It was late at night when he read the story, but he had come to a resolve by morning and in his mind's eye had already seen his actors in Japanese dress.

The drama lay in the book snugly enough; it was only necessary to dig it out and materialize it to the vision.

That occupation is one in which Mr.
Belasco is at home.

The dialogue went to his actors a few pages at a time, and the pictures rose rapidly in his mind.

Something different from a stockinged leg now! Glimpses of Nippon--its mountains, waters, bridges, flowers, gardens, geishas; as a foil to their grace and color the prosaic figures of a naval officer and an American Consul.