The herald., 1898-12-16
ADOPTS COLONEL BRYAN.

ltsu decide he would adopt father ana
mother in America as the best and the quick
est way OF gaining his end. His first
thought involved a scheme to take up his
residence at the White House, the very cen
ter of American institutions, so to speak, but
then he remembered that the president had
war on his hands and might not be able to
give him the necessary attention.
On second consideration he remembered
Colonel Bryan whose fame as great Amerl-
can leader had crossed the broad Pacific.
An American who could poll 5,O0OOO0 votes
must be, great man., thought, the count, and
to Bryan he would CO.
But he would write first and notify his
father-to-be of the plan. In due time
Colonel Bryan received the counts letter.
"All | want" wrote young ltsu, is to have
you for my father and to live with you about
seven years. BY that time l shall under
stand America
Now, Colonel Bryan answers very few let
ters. but he lost no time in directly replying
to this. He began by assuring the count
of his most distinguished consideration and
praising highly the young man S good sense
and precocity in desiring to know all about
free America. 1t was a noble ambition, an
ambition to be encouraged and fostered and
nelDeQ-Dul, Ill tHG IiluttCl vi p"iSh'"6s,
Colonel Bryan did not see-just then how
it could be arranged. There were many diff
Hculties in the way; large difficulties; diff
culties he could not enumerate. There were
obstacles-in fact, the matter was utterly
impossible. Colonel Bryan could, in no cir
cumstances, accept the count as an adopted
son.
INSTALLED IN BRYAN'S HOUSEHOLD
Colonel Bryan went off to the wars and
thought no more of the young japanese
count until a short time ago, when ltsu,
in propria persona, presented himself to the
colonel's astonished eyes. Itsu placed his
valise on the floor and announced that he
had come to stay seven years!
Count Itsu lost no time alter his arrival at
the Bryan homestead. He began at once
to assist in the housework. A more eager,
willing servant was never seen in an Amerl-
can household. Talk about boys who work
their way through college! Itsu can give
points to any of them. From making fancy
cups for the children to washing dishes, the
young Japanese will do any personal service
any one in the house desires. He even an
ticipates wants with quickness that IS
really pathetic. In his leisure hours, which
are many, he devours the newspapers and
ulRS lntO COlOnel bryan DUCKS, nOpelessly
trying to find out all about American insti-
tutions in few days. He has even read
Colonel Bryan's work on the campaign of
'98. A book on economics is sweeter than
Japanese persimmons to his mental palate.
After siege of four or five days, in which
he bothered Mrs. Bryan with the most pitia-
BILE pleadngs to be allowed to do some work
about the house, that lady surrendered to
the eager handsome, earnest young Oriental.
One day she told him. in response to a pc
culiarly pressing appeal to go out and sweep
the front porch Itsu took the broom and
went out on the spotless floor of the porch.
ITSU HAS HIS OWN WAY.
At the end of half an hour Mrs. BRYAN.
wondering what was OBTAINING him, pro-
ceeded to investigate 1tsu was gone.
Pushing her investigations further, she
found the boy two blocks away, vigorously
sweeping all the sidewalks and crossings
in the neighborhood. He explained that