The Glenwood post., 1924-06-12
SYNOPSIS

place IN the Japanese town OF MitAfifi.
Aoohi, Lord Of the Thunder Gate. boasts
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shelter and money II h. viii impsr-
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&C CHATTER Aaaa II. E-WeIls ewho was born
awskes bewiidsred. but to familiar
sightless from age. doe. not psrssiys
unworthy son should be put to death,
think . reformation Is possible. Aoohi
ss aoss .nd Pds Pr..ss ss:@nd
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CHAPTER III-Wells pyreha.s. tAs
the priests assure him she has Chinsse
blood She tells him she 10 whits-"ali
white"-and begs him to spare hsr
CHAPTER Iv.-The narrative goes
His father sends the boy to his uncis,
IN America, to b. educated.
CHAPTER ". = James sandsrsos.
wealthy San Francisco contractor. well
comes the boy. his sisters son. In ool-
wild" We'll. meets Albert. Mayw.rd.
business partner and is impressed. She
Is really In love with Raymond WA
,isms ns, but as seeing We'll. s a. , A. unols's
s xh Ws% WIFE iatS.r aH 'aai.nD.'' aiss bis
CHAPTER vI.-williams and Wells
are ara given V, enginssrins charge Of :
derson is building. Williams is wsiis'
superior. His uncle tells Wells he must
buckle down; no more wild oata,
When Williams came back from
supper Wells was gone. Had Williams
foreseen this, SO he told himself. and
wrote Sanderson, he would have given
Wells the customary transportation
home Immediately. for he was afraid
that much coin had passed In the tea
house. and Wells must be strapped.
Wells, in his bedroom, counted over
his remaining money. 'It won't take
me far" he thought bitterly. But
then, I haven't anywhere to go. I'm
Just going"
He spent half of the money in u
lengthy wire to Alberta, explaining.
pleading. Alberta neglected to show
this to her Uncle Sandy. When Wells
received the answer he crumpled 1t
and threw 1t far from him; then, with
a childlike impulse to hold one thing
from remembered person, he CROPPED
for it, found only the envelope, which
he tucked in his watch pocket.
He walked rapidly down the path
that led across the peninsula to the
mainland.
1.-THE ways Of man." says the Fourth
Book, "are ordered, and written with
a stern hand" Robert Wells was,
nrst, an honored guest at inn or tea
house, met with much ostentation and
clapping of hands. Then: his shoes
broke, ne bought sandals; his coat b..
came rain-soaked, the fabric rottsd
and tore asunder; he bought. with
much bargaining, blue kimono such
a. rice-pickers wear. He fore5ore
rice. substituting bean-curd ~ cheaper
and more nlling. Brandy he could not
do without He must save fer that,
More painfully each day, b walksd
steadily southward. Why. he did not
know.
It was the nights that troubled him
the most. Hungry, when the houses
were far apart, he would wait, In
deepening gloom and fear. for the last
light to leave the world. With his head
fallen upon his breast, his eyes fixed
and tragical with far-off gazing. yet
with no single touch of self-compas-
sion. he would look out over the sweep
Of sea and rock and sky.
He avoided tea-houses as the days
passed. Here there might be tourists
Instead. he frequented only drinking
shops where he was certain no white
man would be seen. He had never
known that horse meat could taste SO
good; a bowl of II became an event.
Beggars, he even met one who knew
the Sacred Books from ornament to
ornament. shared their mean portion
with him, thus seeking for grace. For
he was the crazy seiyo-jin. and being
craxed, 20 they figured, In the hands
Of the Mother of Mercy.
His skin, always 50 dark, was
bleachsd by exposure of every vestige
of ruddier Caucasian color. he wore
no hat, and his eyes became narrower.
the lids dropped to protect the aching
sysballs from the glare. He made NO
plans. Each day was uncounted tor
turs. Irregular nourishment thinned
bis face. his nose scanned more angu.
lar, his cheekbonss more prominent.
He was never certain where his feet
were taking him, and did not care
The names Of the passed Villages
meant nothing, those Of the coming
snes less.
Never speaking English. his Jap
ansss became a. fluent % II his boy
hood. Did he travel with . friendly
nlaaaeelt .aAd the mendicent stop fo'