The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-07-12

dAstards who have ruined the kindly
growth OF nature and spoiled the
prospective lood Of millions. shall feel
its weight. No, l viii not reveal my
plans. but l promise satisfaction
In tho name OF the state a reward
was offered. signed for the governor
by his faithful lieutenant hut that
night tho intake nearest Ncppel was
shattered BY T. n. I. and the bowls
Increased. Then NagoWchL the boss
OF tho basin. who had succeeded
Takahlra. received a code telegram
from the governor, bidding him 81,
tight as regards the outrage hut 70
come 20 Olympia az once ihcog. :
NaEochl went
That night there were no out
RACES but TakAhira junlor-thc
young gent had 'murdsfcd'--was
arrested for unproyoked assault !
slatter myself that our methods wcrc
not as crude as those Of tho JapA II
happened this way.
George Walters was always care
less. II was Just as much n part Of
his makeup as cireuiuous methods
l understand tina, the word circuit.
!ous means twisted. crooked, etc--as
civcultlous methods were a part OF
tho Jap system Of business, A damn
big part. q like that word circuit
ious IL sort OF enables ono 70 call
another had names with saying
them) Well. George was careless,
both in speech and action He was
also a scrappcr and very strong phy-
dcaIly; and he had been told TO drop
a stream OF fine radntomle over that
large part Of the basin owned ~
Ta<ahira. Al went well until. In the
vicinity Of the ranch house. George
discovered that he had forgotten 70
fll up with gas and in spi,n OF his
desperate efforts he had 20 come
down. That was not altogether bad
The bad thing Just then was the IN
somuia OF Takahlra. Jr. Maybe his
con.cicnea troubled him. don't
know. But I do know that he was
taking a stroll In tho dark and that
tho genial II careless George earno
down almost on his head Interest
Ing ,ableau'
when he discovered how he was
fixed. George had switched on the
wireless phone and acquainted bis II
comrades with the situation. They
wrrs Fastening TO his assistance
when he landed. But poor George
was very careless. IL never seems
10 have occurred 20 him that Taxa
hira might object to this descent In
his private backyard. an Il were. But
Takahlra did ohiect-strenuousiy
He had Immediately decided that poor
George was ono OF those airplana
burglars about whom he had read
quito generously: ard hs knew that
there was only one 20 deal with such
dlsturbcrs OF the peace. George,
climbing rapidly out Of his uny plane
saw Takahira. and dncs he was
against everything japanese he as.
sumsd a heillEcrsnt attitude. Un-
happily for George, Takahlra assuni-
ed II ftrst--and with a blackjack.
Theory has little chance With prac-
tice. Theoretically 10 murder man
is unlikely TO harm him and theor-
etlcally TO hit man with a black
Jack does not hitting. particularly
when the man you theoretically hit
hits first and hits practically. All Of
which garruious involvement Of my
aged tongue means that while George
had the best intentions Of hitting
Taknhira he had nothing to hit him
with. while Takahira. whatever his
Intentions. did have. George drop
ped senseloSs. st the moment Taxa
hira examined his handiwork, II
small planes and one large one were
silently dropped about him as II
George had prayed 10 his guardian
angel and the message Ind been In
tercepted by dozen others who were
willing 10 oblIge. Seeing the angels,
Takahira. with that wit known as
quick. tried TO escape. But he was
too well surrounded. IL was half
past two In tho morning and very
quiet, and before Takahira got a
chance TO howl for help and disturb
the calm Of night he was effectually
II unrefinedly gagged with piece Of
greasy waste and a dirty handker-
chief. Then n drum-head court mar
tial was held, with tho planes ready
10 depart at the first Sign OF inter
ruptlon, Georges plane filled M with
gas, and one Of the pilots from the
large piane ready 20 take of in H.
Looks like wilfuii murder" said
one man Eravely.
The Jap protested. as well he
might. and his face in the faint light
was shown to me WAS sitting in
the large plane. and Takahira could
not see me. called softly to Elmer
Briggs
Elmer" I whispered, do you
know whnt Jap thnt is7"
why no." said Elmer. Does II
matter7"
"oh, not a great deal" I said as
calmly as I could--and was petty
much excited, can tell you, Per.
haps not great deal--to you: but
Elmer. that's the Jatp was going
10 be hanged for killing. spent
some mighty unhappy hours In two
different jails on that liars account
and 1t killed my father. besides near
" driving my best girl out Of her
mind. Don't perhaps matter, FL
mer-eKcept 10 me"
ut matters TO us, too" Elmer
/ fought down his rising voice. "ant
ii gives mo an idea. Let the pun
lshment fit the crime. rce? AND
George may die at that"
There was rapidly whispered
coloquoy, which ended in Takahirf
being ropcd and unceremoniousll
dumped into my big plane. Their
had been three OF US In II wher
We went 10 the rescue OF George
and now one took Georges plan'
and the other remained TO look aftei
the unconscious George and see on
prisoner did not make trouble.
We started for Neppel, talking I,
our another across tho intervening
space about what we would do witt
Taknhira. We did not in the lc0a
mind his hearing us. II ne could
In fact, we had decided TO tell hin