1911-03-11 — Page 7

UENA, THE GEISHA QUEEN,

THE PLAY-GROUND OF PASSION,

OR

BY CHARLES J. H. HALCOMBO. (Author of "The Mystic Flowery Land," "Children of Far Cathy," etc.)

CHAPTER X.

THE NIGHT OF THE DEAD.

A beautiful day in August was drawing to a close as the yacht Far Valhay once more approached the harbour of Nagasaki, The ressel was now passing close to the northern ahora of Kogeno Island, and Uons and Mexton were standing together on the after-dock sumiring a particularly grand sunset and the beautiful though fast-fading, soonery through which they were passing.

There is little twilight in these regions. The sun swiftly descended through the, western sky and finally plunged into the blue depths, sonding up a mighty splash of colour- which tinged sos and sky with its ruddy light, The radianos spread heavenward like a diaphanous fan edged with prismatic hues, and then the twilight glory trended for a brief while and quickly faded as fold upon fold of the magic fan fell into the deep crimson afterglow which procodes the gloom of night; nud stars fitfully gleamed through a purple haza, while the moon cast its silvery light upon the waters.

"Your day has begun," said Morton, turning to his companion," and you will be home in less than an hour. Are you not glad?"

She toyed with the bangles on her arm, but did not reply so he pressed the question.

"How can I be glad?" she responded

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, SATURDAY, MARCH 11TH, 1911.

Nover mind kar race or her religion" he continued. She is one of God's or restaron and she's as different from those geisha girl who dance the fon kina-und, even from the girls who live over yonderas au sagel is from a scallywag; and if you don't mean anything,

woll

God bless you for those words, Splico! exclaimed Merton, impulsively grasping his lands," he is all that yen say she is, and mero, and, believe me, I lore the very ground she walks of. I would marry her to-morrow if she would consent to it!”.

"Well, won't she?"...

back of it all, I know siis cares for me and is "No there's some confounded mystery at the hacking her heart about it--but there it is! Sho 2004 o hope and as good as tells me that we must soon-part; and the thought of it is driving me mad!"

Pity great pity" ejaculated the skipper, meditatively stroking his heard, "but under those eircumstances you can only nail your colours to the mast and go fighting for her like

G MAD."

"I'll do all that," said Merton with grim assurance: "I'll see it through if it bosta me my life!"

Uena now

the

progress

But," said Merton with a smile, love is a passion which tends to link us to the earth sad things earthly. What becomes of the man who dies with this passion burning within him

"Of course," she responded, it retards everything depends upon the nature of that of the soul, though paasion and its rooiprocation. Wo in this life have our social grades and distinctions and our low and genteel neighbourhoods: so on the netral plane there are divisions and distinations, and as we have lived here, so shall we live hereafter, fors time at least and in circumstances corresponding to the degree of spiritual development to which we have attained during our Earthly existenes,

“With nature,” she continued, "there are no precipitato changce. Some people erroneously believe that a sudden rapentanos-perhaps made on the death-bed--will change the whole toner of their spiritual life at varianos with the immutable lewe of Nature and destiny. That is a vain delusion and quite If we plant a cherry tree, we are likely in dae season to gather cherries from it but certainly not acccris, erzuges ar laicheas

This is most unusual," protested Morton. "I am walking with my friend and you accost us in this disgraceful manner. It is a downright harbour, and you eat arrange the matter with innait! My yacht, the Far Cathay, is in the my skipper, Stand saide, please!".

The two mon exchanged" glances, at the same time speaking quickly in Russian. Dlsusiþur Darelle at onte drew a revolver and levelled it at Merton's hand.

dol

"Fight me," ho cried, "or I will shoot you Merton involuntarily stepped back a for pacos. Usun gare startled ory, and springing in front of him raised her hands in application. Monsieur Darelle lowered tho weapon.

**Madame, ho said with a cruel simmering laugh, "his is no timo for gontle sentiment slities. You know the alternative."

Spare his life!" she ploaded. the same time drawing her aside, and there was Merton quickly moved from behin 1 hor, at

glitter of fixel determination in his oyes. But she clung to his arm and implored him not to fight.

Cena,

"That is sound philosophy" laughed Morton; but I see two strange fishos swimming towards addressing her then for the first tims and press he said quietly though steraly, us through the foliage."

At that moment two little people, evidentlying her hand, "do not unman me or applicate that lovers, emerged from a path on their left, each holding a long ambos red at the end of which dangled lighted paper lantern made to represent a fish. As they approached Merton

Was

emerged from the saloon followed by Kaisha, who was carrying their luggage, and as the boat was now ready at the gangway laclr, she prooseded to take leave of the captain and officera, whom she thanked for

Sow that one of them all their kindness. Then she wont and shook O Sao-sau and the othar a Japanese youth array bands with the sailors and, following a prettyed in a grey bowler hat and a blue kimono. custom among the peoples of the Far East. Her urm excircled his neck and his arm pros ated cach with a little monetary gift winpapafrolod her waist, and they seemed greatly. pad in red paper. She was as popular among delighted with one another. But directly the men forward as among those art, and every Sac-aan recognized those who were coming to one somed to regret that she was leaving the wards thein she withdrew her embrace and vessel.

caused hor gay Lothario to de-likewise,

"Hallo, O Sao-san!" cried Merton: is that

slowly and with a quaver in her voice, looking away towards the darkening hill. You have Captain Splice handed her down into the gig all been so very kind to me and I have been so and say to ter comfort with a fatherly kind-really you " very, very happy. But happy days always passness, which was evidently most gratifying to so quickly. I wonder where we shall be wheu her and which won the admiration of those the plum-blossoms bloom on the hills again ? "

prosent "Together, I hope," ko said in low carmeat tones, for the world would be dark without yon"

**Look!" sho suddenly "ozelaimed, pointing up the harbour to the nearer bills on the slopes of which myriads of lights could be seen moving upward. "It is the Fostiral of Don Matsuri-the festival of those who have passed, beyond the supset to the Lotus Terracs of the Golden West. Strauge that we should arrive here at such an unpropitious time!"

"Nover mind," he said cheerfully, "He is too roul and happiness too transient for us to allow unlucky days or bad omens to make us sad. The plum blossoms will bloom just tho Bume."

"That is true" she murmured with a pousivo silo: "they will bloom when the dream of Summer is past."

"Don't speak like that, O Uona-san, fio said gostly: "youare sad to-night.".

2.

she did not respond, but went and leaned over the rail, and be heard by the sudden catal of her breath. that she was sobbing. He did not intrude upon her emotied, for in spite of their intimaoy there was always—especially at those times-n cortain reserve about her which be could not fathem or overcome, et

During the passage from Yokohama is had learned much concerning her character, and what he had learned had only tended to strengthen his regard for her. Moreover, she fascinated him with the brilliancy of her intellect and the singular charm and refinement of her maguer, Yet in many respects she was still as great a mystery to him as over, and was strangely reticent with respect to the main object of her lifo

·

It warned part of her religion to sleep little during the night and to rire carly in the morn ing for prayer and meditation; but after mid day she invariably retired to rest for the after noon, She maintained that certain hours of the --night,were boueficial to human and animal life and were conducive to Dccult power and spiritual: Oxaltation. This theory she supported with an array of fuets, fables and scientific deductions which were as ingenious as they were incontrovertible,

The little maidon looked somewhat embarrass. ed and allowing her fine fish to draggle in the sand, made a most apologetic bow and smiling demurely stood in n stlitude of mook humility; white her young man bobbed his head in polite confusion and ajaculatad greetings.

complimentary

So the boat pushed off and Merton gave the order to "girê way," the grew gathered at the -bulwarks, and, led by the skipper and mates, gave a rousing cheer, to which Morton responded by standing up and wating his cap. While his fair sorapanien waved her tiny handkerchief audchievously. bowed low to hide the blushes which enffused her clock.

Wool, weel, they're a bonnie couple!" exolaim- ed Mr MeLeorie as he stood watching their departure, "an' sho's the bonniest lass I've seen outsida o' Glasgoa,"

*

"That's well spoken, Mr. MoLoorie," smiled the skipper approvingly. "She's good little woman, and I guess she's got love in her heart and a good likeness of heaven in her eye. I'm a plain-spoken man and no rese-taker, but I haven't travelled up and down and around the world all these years not to know a good craft from a bad one. I'll say it again--she's a good little woman M

Aye, mun, that's so-an' she's an so smant that," observed McLoorio, turning away to

attend to his duties.

"Hai-ya, O San-san, winked Mor ons mis- O Bao-san pentingly chastised him with her fan and would have summarily discharged her beau and accompanied them had not, Merton divined her intention and shook hands with her before she had time to do anything so mish.

So the rustic lovers passed on their way, and Uena and Morton resumed their strole along the sandy beach, among the shadows of bold- spreading trees and bootling cliffs and past silt ent forts and batteries hidden in deep fissures of the rocks or masked by the luxuriant regata- tin which fringed the shore; while at thoir. feet the gentle sells which rolled in from the sea broke with a dull comnolent sound that seomed like a weary sigh, mingling with the solamu dirges of those who mourned for the dead, while the roffse ion of the moving lights which stretched across the moon-frosted waterd quivered upon the dark shadows of the hills

All's well that ends well," thought Merton, thoagh in his selfishness he folt just a little piqued that O Sao-an bad so quickly forgotton him.

The bills were now crowned with innumerable lights, which looked like the faint glimmer of fireflies as they bobbed about in the bright moonlight The whole population lind gathered in the hakemas upon those tomb-covered heights to honour and propitiate the dead; and when Uons and Merton arrived aloud. Bright flowers and scones Arcadiau Happy little 0 Sao-san," he mused at the geishas' bouse they found that all thah, that is love para and simple." girls were out. So, leaving. Kaisha bolind, they strolled along the beach towards a point where Usus expected to meet hor friends as they returnal homeward, from the burial ground of the geishas whose singing days were done and who wers sleeping with their silent samisone

among the wild flowers on the hills

“Life is so short," observed Merton,

that

it is a bad pity thore should be so much sorrow and hatred in the world: What on earth makes him suali a vindictive creature? I suppose it is born in him

Well," she answered, "not a demon himself, probably he is swayed and altogether influenced by some evil spirit-some entity of the lower astral plane, which is none other than the go-en'led hell of the Christian religion. No doubt he would be far more dangerous than he really is had he more magnetic power, but he soms ignorant of one of the simplest laws of Nataro that motion and desite are a force Heis of an oroitable and impulsive temperament and rears himself ont la & useless expenditure of energy for when we gwing ear armoR. er rub our lands and otherwise need lossly exert ourselves, we discharge large quantities of animal magnetism

"It may ba-f hope it is" said Uana, and her lip curled almost imperceptibly. I once read in an English book of poetry

::

That lore alone which virtues laws control

Deserves reception in the human soli,””

face, but did not venture to make any response, For a moment or two be furtively watched her

tended to unburden his heart to her, but some and they relapsed into silence. He had fully in how her words chilled him and sealed his lips and he became mooly and despondent

"Well," he at length said, "at any rate they seem happier than we are."

denly lifted her eyes to kia in muto appeal, and She bent her head for a time and then and they were full of sweet und wishful sadnosa. But she did not sponk

"

irritably.

Well, are they not?" he persisted rather She looked away to hide the tears which rose to her eyes.

and irresponsibility," she said a triflo bitterly They are happy in the freedom of ignorance

be happy in the bondage of a cruel fate,"

Bat we in our snperior wisdom are striving to

"And why," said he, should wo not ba-" But the sentence remained unfinished,

at that moment, jutting point of the cliff beneath which meated on rounding 'a

another battery, they suddenly came upon two men who wowa standing together and hğıldı. ing between them a large sheet of white papor over which they aro bending. At a little dis tance from them was a man-of-war's boat and its

crew.

for they gave a sudden start, and quickly hiding The two man must have heard Merton's voice, the oper which was evidently a pain of souls sort turned and glared at the intraders.

Uona and Merton instantly recognized Mon-

wratch. Remember I am an Englishman 1" mounted to her face, all the courage and mobility She of once stood back, and is the hot blood of her race manifested itself in bor and she ro garded him with pride and almiration In that fatally seated. Merton now turned to the moont of terrible danger her love for him was Russian officer.

"I am without a weapon," he said curtly. handed it to him.

The man howel and producing a revolver

bow, "and if you will ask the lady to stand aside This is lauled, sir," he said with naother

we will arrange this matter at once.

Marton slipped his arm into Uena's, and whis Little distance away usage the water. There porring to her u for earnest words led her a she stood still and rigid, her oves flashing horror and indignation at those cowardly wretchos.

The seation from the boat which was waiting on the beach on gathered together anú stopu. while the Russian offer bastlod about, with an at a distance watching this unusual spectacle,

distance of twelve paces he asked the combatants air of great importance. Having measured a if they were ready

standing with her hands clasped in front Merton glanced towards Vens. She was

without a word and with his mouth firmly of her and appeared to be praying; 30 set, he took his place opposite to Munsinar Davelle, who had divested himself of his black weapon bugged to his breast coat and stood with his arms folded and his

Merion felt a peculiar shivor of aversion thrill through his nerves as his guze encountered glittered venemously in the moonlight as they that of his opponent, whose dark hawk-like oyos intently glared at him.

clear of the line of Bre oud raised his gloved The Russian now took a central position hand.

**Again, gentlemen, are you ready?":

Ready replied Monsieur Davelle, but 3erton did not speak

Hot men raised their revolvers and took deliberate sim.

fire.

When I say, this." said the officer, you will

"One!

Two! "Three!"

fell a stagning blow on his left side just above The shots rang out simultaneously. Morton.

the heart, accompanied by an agonizing spasm tannt broke from the lips of bis antagonist. By s of pain, and as he staggered back a fiendish

and again fired. There was a mocking laugh supremo effort he steadied himself for a moment and another report and his weapon dropped from his grasp and he fell heavily to the ground with yet another wonul: for the bone

and he fell back again with a stifled groan; and of his right arm was shattered near the elbow. -- He tried to rise, but the pain was excruciating at that moment he heard Monsieur Davelle shout something in Japanese as he and his cowardly confederate hurriedly decamped. Then in the fast-growing mist of unconscious ness he saw Uena's face close to his and heard her i heart-broken yob as with trembling hands sha strave to stouch the flow of blood. Again ha laid hire the wound on his breast und bravely hoard from the hill top the solemn haut of those who bemented the dead, and after that he knew no more.

(To be continued.)

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many a nover to be forgotten hour with her on deck in the quietude of night, listening spell-bound to her conversation and gaining much information of an abtruse nature. With gentle tact and sympathy she had inculated more lofty idents into his mind and had done much to break bim of the intemperate habits to which he was addicted. But he was loth to admit that this Japanese woman a woman, too, of a race which

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or just long enough to shake off all the base She had also quite won the heart of honost desires of an Earthly life. Then the higher John Splice, the skipper, who had noticed with nature, purified and unencumbered by the gross soorat aktisfaction the boneffèant influence she or astral body or rohicle, which has now been had upon his impulsive young friend and em dissolved, rises to the dreamy peacefulness of B

higher plane called by the Hindoos Derachan sieur Darello and his friend, the Eussian officer, ployer Poff worldly in

many respects, Merton was a where it comes under the direct influence of both of whom had evidently been spying out manofintegrity and of sound business principles curtain selar rays which in due course re-seminate the defences of the herbong. and although he had associated with the hypoor this soul or germ of copiousness in another tical profligates who ranked high among the earthy body to which it carries its attendant jolly good fellows" and smug turpune forces of accusaulated glory and wisdom, tant who reigned supreme in a certain club in rising stage by stage to godlike greatness and Shanghai and whoso oplatons carried weight sovereignty and eventually to oneness with with the elite of that Model Settlement-men God, For as the sun has its planets and the who regarded all untive women as mere slaves planets their lesser stars, so the soul has its and the micro comely ones as the becen-destined satellites of divine goains and intelligence which victims of the white 's lust-ho forra u inner surs around it and help to pro had novor been actually one of them. Still he tent i through all its wondrous wanderings.. had always rather feared their sneers and had But those who have led bad, ignoble liva sud never been heroic onongh to openly defy their have fallen from man'shighestate or those whose narrow-minded conventions. Consequently his lives are ten suddenly cat short in the of arrest or exposure. So he determined to put growing attachment for Uena hal often trouble heyday of their dissipation-often remain ed him, and he lind wavered betwodu two opinions, repeatedly taking himself what the Shanghai fellows would say if he married the lowest slums of our great alties Having that it has taken to record it, in fast it all Japanese, g. A boen cut adrift with all their bad propensities occurred with the rapidity of thought. Worcester, Gloucester, Llandrinod Wella,

The shrewd kind-hearted skipper know all strong upon them, but not haring the necessary. this, and knew, theroover, that she was a good and body or vehicle for their gratification, these her arm further into his, ho led her forward Pressing Uesa's hand reassuringly as he drew innocent woman and worthy of any man's love oughtad spirits not only feed themselves vi- with the intention of passing the two men, but but, on the other hand, he was not aware that cariously but often-us he attracts like and it was not to be she had strongly hinted at the existence of an

our very thoughts are sufficient- to draw insurmountable barrier between them and that towards us good or bad influences--take with a farco vindictive obrekle, Monsfour the time was fast approaching when they must possession of those who are naturally Darello spran in front of them and folding his part for good nor did he know that the four wicked, depraved or weak-ininder, and god

arms insolently barred the way,

"We and knowledge of this had acted as an incentive them on to all manner of excesses. Their should, ho smile, allowing his loeg Jigged met again, ir, as I said we to Merton's passion and had at length outweigh power Increases in proportion to the yielding teeth, and then turning to Uens with a super all other cozisiderations, making or depravity of tliely victim until they practical cilious bowiemai will now give no getisfac

actly dominato his or her will-hence crime,

This gentleman independently and in accordance

with insanity and inabstinence of stery kind.

How very dreadful!" exulaimed Merton. her if she would consent to become his wife. They are these unhappy spirits what you call So when the yacht had dropped anchor in her vampires?

ed

him・ form

the dictates of his conscience and to marry

bold resolution to 8

bewilderment olung to Merton's arm for sup Denn almost fainted, and in her terror and port. Ha knew that their position was one of extreme peril, not only because of the ormity of these men, but mare especially because they were guilty of espionage and had been caught red-handed; and the knowledge of this steadied his nerves and sharpened his wits. It would have been suicidal to turn hack or show ny aroused their suspicions and have urged them surprise or alarm, as this would probably hava to make a desperate effort to avert the possibility

a bold fat on the matter and protend not to This decision was arrived at in far less time

for long periods, some for conturies, upon (enoties them, mist enshrouded depths which correspond to

okl berth opposite the geishas house and Lena" common type of vampire or parasite. had gone into her cabin to prepare for going But there an other types infinitely worse and ashore, he went over to Merton, who was more terrible than these, who roam the Forth watching the gig, being lowered, and drew him and lower planes at their will creatures, of a asido, while

tion, though I su sorry to have disturbed your little tête-à-tête, "pre

"Stand back, sir!" cried Merton. “You káve. molested this lady long enough."N

The Russian officer, who was in uniform, now came swaggering up to them and raising his cap bowed and addressed Merton,

You engage to meet my

previons Evolution who, with the assistance fear, I presume friend: you do not You and I have known one another a long of laws which are unknown to us and time, Mr. Merton," he said seriously, "so 1 which enable them to transfuse hood and hope you won't be offended with me for what I vitality, can perpetuate their natural bodies am going to say. Of course I have no right to for indefinite periods, sometimes for hun- interfere with your affairs, but I guess I have dreds of years. But fortunately these ghouls taken a particular strong fancy to that young or Bhotas are very rare and only emanate from lady we have brought from Yokohama.

nations which have fourth-race blood in them"

ear him, no exclaimed Merior with I will meat the man at any other time.”.............. emphatic soorn," but I am thinking of the lady. "I am sorry I cannot oblige you, sir," said Monsieur Darello with a sneering smile, but my friend will act as your second. If I die, he will pick me up."

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Kinsha, river garbeat, 616 tons, p. 1,200, Lint Comdr. . J. E. Lyne, Yangtze Merlin, surveying ship, 1,070, tons, 6 guns, 1,400 i.h.p. L. Comar. F. A. Reyse, Hongkong.. jaotaur, armoured cruiser (flagship Vico- Admiral Sir A. L. Winsloo, K.C.B CV.O., C.M.G.,)14,600, tons, ib.p. 27,000, Capt. G. C. Cayley, Hongkong. Monmouth, noored cruiser, 9,800 tons, Lh.p. 22,000, Captain L. E. Power, M.V.O. en conte to Singapore. Moorhen, river.

120 tons, 2 gans, i.h.p. 800, G. P. Leith, West River Nawcastle, 2nd class cruiser, 4, 00 tons, turbine, Captain George P. E. Hunt, D.S.O., Mira Day

Nightingale, river gunboat, 85 tons, 240 h.p. Lt-Comdr. Clando Hillersden-Woodward, R.N., Yangtze

Otfor, torpedo-host destroyer, 385 tous, 6 guns, 6,3001.h.p, Comdr. Lambe, Hongkong, Robin, river gunboat, 85 tons, 2 guns, 240 hp.,

Lt. Comdr. Cosmo A. 0. Douglas, West: River

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Sandpiper, riter gunboat, 85 tons, 2

hp, Lieut.-Comdr. J. I. Southby, West River.

Saipo, river gunboat, 85 tons, 2 guna 240 h.p Lisut-Comdr. John Michael Barker, Yang taze,

Taku, torpedo boat destroyer, 305 tons, Lh.p. 6,000, Gunner E. J. Trillo, RN., Hong- kong."

6 guns,

Tamar receiving ship, 4,650

Commodore Byres, Hongkong.

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Teal, river gunboat, 180 tons, 2 guns, i.h.p.800,

Lieut. Comdr. R. J. Buchanan, Yangtze. | Thistle, gnabat, 710 tous, 900 h.p., Lieut. Comir M. B. Baillie Hamilton, Shanghai Virago, torpedo-beat destroyer, 395 tons, & guns 6,3001.h.p., Lieut.-Comdr. Harold D. Adair, Hall. Hongkong,

a hoding gain Waterwitch, surveying ship, 620 tons, 450 hp. Lient. Comdr. R. L. Hancock, Hongkong. Whiting torpedo-bost destroyer, 360 tone, 5 |***** guns, 5,900 hp, Lent Condr, G. D.

Hartford, Hongkong. On

Widgeon, gunboat 195 tone, 2 guns, 800 h.p.

Lt. Comdr. M. H. Wilding, Yangtze,

On Sale at the DAILY Pines Office, or Wondcock, gunboat, 150 tons, 2 gans, 580 b.p.

Local Booksellers,

Lieut. Comdr. B. B. Brooke, Yangtze,

Woodlerk, gunboat, 150 tons, 2. gane, 550 .p.

Lieut. Comdr. G. F. A. Mulock, Yangture.