The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1878-10-03

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But in their place comes sighs Of aromatic fra
GRANGE.
Her family are conspicuous for antiquity,
And her father is Of the true blood Of Fuji-
wara.
He possesses great many tiger skins,
All brought from Chosen and very valuable.
Myriads Of kooans glitter in the strong chests
OF his kura.
But for me the greatest treasure
| The treasure beyond all, for me,
| Is the little maiden,
The little maiden whom love.
As the loves of Nobutaro and Tama-
ko advanced and prospered, an inde-
scribable tinge of regret came over the
young Japanese nobleman. At first, to
his surprise, but presently to his con-
sternation, he found himself longing for
word of fondness from his affianced,
For time he repelled his sentiment, as
unworthy of his frmnees, but it gradual
| ly overcame him again and again, until
he became a prey to the deepest anguish,
He was forced to admit within himself
that his ideas on the subject of the
female tongue had been too dangerously
radical, and that experience had at last
taught him the value of a gift he had
once considered an excrescence. The
eloquence of the eye, he found, the
pressure of the hand, the assurance of a
caress, were insufficient to complete his
comfort. Oh, for word he sighed,
but signed in vain and it at last
appeared painfully evident that Nobu-
taro had simply stepped from one un-
satisfactory extreme to the other, and
that he was now almost as ipconsolably
miserable as when he had started to
adapt himself to the seclusions of the
hawking box on the shore of Biwa.
1t was natural that Tama-ko should
| feel deep concern at the returning un-
happiness of her lover. She besought
him to explain it, and, indeed, succeeded
in drawing from him the reluctant truth.
And on learning the real condition of
things, she did nothing but smile with
great and persistent appearances of de-
light, which Nobutaro thought the most
extraordinary circumstance that had EVER
happened.
| Nevertheless, as Kioto had expected,
the announcement of the impending
marriage ceremony was not long de-
ferred. And in early autumn it came.
Festivities were profuse, and corre-
spondingly brilliant. Everybody pal
pitated with sympathetic emotion !;
everybody was irrecoverably lost in ad-
miration at the beauty of the loving
pair; everybody mourned the affliction
of the bride, who, for her part, seemed
never SO joyous.
| Nobutaro raised the cup with which
he was to pledge mis- fair companion.
He spoke few words Indicative of his
intentions through life so far as Tama-
| ko was concerned, and then an amazing
incident occurred.
Lifting her beautiful eyes to her
lovers face, and opening her beautiful
| lips. Tama-ko softly murmurod
"This is my dear and only lord, the
master of my faith and duty -
Ndruhodo ," cried everybody, No
| butaro included.
The explanation was rapid and COM
| plete.
Glow could + help it?" said Tama-
ko. "What they said was that you
scorned me for my tongue. Oh, hate
| full tongue, to bring me Nobutaro's
scorn. l would have forever remained
your silent lover, but for your latter
words, impellipg me to take once more
my gift of speech. Does Nobutaro for.
give me2"
"Oya! ! domo sweet Tama," whis-
pered Nobutaro, 81 am conquered"
For awhile the entire upper class of
Kioto, excepting Iriye Ichigoro, the
faithful friend, laughed immoderately.
But the lovers cared little for this. Far
away from the city's turmoil, once more
on the shore of Biwa. they lived only for
one another, and there, where nature is
ever the most fair, they found unending
| happiness.