, 1879-04-12

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her wcil.orRnnszetl constfttttnn trlumpllcd. nntl
size began to recover. Unt startling misfortune,
lio"ercr, chung to i,cr. sho had lost tic power
when oshlkoit Nobutaro heard this be was
sgltatcd With mingled sadnea1 md delight fIo
could not overcome his qualification uu finding
that no impeachment need now opposs tho prog.
Eeas Of fis affections; and yet the conviction 81
f1is silpremo seltshness was at times too bitter
fur tin. Int ono thing, At least. was clear. 1t
would no longer Ia possble for him to forcco
tn; prcscnec ii The beautiful Tama-ko:
10, as soon as the circumstances u llcr re-
and communc1 With her. The language Of her
eyes told him al that he most wished 10 know,
ami he Va! thoroughly happy in her oral ucom-
potency; Tama'ko was happy. too. For many
AMI smooth. aid all Ksoto's mobility smiled sym
pathetic nn'l complaccnt. BY day they were
never tarsed: a'ni each night, tender chnnts,
c1prcsalTe OF hopeful passo,l. sustained by the
throollng kosot resoNuded In Inc jetl which lay
contiguous TO ,sanip Sonslts gsrdcn,-tlla.
lovely dell Which IN all ayes has been the moon.
1T resort Of artist An poet. where tic river rls
tlcs In harmony with happy thoughts. aud tho
hearts.
NouurARo's sRAssApx.
There i. Il little 1iatdcn. whom lore.
Tue night winds arc Away. breathing It in my ear;
Something has hecn telling II tn me al sha night.
But wi," shall convey the extent OF hcr bcsutIes,
Or u tile gracts uf her nndg
70 others sic IA frr3d. ..
HuL tn inc the IL IL The mnonbean, radiant and
warm.
She to exempt from The ordinary weaknesses Of
Her riety /" tho theme Of admiration among all
IIcr virtues lofty that the reacl, The stars.
She rgn'la oil tho sacred books, and knows them by
With .,rony moral mora. principles she tmm'ng1e.
And ilcr rIvh blauk hnir is tnvolsell It.. unctuons
gum.
Numbers Of costly ornaments shine in hrr ha!r;
Thcy s1ne lRc clusters of stars teliesed by Jet
sot! .iEsn .sssrfs snc'rc,s her throat
enyihbfe *Ht sltktn ecarfsf
cMlcniublo price, cn1olds hcr waist
enrinle .at!a ohi. of princcIy dimensions aud In
calculnbIc pricc'
Her countcnanco needs rot lhc additional glow Of
And ller neck ecorn. the inferior Iustrc of powder
ittr form 1s cnFelpped in many coiotct marves Of
m, ,nisll1i,cfy,
butterflies huttcring among flowers.
Her feet arc atoms Ut cclGaiiai origin,
And hsr kcdahsi Ia tho pink cloud which protects
them.
To many her heart il hard md cold
To them II u very beautiful porcelain;
70 !ac It Is mt and waeul-
l'"n,e It II fresh-cns velvet. ......
Her l!na are ncaea, and words proceed not thcsc-
hut In .he!t place comes flshs of aromatic fra.
grnnce,
Her family aro conspicuous for antiquity.
And llcr father II II thu trae alood Of Fujtwarn.
~ ~ porsc.ss1 1s sssat nu't'er u tiger. skins.
Myriads Of kuIuns glitter IN the stsong chests Of
I.nt for me na tho Creates, trea.urc-
The tEcaHnrc hcy0nd all tur lie,
- tlc ltttle fna!sn4
Tue little m1!den whom love.
AZ tie loves Ut Nubutnro and Tamn-ko ad-
ynnccd uni prospere1, MI ln!lescribable tlnEc Of
regret ralle oser the young Iaranesc noblelnuil.
Attrst, to Ills SURPRISE. h nrs.cntly tn sia con-
stcrnatiu'i, he lullnd himself longing for II word
oI 19ndtsess iron! Ills af1lanceo. for a time he
rrpcl'ri .his sentiment Us unworthy Of Ills firm;
ncss; but Il gradually oycrrarilc hin again md
a-at1i, unit! lle beraIIIe q proy to tlle deepest
anguish. lie was forced to admit within lj.1p-
self u'at lts hieas oil The subject Of tle female
toneao tyr, had bcen too tlanRerous!y radical, nnd
thai experience had ut last taught him the value
of citt he l'ud once considcrGI an cxcrescencc.
The coquencc Of the cyc, he found, shG pressure
Of the hand, tllc assurance OF i carcss, were III
sufficient tu colnplcte Ills comfort. for a
word! be sighed, but sighed IN win; a,nl il Ut
last appeared painfully evident that Nobutaro
had simply stepped lrur, one unsatisfactory c1-
trcnsc to thu other, assd tnt l,e was now almost
a. iHeoisolably miserable as when hc Ind stnst-
e. to aslaps himself TO the serlusons Of tue
| hawklns-bux ult the shore of bIwn.
It WIS natural that TnHla-ko should feel q
| deep CONCERT, at tile returning unhuppluess Ut
| Indeed, succeeded In drawing f,otn him tho re-.
luctant truth. Aud. t,il lrurufnE the real cupd-
Tim Of things, she did nothing but sn1t1c with
great nti persistent appearance Ut delight which
| NobAtaro thuughs tl.c most extraordinary cir
.cunHtunce Tint had ever happened.
Nevertheless, Us htoto Ind expected, !hc an
nouucctncnt OF The impending marriage crre-
muny VIVA not long, deferred. And il carly
autumn It came. Festivities wcre profusc, aud
corrcsponllngly brilliant. Everybody palpitatel
With sympathetic cnlotion; everybody was
irrccoyerabay lost 10 admiration at tic bcauty Of
tic loytng pair; everybody mournrd the aiilic.
ton of thu bride, who, for her purt, seemed
Nuhutaro ra!sed the cup with which he WIS to
pledge hs fnlE co1npanion. IIo spoke D few
nords Indicative OF his intentions through ltio
aMnzing incident occurred.
Lifting her beautiful eyes 10 bcr lovers face,
m1rmurcd:
ns iIts IL a ~ aSIa assF and only 0f the master of
clu.lra.
The explanation was rapid md complete.
How could | help 1T" crtcd Tatnako
NY hut they said wins, tllAt you seorncd ule for
nv tongue . hateful tongue, to bring mu
A0bHtaro's scosn! would haye forever rc-
maiact your Silent Lover, but fur your later
" wors, ,psfns s; s to tass onse orc mr. gift
tavo. :" l an eonqucred.'
For awt'tls tl!c ontiro upp;r class Of Kioto,
little for tIl,s. Far away from tlls city's tur-
nsol nllcc moro OIL tho st,uro Uf Dlwa, they
!lsed only FOR bne Anulflcr: and tlIrrG, where
Nature is ever the must fair, they found uncna-