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

Inc HOu Sdlu nOlnlnH IOr n lew Hill
utes, and then he asked: Il 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 fortnight
Inari returned to the peasants house,
and said: ''Here are the fifty riyos Won
were kind enough to lend me-and, .
tlking from his own pocket roll ol
notes, here are five hundred more.
only borrowed from you to test youl
heart. and perhaps you can guess who
am" The astOnished and delighted
couple fell on their knees in an ecstasy
of Joy. Inari 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
1eddo, called Shinagawa, there lived q
poor sandal-maler. He was very poor
and belonged to the prescribed tribe OF
EiaS, arace which, previous to the pres
ent era OF refinement and enlightcn-
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
Q sIstI Al.
night he said 20 his wife: '.Oh, Taxi,
wish could be n great lord for a few
days, to do nothing, TO eat and drink
Of the best, and never to be obliged to
think about spendinga tempo" Don't
be stupid, Dcnkichi,'' replied his wife,
''yOu would never do to be lord; YOU
might just rs well try to swallow
Full (the great mountain). But the
god Inari, who was prowling about as
was his wont, heard this, and resolved
that he would teach the poor man a
lesson of contentment. So when the
sandal-maker was asleep between his
filthy quilts, he appeared to him and
said: ''You want to be lord. Very
well, YOU shall try il for a week" :
The sandal-maker rubbed his ewes and
awOkc. He was i'm a beautiful TO Om, 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 n roll of the best
bamboo paper tied upon it.
As he awoke a servant approached
him kneeling with n 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 rs he came.
kneeling. " Well" said Denkichi.
"thiS is luck! suppose I'd better
dress" His old garments were gone,
and in their place was suit of SPLEEN
didly embroidered silk, fitted with stiff
cardboard wings and adorned with huge
white crestS of oak leaves. A person.
age who seemel to be n sort of major
domo appeared, and informed him that
the suitors were waiting in the ante
room. - But where's O Takip" asked
Denkichi. The man shook his head.
l." Well, as I'm n regular lord, thought
Dcnkichi, - may as well see what it s
like; but | should have liked o Taxi to
have seen me. And these clothes are
confOundedly hot and heavy. But new
er mind, here goesr' So he went into
the ante-room, where there must have
been at least hundred people assem-
bleds who all made obeisance as he ap.
peared. The maior-domo showed him
To sort of raised dias on which he was
To seat himself. and for three long hours
he was obliged to remain motionless.
listening to claims and petitions, and
remonstrances and beggings of favorS,
and details of estates, and of revenue,
and of II 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
hitchcd himself uneasily, but the eve of
the majOr-domo spoke a silent remon-
STRANGE, and he subsidized with a 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 maior-domo informed him
that the hour of the midday meal had
arrived. At this repast he was intro
duced to the ladies of his retinuc. who
were magnilicently arraycd, but SO staid
and solemn of demeanor, so unable to
appreciate the jokes by which he had
won for himself the name of the ''Shina-
gawa W.T." 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, bowl of YakidOfu. and a
measure of Three Virtue wine to all the
delicate dishes presented to him, so
smOthered 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 ap-
preached, and reminded him that the
fencing-master was waiting. So Door
Denkichi was obliged to incase
himself in a 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,
so thought Denkichi, by the infusion of
cherry fower-sOmewha refreshed him.
and for the first time during the day
he was enabled to get few minutes
of such rest as his stiff raiment would
allow him. But the business of the
day was by no means over. A council
of the heads of the ward was held, al
which Denkichi presided, and again he
had to sit listening to dry arguments on
questions of law, petty differences OF
opinion, long speeches and statements
about matters in which he did not fee
the slightest interest. This was fol.
lowed by the evening meal, an enter.
tainment just as formal and twice rs
lengthy a that at midday. He was al
most asleep wits WEAKNESS and fatigue
and would have crept into his snmptuou:
bed-chamber, but the major-domo-how
he hated that maior-domoi-tol him
that new theater had beer
opened in the quarter, and thai
the people would be offended If tn,