Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1894-10-18

Korea Cast Down Her Eyes.
eyes as she entered his august pres
encC.
Il have an rrrand for ycu," he said,
tersely.
Il shall enjoy doing it," she respond
ed, according to Korean etiquette.
ITS well to say So answered her
father, because the way | shall send
YOU is sometimes besct with tigers, and
for that reason | do not send your
brother"
Korea said nothing. but twirling her
fingers still looked humbly down mt
her toes. Girls count for so little ana
bows for so much in Korea; OF course
her father would not send his only son.
You must go by the short cut to SlcO;
in Il place so small as it is he said,
''any one will show you to the house
of Officer HardOO. Tell him our VII
lagc can furnish 200 able-bodied men
by early evening, il he wishes them.
Now repeat the message that L may
see if you can say it straight
Little Korea did so, still looking down
ut the floor, and i'll Il gentle, SuDdued
tone that is considered necessary when
addressing Korean parents.
VERY good; now hasten away and
get back in three hours, so that no
time is lost. In these war times, time
is everything"
At the door. as Korea went out, was
her mother, with rice cake in her
hand.
Il think you may be glad to nibble
it, Korea; though the distance is but
five miles one gets faint in such warm
weather.
I,n ont hpr
brother, who was, like the mother,
awake earlier than usual.
Get dressed and go put the parlor
in order like Il good Korean boy, in
stead of frightening the poor little one
about tigers" called his mother.
Bah! You talk as if girls were Of
importance" he reioined, turning over
Oh his mattress for another snOoZe.
Little Korea paid slight heed to this
conversation. She tucked the rice cake
out Of sight in her blOusy jacket and
hurried off on her commission.
1t still seemed early in the morning
to her and she enjoyed her rapid walk.
If she thought Of tigers as she entered
the wooded belt it was to remember
that they seldom molested people in
daylight. so all alarm was Quoted
Once she stopped abruptly. She could
not remember whether her father had
said one or two hundred men. Her
brown face knit itself into a network
of wrinkles as she puzzled over the
question. Finally she decided it must
be two hundred, because her village
was larger than some of the places
about, and so it would be the larger
number of soldiers it could supply.
For fear that she might again grow
confused about it. she stopped and
picked 200 tiny pebbles out of the sand;
these she carried in each hand as she
rapidly FASTENED on again.
Soon she reached the edge of the
wood belt and entered SicO, as yet but
half awake in the warm morning light
you are n small one to be asking for
the officer HardOO," said q kind-faced
man, whom she spoke to as the only
one stirring on the sleepy street II
am he. What is it,"
Little Korea made her bow of salute
deliberately, and fastened her eyes alb
jectly to the ground.
MY father sent me to say to the most
gracious Officer HardOo that our village
can furnish 20O'-and here she opened
her little brown palms and looked at
the pebbles in them-''yeS. 200 able
Do"'N liSh ny cdllS cNelluS, IL uc
wishes them"
You bring good Tuvs if you are only
n girl, re said. then turned on his
heel as if rejecting. This is my an
swer-do not forget it: Il can raise
Seventy-tive foot soldiers here, and
these l will bring to him by 8 or 0
tonight. | warrant the winged tiger
on our battle flag will not hold the
lightning in his claws above a drawer
set of soldiers than the two posses
shall together make"
Il shall enjoy saying all that, if I
can remember it," said Korea, in her
small, soft voice.
"Ah! to be sure, that is far too long
for message by such minute bearer,
and a girl, too; simply say: "Tis all
right; by evening l join him with sew
dTrly-five more 1t was good idea to