The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1874-10-08

| hesltates about entering. Man0oyemop
the name of his father-in the mean
time had drawn from the young girl the
secret of her project. lyon will kill
yourself In despair, viii you ?" SAYS he.
re-entering upon the scene. "Bat do
you not know that your lover viii at
tempt to take his own life 4? You are
gong to cause innumerable misfortupes
Besides, have you not a mother who
loves you Who is to console her
when you are dead ?,' O'Hare bursts in
20 tears, but for long time keeps 81
lent. At last her mind is made up.
Well, " she says, "come every day for
three months at this hour. He shall
see me no more, and will soon forget
me. DIiye, who is behind the door.
overhears these words. Furious with
jealousy he raises his sword and at
tempts to stab the girl through the lat
tlce. But Mangoyemon seizes the
sword, disarms the attacking party,
whom they take to be a robber, reaches
through the lattice, and grasping his
son binds him firmly to the post. At
this moment o Hare utters a cry she
recognizes the sword as that of Dive.
The father recognizes it also, and is
struck dumb with astonishment.
Kahe now again appears upon the
scene, followed by his Eo8kai. They
come forward very cautiously, as they
fear to meet the Sdn5Ollrai again. They
see man at the door, and believing il
to be him they fall back and discuss the
situation. But presently they recog-
nlze their enemy Diiye, and immedi-
ately determine to punish him. They
cry out Thief |" the police arrive with
a punctuality which is in sad contrast
with their habits in real life, and as
usual they begin to hustle and bully
those who have called them. Mangoy-
emon now comes ont of the house and
stops the tum1lt. Kahe trembles like
leaf. Why" says the false Sa-
nlOurai, edo you call this man q thief"
Because he owes me twenty rios, ayd
will not pay me" E" where is the bond3"
cit is here" The father seizes the
paper signed by his son, aud tears it
into thousand pieces. Kahe thinks
he is to be defrauded, but the father
pays him the twenty rios, and the cred
itor then departs with many bows and
compliments. MangoyeInon nowreleases
the prisoner. You are my benefac-
tor" says Djiye. "I am but a poor
man, and cannot repay you the money
Immediately, but give me your name
and your address, in order that some of
NA4SoO AAeNg . 4 AA4tAf thINl lAAb IL hCAAs W y
name and address you have no need to
inquire, but if you wish to know me,
lift up the lantern" "My father %
Thereupon eEsues a long sermon upon
the immoral conduct of the son, his
disorders, his debts, and the shame
which he has even now brought upon
himself, by being called a thief in the
streets, and losing his sword. And al
this for a woman and what kind of
woman Does she love him ? Not
she, she is ready to abandon him at this
moment. At the mention of her name
the young man rushes into the house
overwhelms O'Hare with reproaches for
her supposed in6delity, and demands
the return of n paper which he had
given her, engaging to kill himself with
her, IL case she could not be his. She
resists, wishing to keep the paper as a
souvenir and, moreover, 1T Is in the
same part of her dress with the letter
from his wife, and she does not wish to
show either one or the other. Dive,
now as furious as he had before been
tender, insists upon her producing the
paper. The father seizes her girdle,
and out falls the fatal letter. The jeal-
GUS lover wishes to read it. MangOye-
mon prevents him. What does he see
His sons wife begs the quecha to give
her back her husband and restore peace
TO the domestic hearth. 1t is for the
purpose of accediDg to this request
that she has been willing TO abandon
Dive. He is struck with admiration at
this devition on the the part of the girl,
but it is above all things neces' airy that
Dive remain in error in order that his
cure may be complete; aud the father
cries, as he destroys the letter ''This
Ahaa - Az tho
moment he casts an eloquent glance at
the singer, which tells her that he un-
derstands all, but that she must submit
to this last sacrifice. She bends her
head in silence. The chorus sings a
verse, which gives the actors time to
prolong their gestures and pantomime,
and the whole audience vooiferously
applauds them.
MaBQoyemon carries off his son, and
the piece appears to be finished. The
Japanese playwright, however, prefers
to prolong his drama as much as possl-
BILE. Hardly have the father and son
taken a few steps than the latter wishes
To return. " What is the good of see
ing her again if you love her no longer?
0 i wish again to abuse her l have not
said all that wish to say" he enters
again. am this time he begins WI n
tears. "Dost thou remember the past?
Alas I love thee still !" O'Hare is
overwhelmed with emotion. She Is on
the point of betraying herself when
Mangoyemon again enters. Not a
word" says he in low voice to the
guecha. "Not a word, or my son Is
lost" Then turning to his son he eX-
claims, "Thou seest she IS silent,
and cannot defend herself" The cur
tain falls as he makes a last gesture OF
gratitude and homage to the woman
who thus sacrifices herself.