Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-05-18

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fly on the top of n swOrd-rack in the
banqueting chamber he said: "He istoo
great To be ambitious; he is too rich TO
be avaricious; he has too great expenses
To be extravaganza; he, has nothing to
scheme for, his fame IS too bright for
him tO dare to sully il BY dishonesty: he
is too familiar with pleasure to be vi
cious.
The banquet was spread, and the
great lord entered i'm gorgeous apparel.
The sweets with which the meal COM
menced were served i'm dishes of the
purest NagaSaki porcelain, the-rice was
in the finest Of old gold lacquer. the
wine that prince of wines, the Flower
in Full Bloom and dubbed in
vases Of the choicest Bizcn ware. while
the rarest Of fish and fowl came up in
quaint dishes brought from China
Merrily the feast proceeded, the wine
cup cireled necessarily, cheeks grew
flushed, eyes began To sparkle, and
tongues wagged fast. There was moth
ing in this with which Inari could find
fault, for the Prince was wealth., and
It became his dignity TO keep sumptu-
Gus table. but he was annoyed and dis
gusted 10 Obscrvcwith what brutality the
Princctreated his wife. a poor, modest,
retiring creature, whose fault seemed
tO be that she broOked her hus-
bands insOlence too meekly. IL
She spoke Bizcn answered her
roughly; IL she smile he frownetI. and
the poor woman knew not which way to
look or how To behave. When the
dancing girls were tishercd IN retainer
humbly prostrating himself rs he
crawlcd along the floor. brought the
Prince note. InaTi,-whO of course
could see through walls. doors and
everything. espicd n poor ragged man.
evidently half dead with cold and
want. sitting in the snow outside.
- Now. said the god to himself. -
shall see the true nature of the Prince"
When Bizen opened the note his face
grew purple with passion. his brow was
puckcred into u network I'll frowns.
and his hand stretched out to his
sword-an net Mt table which is only
tolerated under the most exceptional cir
cumstances. When Bizcn had so far col
lccted himself as To he able to speak, he
! roared: What does the scamp mean by
lntruding upon my privacy with his
| bcggarly petitions? Who let him i'm nj
/ the great gateP' What Is il asked
his wife, incautiously. The Prince
turned on her like wild animal.
What is il, madam" he Kissed.
why, it's letter from an impoStor
who declares that have ruined him bv
FORGETTING his tenure last summer; he
says he u starving, and has the I'M
heard-Of insolence To ask mo for the
loan of hundred riyos.r 'sYou can
afford To let him have them. can YOU
not? mcckly asked his wife; $50 will
20 and give them to him. The Prince
raised his hand and struck heunhappy
woman to the ground.
Inari could stay no longer. Outside.
where covered the beggar, he assumed
the guisc Of Il retainer. "@NVhcrc do
YOU liyc?' he asked the poor man. AT
kawaSaki. your noble Honor" replied
the man. trembling with terror. land
have walked here through the snow
some fourteen miles To- ask his High
ness for little help. for am very poor
and miserable, and through no fault of
my own Are yOlI hOncst?r asked
lnari. ~ II try 20 be. Your Honor"
answered the poor fellow. Il can
easily find out" said the god. $50 do
not deceive me- The bcggar looked
ut him. Inari placed his hand in the
poor mans sleeve and disappeared.
The bcggar, bewiIdered. looked round,
then felt in his sleeve. and pulled out
notes To the value of five hundred riyos.
Then he fell on his knees and cred: cit
is the worShipful Ipari himsclfrl and
went his way rejoicing.
The next day the Prince of Bzen was
murdered and his palace burned To- the
! ground by mob of discontinued ten
ants. ..-
The next journey of mari was 10 a
hall of justice. -If ! don't find hon
csty here he said, IL don't know
where To look for it,"
The days business began. and Inari
took the form of pen i'm the hand of
one of the clerks. "Call the first ease"
SAIL the Judge. big, heavy fellow.
with face which bctOkcncd constant
acquaintance with the GOOD things of
this life. The first criminal was intro
duccd; he WAS carried in. for he had
laid five days i'm noisome cell with
weights upon his back and legS. and
could not move "You are accused
of robbery" said The Judge. NAV.
your HONOR whispered the poor
wretch, Il was starving. saw n rice
cake on n shop shelf. and | could not
resist the temptation to seize it,
"DOesn't matter ''It's robber1r.n said
the Judge. Peoples properly must
BE- protected. Fifty stripes with the
bamboo. months hard laborup rice
and water, and think yourself lucky To
get OF with Your head. Next case
A diSsolute-lOoking Young fellow.
fhshionably dressed, swappered In be-
tween two jailers Sorry to see YOU
here, Mr.. lIanaski," said the Judqe
blandly. "Samc rs before. supposep''
well, sir. y replied the young man.
with an air Of careless effrontcry. ..it
was ut the Three Pine Trees;' / sup
pose had been drinking bit, the
wench was impudcnt, and cut her
down. i suppose couple of hundred
riyos for the family will settle itP"
'Oh, rs 10 was justiiiablc,n said the
Judge, we II call it n hundred. Good
morning. The young man paid the
money and left the court.
Inari shuddered. "Here." thought
he. ''is poor wretch who is convicted
of having stolen a cake worth half n
tempo TO appease the cravings of his
hunger and is condemned to be crippled
for life; and young BLACKBOARD who
kills a woman gets of with an. easy
iinev' On the spot he struck the Judge
with drOpsy, from which he never re-
covered; and the young murderer was
waylaid by the friends of the girl and
so maltreated that he died of his
wounds.
Heart-sick and mortified. Inari said:
Now for Kawasaki Possibly. but not
probably. / shall find beneath the lowly
peasants roof what I have failed todis-
cover in the gilded palaces of the
mighty" To Kawasakf Inc went as a
pilgrim. He soon espied the beggar
cutting wood outside a poor but neat
little hut hard by the ferry. Assuming
an air of great WEAKNESS, the god adj
dressed him: Il am bound for the