The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, January 13, 1909, Image 7
-T-VV it" T-'- rts 1 - r , b . . 1 ' F . !, V, ,1.- ' &&?. ?$? -: (Gszxsrcz&z&a?' r7ZSl5SOCZ4ZZZ saxnAy;jz4G4Z27ZEz) SYNOPSIS. "Vanishing Flcots." :i story of "what tnilit hv' happened." opens In Wash ington with Uu- L'nltcil States and Japan on the crsi' of war. (!uy Hillicr. sec retary of the Rritish embassy, and Miss Norm.1 Koberts, chief .tide of Inventor Koberts. are introduced as lovers. The KoveihitKiit is much rith'ised because of its lack of preparation for strife. At the most inopportune moment Japan declares war. Japan takes the Philip pines without loss of a man. The en tire country if In a s'at'- of turmoil be cause of the ko ernmcni's indiffcrenci: Guy Ilillier starts for England with sec ret iiu-tisrme and if compelled to leave Xoinia Koberts. who with military oflWis als-o leaes Was! ington on mys ti rious expedition for :iii isolated point on the I'iorlda en tst. Hawaii is captuied h the .Lips. Country, in ttirni'ul. demands explanation of pulitv from Rvcrnnn nt. All ports are dosed. Ilillier going to Eng land on hist Imco. England learns that Jap fleet is fast approaching western com st of Amerha. ililln r decides to re arii lo Atnenc.i liy any means. Siego, Japan) se spy. discovers fcccrci prcpar.i "rJis for war. CHAPTER V. Continued. In his anxiety he was on tiie verso oc rushing out and trusting to any convenient pretext, when a hoy came hurrying past him, whistling as lie went and homeward hound. Here was the spy's opportunity, and he ac cepted it. He hailed the lad, and in pigeon English told him he wanted to get aboard the vessel if he could. "Well, you can't do it," came the response. "If you wanted to git on, why didn't you run after the ship in stead of stopping me?" "Where she go?" queried Seigo. "Oh, you want to know where's she's going now, do you, ilr. Chink. Well, a fellow on the dock said she was going to Guantanamo, and that means you couldn't go on her if you wanted to." Then with a derisive laugh he took up the strain of his melody at exactly the same place he had left off when accosted, thrust his hands into his pockets and continued his way. Seigo was elated. That accounted for it. then! The United States was playing some crafty game, using its Cuban naval station as a base; was conducting some experiment or out fitting some strange expedition with necessities that could not he obtained in he his; island to the south. The only perturbing thought was that the navy, instead of being inactive, had some secret task on hand which had been taken away from home -stations. He decided he must return to Wash ington with this single strand of in formation and there endeavor to se cure others. He watched the lights of the ship grow dim, and then as furtively as he had come returned to the home of the laundryman. The latter counted his pay and won dered why his guest departed for the north on the early train of that morn ing. Seigo offered no explanations for his erratic action, and as he traveled to "Washington he was in a gleeful mood. In due time he arrived, and once more ensconced himself in his headquarters, hoping within a few days to gain more complete knowledge. He was handi capped in his quest, however, because he had no actual means of access to government circles where such data as he wished might best be obtained. But again accident favored him, and again it was in the night when he sallied forth. The hour was late when Meredith brought him word that several visi tors had called upon the president, and, not trusting to others a mission so important, he took upon himself the task of spying upon the great white building where the ruler of the coun try lived. From the darkness of his alleyway he emerged into a. broader street, when an automobile went chugging past him. and then, just as it came beneath the rays of an arc light, a face leaned to the window, an arm was extended evidently for the purpose of shaking the ash from a cigar, and Seigo shrank back. In the shivering white rays he recognized as one of the passengers in the machine no less a personage than the presi dent, and with him was another man whom he believed to be the secretary of war. From down the road came the sound of another motor, which in turn whizzed rapidly along, taking the same direction as the previous car Seigo was not certain, but conjectured that within it were other officials, and, being a man of action, unhesitatingly dashed after it, neared the closed ton neau. and after a breathless run suc ceeded in swinging himself to the springs behind, maintaining his place by clutching the overhang of the fen ders. Away through the outskirts he rode, hearing rothing from within and in constant danger of falling off his pre carious perch. The car gained speed until his peril was great, for to be thrown would be to receive certain injury- His fingers were strained con vulsively in their effort to hold on, and once he was almost cast off by a sharp declivity in the road. Xow he could only trust to chance that the automobile on which he rode was fol lowing that of the president; but as mile after mile was reeled off without a sight of the other machine on either hand, he felt assured that the party was all one. He leaned out across one of the great rubber tires and : peered ahead to where now and then he could catch the glow of a red back lamp, and was content. His Journey was. not without discomfort, as the rtust of the road whiried upward and into his nostrils in stifling volume, until he was begrimed and ;Jmost wrangled; cut he clung on grimly, 57 J Zz. ss?s: o SS 'M & & Clambered Through the waiting for the mysterious trin to end. The big car stopped so suddenly that he had scant time to loosen his hold, fall off into the dirt and roll hastily into a ditch by the roadside where he might be hidden front sight. To his surprise the vehicle turned through a gateway into a field, where he heard the slow crunching of the great wheels over the stubble. He raised himself to his knees, and then in a crouching posture essayed to fol low it in its wanderings, when he was arrested by a sharp challenge, be traying the fact that although the vis itors had been expected no chance was being taken of entertaining others. Again he threw himself on his face, waiting patiently for other sounds. The great flat before him showed dim ly in its yellow bareness, stretching down to where the broad expanse of river gleamed dully, and he could dis cern other lights than those of the motor on which he had been an undis covered passenger. These suddenly vanished, and he surmised that the chauffeurs had extinguished them pre paratory to leaving the cars. He could trace out no other shapes in the gloom. Not even a building raised its dark bulk in the night. He felt the neces sity of advancing farther. Foot by foot he wriggled forward, the splinters of the field imbedding themselves in his flesh unheeded, straining every nerve to avoid making a noise, and listening at intervals in the hope of catching some word of conversation which might give him a clew to the cause of this nocturnal mission. From a short distance ahead came the mutterings of low-pitched voices, and then a period of silence. He was past the machines now, still crawling carefully. Once more he paused, when he heard a sullen mufiled crash from the direction of the water, and in an agony of surprise and terror rose to his knees, forgetting that he might be observed. His hands interlocked themselves in stress as he watched in breathless suspense for a moment, and then, almost moaning in despair, he crept rapidly back to the road, went cautiously down it for a hundred yards, and took madly to his heels with fright. All caution was thrown aside, and as he ran like an insane man through the night, with his overworked lungs bellowing in and out until they felt aflame, he burst into sobs, muttering to himself again and again: "Only the gods can save Nippon! The gods help Nippon!" CHAPTER VI. The Flight cf Seigo. Seigo understood at last that the sleeping eagle was preparing to de scend from its aerie with mercilessly bared talons. In his flight to the city he counted every moment of value, and through his mind went but one .thought: How to get news to Japan in time to avert disaster. What he had witnessed was so convincing that he was amazed at the devilish in genuity of the Americans, who had led the whole world to believe them de fenseless when they were in reality only luring other nations on to their doom. He was filled with resentment. The shoe was on the other foot now, and it made a noticeable difference. When he beiicved the United States powerless to defend itself, it had been only fit and proper that Japan should harry her, conquer if possible, and gain concessions of territory and money indemnity; but "siHi the knowl edge that tl?e country -cas tot only in & ( s -(? G y&m fi- ffl w Side Door of an Empty. a position to care for itself, but also to conquer an enemy, he viewed things in an entirely different light. Worst of all, he realized that ho was more largely responsible for the outburst cf war than any other man, and aside from the ignominy which must be imposed upon his people was the appreciation of what might hap pen to his own precious head when resentment chanced to act against him. Yesterday he had been smiling, supercilious and confident. To-night as he ran, he was terrified, ashamed and despairing. Infonaation had come to him that the blockade was complete, and in no instance was he certain that any of his reports had passed through the lines. He rapidly reviewed the chances, and decided that he must get word to every man at his command lo strive to pass a warning through to Canadian territory where it might be cabled to Japan. He counted, with Japanese reasoning, on his ability to bribe some one along the border, for getting that when American patrio tism is at full tide money has little weight. He had large funds at com mand, and in a crisis like this was read to pour them out lavishly. His return to the capital was rapid, as he strained his physical powers to their utmost, and he was almost ex hausted when he reached the section where his Chinese ally dwelt With dragging steps he was turning down a street, when a sharp whispered call ing of his name from the depths of a hallway arrested him. Stepping in side, he recognized his friend. The instant he was under the cover of darkness he was grasped by the arm and hurried through a doorway and up a flight of stairs. He would have remonstrated at this strange proceed ing had not his conductor mumbled: "Come fast and ask nothing! ItS your only chance to save your life!" Through a long corridor where there were no lights, out to a back porch which overhung skeleton-like from the building in which the residents were evidently all asleep, down another flight of rickety stairs, and into a vacant space, presumably a back yard, he followed. Not until they reached this secluded place did he have a chance to ask an explanation, and then, before he could formulate a question, it was volunteered. "The American secret service men have been after you. They are watching the house inside and out. They've seized your papers and every thing else in the place. I escaped and brought you money with which to go." "But my men?" "Arrested as fast as they came; taken -quietly away, and now in prison." "Meredith, too?" "Yes, he was taken in the street above." Seigo gasped in astonishment "But there must be some who got away?" "No, not even one. You're the only man left. The Americans are a ter rible people. They have hoodwinked you until the time was ripe, then reached out and caught you all as a fisherman with his net takes in a schqol of minnows. Even now they are waiting for you, and you'll have to act quick or they will get you too." The spy felt suddenly that he had undercsiimated the enemy completely. An involuntary shudder contracted his muscles when he comprehended that not only had he been watched until the propitious tiv.e for his taking, but 1 .-X "--v V a- ILLUSTRATED rfjife that he had been deliberately played with, an unconscious mouse beneath the eyes of a vigilant cat. Worst of all, this in itself was confirmation that none of the later reports he had sent out to Japan had reached their destination. Probably every message he had dispatched was now in the hands of the Americans. His only hope of conveying warning to his coun trymen and for his own life depended on his escape from the clutches of these men, who could appear ignorant and torpid when in reality they were advised and alert. In a burst of im potent rage he shook his fists at the stars. His companion caught his arm. "Listen!" he said. "You have but one chance. You must get away from Yx'ashington to-night. I have a friend, a Canton man, who is a gardener in the outskirts. If we can reach him he will take you in his wagon to a rail way crossing before the light comes. There you can get aboard a freight train." "Go as a tramp?" "Yes, because all other trains will be searched." Seigo shrugged his shoulders in dis gust. He would have uttered a pro test in words had not his companion checked him and continued: "If you are careful you can get to Chicago, where other friends of mine will-help you. Then you must try to reach Canada as best you can." , Sfigo hesitated a minute before de ciding; but it was obvious that no bet ter means was available. Together the two men crept through alleyways and back streets to the outskirts of the city, until they came to the hovel where lived the truck farmer on whom they placed their hope. He, exper ienced in the ways of the Americans through long residence in California and standing in dread of the law, was at first loath to undertake the part assigned to him; but the clink of gold coin overcame his fears, and in the end Seigo sought sleep in the bottom of a covered wagon while being driven to the place where he was to assume a new role. He felt alone and deserted when the gardener departed, leaving him standing at an intersection of rail way tracks waiting impatiently for a freight train on which he was to make his first excursion into trampdom. It came at last, a heavy snorting lo comotive pulling a long trailer of emp ties. It whistled shrilly for the cross ing, watched for a signal from the lonely little tower, and 'came to a full stop. Seigo, with his heart in his mouth, clambered through the side door of an empty car and was soon traveling westward to the rhythmic clank of wheels on rails. Fatigue at last overcame him and he slowly dropped into a restless sleep in which he was pursued by demons and con fronted by unknown terrors. He was aroused by a brakeman, who roughly punched him in the ribs with the toe of his boot and told him to "Hike out!" He sat up and blinked his eyes until again ordered to vacate, and then came to his senses sufficiently to make a plea for himself, which was unavailing. The brakeman was ob durate and threatening, until the spy crawled stiffly out. He sat wearily down on a pile of ties, and the brakeman, still watchful, stood in front until the long train dragged past, then reached out a grimy hand, swung lightly onto the steps of the caboose, and shook his fistat the supposed Chinaman as he dis appeared. Atrampof the most degraded sort approached him and with the camaraderie of the homeless dropped into conversation with him. Food and rum made him an ally, and, finding an easy source of assistance without ef fort, the tramp avowed that he, too, was bound for Chicago. Under this expert tutelage the Japanese reached thd metropolis of the west, where he bade his friend good-by and sought the Chinese to whom he had letters. Again he faced a reverse; for these men with one ac cord told him there was no possibility of evading the sentries to the north, and that his only means of escape must of necessity be in the far north west. Sympathizers first but traf fickers always, they mulcted him of his money, and in return made it pos sible fcr him to travel to Seattle. They bought a ticket, provided him with a Chinese certificate of entry whose pictured corner was sufficiently close in resemblance, and saw him off on his journey. Time and again in that long trip he was dragged out and compelled to show his papers, proving that he was always a suspect Once a threat was made to hold him over; but his per suasive tongue secured immunity from arrest. (TO BE CONTINUED.) Leech a Weather Prophet. A leech confined in a vial of watei will prove an excellent weather prophet. If the weather is to continue fine the leech lies motionless at the bot tom of the vial and rolled together In a spiral form. If it is to rain, either before or after noon, it is found to have crept up to the top of its lodging, and there it re mains till the weather is settled. If we are to have wind, the poor prisoner gallops through his limpid i.ebitaiion with amazing swiftness, ani seldom rests till it begins to blov Lard. W HOI OWH MB? ONE OF THE BEST WAYS TO MAKE MONEY IS TO INVEST IN WESTERN CANADA. "Deep down in the nature of every properly constituted man is the desire to own some land." A writer in the Iowa State Register thus tersely ex presses a well-known truth. The ques tion is where is the best land to be had at the lowest prices, and this the same writer points out in the same ar ticle. The fact is not disguised that the writer has a personal interest in the statement of his case, and there is no hidden meaning when he refers to Western Canada as presenting great er possibilities than any other part of the American Continent, to the man who is inclined to till the soil for a livelihood and possible competence. What interests one are the arguments advanced by this writer, and when fairly analyzed the conclusion is reached that no matter what personal interest the writer may have had, his reasons appear to have the quality of great soundness. The climatic condi tions of Western Canada are fully as good as those of Minnesota, the Dako tas or Iowa, the productiveness of the soil Is as great, the social conditions are on a parity, the laws are as well established and as carefully observed. In addition to these the price of land is much less, easier to secure. So, with these advantages, why shouldn't this the offer of Western Canada be embraced. The hundreds of thousands of settlers now there, whose homes were originally in the United States, appear to be are satisfied. Once in awhile complaints are heard, but the Canadians have never spoken of the country as an Eldorado no matter what they may have thought. The writer happened to have at hand a few letters, written by former residents of the United States, from which one or two extracts are submitted. These go to prove that the writer in the Regis ter has a good basis of fact in support of his statements regarding the excel lency of the grain groving area of Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta. On the 29th of April of this year W. R. Conley, of Lougheed, Alberta, wrote a friend in Detroit. He says: "The weather has been just fine ever since I came here in March, and I believe one could find if he wanted to some small bunches of snow around the edge of the lake. There is a frost near ly every morning: at sunrise it begins to fade away, then those blue flow ers open and look as fresh as if there bad been no frost for a week. . . . There is no reason why this country should not become a garden of Eden; the wealth is in the ground and only needs a little encouragement from the government to induce capital in here. 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