What sort of person is he ?" "A genuine Jap, small, lively, and oval-faced.

His eyes are like tiny slits in a water melon, and when he laughs his grin goes back to his ears." "Really, Winter, I did not credit you with such a fund of picturesque imagery.

Would you know him again ?" "I can't be certain.

All Japs are very much alike, to my thinking, but if I heard him talk I would be almost sure.

Why do you ask ?" "Because I have been looking up a little information with reference to the Ko-Katana and its uses.