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UENA, THE GEISHA QUEEN,
OR
·THE PLAY-GROUND OF PASSION
BY CHARLES J. H. HALCOMBE, (Author of The Mystio Flowery Land," "Children of Far Cathay," ale.)
CHAPTER VIIL
FOULING A FIEND
Was
It was evening. The seven o'clock train from Yokohama sened into the main station ut Tokye, and among the passengers Was Guy Morton. This
not his first visit to the capital, though for the Just month he had beon'diligently search- ing Yokobama and its immediate neighbour- hood in hopes of finding the lost Ueno, and during that time his yacht hd bem anchored in the port. But his quest had been in vain and ho had ntforly failed to discover any clue as to ber whereabouts
He and the skipper had often run oror to Tokyo during the day. hot had always returned before rightfall. On this occasion, howiver, something had promptail him to spoud the night in Tokyo and explore the busy yourters of the city, moro particularly us He had almost abandoned all hope of finding his missing friend and in consequence had deter- mined to wil on the marrow for Chiu.
His face looked thin and careworn, got ho worked with chamsteriştie vigour and spright. linesa and semel kosuly alors to his surround- ings,
To his surprise, just as the train stopped, ho saw that mysterious-looking man he had mot al Owa spring out of the next carriage and haston out of the station. Woudering what he was doing in Tokyo, and having strong suspávious that his designs were sinister, Merton hurried after him, but only to find that he had disappear- ed among the crowd.
I wonder if he knows whore she is?" he asked himself, biting his lip, with roxation and pausing to look up and down the street.
After vainly endeavouring to discover the direst on taken by, this ropulsive-looking foreigner, bo walked some distance along the Ginza Road and made inquiries among group of men whose impot-shaped bats and blue duzgares clothes marked them as riceha coolies. He asked whether they had seen a long, bad- face follia man."-
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small white flowers. Never, in his clination. bad 36 looked more quoenly or more beautiful than now as she bowed with sweet simplicity to her audience and then turned to speak a fow words to some musicians grouped belund her. Ah. Lave see exclaimed a sturdy little Indoed, she would have graced any Baroposit follow, grinning from ear to ear and point-house; but here she looked out of place and ing towards the district of Fakagawa. "Ho have altogether too refined and delicate for her go kurume"
surroundings. Merton jumped into his informant's velicio and told him in “pidgin-English to go look Bee."
The musicians on the stage, assisted by the regular orchestra, played a fantastio though not namelodious prelude, and as the The man understood, and with knowing nod music became softer Uone's rich voice rose clear sprang between the shafts of his ricsh and and powerful and filled the theatro A sadden gripping them tightly near the end gave a few hush fell upon the audience and everyone listen preliminary jerks and pulls and then trotted offed intently to the song, which, however, did not in splendid style.
Onward they went through the crowded stre ts--over bridges of iron and wood which span the busy Bamida river; past the yashikis or palaces of defunct shogune and dainios; and past rows of slope, hongs, chairs and temples, all quint und aristia and oruamentod with paper lanterns and sometimes lighted with olgotricity.
¡Presently the ricaha mun elackened his pace and pansed at a point where the thorough taxes
crossed one another..
Shibaya!" he cried, pointing down a side street into which people of all classes were Rocking.
Not understanding what he went, Morten nodded his head in asset, and the ricsha went attling down the street and suddenly pulled up before a large seini Europeanised theatre into and out of which poured a continuous stream of humanity: Aross the top of the main entrance was a notice printed in. English and Japanese which read as follows:
To NtaNT TO NIGHT! THE QUEEN OF THE GEISKAS, assisted by other Artistes, will give her sixth and
LAST PERFORMANCE.
seem to be altogether of Japanese origin, though sung in that language, and there was something kauntingly wierd auil beautiful about it,
SATTUM
At that momout the partition was slidden back, admitting a stream of light; and as they separated and sprang to their foot Kaisha rushed in and stood for a moment as though dumbfounded, Then with a cry of foren gage he asked at. the guilty wretch who had caused all this trouble. With almost superhuman, strength he hoisted him over his right shoulder au in spite of his stragglos curried him out of the room and down the stairs and with a mighty hoayo sent him sprawling into the roadway,
The sound of tho struggle hnd at: Srst been, smothered by the noise of the orchestra and the performers, but now the manger and several other insu came rushing in to see what was the matter. Morton was knooling beside Wena, who was evidently in a swoon, and Kaigha samo hurry- ing back toronder what assistance he emih, a- ter was brought and sprinkled upon her forehead, At the conclusion of the sang a bouquet of and after a time she showed signs of returning white flowers was thrown from one of the upper consciousness. She opened her eyes and, seeing boxes and fell at the feet of the singer. As she Merton bending over her, gave a sigh of relief smilingly looked up to acknowledge the compliad smiling faintly again closed her eyes. As ment she gave a sudilen start and her whole far na conid be seen, she had not sustained any expression changed to one of unmistakeable hor injury beyond the shook, and this greatly re- or ad alarm. Morton followed the direction of loved the minds of her two faithfal protectors. her gaze and at once caught sight of that endaver, That man velly bad!' Kaisha whispered in ons looking foreigner bo distrusted and had pur- eminous tones to Merton, pointing with his aned from the station. He was in orening dress thumb over his own shonlior and alluding to the and stood with the tips of his long boay fingers ereature he had thrown into the road "Ho resting upon the front of the box and his body velly bad man; a'l satno debble!" alightly bent forward. His whole attention appeared to be concentrated upon the singer, who shrank in terror from his transfixing store, Beste him sat a dark papons-looking person- age in the uniform of a Russian naval oleor and wearing several decorations upon his breast; but he did not seem to be very interested in the young girl.
"You fights he," he added approvingly, point- ing to Merton's week and face, which were blooding: "ho have got long mail all simotigr.".
"Yes, d-d long nails." agreed Morton, bath. ing Uena's brow, while, a small crowl of anxious inquirers gathered around them and looked on wonderingly.
And you are here?" she said in a bowikler- ed manner.
A sudden Itok of fear came into Unun'a face, For a moment or two there was a sensa.and she glanced eagerly around; but Kaisha tional pause, daring whiob fimo tho spoke to her soothingly and calmed her fears. andience regarded the foreigner with Then she again noticed Morton. inquisitivo resentment. Then tho spell was broken by surry exclamations which proceeded from the frout part the theatre. Rocovering herself with an effort, Una bowed to her audi- suça Bad quickly disappeared, leaving the_bou- quet where it had fallon. Then, with a fierce, defiant glare at those below, the strange for vigner seated himself and bogan talking excitedly to kis companion.
Merton remunerated and discharged the ricsho man and at once entered with the crowd, but did not leave his shoes behind, like the rest of the people did. at the paying her ho was The grohestra now struck up a lively ménuvé fleeced of two pen, about seven shillings and and wovor acrobats outered and began tumbling was then allowed to pass on into the build,
silling, Fabout to the great delight of the spectators, the which was a spaciors one and shorn of all music growing in volume until it became almost adornment fore the stage, which had a very deafening. artistic drop scene and two tiers of boxo On oither side. Lustead of seats there were low partitions, like the sections of a beehive, ovor which the people climbed as they made their way into the body of the building.
Foeling caxions about Uena, Merton left the building, with the inteation of going round by a narrow lane to one of the back oxiis near the stage, where he hoped to meet her when she
came out.
The performance had been going on
No one was aboat and the night was pitch for some time-probably all day and the dark, so he kept close to the will, and with the orelestra which was hidden from view in a aid of lighter matches felt his way alung as best wooden enclosure at the side of the stage, kept he could. Presently he came to a door which up a perpetual banging and squeaking while was partly open, but all was dark inside. hawkers of steaming concee, fried fish and sticky sweetmoats clambered about among the audience and contributed to the noisome piours which pervaded the place.
At
Merten tock up a position near the door, where he was able to obtaiu a good view on all sides and overlook the entire assembly, One of the officials brought him a chair for which he had to pay fifty scu, and another man aqueezed him of twouty sen for a foot-mat, as he refused to remove his shoes..
Soon after he had entered there was a flutter of excitement among the spectators and a number of purtitions were quickly removed so as to make a passage to a handsomely draped box erected in the middle of the building towards which n party of Japanese grauders in European naval and military uniforms was conducted by obsequions goalieman in evening dress who was evidently the lissee or manager of the theatre. A crash of matial music greeted these distinguished patrona, and the curtain rose amidst a grant clamour of voices and instruments, revealing couple of chairs upon which an acrobat was going thren h some neek-breaking antics. The stage was almost Thespian in its lack of scenery and furniture, and when the tambling performanco was sucessded by a drama in three acta adapted from the famous Chin se play known as "The Golden-leafed Chrysanthemum," his deficiency Was tan le good by pantomimic mutions. which seamed to be quite understood by the audience.
With stoical patience, Merton bore the strange noises and still stranger odours where he stood; and after nearly two hours of this amusement he gave a rennive sigh of relief when sidst, a brizz of expectation the our tain slowly rose for the chief item on the programme, Feople stood up and assisted the orchestra i makin: a most infernal din as the manazer coarteously led the star of the even inr to the middle of the stage.
At a glance Merton saw that it was Dean, His heart gave a tremendous throb of joy and he stood motionless, with his whole mind and vision rivetted upon her.
She wore a dove coloured kimonn of broanded silk with scarlet sash, and her hair was rolled to the front in two large wings which glittered with sapphires and were centred by a tuft of
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"Yes," he replied seriously, "I lockvil for you and obraced to find you here."
Then noticing that his face and neck wora sorniched and bleeding sho raised herself with their assistanco into e sifting you. tare and zegarded him with grave concen
"You are burt!" she exclaimed.
“Moroly a scratch," he said with a reassuring smile; but I am thankful that you are not hurt.. Can you mauage to walk, do you think P
I think so," she answered, "though I feel strangely weak, as if I had been bouten."
They helped her to rise, She seemed vory feeble and nervous and leaned heavily on their arms its they gently led her out of the building and down the narrow lano to the broader thoroughfare, the manager hastoping on in advance to engage ricshas for them, while several of the suitors brought lanterns to light the way.
On gaining the corner and emerging into the wouía street they met crowds of people com. Not knowing whether this was the right ing from the theatre and found the manager outrance, he paused and watched. He could waiting them with three rieshas. They ha hear the noise of music and voices which just assisted Uent into one of these when proceeded from the stage, but the sounds were Merton felt a tap on the shoulder. Turning deadened by the intervening walls and porti-sharply round, he found himself face to face with his late antagonist, who towered over him, tions.
trembling with rage and excitement and looking decidedly sulied and very ranch in bishabille after his racast encounter.
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Suddenly he heard a woman's sharp gas ing cry close at hand. It was repeated, and thero WAS doll hexry thad and darkness and fell upon a short flight of stairs, muffled gross. He plunged headlong into the Recovering his footing be mounted these and groped his way along a narrow passage. Then he saw a faint light coming through the crevices of a door which was standing air. Without hositation be pushed it open and entered a moderately large apartment which had the appearence of being a dressing room. It was lighted by a single pas jet.
At a glance he say all. Upon the door in the centre of the room Jay Uana; and banding drar her, stroking her face with his claw like hands, was that hideous-looking man, who now started to his feet and with glaring eyes confronted hini. "You Gond!" oried Merton, apringing for ward and dosting him a blow which sout him reeling back against the opposite partition whion cracked and gave with the force of the compact. His uplifted arm struck the gas got and the light was extinguished, leaving them in total darkness.
Another moment and a bony baud grappled Merton by the throat and nearly strangled him, | the long nails tearing sol la erating his flesh, and a long arm wound itself tightly about his body. Ho straggled, though in vain, to free himself of that rice-like grip and was forced hike towards the door, his aotagonist hugging hits and breathing bard in his face, meanwhi'e jabbering like a monkey and laughing diaboli. sally. Be choked and gasped for breath and being infariatod with the agony of suffocation made a lest desperate effort to overcome the monster, who seemed to be drawing all his vitality from him. Dropping on one knee he ducked his heal under the man's arm and springing up forced his. hasd back and tripped him up with the lift fool. | They staggered sideways end fell heavily against the loft, hand partition; and, in trying to save himself from the fall Morton's sailant relaxed the hold he had upon his throat.
raising and shaking his clenched hand high "We shall meet again. sir!" he vociferated. above his head and almost devouring Merton with the ferocity of his rage. We shall meet again!"
"Kaisha would bare sprang apoulit had no Vena Jeaned forward and faida restraining baud póa bis arm. Merton folded his arms and met the attack with contemptrons composure.
"You shall give me satisfaction! Yon shall, sir! cried the infuriated creature, ignoring Kuisha-whose attitude bespoke his willingness. to repost the operation of throwing him into the street,
The dark man in the naval unform now came forward and specking quickly in Russian gently pulled his bedraggled friend away, at the same time turning to Merton.
You will answer for this sir!" he said, shaking his white gloves which he was holding in his hand. We shall meet again."
"When you please, sir,” bowed Merton, turn- ing to Uesa to see that she was confortable. She was very palo and agitated.
"Do not be afraid," he said cheerfully, "for you are all safe. But where are you staying?"
"At the Imperial Hotel."
Kaishe now gave the riosha-mon directions as to where they were to drive, and away they rattled in single file, the vehicles making too much noise to allow of any conversation.
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