Ethel drew herself into a sitting posture. "Which side of this war are you on?" she asked. The man was afraid to commit himself--then a happy thought struck him. "The same side that you are," he answered diplomatically. It was Ethel's turn to smile. "You are an American?" she ventured at length. "Yes," he said. "So are you?" "Yes." "Then why are you wearing Japanese clothes?" "Because--" she said hesitatingly, "I haven't any others." For some minutes he said nothing. "Are you going to give the alarm of my presence?" he asked at length. "No." "Then I'll go," he said. Rising from his knees, but still stooping, he made off rapidly down the cotton row. Ethel breathed deeply. Confused thoughts flashed through her mind. She would not return to go with Komoru; in her Japanese garb she feared the early morning sweep of American cavalry; but to the man who had just left her, why could she not explain? Without further debate, she arose, and at top speed ran after the retreating figure. The next instalment of this absorbing tale will appear in the September issue of PHYSICAL CULTURE. It tells of how the Japanese attempt to obtain control of the United States through scientific measures rather than barbarous warfare, and is wonderfully interesting and readable. Don't miss it. PART THREE. In the Clutch of the War-God THE TALE OF THE ORIENT'S INVASION OF THE OCCIDENT, AS CHRONICLED IN THE HUMANICULTURE SOCIETY'S "NOTES ON THE TWENTIETH CENTURY" By Milo Hastings SYNOPSIS: In the year of 1958, Ethel Calvert, a daughter of an American grain-merchant, residing in Japan, because of her father's death in an anti-foreign riot, is forced to take refuge, with Madame Oshima, the French wife of a Japanese scientist. She becomes accustomed to the land and mode of living followed by the Japanese, and is finally persuaded to adopt the costume of the land of her exile. War is declared between Japan and the United States, and Professor Oshima, and Komoru, his Secretary, together with Madame Oshima and Ethel Calvert, sail for the United States in a Japanese war vessel. When near the Pacific Coast, the many men and women who have been passengers on the vessel, leave the ship by means of aeroplanes, and sail eastwardly toward Texas, where they establish plantations and conduct a desultory warfare by aeroplanes with United States troops. While working in the fields Ethel discovers a young American in concealment. He warns her to keep silent, and immediately runs away. In a few minutes Ethel had caught up with the man who, more cautiously, ran before her. Checking her speed, she followed silently.