The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1894-01-06

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his Highness fora little help, for ] N
very roor and miserable, and through
no fault of my own. ''* y. Are you hon.
est?" asked Inaris 81. try to be, vour
Honor" answered the poor fellow.
II can easily find out" said the god;
so do not deceive me- The beggar
looked at him. Inari placed his hand
in the poor mans sleeve and disap-
peared. The beggar,+@+z bewildered,
looked round, then felt in his sleeve,
and pulled out notes to the value Of
live hundred riyos Then he fell on
his knees and. cried: :'It is the wor-
shipful zInari himself!'' and went his
way rejoicing. ...: -.
The next day the Prince of Bizen
was murdered and his palace burned
to the ground by a mob of discon-
tented tenants.
The next journey x Inari was to a
hall of justice. ':ff I don't find hon
esty here he said. II don't know
where to look for it. - 1
The days business began, and Inari
took the form of a pen in the hand of
one of the clerks. ''Call the first
case,;' said the Judge, a big, heavy
fellow, with face which betokened
constant acquaintance with the good
things of this life. The first criminal
w as introduced; he was carried in,
for he had lain five days in a noisome
cell, with weights upon his back and
legs, and could not move. s'You are
accused of robbery" said the Judge.
NAY, your honor" whispered the
poor wretch. II was starving. uaw
a rice cake on a shop shelf, and I could
not resist the temptation to seize it -
doesn't matter. It's robbery said
the judge. Peoples property must be
protected. Fifty stripes with the
bamboo, a months hard labor upon
rice and water, and think yourself
lucky to get off with your head! Next
case"
A di<solute-looking young fellow,
fashlonably dressed, staggered in be-
tween two jailers. .. s@Sorry to see you
here, Mr.. Hanaskif'' said the judge,
blandly. s'Same as before, suppose?''
''Well, SIR replied the young man,
with an air of careless efrontery, lit
was at the Three Pine Trees;;' I sup
pose had been drinking bit; the
wench was impudent, and l cut her
down [ suppose a couple of hundred
riyos for the family will settle it?"
"Oh, as it was just: fla ble," said the
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morning." The, young. man paid the
moaev and left the court.
Inari shuddered. Here thought
he, lis poor wretch who is convicted.
of having stolen cake worth half a.
tempo to appease the cravings Of his
hunger, and is condemned to- be Grip
pied zforslife;; and a young blaclsguards
who kills & woman gets off with al
easy fine" On the spot he struck the:
judge with dropsy from which he
never recovered; and the young mur-
derer was waylaid by the friends of
the girl and so maltreated that he died
of his wounds.
Heart-sicl1 and mortified, Inari said:
''Now Tor Kawasaki Possibly, but
not probably, shall find beneath the
lowly peasants roof what I have
failed to discover in the gilded pail
aces of the mighty To Kawasaki he
went as pilgrim He soon espied
a beggar cutting wood outside a
poor but neat little hut hard by
the ferry. Assuming an air of
great WEAKNESS the god addressed
him: 81 am bound for the holy O
Yama, to do my nid-winter penance
beneath the cascade of Koyias. 1 am
very poor and cannot afford to so to
one of the great tea houses; perha ps
you will let me rest here while and
refresh myself, in return for what
few tempos I can give" The peasant
took lnari's arm gently and led him
in. "Oh, kiku!' he Grid to his wife,
'here, quick, bring some warm wa ter
and something to eat and drink; here
is poor old pilgrim, tired and
hungry" A pleasant-looking old
woman approached at the summons
and saluted Inari. Then the warm
water. was brought and she bathed
the feet of the god, while her husband
scraped together what little food and
wine there was in the house and set
it before him. Il feel ashamed"
said Inari, ''at trespassing upon the
good nature of those who are as poor
as myself" DO not mention it Sir"
said the peasant. I'VE have to work
hard for our living, but we have
always something to spare for poor
Travellers
And how do you get your living,
II it is not a rude question:" asked
mari. Il cut wood for the great tea
houses replied the man, ''and at
had such great good luck the other
day that we are quite comforta BILE
now" And he told Inari about his
visit to the Bizen palace.
+ The god said nothing for a few
minutes, and then he asked, II shall
be returning here in a, fortnight's
time; could you make it convenient to
lend me fifty riyos?' o. r..
Willingly, SIR said the peasant,
and he counted out the sum from his
bamboo stem and placed the paper in
the hand of the god. In fortnight
Inari returned to the PEASANTS house
and said, ."'Here are the fifty riyos you
were kind enough to lend me-and," :"
taking from his own pocket a roll of
notes, "here are 500 more Il only
borrowed from you to test your heart,
and perhaps you can guess who I am
The astonished and delighted couple
fell on their knees in an ecstacy Of ioy.
lnari disappeared, and the poor peas
ant prospered ever after, until he be-
came the owner of the largest tea
house in Kawasaki. 5 :,4
Worth a Kings Ransom. z$
Worth, the great Paris dressmaker,
says that some years ago q Peruvian
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