The Glenwood post., 1924-06-05
SYNOPSIS

ce,yr.sM bW7Ss Dobb. rl.rrl
SYNOPSIS
place in tho Japanese town Of Hitasiri
Kayame. dissolute son Of the wealthy
STOLEN from his father5. Feiiowinc :
night in the place. drunken .whitS
aa dfSssains Il.
sesnr.. oiothss ss' WITH n fhs q saeeRs.,ea: snss
markable rsssmblance). lesving . pots
shelter and money 4 he VIII im,Rsr-
leaving, Kayama is robbed and slain.
The white man. as Kayama. 10 takap.
nnasn;sl9sa nn%. Il Se. to tas M1 house of Ao0hi HIS
.ad Ds..sd Gf ii; ehiiahood no in va j.SsnS es1
awakes bewildered, but to familiar
:n:I: :Ssn:. IL t1o Aochfs house as: Aoshi almost
the deception. He had dstsrmfnsd bis
unworthy son should be put to- death.
but. but Wells, dsp4rtment lSs.SS, hin ~, e
note. note nas .nd and:rst.nds % nPas Psis.ss Asd ss:@ind
him Of bargain he has made. 70 buy
girl. to all appearances white. though
the priests assure him she has Chinese
blood, She tells him she II whits-"all
white"-And beEs him to spats hsr
back to Wells youth, motherless SoA
Sf missionary In Japauess village
His father sends the boy to his uncle.
IN America, to bc educated.
wealthy San Francisco contractor. vel
comes the boy. his sisters son. In col.
lsEe he does well. but is considersS
wild" Wells meets Alberta Hayward.
business partner. and 10 Impressed ans
liams, but seeing Wells a. his uqols's
Sownfaii. wells father dies.
CHAPTER vi
Sunderson found his cigar unpalata-
BILE; the luncheon that should have
brought feeling of inner content
seemed suddenly distressing. he
waved a pencil at the man across the
desk.
BE explicit. Gordon. Get down to
cases. You say the boy is wild.
admit it, but only after hours. Have
you ever had man who carried out
your orders more minutely? You have
not. Does Bob know his business7
He does. We all have our fling. He'll
stop before he burns himself out And
1t is not interfering with his work"
Gordon, in charge of construction,
shouted his answer. Granted, Mr..
Sanderson. I've heard of his parties,
but I've never seen him when he
couldn't ride beam to the four
teenth. It's that confounded who-the-
h-ll-are-you manner Of his I'm COM
plainin' Of"
II never saw that manner. That H."
qualifying, mot SO bad as you say
1t is"
"You wouldn't" Gordon fddled with
his cigarette before continuing. "He
makes the dagoes think they're daEoes,
guess. The men hate him. It slows
up tn work"
It'll tell him." sanderson promised
vaguely.
He found the telling not SO simple,
and fiddled for an opening. He liked
loved the young devil. He wouldn't
hurt him for the world. But Gordon
was right.
"Bob." he began slowly, what are
you, anyhow He answered his own
question. "An American. Sure. 80
Is every other foreigner after he gets
his papers. A countryman Of ours
I wasn't born here either. Bob"
Meaning, Uncle Jimr
"Workmen are hard to get Bob. Go
easy with them"
Wells stood up and waved a gran
eloquent hand at an imaginary Ia
borer.
please, Pasquale, 1t grieves me to
point out that this bolt has been inse-
curely driven. dislike mentioning 1t.
But 1t would cause thiS"-he slapped
the wall-"to be weak. That the
building might collapse is of small
matter, but appeal to your better
feelings and love of humanity. which
should be paramount, to"
Don't be funny, Bob. I'm serious
It's bad stun. Won't 60"
Heard any complaints Of the way
workT
His uncle's face twisted in q wry
smile.
"Thats the devil Of It," he admit
ted. "If you were falling down on
the job, could get at you fast enough
II II say, Bob. wha'
have you heard about the Fushik
bridge job1 Anythingr' sanderson'i
face lit with sudden intention, but ht
waited for the answer.
From what heard Williams say
it's the Job Of the century"
"If It were, rd send one Of the Older
men, Bob. It's Just an open-and-shu'
piece Of trsstling and bridging, With
goodly bit Of fll-in here and there
Like WilliamsY
Don't know him very we'll Hs wa
4 senior when was catering. A
friend Of Albsrta's, isn't hsr' Thii