"Mr. Kamanako is going to leave us," announced Trotter, with a smile.
"He goes north to-night. Here is the slip of paper, my boy, that will
take you past any meddlesome inquiry. But it is good only until
midnight, so I advise you to be sure to catch to-night's express."
"I shall, and thank you, honorable sir," replied the Japanese, bowing.
"Then I won't detain you any longer, or you may miss your train."
Once more the Japanese bowed, then turned to Captain Jack Benson.
"Honorable Captain," he said, "I had pleasure to show you something
about jiu-jitsu. You did me honor to show me most excellent thing
you called American strategy. I shall not forget it."
With bows to the others Kamanako quickly took his leave.
"We had nothing very strong on which we could hold that fellow, so we
had to let him go," declared Mr. Trotter, after the outer door had
closed. Then he added, with a sigh: "That's the worst of catching spies,
under such laws as we have in this country. Rarely are we able to
punish them as they deserve."
"He won't come back, will he?" asked Jack.
"Not for a while, anyway. We have made the fellow nervous, and he will
give us a wide berth for a considerable time."
"Why don't you hit all these people the hardest kind of a blow?" demanded
young Benson.
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