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■ A Story of Japanese Plotters, Love. Mystery and (Based »<n the drama <»f that name as plajcri by Wa ! >*-r Whiteside.) By J. W. M’CONAUGHY. Copyright. 1912. < ; l.e New York Even- ing Journal Po* :s®h -•,«* Company. "Hardly that!" said Tokorarno, as quietly as if he had not caught the tone In which Limiener had snoken of Hironari. "I never saw him until ttie afternoon of the day the murdter was committed.’’ “And I am given to understand that : he had reached Berlin only the day be fore ’hat?" "That ’is what he told us and he seemed a clean ami truthful boy," re plied Tokorarno. ’’But I can not believe it!” cried Lin dener. "Why should he have done this thing 0 If he had been in Berlin on’y twenty-four hours he could not have b*en the Japanese lliona teased me with. And how did she come to be in your house, my friend?” Lindener s lips were dry and his eyes hard, as he fixed them on Tokoram'bs masklike face. There was not the slightest betraying sum in look or tone as Tokorario replied: “♦♦’hat must alwaxs be a mystery at least until we lv*ar Hironari’s story tn full detail. <»f course, he knew that no one would l»e here hut my' servant, for .he knew that all the test of us all the Japanese we know in Berlin- were at the Wallen Pension ce’eluating the Eeast of the Little ( • ildren If he (•ontemplated anything n»x house would naiuiallx have suggested itself to him as a safe place: besides, being a stranger in Berlin, he would not know of other places.'' ‘ But why should h« have 'lone it? He -practically a strang'er to lliona! He ?ov)d not have known her more than a few hours!" Much as he expected of him as a mat ter of course, .loshakawa would have been proud of his rouiitrvman had he been there io <-hS"ive the manner in which he conducted himself under Lindeners Insistent questionings, while in his own heart there raged a black tempest that made the Germans emotion the weak grief of a weak man seem a pitifully childish thing The Explanation. “It is not an everyday thing, my friend," he said graveh. "but. on the other hand, it is not an unusual crime No one would have thought it strange If the murderer had been this pour \<> tonm whom you saw here in the company of .loshakawa the day of the murder. We tend over? >lay of crimes committed by men who are temporarily as much more insane—than Yotomo It is this fact that should take some of the hitter ness o d of your feelings against the boy. even if it adds to the hopelessness of your grief. ‘■Hironari is evidently insane. He is a distant relative of .loshakawa and the old man's Testimony may be of some help to the police in reaching the motive of the crime .loshakawa tells me that thoj branch of i|> • family from which. Hironari sprung has alwa\s e been a hot-headed, passionate, untrustworthy strain." Lindon, r rose with a smothered oath. "And these are the cultured people that Brink says wc ought t<» welcome among us! ’ he snarled Toknramo fixed him with a calm gaz< "I am not ;•» be. offended by you. Herr IJndenei." he said, quietly, "especially at this time I know what this woman meant ts> you. You are less than just to! me and my people. However eaFnil.' 1 , ma' speak of this, give me credit mt Buffering that you can not dream of. It is t’ ;• ilia*. 'his revolting crime was t committed by a Japaneses but arc your people e’ean-h ind* , d in this sort of tiling? T»o } on ever h 11 »-l ><■*■ on crime from the Lnlted stales where all of the na -lon of Europe have an equal apportu nit' ami a fair representa:ion? But that is unwo th\ of me!" lie rose. xcalked i>ver to l.imienc: and held out Ins hand “ Will 'on a* ( e|»t my sympathy ni\ friend<i>in Wo arc sufferers together. ' L'ltdener steod stiffly and breathed hard fo* a few moment. Thru his eyes sud denly tilled and b< gripped the hand of the .lapaoesc, •Torgivc ue‘, tn.x friend!" h« begged. “But xott arc righ’ I am far from m>- self. He for* • it >s over 1 will cither die. Ci. worse, lose nn mind’" Tokorarno genii.' pushed him hack onto The divan mid' -('tilled his glass, murmur ing uarei'al pl ■■i-' ; "I , mpatln to whic/ j fn.-mner sh" .R his head. •Ah! M. friend, it is no os'!" he ex clabned bitterh N hi did not know her! If vou had. \ou would understand you] v. <• do feel HPlei cut I.x • Yc: ." .-fid Tokorarno. slowly. "1 did nm .now her If I had I would probably f C , ' dHTei eiillx ••xnd’shc tuine here to yom home ami: you iicfoF even aw her'. ' wetil -op Lin-J dene • \ <v J i never even saw bet "YoJ would have loved her. my friend!" : exclaimed Lindencr. in a shaky voice, his i lips trembling pitifully. "You could not t have helped it! She was the sort of a ’ wom-M) Who would have appealed to you i as sI.C did to me—fire and ice. a yielding; mystery. a mind and knot of passions for a heart’, the lips of a Venus and the lamih j ci i fi lend! ...ji,,.., repr<- <1 a groan nt agon.' aml'bonl ■ ;i‘l o'er In work m-iiu 1’.;,,, now! went on Lindenei.l S c’.iti-ne "iH> l-o 'es and linding I . the t-.iin i"" 1 Hous pleasure I i-mi j * .... ~.r .is I aw h--i ilm la - Him- a „arm laufmmg. -old. sneering, loving I tantalizing, mml.lehing witch woman! S*. V Im- .an s' - I axe dope to lh.it Ho.' 11-a- , p,. s.p, ihi haw rebhed me of her. What can’ . q’p e r ■•f the ante r«»mn was llujig . and a deep • e cried <>ut breath i l okoranm! M> dear friend. ' the next I I' in.-aanl I'rofe• ...i Hl m a. quite .»ho<-ked out ; ' , ■ , , .iigmlie-i -mo .Io ■_ I'll.-I el'' -. -HI" - f the room. Tok.-tamo ros-- lo greet the second in truder. »ii" I'll!' I.' -I' l ' b ' s ex - i .itement, his round, nem sighted e.es bulging mil like a beetles. --M-. dru- tri'-nd! " he exclaimed again. ( as be grip.-cd Tokin a mo's hand ami i u-;,iied ♦arrmsit.y iid'i iii- lave. i a a.- in! xx’cslphal.a <■ a short ”■ I'' Lm- j dermann. ard left an unfinished <<>nhn ! ( ,7r with him to h.asw n home and sec if I j r..uld be id ■ assistam c io you. Yn,i ■ r member Lmdeiti at n the ,<’ ’ -•»! -d i •Lauses o! I'c-a.' A must admirable) navant. hut 1 Mi that I had to put him j right on the point "f ti anspo. '.i. i< u. It . the poin: that 1 make in the fourteenth | t iiapier of the se. <md volume, and I was | s’.trpr. i ;, i IJndermann’ w- - << arches hud nm led tinu i<,» the inevita- i ble conclusion that “That mute of ~s <are aboiii an> trans- J.ortai’mn e';r<|>! ?he shortest wad !•> - ~|i j,n«i in".- - of cs have found that! " iat-t ropted Lmdem r. Imt shb The pro- » ...- ~{■ wheel' d y>'lh star He i.'d n"i | : •, rd . hr- art: friend abt n h- : ms.- tq. w m ‘mi thr« 'x him cL upon I’k l ramo t , e mt ■ uiini’l mpa'oi, ru.-mug to’ THE TYPHOON the gloomy man with outstretched hands. I am overjoyed to find you here! I •-topped at your looms and they told me you had been in bed since—ever since. When the' told me how you were 1 was a fra' lie u.iascd. embarrassed. Lm dene- laughed bitterly. “Go <»n. my dear professor!" he urged. "I’m not sensitive. You thought I would follow the traditions of my people and hang myself from a nee in 1 nt er den Linden Well. I am sorr> to disappoint : you. but I haven’t the energy to do it. ij ; 1 wili die soon enough, without tin re he- j i ing .ny crying necessity for helping ; thing-; along" 'rokorarno came ■’» the aid of the slam- I mering professor The Missing Valet. "Permit me to offer you wiiat poor on- ; lertainment my he.ise affords just now." j he said. <r m ( oously. ".\L‘ servant has) disappeaici. and I . Lyin'- rathe? i< gh- I ly i< '-"W'-v-w Stic sfimv m" ;he J ' ognao w b " h lias ihr seal of Herr Lin- « doner’s apur< val.” • "Thank you. thank you. friend Toko ramo!" ewlaimctl the professor, taking his arm end accompanying him io the liqueur stand, giving the arm a grateful pressure a he did "I admire the I'reiu h people nm.-t in their production of cognac if th, r thinkers were as great as their distillers what a wonderful peo pie they would he!" ‘ Herr Lindencr. wl»l you not join us?” asked the host Lindener rose with a heavy sigh and came over to them. "Bui. my friend’” protested P’-ofessor Bruck, as if ho had just cord I i’cly re membered the purpose of his xisit "Is ’here nothing I can do but give you my sympathy in this terrible affair." Tokorarno shook his head slightly. "That is all, my friend." he said, grave ly. The professor shook his head violently and mad" a clucking noise with his ?oi:gm-. wlii' h was the extent of his abil ity to express the emotion under <!fs • ussion. though he was sincerely dis tressed. Lindencr broke the little pause that followed. "I meant to ask you about the serv ant, Tokorarno." he said. "He has com pletely d isa ppeared “Completely. Rut. of course, the police will find him eventually." ho adde<l "That is very strange." said the ar tist. half to himself He could hardly have bceu au accomplice." t "I in p« ssi Me." ex<la med Tokorarno.! "The wry character of the crime elim-| inates any possibility of an accomplice.) Johann was a rather stupid fellow and 1 think he simply tan away in panic." Neither of the others commented on this possible explanation, and Tokoiamo made as if to return to his desk. "You will pardon me," hr said apolo getically. "But I must return to my work 'The proh '-sor who h.'d fallen into a deep muse, came out of it with a start. "Certainly, my dear Tokorarno!" he ex claimed and shook hands again. "If 1 can help you, d<» not fail to call on me. "Come. Ernest!’ the professor thrust his hand under IPs coattails ami inarched ; tapidly (mi of the room, followed by T’oko ••amo s thanks. Lindencr lingered only io shake hands, "I will ’tot annoy you any more to- 1 Jay, ' he said, but I would bp very grate ful if you would allow me to call [again." | ".My door 's always open to you. Herr I bimleiicr." returned the Japanese. My hou.-e and all it holds ate always at yom disposal. Everything but my time ano this is not mine hut my country's." Lindener thanked him and withdrew, with a firmer step ami better ajipearam e than when he had entcrad. Removing \A itness. The flay after the murder Teri did not appear al ihe Varieties. She was seized wiiii a violent a-iack of hysteria on leav ing the house in the custody of ihe po lice. This was the forerunner of a ner vous breakdown and her doctor ordered her to the country for absolute rest and quiet for at least a month. He forbade ihe police io question her until she had fully recovered, explaining so that even :iie polite could understand, that if they insisied on examining her al leijgih while d-b was still suffering from the shock rhey W 'Uld have an incompetent witness al the trial of Hironari. Knoxving ihat it would be impossible tor her to h ave Germany without the con- jpfipi bk& feSlSs jS[t IkSe felt 1 :J LI i Bhs alls 38111 B 4 g \ j|||| ffij| gg Mffl 1B HH. 12L llw 25 Cents Worth of Snowdrift <X j s Eq Ua | to k Jsl H 98 Cents Worth of Butter I For Making Cake Sold in Hermetically Sealed Cans Only <J( Snowdrift is a wholesome shortening, useful and eco nomical. It is 100 per cent cooking value, as it is pure fat. Results entirely satisfactory, if you add a little salt. (J Fry onions in Snowdrift; strain, and then fry chicken in the same Snowdrift; the chicken will not taste of the onions, because Snowdrift is odorless and tasteless, and cannot absorb odors. Butter will burn at a temperature of 300 degrees; Lard 340 degrees; Snowdrift not until 400 degrees- Burning fat is useless. " MARF BY v? The Southern CoHon Oil Company r„ri. San Francisco NO.ySl BfOad St., N<?W York Manchester | JHL AT’LAN TA GIOItbIAA AM) NEWS; I H’lllAX. XIA Y 17. 1912. sent of the authorities the police kept only a light watch on her and, indeed, they were so impressed with Hironari’* story and it was so well substantiated by the stories of his friends that they con sidered her evidence—whatever it might be- as only of secondary importance. There was one vitally interested actor in the sinister drama that revolved around the hoy ip prison who did not share the view of the iiolicc. He was .loshakawa. He remembered seeing Teri leave the house .n company with lliona on the after noon of ihe muriler and he sa"’ that it was »f vi’al Importance that the police be kept in ignorance of Illona's frequent .tsiis to Tokorarno a fftri they were cer tain »<• discover if Teri should be ex amined. As h r.g as the girl was out of •own he feti . mfecily safe, and he finally j began tn believe that the trial be held ! •m i\u ■ >l:e returned. Hut the v. a u . ruhmss of tile most care- j fid -s <omet! s vain and Teri returned' 7 S-.DA\fLL . ll Pure. Fresh. Economical. | \ Guaranteed. | Dust-proof, sanitary ' | package. 16 full ounces to \ kSf cr the pound-and l E | \ d COstß no morc 1 \ VI Thr Mathirtvn Alkali Worku, Vi. / Saltville. Va. 1 enclose the lops of fi Eagle- > ' i Thistle packages, also Money Or<Er A (nr stamps) for 58c. Please send me. ♦ ehargtt prepaid, one set (fi) Rogers’ *, ) * Guaranteed Genuine Silver Plated Tea- * I { spoons. These spoons bear no adver- ,< t ll A tising, their retail value is $2 per doz. t « /I \tiwX a- M I I Mrs J I m n O>W< s,Bte X B—WWOaX 111111 ■ ll»wr ORWUIIW—I !>!■ IWI ■ I ' V ; ■———■—l II —nu m ...HU Hnaen. LOWEST PRICES—BEST WORK | GUARANTEED A (W® r\ n • SETOFTE6TH J) r~\(JU ! 01HER W PRICES JUST fit jIF as reason_ able ALL MY WORkTs GUARANTEED—KEEP THAT IN MIND. DR. E. G. GRIFFIN’S DE S?I E L & s 241'2 WHITEHALL ST.—OVIR BROWN AND ALLEN'S. 1 . TMHIHHII III 1 'Llllll | lllllllhUlllllW IMMnmtTTMmMWMWWWHfTillWlilirilWl I ll I.WM OBiWF - i Based on the Great Play Now Running in New York to Berlin, called on Tokorarno several dmes and got to be very friendly with him in their mutual sorrow and neither Josha kawa nor the police w’ere any wiser. The former did not learn of it until he met the girl leaving Tokoramo’s house one night after a short call. There could be no doubt that the young 1 Japanese was rapidly dying at his post i ami exen Teri could see it. She sympa-| 'hized with him as the sweetheart of het lead friend and composed rightly t bat her death ami the terrific strain of nis ’ work under the circumstances were rap- ; «'dly killing him. She came late that nigh:, chiefly for the purpose of trying to make him go io bed. She knew that she would find him a< his desk and he looked up with a wan' "imhe when she entered and gaxc her a I friendly greeting She returned it u an; | Absent-minded way and watched him as! j .ic heiit to his toll again. Some mimit< s . I passeil in sib. nee and then she apprn<n h- ' 1 ’*< 1 h : s desk. To Be Continued Tomor ow. Sale of Back Numbers Shows Many New Contestants Are After $16,D00 Proverb Prizes Proverb Books Maintain Popularity 1 . 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