The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1883-05-11

are quite comfortable now And he
told mari about his visit to the Bizen
palace.
The god said nothing for few min
utes, and then he asked: II shall be re-
turning here in fortnight's time; could
you make it convenient to lend me fifty
riyos?"
Willingly, sir,'' said the peasant,
and he counted out the sum from his
bamboo stem and placed the paper in
the hand Of the god. In a fortnight
mari returned to the peasants house,
and said: Here are the fifty riyos you
were kind enough to lend me-and, )"
taking from his own pocket roll of
notes, ''here are five hundred more. I
only borrowed from you to test your
heart, and perhaps you can guess who /
ann The astonished and delighted
couple fell on their knees In an ecstasy
of joy. mari disappeared. and the poor
peasant prOspered ever after, until he
became the owner of the largest tea
house in Kawasaki.
Another story is called:
A CURE FOR Discomfort.
In that low quarter of the city of
Yeddo, called Shinagawa, there lived a
poor sandal-maker. He was very poor,
and belonged to the prescribed tribe of
Etas, arace which, previous to the pres
ent era of refinement and enlighten-
ment, lived by themselves, the spurned
and despised of men, able only to fol-
low certain trades of a mental charac-
Ter, such as the flaying of animals, the
execution of criminals and the making
of sandals and clogs, to which the free
born citizens would not stoop. Poverty
and misery preyed upon the mind of the
poor sandal-maker so much that one
night he said to his wife: "Oh, Taxi, I
wish could be a great lord for few
days, to do nothing, to eat and drink
of the best, and never to be obliged to
think about spending tempo" "Don't
be stupid, Denkichi," replied his wife,
'syou would never do to be a lord; you
might just as well try to swallow
Fujio (the great mountain). But the
god Inari, who was proving about az
was his wont, heard this, and resolved
that he would teach the poor man
lesson of contentment. So when the
sandal-maker was asleep between his
filthy quilts, he appeared to him and
said: "You want to be a lord. Very
well; you shall try it for week"
The sandal-maker rubbed his eyes and
awoke. He was in beautiful room, the
walls of which were hung with curious
ly painted scrolls, the mats were of the
finest and whitest straw; his quilts were
of the softest silk, and his pillow was of
camphor wood with roll of the best
bamboo paper tied upon it.
AS he awoke a servant approached
him kneeling with tray OF sweetmeats
Denkichi took handful and swallowed
them, smacked his lips and cleared the
dish. The servant Frustrated himself
to the mats and retired as he came,
kneeling. WE'LL" said Denkichi,
"this is luck! I suppose I'd better
dress" His old garments were gone,
and in their place was a suit of SPLEEN
didly embroidered silk, fitted with stiff
cardboard wings and adorned with huge
white crests of oak leaves. A person.
age who seemed to be a sort of major.
domo appeared, and informed him that
the suitors were waiting in the ante
room. "But where's 0 Takip" asked.
Denkichi. The man shook his head.
" Well, as I'm regular lord, thought
Denkichi, =" / may as well see what it 81
like; but I should have liked O Taxi to,
have seen me. And these clothes are
confoundedly hot and heavy. But new,
er mind, here goes!'' So he went intoi
the ante-room, where there must have,
been at least hundred people assem-
bled, who all made obeisance as he APP
peared. The major-domo showed him
to a sort of raised dias on which he was
to seat himself, and for three long hours
be was obliged to remain motionless,
listening to claims and petitions, and
and beggings of favors,
and details of estates, and of revenue,
and of hundred other things about
which he knew nothing. Several times
he felt as if he would have liked to
Jump up and stretch his legs, and
hitched himself uneasily, but the eye of
the maior-domo spoke a silent remon-
STRANGE, and he subsidized with sigh.
When at length the business was con-
cluded, Denkichi was about to fling off
his robes and lie down as was his wont,
half-naked, with his pipe between his
lips and bowl of wine beside him,
when the major-domo informed him
that the hour of the midday meal had
arrived. At this repast he was intro
duced to the ladies of his retinue. who
were magniicently arrayed, but SO staid
and solemn of demeanor, SO unable to
the jokes by which he had
won for himself the name Of the ''Shina-
gawa WITT that he would much rather
have had his plain, homely o Taxi by
his side. The meat was splendid, but
Denkichi would have preferred dish of
stewed eels, q bowl of Yakidofu, and
measure of Three Virtue wine to all the
delicate dishes presented to him, so
in sauces and condiments as
not to preserve an atom of their natural
flavor. 1t was long affair, too, and
when it was over he exclaimed with a
sigh of relief: "Well, at any rate, now
they'll let me have half an hours
peace" But the major-domo APP
and reminded him that the
was waiting. So poor
Denkichi was obliged to incase
himself in heavy suit of chain armor,
and for more than an hour attack and
defend, repeat, parry, cut, lunge and
dance about until he was well nigh
dropping with fatigue. After the fenc-
ing came the master of Chinese, and
after the master of Chinese the music
instructor. A few cups of tea-spoiled,
90 thought Denkichi, by the infusion of
cherry foWer-someWh refreshed him.