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

70 matter OF fact a voice that for
some moments thought he was
only trying 70 scare the Jap.
Hut Il waA true. George careless
ness had been the end Of him. ilo
was dead. and We had lost n good
man and faithful oomrade.
Tho boys were mad Most OF
them wanted 20 lynch ralahira and
have dono with a. But other coun'
ellis prevailed. Tho Jap had only
acted In scif.drfcnse. and we would
see that no real harm came 30 him,
but wo meant to scare him nearly
TO death. Ito should so thru what
I had COMO thru. insofar as his less
sensitive organism could suffer the
aEonios had suffered. For u Ia
not generally known that. because
the brain "a merely tho apex OF tho
nervous system. tho more highly
developed mind suffers greater
agony from pain than ono less In
teliiEent. Tho higher you 80 on tho
scale OF life the greater the ssnhs'
tlvenesa TO rain. Going down tho
scale you find. OF course. leAa hcn'
sitlveneaa. Tho so.called stolelsm Of
OF the indian Is largely due TO his
less sensitive nervous system. and
horse does not feel pain az great
~ as tho Indian. and 80 on. l
can imagine timS when metailiy
will be 50 highly developed that life
in bodies such as ours will be- i'm
possible. i, may DO farnung
analogy. hut from this adduos my
belief Ia Immortality and Eoinear'
nation.
Without unduiy flattering fnysalf.
then. doubted n Takshira would
suffer as greatly In Jail al ! had
done.
BY the time We reached Nsppsl
We were agreed upon what We would
say. George had been attacked
without proyocation by Takahira.
but not IN tho Basin. No. both
prisoner and dead man were 10 be
rushed towards Seattle. in which
town no Jap clannishnssa would be
In thb prisoners favor.
Looking back at all this Il seems
childish. ! admit. and I also admit,
that when Mary heard about Il she
did not like Il, nu; In those days
! was young. and lacked the balance
Of mind which Il tho gif, Of the
Year,. Besides. my suftsrlnFs in
Jail were 10 recent. and we hated
everything Jap As ono OF my
friends pa, e. we only want 70
scare him. anyhow
There arc so many facets to my
story that II f. difficult to keep
tho reader Informed Of tho EoluKu.
on Of all OF them IN equal ratio.
Now. for moment. leaving the
Immediate vicinity Of ,ho Basin. ist
Us 10 20 Olympia. where Tracey. an
governor. was 10 put into effect
tho main web OF our plot. Tn.
less the scheme entrusted TO Tracey
worked properly. all our work Of
destruction would ba Of no avail.
and somothing entirely different
would have 70 be planned. Indeed.
unless the Jap boss Of tho district
and his two nearest friends agreed
to what the sham Japanese Cover.
nor suggested. something very like
war would be necessary 10 give the
Basin back 20 white men.
and whsro $50 were 10 get ammu.
milton. even II ws were not stopped
By tho federal government SO
Trncey's job was important
I, must have bean nm interesting
scene, and ! wish / had been there,
even II could not have understood
tho Japanese which they talked.
There were Just tho two Of them,
Nagowchi and the governor but
behind the governor tho boss fan.
cied there was the will of tho en-.
peror Of JBpan--which was all that
mattered 10 him.
Nice thing TO think about and
look back upon. isn't IT? You are
OF a happier and more sensible gen.
Grafton. when ministers are not al.
lowed to mix with politics and thcrs
Is no longer the chance of church.
rule becoming as strong as IL was
during tho middle ages. when men
derc not expross their opinions and
advancement wns dead and rottlng
in priestly lgorauee; when men
dared not say that tho world was
round, or that II moved. and all
science was carried out In cellars