The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1924-09-11
JAPANESE secRgr SERVICE
Story Of Lieutenant Who Became
plssIpated to Fulfil Mission.

story o. Lieutenant VINE Became
pIssIpated to Fulfil = Mission.
II require Of you," said the chief Of
the staff, in polished Japanese, that
you should leave your present mode
of living, and, become, on the con-
trary, dissipated. You must leave
your studies and your books, and in
stead have for your haunts tea houses
and your companions geisha"
The young lieutenant was sad, for
he was healthy minded and detested
dissipation, but being a Japanese de-
voted to his country, he set his teeth
and obeyed orders. He was to become
dissipated IN order to prosecute some
secret service Of which he could not
surmise.
At first he found that It is not so
easy for the good to fall. He neither
liked the gay costumed girls nor the
warm sake they naively served to the
accompaniment of many sweet smiles.
At last the day Of evil came; the
lieutenant. after all. was human, not
Of adamant He actually fell head
over heels In love with geisha, says
the London Telegraph in writing g
the Japanese secret service.
From that day he ceased to be SOM
bre and silent, and went boisterousIy
70 the devil. His superiors at head
quarters dismissed him from the SER
vice, and with fgnominy His father
forbade him the house, his relatives
politely declined to see him, and his
relatives politely declined to see him,
and his acquaintances, many of them
themselves military men, knew him
not. He was an outcast.
Now" said the chief Of staff. lyon
have reached the condition that
earnestly desired. and you viii receive
your reward. / am about to send you
on mission of high Importance to
the state. Tonight, telling nobody
not even your father-you will pro-
coed to Nagasaki. There you will
open the box which / will give you.
1t Is Of lacquer, and inside are com
plete instructions as to your future. =
Those instructions were that he was
TO go to a certain country where a
first class power was at war with the
natives. Here he Joined the staff Of
the native chief, and his bravery, no
less than his military genius, soon
acquired for him a fame not alto
gether unmingled with notoriety As
a matter Of fact, his presence counted
so much in the campaign that the
first class Power opened diplomatic
negotiations with Japan, contending
seriously that military officer was
serving In a high position on the
rebel chiefs staff. OF course, the
Japanese government knew nothing
about the matter, nor was it likely
to. seeing that no military officer had
been officially despatched on such a
curious mission He was nomiHally a
rebel under the rebels banner IN
this way he secured the needed and
valuable information about the topo-
graphy of the country, the enemy's
plan and scheme Of operations. his
tactics and his strategy, his fortif1-
cations and his defense works, all Of
which were Of the utmost value to
Japan.
Then the young ofhcer. after many
adventures, made bis way back TO
Japan, only to find that the chief Of
stan was dead and another occupied
his place.
He was disowned by the army, but
told privately that work like that he
had just accomplished would be founo
for him In Manchuria- Possibly he
thought he had done enough for his
country, however. He has disap-
peared, and, strangely enough, the
geisha with whom he fell In love has
disappeared also. Together. far from
the madd4ng crowd, the young lieu
tenant and the beauty Of the tea shop
are living happy ever after.