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You say he indulged in some liaison with an Ipswich girl, so I assume he has not gone back to Japan." "The last I heard of him was at that time. Some one told me that he was an independent gentleman, noted for his art tastes. The disappearance of the girl created a rare old row in Ipswich." "Make a note of him. We may need his skilled assistance. Was there any special design on the Ko-Katana?"

'Rabbit Jack' can identify him. He knew how to use the Ko-Katana. He knew the Japanese tricks of wrestling, which enabled him to make those two clever attacks on the two cousins. He has some power over Mrs. Capella, which brings her to him at eleven at night in a distant quarter of London. He made Jiro write the typed letter in my possession. He sent Jiro to Ipswich to attend Mr.

If you wanted to kill a man would you use this toy? Why was not the sword itself employed?" "That string of questions leaves me out, Mr. Brett." "I am equally uninformed. I can only answer the last one. The sword is intended for suicidal purposes, the Ko-Katana for an enemy. This is a case of murder, not suicide."

"British rogues are evidently of low intelligence in the average. A bludgeon and a halter make up their history." "There's more than that in a good many cases." "Ah, I forgot the handcuffs." "Well, here is the Ko-Katana," said Winter shortly. The barrister took the fateful weapon, not more deadly than a paper-knife in appearance, and scrutinised it closely. "It has not been cleaned," he said.

That was a velly old Ko-Katana, a hundred yeals old. It was made by a famous altist. I have told you the meaning of the liting. That is all I know." "Why did you give your name at Ipswich as Okasaki?" demanded Brett. "Oh, that is vely easy. Okosaki is my family name. You English people say it quicker than Numaguwa Jiro, so I give it. But when I got mallied I used my light name.

I gave the beastly thing to him because he became interested in Japanese arms during his Eastern tour, you will recollect." "Ah, well. That is a nice point for Mr. Okasaki to settle if we chance to come across him. Don't forget, Winter, I want to see that Ko-Katana, Whom did you meet at Sleagill, Hume?" The young man laughed. "Helen, of course." "Any other person?" "No.

What sort of person is the murderer? A man physically like either David or Robert, so like that 'Rabbit Jack' would swear to the identity of either of them as readily as to the person of the real murderer. Why did he use such a weird instrument as the Ko-Katana?

"Do you recognise those scratches?" he said, with a smile, pointing out a rough design bitten into the silver by the application of aqua regia and beeswax. The detective at once uttered an exclamation of supreme astonishment. "The very thing!" he cried. "The same Japanese motto as that on the Ko-Katana!" Hume now drew near.