The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1892-09-03

Lend mo q thousand yen until ny
next crop when can repay you twice
over"
Hoga could scarcely restrain his
delight
Miserable spendthriftr' he answer
cd. Il do not lend to such as you
but will buy the tree for thousand
yon."
Wada affected the greatest anguish
at parting with Eis tree. but at last
the bargain was concluded.
| Never was such care bestowed upon
a plant before. Hoga employed an
other gardener solely to watch and
tend it. At Wada's suggestion he
even fertilized the roots with small
coin. AS these disappeared every
night no was we'll satisfied. thinking
that it had absorbed them. As
autumn approached Wada decided to
60 on another long journey. When
the mikan began to rlpen Hoga's ex-
element was intense and he had a
great festival when the day came to
pluck them. One after one he open
ed Ahem. but no gold yen appeared
and ne saw that he had been tricked
for the second time.
When Wada returned after several
months absence. Hoga would neither
speak to him nor allow any of his
family to notice him. For some time
Wada laughed at his brothers anger
but when his money had all disap-
peared he became somewhat anxious
and sought an opportunity to speak to
his mother. thinking that she might
help him. One day they met by accident
and he said .Okkasan. am in real
trouble this time and you must help
me-"
When she asked him how she could
assist him. he told her that the next
afternoon about dusk she must pre-
tend to be taken very i'll suddenly and
in short while to die. Then he
would come over and bring her to life
with his magic samisen. At first the
good lady hesitated. for she did not
like to deceive even such a cross and
stingy son as Hoga but Wada begged
so hard that she at last consented.
Sure enough. at dusk the next day
Hoga ran. pale and terrified. into his
brothers house and told him that
their mother was dying. Instead OF
showing grief he commenced laugh
ing and dancing and cried out: Gould
anything be more fortunate! Wait
until l get my samisen."
.Unfeeling wretch! exclaimed
Hoga. You have always pretended
to love your mother and now you
laugh and sing to hear OF her death.
| You are no better than Chiuaman!"
II laugh and sing because l can re-
store her to life" said Wada. Il
have samisen which can call back
the souls Of the dead"
LIAR cried Hoga in great anger.
you have tricked me twice. beware
of the third time. for l will kill you
with my own hand"
Il would not joke on such sub, ect
as this" said Wada in a grieved tone.
But come" will prove the truth of
my words" When they entered the
house all the friends and relatives
were weeping. for the old lady had
Just oreathed her last They were
much Mortified to see Wada with a
samisen in his hand, and still more so
! when he sat by his mothers corpse
and began to play a lively tune. Soon
the dead woman moved one of her
hands. then her arm. Her eyes
opened and she said: WHO plays the
magic samisen that calls my soul to
earth" Every one present was filed
with establishment and JOY and the
funeral was changed into great
banquet where no one drank SO much
| or laughed so loud as Wada. Hoga
bought the samisen for five thousand
| yen, and Wada went for another long
! journey. When next neighbor died
Hoga went to his house. laughing and
singing. sat on the floor by his head,
and began to play as Wada had done.
and all the relatives fell upon poor
Hoga and beat him for showing such
disrespect to the dead. Now Hogas
anger against his brother was terrible
indeed. He did not speak OF it, but
he had determined to kill him.
When at last w ada returned two
men were sent in the night to bind
him and put him in big covered
straw basket. At daybreak next
morning IIoga came and carried him
OIL toward the seashore for he had
decided to drown him. The sea was
several miles distant and when he
nearly reached it he became so ex-
hausted that he entered n wayside tea
house for rest and reireshment leav-
ing the basket by the side OF the road.
Before long poor old fisherman
came limping past. He was crippled
and sore and his eyes were so swollen
that he could scarcely see. In his
hand he carried fine bunch OF fish.
Wada watched him through the
cracks and when he was about to
fall over tho basket cried out: BE
CAREFUL DO not disturb me. am
curing my eye sickness
What's that" said the fisherman.
who spoke?"
Here in the basket" said Wada-
Il am curing my eyes"
My eyes are also sick" said the
old man. Il pray you teach me how
to cure them"
just unite this basket said Wada