Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1883-05-17


sweepings; the bales of silk were weight
ed with false materials, and their con-
tents dyed with false colors; lacquer and
bronze manufactured in the next street
were sold as the veritable production of
old times; the very scales used were
false; the entries in the scrolls were
false; and the stories told to the Gus
toners were false. The next day the
whole city was thrown into a state of
CONSERVATION at the news that the great
firm had failed, and that the head part
ner had gone away no one knew whittier.
Thenext journey of the god was to
the ''yashiki," or palace of the great
lord of Bizen, one of the haughtiest and
proudest of the mobiles of the empire
AS he seated himself in the guise of a
fly on the top of sword-rack in the
banqueting chamber he said: '.He is too
great to be ambitious: he is too rich to
be avaricious; he has too great expenses
to be extravagant; he has nothing to
scheme for, his fame is too bright for
him to dare to s,llly it by dishonesty: he
is too familiar with pleasure to be vi
cious.'
The banquet was spread, and the
great lord entered in gorgeous apparel.
The sweets with which the meal COM
menced were served in 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 Missed and bubbled in
vases of the choicest Bizen ware, while
the rarest of fish and fowl came ND in
int II ;chn
Merrily the feast proceeded, the wine
cup circled necessarily, cheeks grew
flushed, eyes began to sparkle, and
tongues wagged fast. There was moth
ing in this with which mari could find
fault, for the Prince was wealthy, and
it became his dignity to keep a sumptu-
Gus table, but he was annoyed and dis
gIsted to observe with what brutality the
Prince treated his wife, a poor, modest,
retiring creature, whose fault seemed
to be that she brooked her hus-
bands insolence too meekly. If
she spoke Bizen answered her
roughly: if she smiled he frowned, and
the poor woman knew not which way to
look or how to behave. When the
dancing girls were ushered in. a retainer,
humbly prostrating himself as he
crawled along the floor, brought the
Prince note. Inari, who of course
could see through walls. doors and
everything, espied a poor ragged man.
evidently half dead with cold and
want, sitting in the snow outside
"Now," said the god TO himself, 81
shall see the true nature of the Prince
When Bizen opened the note his face
grew purple with passion, his brow was
puckered into network of frOwns,
and his hand stretched out to his
sword-an act at table which is only
tolerated under the most exceptional cir
cumstances. When Bizen had so ar col
lected himself as to be able to speak, he
roared: "What does the scamp mean by
intruding upon my privacy with his
beggarly petitions? Who let him in at
the great gate?" "What is it?' asked
his wife, incautiously The Prince
turned on her like wild animal.
"What is it, madam he Kissed.
"Why, it's letter from an impostor
who declares that have ruined him by
FORGETTING his tenure last summer; he
says he is starving, and has the UNI
heard-of insolence to ask me for the
loan of hundred riyos!' "You can
afford to let him have them, can you
not?" meekly asked his wife; $50 will
go and give them to him." The Prince
raised his hand and struck the unhappy
woman to the ground.
Jnari could stay no longer. Outside,
where covered the beggar, he assumed
the guise of IA retainer. ..Whcre do
You live9'' he asked the poor man. SAT
Kawasaki, your noble Honor" replied
the man, trembling with terror, land l
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 o.
my own care You honcst9' asked
Inari.'' 81 try to be. your Honor"
answered the poor fellow. 81 can
easily find out said the god. 80 do
not deceive me-" The beggar looked
at him. Inari placed his hand in the
poor mans sleeve and disappeared
The beggar, bewildered, looked round,
then felt in his sleeve, and pulled out
notes to the value of five hundred riyos.
is the worshipful mari himself!'' and
went Ills way rejoicing.
The next day the Prince of Bizen was
murdered and his palace burned to the
ground by a mob of discontinued ten
ants.
The next journey of mari was to
hall of justice. eff l don't find hon
esty here" he said, Il don't know
where to look for it,
The days business began, and Inari
took the form of pen in the hand of |
one of the clerks. ''Call the first case"
said the Judge, big, heavy fellow,
acquaintance with the good things of
this life. The first criminal was intro |
duced; he was carried in, for he had
laid five days in a noisome cell with |
weights upon his back and legs, and |
could not move. 'You are accused |
of robbery" said the Judge. ''Nay, |
your Honor" whispered the poor
wretch, 81 was starving. / saw a rice
cake on a shop shelf, and | could not !
resist the temptation to seize it,
Doesn't matter. '.It's robbery" said |
the Judge. Peoples property must
be protected Fifty stripes with the |
bamboo, a month hard labor upon rice
and water, and think yourself lucky to |
get off with your head! Next case
A DISTINGUISHING young fellow,
fashionably dressed, staggered in be-
tween two jailers. Sorry to see YOU
mere, Mr.. Hanaski," said the Judge,
blandly. ''Same as before, SUPPOSED"
.'Well, SIR replied the Young man,
with an air of careless effrOntery, ''it |
was at the Three Pine Trees | sup
pose had been drinking a bit. the
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