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DON'T J CAN'T STAND ON MY
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IT.' OH! (WHAT HE' LI DOTJ
Wy, sweet; He AKT! A !) EVEN THE!
VijL HAVE A NERVOUS LJ , SM.Ap r OFFICE
W SPELL. 1 MUST HAVe 4-?SSCAT IS
,--G-Xa A CHILL OR SOMETHING f T JTREMBUNG
L4Aj Vl l AM SHAKING LIKE A J ffXtjL (.WITH FEArjg
MmUTE -
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WEAK I JrQ Jmm LalxJ TdUAQALV;.!
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""PY7UQHT, 1910. BY. TfflU
C II APT Kit I-
Continued.
For an hour Uerumln at smoking In
.
. .t .. . . on, work effect left hand reppectfully."'
(Seep In thought, his yellow eyes starlnic , .
., ... . i . Which In English Is to ay
t nothing. Into hU countenance dep , d ofBcrOBg.currenu ln thelr ef.
line, had etched themselves, giving to fpct on 8ubmarlne mlnes ,ubmltted wlth
his coldly repellant look an expreselon of ,ieferenc
mallKnant forca and Intention. ' ,
... . , , ' This finished, he sealed It In an envelope,
"l "" t,,u,e came, c r" fr0,n took a book from the breast of hi. klmona
the cage In the corner and It. tiny oceu- jQ reaJ u coycr bQre th-
pant, waked by the electric llKht, bur.t word8. ..Second Engillh Primer. In words
Into song as clear and joyous as though of Two SylubIe,... lt, luner page., how.
before Its free vli.K lay ull the meads ever heHed the ,egenj, u wa8 Mahn
of Kden. A look more human, soft and -influence, of Hea I'ower on History."
almost companionable, came Into Its mas- yet Lieutenant Ishlda of the Japanese
ter'a massive face. Hersonln roso and, n perlal navy, one-time student In Monte
whlstllng, opened tho cage door and held reVi cal,. now In the special secret aerv
out an enormous forefinger. The llttlo ce, read abstractedly. He waa wondering
creature stepped on It. and. held to his why Dr. Bersonln should have In his pos
cheek. It rubbed Its feathered head against session a technical naval chart and what
lt. For a moment he crooned and whistled waa th moaning of certain curious mark
to It, then held his finger to -the cae iK, he had made on it.
and It obediently resumed Its perch and Us
melody.
The expert took
a dark cloth
from a hook and threw It over the cago
and tha song ceased.
liersunln went to the door of th room
and fastened It, then unlocked a dtwk und
spread some' papers on the table. One
was a chart, drawn to the minutest scale.
of tliw harbor of Yokohama. On It had
been marked a roup of proJectile-shaid
spots suggesting a flotilla of vessels at
nchor. For a long tlmo he worked ab
trbedly, setting down figures, measuring
IIUi Infinite pains, computing angles al
tays with reference to u small square In
(he map's Inner margin, marked In red.
)! covered many sheets of paper with
hi. calculations. Finally he took another
paper from the safe and compared the
IHU, tie lliieu iiiif iieau v iu: & iiwr ui
satisfaction.
Just then he thuuKht he heard a slight
noise from the hall. Swiftly and noise
lessly as a great cat he crossed to the
door and opened It.
. Ishlda sat In his place scratching labor-
(ously Willi a foreign pen.
Dersunln's glance of suspicion altered.
"What are you working at so industri
ously, Ishlda?" he usked.
Tha Japanese boy displayed Hie sheet
with pride.
It was an ode to the coming squadron,
iterstnln read It:
Welcome, foreign men-of-war!
Voung and nee,
Man and woman.
None but you welcome!
And how our readies know you but to
satisfy.
Nor Uie nab) Ion nor the I'arisian you
to treat.
He it eyer so humble,
Yet a tidbit with our hesrtl
What may not be accomplishment Rising
Sun?
liy ii. Ishlda. with best compliment.
Uersonln luid lt down with a word of
anurobatlon. "Well done, he said.
"You will be a famous Kngllsh naolur
before long." lie went Into the dressing
room, but an Instant recollected the papers
on the table. Tho servant was ln the
laboratory when Ms master hastily re
entered; he was methodical!)' removing tha
Coffee tiay.
Alone once more. Ishlda reseated himself
it his small desk. He lore the poem care-
j fully to small bits and put them Into tl.e
. wasie paper basket. T'-.en, rubbing the cake
' ef liutal ink in Its stone tablet, he'drew a
with brush held viitnally belwen tfiuniu
ai-4 fuicftrger, begun to trace long, d-Uc-
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rate cliaracteiB at the top of the firm
Khect. In the Japaneie phraae thlg might
literally have been tranolated aa follows:
"CroBS-current of, laylns water thunder
rHAPTEH X.
Warden of Dreams.
In tha garden the moon's faint light
glimmered on the broad, satiny leaves of
tn- camenUu, and ,he delicate traceries of
r)fd map) follae. At tt, farther ajde.
,1(1-,rlril, K-he. which cast Ion In.
dlgo shadows, stood a small pagoda,
brought many years before from Korea,
and toward this Daunt and the girt whom
he had held for a breathless moment In hi.
arms, strolled slowly along a winding,
pebbled path tremulant with the flickering
shadows of little leaves. The structure had
a small i atform. and nere on a Dencn
the. at down the fragrant garden epread
out before them.
II had remembered that a guest had
been expected to arrive that day from
America, and knew that this must be she.
But, strangely enough. It did not seem as
If they had never before .met. Xor had he
(ne lvst ,,,ea tnat gjnce ,hat ghort pharp
scene, they had exchanged scarcely a
dozen words, lu Its curious sequel, as he
stuod listening to the echo of liersonln'a
strange laughter, he had momentarily fir
gotten all about her. Then he had remem
bered wltn a shock that he had left her
perched. In evening dress, on the high
railing of the arbor.
"I wonder If you are In the habit," -she
had said with a little laugh, "of putting
unchapcroned girls on the tops of fences
and hoind ,w,y and forgetting all about
"
them.
ller laugh was deliriously uneven, but
u djJ , , so froll) f,ign. He had
, , ,, . , . ,,
answered something Inordinately foollsli.
and had lifted her down agam-not hold
lug her so closely this time. He remembered
that ou le nm otl.asi(111 le id held he.
very lightly Indeed. Ho could stll ttei
the touch of a wiep of her hair which, In
his flying leap, had falhn axainst his
cheek, lt was r-d-lronie and It shone
now In the moonlight like molten metal.
Her f)i weie brown und when she
smiled
He wrenched his gaze away with a start.
But it did not stray far- merely to the point
uf white-beaded slipper peeping from
"e 'use or a rutlle or gauze mat tiaa
m teriousiy impilsoned fumy sprays of
hl -'f llie-valle) .
i'e looked up suddenly, conscious that
(TEE.' THE PRESIDENT)
OF THE COMPANY IS
IN TOWN, JUS
(IWHAT
(ARRIVED.-
I'VE .KiT r,rT Tr
To WORK, THAT'S ALL!
BUT I'M NERVQUSJ
on
r
r&!
JrREVEL? WHAT
i-
' minor
she was laughing silently. "What is Iff"
he asked.
"We seem so tremendously acquainted,"
she said, "for people who" she stopped an
instant. "You don't even know who I am."
In the references to her coming he had
heard her name spoken and now by a sheer
mental effort he managed to recall It.
"You are Miss Fairfax," he said. "And
my name, perhaps I ought to add, is Daunt.
I am the secretary of embassy. I hope,
after our little effort of tonight, you will
not consider diplomacy only high class
vaudeville. Such comedy scarcely repre
sents our dally bill."
"Poor brute!" she said. "I hope he will
Injure nbbody."
"Luckily the children are off the streets
at this hour," he answered. "He'll not go
far; the police are too numerous. I am
afraid our very efficient performer is per
manently retired from tho company. But
I haven't yet congratulated you. You
didn't seem one bit afraid."
"I hadn't time to be frightened. I was
thinking of something else! The fright
came afterward, when I saw you when you
left me on the railing." She spoke a little
constrainedly, and went on quickly: "I
really am a desperate coward about some
things. 1 should never dare to go up In
an aeroplane, for Instance, as Patsy tells
nio you do almost every day. She says the
Japanese call you thn 'Honorable Fly-
"There's no foreign theater In Tokyo, and
no winter opera," he said lightly. 'We
have to amuse one another, and the Glider
is by way of contributing my share of the
entertainment. It Is certainly an uplifting
performance." He smiled, but she shook
her head.
"Ah?" she said, "I know! I was at Fort
Logan last summer the day Lieutenant
Whitney was killed. I saw It."
The smile had faded and her ryes had
just the look he had so often fancied lay
In those eyes ha had been used to Gaze at
(.cross the burning driftwood h!s "Lady of
the Many-Colored Fires." He caught him
self longing to know that they would m'st
and aoften If he. too, should some day
come 'to grief In such sudden fashion.
"How brazen you must have thought It"'
he exclaimed. "My Impromptu solo,
nuan. I hardly know how I came to do it.
1 suppose lt was the moonlight (It does
make people idiotic sometimes, you know,
In the tropics') and then when you played
that dear old song! I used to sing it
years ago. lt reminds me"
"Yes?"
"of the last even.ng at college. It wus
a night like this, though net so lovely. 1
sang It then my last college solo. '
"Your lsst?" She was leaning toward
him, her lips parted, her eves bright on hi
face.
Yes," ha said. "I left town the next
day."
Her eyes fell. She turned half away and
put a hand to lnr cherk. "Oh," she said
vaguely. "Of course."
"But It was brazen." he fin'shed lamely.
' I promise neyer to do It again."
A dulled, weird sound from the s.rrot
reached their ears the monotonous hand-
tapping of a small, shallow drum.
"Home Buddhist devotee," he said,
"making a pious round of holy places.
He Is talking along In a dingy, white cot
Ion robe with red characters stamped all
over It one from each shrine he has
visited-and here and there In a doorway
Jrace!
! ( WHAAAAAAAT!
Uwow! ! WONDER
7HCY SAY HE IS
'GOING TO CLEAN
THAT
OUT the office;.
TOO!
THE PREil&ENV
IS IN HIS fRI
AATE OFFICE
AND HAS ORDte
-ED EVERY
BODY ON THE
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THAT
WAN I i U
FIRE YOU, I SUPJ
the:
pftif ' HE WANI&
TO iFE YOU,
iii-
-THATS ALL t KHOy
v . v:
WANT OF I
HAVEN
YOU EVER
BEEN FIRED
BEFORE ?
IT ISN'T
GOING TO
HURT You;
BRACE. UPS
Erminie Rfyes
of Safari Sanderson,
he will stop to chant a prayer in return
for a handful of rice."
"How strange! It doesn't eem to be-
long, somehow, with the telegraph wires
and the trolley cars. Japan Is full of such
contrasts, isn't It? It seems to be packed
with mysteries and secrets. Listen!" The
deep, resonant boom of a great bell at a
distance had throbbed across the nearer
strumming. "That must be In some old
temple. Perhaps the man with the drum
I. going there to worship. Does any one
live In the temples? Tha priests do. I
suppose."
"Yes," ha answered. "Sometime, other
people do, too. I know of a foreigner
who lives In one."
"What Is he J European?"
"No one knows. II has lived there fif-
teen years. Ha calls himself Aloyslus
Thorn. I used to think that ha mint bo
an American, for In the chancery aafe
there Is an envelope bearing his nam and
the direction that It ba opened after hl
death. It ha. been there a long time, for
the paper is yellow with age. No doubt
It was put there by some former Chlef-of-
Mission at his request. He has nothing to
do with other foreigners; as a rule he
won't even speak to them. He Is some
thing of a curiosity. He knows some lost
secret about gold lacquer, they say."
"Is he young?"
"No."
"Married?"
"Oh, no! He live, quite alone. He has
one of the loveliest private gardens In the
city. Sometime, one doesn't see him for
months, but he Is here now."-
She was silent, while he looked again at
the white toe of the slipper pe-plng trom
a gauzy hem. The silence seemed to him
an added bond between them.
"It can't always be so beautiful in
Japan," she said at length.
"No, Indeed!" he agreed, cheerfully.
"There are times when, as my No. 1 boy
says, 'honorable weutlyr are disgust.' ln
June the nubal, the rainy season, Is due.
lt will pour buckets for three weeks with
out a stop and frogs will sing dulcet songs
In the streets."
"Yet now," she said, softly
"It seems
too lovely to be real! I shall wake prts-
ently to find myself In my berth on the
Tenyo XIaru, with Japan two or three days
off "
He fell Into her mood. "We are both
asleep. That was why the dog vanished
so queerly. Dreara-dogs always do. And
1 don't wonder at my singing, either. lo-
pie do exactly what thry shouldn't when
they are asleep. But, no! I really don't
like the dream version at all. I want Ihis
to be true."
"Why?"
Her tone was low. but it made him tin-
gle. A sudden meleo cf daring, delicious
impules swept over him. "Because I have
dreamed toj much." he said, In as low a
voice. "Here In the east the habit grows
i . . , .
on one; we dream of what all the beauty
. , , . . . . . .
somehow misses for us. But tonight, at
. . ....... , .
leani. is real. I snail nave ii 10 reniemucr
when you have gone, as 1 I suppose you
will be soon."
She leaned out and picked a slender ma
ple leaf from a branch that came In
through the open side ot the pagoda, and,
holding It In her fingers, turned toward
him. Her hps were parted, as If to speak.
But suddenly she tossed lt from her. rose
and shuvk out her skirls with a Uuglt.
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if
HE
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WANTS TO
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I DO NOT
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Hearts Courageous
Carriage wheels were rolling up the drive
from the lower gate.
"Thank you!" she cried, gaily. "But no
hint shall move me. I warn you that I in-
tend to stay a long time!" '
In the lighted doorway, as Patricia and
her mother stepped from the carriage, she
swept him a courtesy.
"Honorably deign to accept my thanks,"
8he said, "for augustly saving my Insig-
nlficant life! And. now. perhaps, we can
De properly introduced!"
, '
CH AFTER XI.
Ishlklchi.
Vnder the frail moon that touched the
embassy garden to such beauty. Haru
walked home to tho house "so-o-o small,
an. garderl 'pout such big" in the Street-
0f-Prayer-to-the-Oods.
Qn Reinanxai,a. hill the shadows were
ris-hearted. From Its high-walled gardens
of the great came no gilmps(yi of phantom-
,1fhted hoJ, no BOUnd ot vlbrant strings
frQm tpa hou8ea nor gleams of painted
SI
v.
lips and fingers of geisha. shop. Well I can play the samisen, and
She had come to the newly built chapel. 'lp t'ods are not dead!"
Her father's name was on the household Behind her a diminutive figure had llfled
list of the temple across the way. but she himself upright from a fton. He camo
herself walked each Sunday to Ts'kijl, to forward from the gloom, his single sleep
attend the bishop's Japanese service ln Ins robe trailing comically and his great
the cathedral. When. Influenced by a blutk eyes round and serious. "Why must
schoolmate, she had wished to become a we give up the shop, honorable mother?"
Christian, the old samurai had Interposed "Go to sleep, lshlklchi," said his mother,
no objection. With the broad tolerance "Trouble me not so late with your rude
of the esoteric Buddhist, to whom all pure prattle."
faiths are good, he had allowed her to "But why, Okka-San?"
choose for herself. She had grown to love "Because rent money exists not. small
tha strangely new and beautiful worship,
with Its singing. Its service in a tongue
that she could understand. Its Bible filled
with marvelous stories of old heroes and
with vivid Imagery l;ke that of the Kojiki.
the "Record of Ancient Matters," or the
Man-yoshu, the "Collection of a Myrind
Iaves," over whose archaic characters
her father was always poring.
For many days Haru had watched the
progress of Die chapel building. The
cathedral was a good two miles distant,
but this was near her home; here s'ie
jolla be able to attend more than the
weekly Sunday service. Tonight, as she
K,OKCj at the cross shining in the moon-
lljht elie thought It very beautiful. A
tiny symbol like It. male of white enamel,
was hung on a little chain about her neck,
It had been given her by the bishop ths
day of the confirmation. She drew this
out and swung It about her finger as shu
walked on.
In the Street-of-l'rayer-lo-the-Gods were
no huge and gloomy compound. It was a
roadway of humbler , shops and homes.
bordered with mazes of lantern fire, and
lively with pedestrians. At a meager shop,
Pitifully small, whose shojl weic wide op. n.
Haru P"". A moky oil lamp swung
from ,he cell-ni. and under its Slow a
woman knelt on the worn tataine. Beside
ner on a liii ow lay a new i.ui n uany , aim
r u" 1 ' ,
she was soothing its s umber by softly
1
bfatiniz a tiny ilruui clo.-.e to Us tar. Mie
, , ,
nodded and smiled to Haru's salutation.
"Hai! ojii-riuti." ti e said. "Go kigm yo!
Deign augustly to tnier."
' Honorable thanks " responded Haru.
"but mv futher awaits my unworthy re
turn. Domo! Aka-San des'ka? So this
Is Miss Baby! Ishikichl will have a new
comrade in his little sister."
"Poison not your serene mind with con
tinuation of my uncomely last-sent one!"
(OH. YOU
'FRIGHTEN
J-ED Mt!
HEARD .
( WHAT AILS I
.Wail FEllOWiT
)WNAT MAKE V
IY0U TKEM6LE
UfcOUT it:
HAVKN'T you
HEARD? THE
Resident of
THE COMPANY
IS N TOWN
GOING TO CI FAN
J1U I inc. JiliJiL;
WONDER
He'll send
jfoR me: i
i hope not:
WILL. THOUGH
AFRAID!
DO 1
LOOK
ALL .
RIGHT.'
1 WON
DER IF
HE IS
GOING
h FIRE
ME! ,
ffAH! UM!1 WISH
II ITHAT IVAritou :
A TRIP
rfrlGO TO WORK I
W0Lii
run ii
j" SILAS:
said the woman, prtdefully tilting the
pillow so as to show the tiny, vacuous
face. "Are not Its hands degradedly well
formed?" "Wonderfully beyond saying! The father
Is still cxaltedly ill?"
"It Is Indeed so! I have not failed to
sprinkle the holy water over Jlzo, nor to
present the Htraw sandals to the Guar-dians-of-the-Gate.
Also I have rubbed each
day the breast of the health-god; yet
O-Dlnzuru does not hearken. Doubtless It
Is because of some sin committed by my
husband in a previous existence! I have
not knowledge of your Christian God, or I
would make my worthless sacrifices also
to Him."
"He heals the sick," said Haru, "but
Ho augustly loves not sacrifice as He
exaltedly did ln olden time," she hastily
Hunnlemented. recalllnir certain readings
from the Old Testament,
..The Boda of Nippon divinely change not
their habit," returned the woman. "Also
my Vile intellect can not comprehend why
the foreigners' God should illustriously
concern-Himself with the things of another
land."
"The Christian Divinity," said Haru, "Is
a God of all lands and all peoples.'
The other mused. "It passes in my de
graded mind that He, then, would lack
a nubllme all-sympathy for our Klngdom-of-Slender-Swords.
You are transcen
dently young, OJo-Pan, but I am 32, and I
hold by the gods of my ancestors."
"Honorably present my greeting, ti
yur husband," Haru said, as she bowed
her adieu. "May his exalted person soon
attain divine health! Tomorrow I will
aend another book for him to read.'-'
T,le woman watched her go, with a smile
on her tired face the Japanese smile that
covers so many things. She looked at the
baby's face on the pillow. "Praise Shaka,"
she said, aloud, "there Is millet yet for
another week. Then we must give up the
pigeon." she answered, gently. "So long
as we have Ignolly lived here, we have
paid the banto who brings his joy-glvlng
presence on the first of each month. Now
we have no more money and can not iay."
"Why have we no more money?"
"Because the honorable father Is sick
and you are too finall to earn. But let lt
not trouble your heart, for the gods are
good. See we have almost waked the
Aka-San!"
She bent over the pillow and began again
the elfin drumming at the Infant's ear.
Hut lshlklchi lay open-eyed on his f'ton.
his baby mind grappling with a new and
lalnful wonder.
( II A ITCH XII.
In the trec(-of-l'r er-o-the-(.od.
liaru unlatched a gate across which
twisted a plum branch with tarnished sll-
vcr bark. It hid a garden so tiny that It
was scarcely more than a rounded boulder
set In moss, with a clomp of golden Icho
yhvulis. She rang a bell which hung from
a cord.
The ambassador went to him hui-rlrdly,
bt nmiin nhook off the hand on his
,.unlUU.r aml rising, still emitting his
drtadfui laughter. stigKered across the
Uwl, , ol ()f the ga(,
Jhe mjrth re.e(hiu.d flom Ur
dow n the quit t road.
"Hal-al-al-al-ce!" sounded a long-drawn
voice from will In. and ln a moment a little
maid slid buck tiic sliojl and bobbed ovei
to the .thresliliold.
Her mistress stepped from her get Into
the small anteroom. A olce was audible
reciting In a droning monotone. It stopped
suddenly and called Haru s name.
She answeied instantly, and parting the
panels, pulsed Into the next room, where
lit r father sat on Lis mat Hading in the
-M-H
11
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1 "A
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GREAT
5C0TT?
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faint soft light of an atulon. He was an
old man, with white head strongly poised
on gaunt shoulders. Broken In fortune
and ln health, tho spirit of the samurai
burned Inextinguishably in the fire of his
sunken eyes, lie took her hand and drew
her down beside liltn. She knew what was
ln his mind.
"Be no longer troubled." she said. "The
American OJo-Sun is as lovely as Ama
terasu, the sun goddess, and as kind aa
she is beautiful. I shall be happy to be
each day with her,"
"That la good," he said. "Yet I take no
Joy from It.' You are the last of a family
that for a thousand seasons has served
none save Its emperor and Its dalmyo."
"I am no servant." she answered quickly.
"Rather am I, In sort, a companion to tha
OJo-San, to offer her my tasteless conver
sation and somewhat to go about with her
ln this unfamiliar city. It Is an honorable
way of acquiring gain, and thus I may un
worthily pay my support, for which now
from time to time you are brought to sell
the priceless classics In which your soul
exaltedly delights."
His face softened. "I have lived too
long," he said. "My hand Is palsied
I, a two-sword man of the old clan! 1
should have died ln the war, fighting for
Nippon and my emperor. But even then
was I too dishonorably old! Why did not
the gods grant me a son? me, who
wearied them with sacrifices?"
She did not answer for a moment. Noth
ing ln her cried out at this reiterated com
plaint, for she was of the same blood. If
she had been a son, that wound In her
father's heart had been healed. Through
her arm the family would have fought.
Her glorious death-name might even now
be written on un lhal on the Budda-shelf,
her glad soul swelling the number, of that
ghostly legion whose spiritual force waa
the truo vitality of her nation.
"Perhaps that, too, might be," she said
presently In a low voice. "Should I au
gustly marry one lot of too exalted a
strtlon. he could receive adoption Into our
family."
He looked Into her deeply flushing face.
"You thlnlt of the Lieutenant Ishlda He
taro," he said. "It Is true that the go
between has already deigned to sit on ray
hard mats. He Is, I think. In every way
worthy of our house. 1 would rather he
were ln the field, with a sword In his
hand "I know not much of this 'Secret
Service.' What are his present duties?
Doubtless" with a spark of mischief In
his hollow, old eyes "you are better In
formed than I"
"He is in the household of one named
Bersonln, a man-mountain like our wres
tlers, whose service Japan pays with a
w ane."
His face seemed clouded! "To cun
nlngly watch the foreigners Incomings
and his outgoings, and make august report
to tho Board of Kxtraordlnary Informa
tion," he said, with a trace of bitterness.
"To play the clod when one Is all eyes
and esrs. Honorable lt Is, no doubt, yet
lo my old palate It savors too much
of the actor strutting on the circular stage
But times charge, and If, to live, we
must ape the foreigners, why, we must
borrow their ways till audi time the god
grant' it be soon! when wo can throw
them on the dust heap. And what am 1,
to set my debased Ignorance against my
princess and my emperor!" He -raiised a
moment and sighed. "Ishlda Is well es
teemed," he continued presently, "lie has
dwelt In America and learned Its tongue
a necessity, It seems. In these topsy-turvy
times. Yet, as for marriage, waiting still
must be. These are evil day s for' us, my
child. From whence would come tha
Klfts which must be sent before the bride,
to the husband's house? Your mother"
he paused and bowed deeply toward tha
golden bJsu-dan In Its alcov e "may she
rst on the lotos-terrace of A mlda! camu
to my poor house with a train of coulles
bearing laqiuv el.iMs; silken f ton, kimono
as soft and filmy as mist, gowns of cloth
and of cotton, cushions of gold and silver
pattemlngs, Jeweled girdles, velvet san
dals and all lovely garniture. Shall her
daughter t.e sent to a husband wiU k
ehest of rags? No. no!"
(To Be Continued.?
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