tied the Jail she found that tho visit
was watched by a sharp-eyed citi-
zen with lnscrutabic Oriental coun-
tenance. who gave her no chance for
trickery. And then--for even a tiny
hafficment viii seem 10 be q noun
tain Of tho impossible found
herself losing hear, and her belief IN
the wonderful being OF her dream
frittercd out against tho hard fscts
Of circumstances
Jack was bearing up hravrty. hut.
like Jenkins be knew quite well that
the Oriental jury would accept the
manufactured evidence. and decide
that his striking Takahira was the
eulninstioa OF a clever and long
msdttated plot
the matter. They would argue that
there was no differences IN effect BE-
tween q brass knuckis that killed q
man and q shot fired with tho same
resuit--behind which was the long
waised-for revenge The sister Of
the japanese would also testify as
she was ordered. and 30 on.
And Jack was right
The day OF the trial might have
been a great japanese holiday. A
stranger would have believed this "a
be the case. had he happened "a
arrive In Neppei that morning. For
II seemed that almost every Jap IN
and around that part Of the Column
bia basin had come 20 town. But moi
their wfvesi
Long before. . man VINO perhaps
knew the Japaness a. wen ~ n 1,
possible for an American 20 know
them. had written,
IF one Of them 20 far forr~ss him.
self an 70 express his real feelings h.
viii admit that save for ufiIItariar
purposes the alien IL not fiTurativei,
20 b embraced as . brother
And while n must BE- admitted thai
In the state OF Washington there hsf
10 far been few demonstration
against ths whites. n Is pcs-dble thai
this cuietness WINS more due 70 order,
emanating from political bose. thar
from any desire to seem friendly. He.
Sides while the economic conquest o,
Washington and the Pacific coas'
was an established fact. there wsr,
other parts OF the United State,
where the whites were still on ths
ascendant Particularly 20 in tn.
South
But this day. the day OF the trial
all restraint had been thrown off
IL seemed like the celebration OF a
victory In some japanese village
Scenes like this had occurred durins
the Japanese Russian war. Fo,
while the Stars and Stripes stu
hoated over the courthouse. its proud
meaning had been lost. In Neppel
that day the flag Of America was a
joke' Because every japanese car.
ried with him cheap banner on
wheh was painted the wen known
rising sun Of Japan.
Ana In Neppei that day thore were
exactly four white people. Mar,
Hammond and her father. Tom Jen.
kins and hts client. Jack Carlson
Small wonder that the Jan. c~l..
bratedl And small wonder that nj,
Takahira. with victory 20 close. saw
no reason why his coun,rvmer
should not banzai that victory.
Prior 10 the opening OF the trial
tho Hammonds waited In tho lawyer,
office with him. watching the SHIFT.
ing crowd thru the window.
That the crowd was waiting for
something was obvious. because /,
was beginning to pack along M
sidewalk. and had ceased It's going "a
and fro.
II wonder" said Jenkins quietly
IF that bunch Of fellow cts is wait
Ing for us TO APPEAR
y don't think so" answered Mary
And even II they are they don't
mean US any harm. They may shout
and jeer at us-nothins morei"
And Mary was right. Even as they
watched. the noises Of the crowd be .
gan to rise In unison. Then the
muiu-gabble OF mingled Japanese and
American words ceased. and for
some moments there was tense sor,
OF silence. The crowd was waiting
ana then-at the end OF the road
rarthest from the courthouse
chorus OF "Banzsi." and the word
ran along the lines Of people like fire
thru stubble until II rose 10 the sum