Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-11-27

shnn street. then stopped at a sn,an
ND IN the front of which cloos '" and
tau als were exposed for sale, and anu an'
dar c H. crying 20 Hama! o Hana!" In
cav. sne deep shadow of a nro;act;ne
T;s on the other side of the . styeet
~ M!f a; saw a bright.eyed, freshsfa es.ieo o;,}
summons come forward at Karuka's
| disaprear ; n~..ecIlonately greet him, and
Rare INTO the house with him.
.ha e ana grief seized o Kiri when
!. +; saw inns. She leaned for SUPPORT
house, ehe wooden shutters Of the
h hHts ~ her hand tightly graspinp the
anss ~ me small dagger which ali jan
tham lauies carried with them when
,n,sf went abroad, and half resolved to
rusn INTO the house and slay this COM "
.aoh " Hama who had. stepped in no.
tween her and her love. w.
Dut She thought that Deliberate ,o
senge would be better than sudden ont
rye ana so returned home. The newt
uay she sent a servant down to inon;re
aoouI y Hana's people. The answer
came that they, We're Etas-the pariahs
oi Japanese society, despiscd and ;n'
Of fts tba oy inc very begggars, the lowest
f,o,, III - o'oe WHO INV distinct
rom all others, and whose business Il
% ~ execute criminals, kill animals.
"nu 10 make clogs and sandals.
80" muttered o Kiri, this will be
pretty news for the city. that the head
.. .ae great Karuka family loves an
nta Woman! This is pleasant for me to
see' That 1, in whose veins runs the
olooo OF the immortals, am set aside in
tayo1 OF a common outcast wench! II
WI! oe suflclent to proclaim his con-
nectlon to disgrace him, but I want
more than disgrace; I want and will
have revenge"
But she determined to have a nract;.
cal proof at home of his affection for
Hana before %resorting to extremes
SO she desired her father to call on Kor.
usa IN state. knowing that in the course
OF a week karuka would be obliged to
return the visit. Then she sent q sery-
ant to o Hana's shop to command her
TO BRING for inspection a number of the
pest black lacquered clogs in prepara-
ION Tor the New Years festivities. So
" Ht'na's father brought the clogs I'M
the next day, but O Kiri abused him
1or DARING to come into the presence of
a lady, and commanded him to send n
woman to wait upon a lady. Three
times accordingly O'Hana came. but a.
karuka did not happen to be there o
klr1 made some excuse and ordered al
te%ratlons in order that the lovers should
be thrown together.
SO when Karuka came to repay the
visit. o Kiri had so contrived that her
clog woman should be announced.
karuka came in state, with his kami
shimo or winged coat On, his armor-
bearer and a score of retainers bearing
his crest, the double-triangle, embroid.
cred on his sleeves.
When O Hama was announced. O Kiri
expressed great anger that q common
tradeswoman should dare to interrupts
state visit, but Karuka laughed out of
compliment, and 0 Hama entered. Di-
she beheld Karuka she uttered a
cry and sank on the mats. Karuka's
face turned CHASTITY pale; he staggered
as he saw that 0 KRIS eyes We're fixed
on him.
''Dear me. Sir Karukar' exclaimed
0 Kiri, with affected concern, what is
the matter? You start as if YOU had
seen a SPIRIT"
karuka stammered out some C
and, declaring that he felt unwell, beg
ged to be allowed to depart. So O Kiri
knew that Karuka really was intimate
with the Eta woman, perhaps-but she
to think twas her hus-
band, although her teeth were not black
ened.
Now o Hama, although but an Eta,
was well worthy of any mans love. Her
father being out at work all day, and
her mother bedridden, upon o Hama
devolved all the responsibility of the
household, and from early morning un-
i'll late at night she was necessarily at
work. Yet none of the neighbors had
ever seen her other than clean, tidy and
But when she returned home
her expedition to 0 KRIS house.
her cheeks were stained with tears and
Ter eyes red and swollen.
80, mother!!" she cried. ..you know
have always wondered why Yoroshi,
ny lover, is always so clean and sweet,
although he works so hard as q carpen-
;er. Well, who do you think he is? He
s no carpenter at all. but the great Lord
karuka. l have just seen him in his
dress, with all his men and
standards! Oh. what shall l do? 1t
will be known that l have dared to love
!. great lord! We shall be ruined and
.tWhy, then, o Hama" said the old
woman, ''you must have no more TO
10 with him. Of curse it would never
10 for you to marry q great lord. But
ire YOU sure that it was hep"
..Quite sure" replied . Hama, "for
for he turned pale, and almost fell
back when he saw me. Oh, mother!
think it will break my heart to lose
lin, for I do love him so much, and he
is SO good and kind to mer
In the evening, as she was doing her
after work hours, she went
nto a drug-shop 10 get some Glove pills
or her mother. As a customer was be-
ng served she had to wait, and as she
waited she could not help hearing him
give very strict directions about the
of a very deadly poison
:or the rats which infested
house. There was nothing
7ery remarkable in tins, for the shop
was famous for its rat poison; but when
looked at the man, who was a
all. broad-shouldered fellow, she rec
,enized one of the r~etainers who had
q ~ L-,+o+ bo r,.oot 1oAvss hOuco