The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-11-15

bccn "a signal The crowd formed a
lane. and alsho no one offered 60 las
hand upon tho white people. every
voice there VAS lifted IA insulting
denunciation.
Hut that was not the worst. Not
b, a LONE way. The ancient Jana
neSe attitude towards women had not
changed, Oh the crowd was all mon.
A white woman was fair game 10
such animals: and they began Their
Insults were entirely physiological,
and heastly.
II was only her fearful and re-
pcated request that prevented her
companions from throwing all eau
ton aside and starting fight
which would have meant death to
them both~aRd doubtless worse
than death for Mary.
Don't daddy Please keep quiet.
MI. Jenkins for Jacks sake
So they kept quiet these Amort
cans, because they held that duts
10 friend IN need should taxi
preccdence over personal pride. bat
:, was difficult. the more 80 because
OF the Insults shouted Rt Mars
Then. az the door OF the cour
house they found that only those
having tickets were 10 ba admitted
the excuse being that the tremen
dous crowd necsrsitated this restrie
ton aud 20 unimportant TO the
trial were considered the attorney
and nearest friends OF the accused
that no tickets had been sent &c
them, and not until the sheriff had
with some difficulty been notified
were the three white people admit
ted
IL was more like going 20 the
alter than anything ciss--with tho
tickets IN tho hands OF soaipers--
and. indeed, the affair might have
been play. tragedy. with tho
tragic end known 20 every PARTED.
pant. Quite an amusing perform.
ance Il would be for the citiH.nn
present who were OF yellow extrae-
ton Yet more enjoyable than tho
actual play. more tickling TO the
feelings Of the audience than even
the coming sentence 20 death. was
the sens. OF power. the stimulation
10 national pride .nnd national
pride r.. perhaps. stronger tn the
Japanese than Ia any other raeei.
brought By the knowledge every
Oriental Possessed OF tho fact that
the dead man was 20 be married
that very day IN Japan To no
other people could such a secret
have been confided-thst fs. with
tho certainty OF It's being ksp,-and
no other people would have 80 en-.
joyet the knowledge that u was
sufficiently powerful to stack the
cards OF Justice until the white
man had no chance. II gave tho
silent Japanese-Amerfcans thrills no
white man can comprehend 20 Of,
there knowing that tho proud white
man OF a quarter Of . century axo
was helpless IN THAR hands. Only
the strict orders OF rAkahtrA could
have prevented this usually sphinr-
IKE rscs from shouting -Banns' IN
the court room because Of the krowi-
edge that Jack Carlson would be
condemned to death for . crime he
had not committed
But they preserved an Admirable
silence.
CHATTER VII.
n vas over. A. n IN a dream
from which one tries In vain 10
wake. MARI Hammond eat At home
trying to grasp tho reality. And
while she tried there came 20 her
moments when everything seemed
unreal. when she could have b.
iiev.d that she alone existed. and
that all things outside herself and
everyone except herself. were crea-
lures OF her imagination.
How couId II b. rcai7 That dizzy
walk 20 the courthouse thru Lane
Of Yelling Japsi The ceremonious
person At the door Of the SQUIRT
house. demanding ticksts. AZ II 10
some show Then tbs tense crowd
In the room. staring Al her before
the proceedings began. and from her
TO Jack Carlson during tho per
fornanc- II moved before her now.
an Amos, stately procession--with
en- things. made 10 move by tho
pulling OF unseen strings And In
the agony OF her sorrow Mary felt
her hold on religion slipping until
she could see the world az nero
show OF moving and talking images.
who Jumped or danced at tho viii Of
an Unseen who pulled tho strings
For even n there were another life
Of wonderful happiness. could thst
other life ever atone for tho lain
Of this7
She brought herself up sharply.
ashamed OF herself. Of hsr lack Of
faith. But there was far more e.
fort than joy in the belief that
things were, after all. for the best.
10 which abe compelled herself
Then, again. the -droning figures Of
the scene I'm tho court began their
jerky procession across the screen
OF her memory.
The flag OF America--it hung
above and behind the Judge As
Mary's eyes had focused upon this
emblem for the first time. shs had
turned TO look for that army Of
| Tapping bunting on which were
painted 20 many rising suns. But
there we're none visible in the court
house. And tho girl had found
herself wondering In an abstraoted
sort Of way why those who had
gained admission had hidden their
banners OF victory. The Judge had