Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-04-23

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She knelt awaiting him, her eyes cast
in humility downward, and a timid
flush OF expectation Illuminating her
brow.
Health is with the daughter of the
stars" said Nobutaro.
"Thanks to your accommodating
wishes" said Toma-ko
"YOur air announces your goodness"
said Nobutaro.
"AE, sir, it is you alone VINO can
Judge" said Tama-ko.
"Virtue and contented mind are
painted upon your face" said Nobu-
tarO.
my Acknowledgements should be ev
erlasting," said Tama-ko.
st is fine evening" said Nobutaro.
at is a. most fortunate and success
ful evening, since the noble gentleman
honors it with his approval" said Ia
mako.
"It is impossible to be sufficiently re-
spectful to you," said Nobutaro.
Chow shall dare persuade myself
of what you p" said Tama-ko.
"Well, WE'LL" said Nobutaro, making
a grave obeisance, and withdrawing, 81
have not treated you with sufficient dis
tinction."
Tama-ko, less rigidly cynical than No
butaro, did not conceal from herself
the iov which this interview afforded
her. All that she had heard of the
agreeable Nobutaro was abundantly
verified And she discovered, too,
graces and attractions Of which she had
not been warned "But, alas y she
said to herself, che loves not women,
and each day strives more and more to
harden his heart against our inferior
and improbable SEX"
Nobutaro feared to admit the sus-
picion that his fancy had been touched
He resisted with much GOODNESS the
imputation of Iriye Ichigoro.
"Ah, Nobutaro," said that good-na-
tured friend, "the refreshing Tama-ko
has inspired you once more"
acute Iriye, this time you are
wrong. II, now, she had the gift of
silence with her other visible advan
tages, there would be something to
talk about
"Noble cousin" answered Iriye,
" you are always sensible and we'll in
formed, but this time you are also very
absurd. Her language is the language
of purity and evidently propriety."
g | do not like the language of the
woman at all" said Nobutaro. "Better
a speeches. daughter Of the yet than
the fairest and richest of the loose
tongue kuge."
Estimable Nobutaro, you have too
much ginger in your temper"
"Vely we'll, Iriye, only shall see
the beautiful but laxative Tama-ko no
more"
80 Nobutaro!"
Precisely, my Ichigoro. AS she
dazzles the eye, 50 might she confuse
the understanding. In time she might
destroy my principles, and compel me
to endure the female tongue. No,
Ichigoro,-mv resolution is not to be
unfixed. Remember that a restless
tongue is one of the five causes allowed
by philosophers for divorce"
When Tama-ko heard this, as she
very speedily did, a gloom came like
veil Of chirimen over her face, and she
expressed tear, as round and pure as
the most priceless Of jewels of which
she was the namesake. Then it was
observed by her family that she sank
into revery, out of which she emerged
an hour later, smiling and contented.
Two days after, the court-circles Of
gence of sorrowful calamity. The
beautiful Tama-ko, during a visit of
duty to the Temple Of Kiomidzu, had
thoughtlessly ventured too near the
edge of its perilously-exposed platform
and had fallen, not, fortunately, from
the EXTREMIST hight, but from an eleva-
ton sufficient to injure her in a general
way, but principally in the region Of the
head. For two entire days her condi-
ton was deemed dangerous, according
to report, but then her well-organized
constitution triumphed, and she began
to recover. One startling misfortune,
however, chung to her. She had lost
the power ofspeech forever.
When Oshikoji Nobutaro heard this
he was agitated with mingled sadness
and delight. He could not overcome
his qualification on finding that no i'm
pediment need now oppose the progress
of his affections; and yet the conviction
vi LIS Su OIGulo S0lLSlIlSSS w DIS dG llII1CS
too bitter for him. But one thing, at
least, was clear. It would no longer be
possible for him to forego the presence
Of the beautiful Tama-ko.
So. as soon as the circumstances of
her recovery would permit, he sought
an interview, and communed with her.
The language Of her eyes told him all
that he most wished to know, and he
was thoroughly happy in her oral in
competency. Tama-ko was happy too.
For many weeks their course of COM
partnership ran swift and smooth. and
all Kioto's nobility smiled sympathetic
and complacent. BY day they were
never parted; and each night, tender
chants, expressive of hopeful passion,
sustained by the throbbing koto, re-
sounded in the dell which lay congtigu-
Gus to Sanjo Nonishi's gardep,-that
lovely dell which in all ages has been
the moonlit resort of artist and poet,