Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1885-11-08

carpenters bag over his shoulders, and,
With profound obeiaanee, left him. 0 KRIS
heart beat wildly A. she watched karuka
cross the castle yard steslthily and swifIly,
rather as a criminal flying from justice
than great Lord in bis own domain. She
waited until he had got through the gate
way and then darted after him. Keeping
him in sight she followed him along eli
kinds of back.lanes and by-streets, the rain
soaking into her thin robes, the unusual
exertion Of walking quickly over uneven
ground upon high clogs woundiDg her
delicate feet. The people stared at her,
as well they might but she kept on, past
the great temples of the Shibi, past the
castle Of the great Lord Satsums, past
those scattered hill temples which stiervard
became European legations, until they ar
rived ct the dirty, bad suburb OF shina-
gaVa. Karuka went some way down the
crowded, evil smelling street, then stopped
at q small shop in front Of which clogs and
sandals were exposed for sale, and entered.
crying 20 Hama o Hans!' Under the
deep shadow Of projecting cave on the
other side of the street, o Klri saw bright
eyed, fresh faced girl of Is come for
ward at Ksruks's summons, afecnona'ely
greet him, aud disappear into the house
with him.
Rage and grief seized o Kiri when she
saw this. She leaned Tor support against
the wooden shutters of the house, her hand
tightly grssping the hilt of q small dagger
which all Japanese ladies carried with them
when they went abroad, and halt resolved
TO rush into the house and Stay this COM
mon o Hama who had stepped in between
her and her love.
But she thought that deliberate revenge
would be better than sudden outrage, and
90 returned home. The next day she sent
q servant down to Inquire about o Hama .
people. The answer came that they were
EtAs the pariahs of Japanese society des'
pissed and insulted by the very beggars, the
lowest of the Iowa tribe who live distinct
from al others, and whose business 1t IS to
execute criminals, kill animals, and to
make clogs and sandals.
so" muttered o Kiri, this will be
pretty news for the city, that the head OF
the Vrea. Karuks family loves an Eta wom-
an! This is pleasant for me to see, that /,
in whose veins runs the blood Of the i'm
mortals. am set aside in favor Of o COM
mon outcast wenehl 1t will be sufficient
to proclaim his connection to disgrace him,
but want more thsa disgrace; want and
will have reVengeF
But she determined to have practical
proof at home of his affection for y Hama
before resorting to extremes. SO she de
sized her father to call upon ksruks IN
state, knowing that in the course of a week
Karuks would be obliged to return the
visit. Then she sent servant to U
Hama shop to command her to bring for
inspection q number of the best black
| lacQuered clogs in preparation for the New
. Years festivities. So D Hsns's father
brought the clogs up the next day, but .
XIII abused him for daring to come into
the presence OF lady. and commanded
him to send a woman TO wait upon lady.
Three times accordingly o Hama came
but as Ksruks did not happen 10 b, there
/ o Kiri made some excuse and ordered
alterations in order that the lovers should
be thrown together.
So when Karuka came to repay the visit
. o Kiri had 40 contriyed that her clog WON
an should be announced Ksruks came
/ in state, with his Kamishimo or winged
coat on, his srmor besrer and score Of
retainers bearing bis Great, the double
triangle, embroidered on his sleeves.
I When D Hama was announced, 0 kiri
expressed great anger that common
trsdeswomsn should dare to interrupt a
state visit, but Karuka laughed out Of
com hment, and o Hama entered. Di'
rectly she beheld Karuks she uttered CRY
and sank on the mats. Ksrukss face
turned CHASTITY pale; he staggered as he
suuatted and V1W that D Kris eyes were
fixed on him.
Dear me, Sir Ksruka" exclaimed Q
Kiri With affected concern, what is ths
matter? You start as if you had seen O
sFiritT
Karuks stammered out some excuse
and, declaring that he felt unwell, begged
to be allowed to depart. So o Xiii knew
that Ksruks really was intimate with the
Eta woman psrhsrs-but she shuddered to
I think twas her husband, although bel
teeth were not blsekened.
I Now o Hama, although but al Eta, wal
we'll worthy of any mans love, Her father
being out at WORK all day, and her mother
bed.riddsu, upon o Hama devolved all re-
spousibility of the household, and from
early morning until late at night she was
/ necessarily st work Yet, none OF the
peighbors had ever seen her other thar
clean, tidy and smiling. But when she re-
turned home after her expedition to Q
kris house her cheeks were stained with
tears, and her eyes we're red and swollen
10 motherw she cried, you know
have always wondered why Yoroshi, my
lover, is always so clean and sweet, al
though he works SO hard IS a carpenter
Well, who do you think he Is? He is nc
carpenter at al, but the great Lord Rsruka.
[ have Just seen him in his splendid dress,
with ali his men and standards Oh, what
shall | do? Ii will be known that dsred
to love q great lord. We shall be ruined
and disgrsced!
why, then, 0 Hama" said the old WON
AQ. you 1ueL uohO NJ hAOAO ~ w "ANA
him. Oh course it would never do for you
to marry q great Lord. But are you sure
that it was hep
Quite sure" replied o Hama, "tor-for
he turned pale and almost fell back when
be saw me. Oh, mother l think it will
break nv heart to lose him, for l do love
him so much, aud he is SO good and kind
to me.
Never mind that" said the old woman;
You will soon get over II. There arc
plenty of good husbands TO be found among
your own people. So think no more about
L, and Danish him from your mind.
Bot o Hama was not 90 easily to be
consoled, and passed sll that night In sob
biug and signing, so that next morning
she did not seem bit like her own self
In the evening, rs she was doing her
marketing after work hours, she went into
a druE.shop to get some Glove pills fer her
mother. AS customer was being served,
she had to wait, and as shs waited she
could not help hearing him give very strict
directions about the mixing OF very
deadly poison for the rats which infested