The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-07-19
A JAPANESE ROMANCE.
The Remarkable Story ofthe Samurais
Long Lost Daughter
Toxic Letter in the London Times.

Toxic Letter IN the London Times
few days ago japanese named Suda
Tomojiro, advanced in years, went for a
days outing to see the cherry blossoms at
Gion, accompanied by his daughter Kuni,
charming girl of IS or 10. After long
stroll, spent in admiring the beautiful
flowers, they sat down to rest beneath a
| line cherry tree outside of the temple gates,
where Suda was not sorry TO refresh him
self from the saki bottle which japanese
slons. Hard by and similarly occupied
was another japanese, about As years old,
accompanied by lad just out of his teens
AS soon as the stranger cast his eyes on
Suda his features underwent an extraordi-
nary change. After scrutinizing for a
space of some minutes he inquired in an
excited tone whether his name was not
Suda Tomojro. The latter, asserting,
asked him with some surprise what his
business might be. To this the stranger re-
piled: Il am u younger brother of Meyadl
Hlronda, formerly a samurai of Hikone
whom you, his fellow -clansman, slew. To
avenge my dead brother | have for long
years sought you far and near, but always
without success until this suspicious day
which has brought us together. Do you re-
member that affair?n at indeed was ."
but / Slew him justly, because he offered
me insult-a provocation which no samurai
could brook. If you seek revenge think
not that |, a samurai of the old time, shall
evade you; we viii cross swords as becomes
men of our birth. Take revenge on he if
you can; | am ready at any time
The two samurai then arranged to meet
III combat that very night at Reizan, and
were about to solemniZe the agreement with
libation Of saki. when the agony of
Kuni, hitherto suppressed, broke forth.
Bursting into tears and Selling her parents
hand, she conjurtd him not to pledge him
self to this terrible duel and beSought him
at least to reflect ON what would become of
her " ere she to lose the father whom she so
loved and to whom she owed so much. At
this appeal, the stranger, by name Kaku-
jirO. was greatly moved aud hung down his
head. at was some thirteen years ago" he
at length said, that business brought me
t. this city, together with my wife and our
little daughter, who was 6 years old. We
went to worship at the Kitano shrine, and
lost our child i'll the crowd; nor i'll spite of
the utmost efforts, were we ever able to
find her again. My wife soon afterward
died. brOken-hearted at this sad calamity.
Were our child living now she would be
grown as this your daughter"
During Kakujiro's recital Suda's face dis
played unusual interest. AT its close he
drew near to the narrator and said You
have told me you lost your daughter at
kitanO when she was 6 years old. Now this
little maid, it SO ha pens, is not my real
daughter, but lost child, found by my
wife near the Kitano shrine about the very
time of which you speak. Never having
been blessed with any children, we adopted
her as our own daughter. But it seems not
at all impossible that she is the very child
whom YOU lost" Il have heard my wife
say" replied KakujirO, that our daughter
wore at the time bag containing three
charms, by which she could easily be identi-
fed" Almost before he had finished speak
ing Kuni produced from her bosom a little
bag out of which she eagerly drew three
charms, asking whether they correspondent
with those of the lost child.
Kakujiro at once recognized them and, in
the JOY of this great discovery, the duel
was forgotten and the little party went hap
PLY away to celebrate the joyful discovery
of the ng-lost daughter and to vow ties of
future relationship between the two men
who but few minutes before had resolved
on mortal combat.