The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-11-25
.JtPtvESE GRtTTTT M.
Frank Morse. Experience After Tie Had Tried
to save a brow ned BOY.

Frank Morse. the Princeton football player.
who has ms, returned from an extended bust
ness "trip through China and japan, tells an
interesting story about tho Jaransse.
In the latter part Of August" he says. II
was travelling nv rickshaw TO niashima. n
small plac" in he interior Of the island, wher"
there j. a factory with whose proprietor ! had
some business 1u-, before We goi thpra ""
passed throngh a small farming village Of a
couple 81 dozen houses ~ W. approached
this village I noticed y little knot Of PEOPLE
OUTSIDE. Of u rice G-ld who seemed to ha very
much excited about something
told NV man to hurry W and when We
came tu the crowd | was told that a little boy
had been drowned In one of the irrigation
streams in the ric" field "" was lying on
some straw on hi> belly and his parents wcr"
burning iuCens" and crying -of'lv wnii" IN"
relatives and rcighbOrS eNhorted the gods la
bring him back to life. o. cnurN" I did not
know how long the boy had been N the water
or WIN, the chances ~ saving him were. hut
I did know that all the incense and eAhorta'ion
wouldn't do him any good. while the applica-
ton Of first aid to the injured, might. So ]
Jumped down. brushed the "XhortsIS aside and
picked the boy lIp.
saw at once that he was gone. but s'tll
| had seen wonders worked on drowned reo-
Iht anu ! SdI'l III ~ lh' "''' . "''N'b
for an hour. kneadlng his stomach until ] got
all the water out of him and then rubbing him
from head 10 foot in an cndeavor 10 get the
blood circulating. ! kept a lot of the villagers
working. too. and If there rad been any way
Of savins The little fellow We would have done
II. But he was past help and 80 / finally
gave II M.
4 had accomplished absolutely nothing r1-
Cept TO get my white fla Bnels covered with
mud. and wasn't sure but that the villagers
might resent nay interference IL their method
of saving the bow. in view Of the fact that |
lad failed To bring him back TO life started
to ~, back into my 'riCkshaw when an elderly
man mUtloned me TO stay a moment. ] turned
around and saw coming from every direction
men and women with white cloths and bowls
Of water They pat the water down along
side Of NE ana then went 70 work on my soilsd
clothing In a very few minutes they had
me looking quite respectable again ! wanted
to do something ia return for this courtesy,
SO a. the mother and father carried their dead
boy away | xtye my Interpreter some money
and told him to take 1t to the parents with my
compliments and tell them Ia Use II for the
funeral of the little fellow Then yuinued
into the'uCS-uaw and W. went away ola our
Journey
I finished my business at the factory and
later IN the day on tn. return trip passed
through IN. same village where | tried 10 save
the boy Well. III, the TAP went nhend that |
was coming and every man. woman aud child
tururd out To greet nae They formed into
two iIne>. through which ! passed In my Trick
shaw and a. passed they bow ed very low.
The mother ana father OF the dead boy came
out aud Frustrated themselves on the ground
ia front Of me wa, quite touched by IT all
and tell that | would have given almost any
thing - he able 10 save that boy They
would have detained III II had let them. but
! -tiii had Il long Journey 10 make and 80 in
Well. III. hot satisfied with the demoh,ira-
ton jN"' had mad" IL nay honor, what did the
parents 81 th"l boy do bat trudgr over 10 the
factory ] mad visited and try and find out who
Wa- The head man there told them the
name of the representative of my firm at Banjo
and a. then request hr wrote a letter which
letter l. in Japanese but our man ~ Banto
translated II for me aud sent on both the urlgi-
nal letter and the translation
This - the letter referred To by Mr. Morse
When a gentleman from YOUR New York
ofiC. Cane around 10 this village Oh his last
visit TO the mating district. he passed a boy
drowned in the ditch by the road As soon
a. ha look az the corpse he went Ia him and
with every Possible means Unfortunately,
the corpse being found unreCoverable at any
way. he went away leaving the parents Of the
boy with a certain. sum OF money IN hand. and
then he looked As II he had done nothing in il
The family being a very. poor farmer in the
country had felt the blessing rs If thoy met
the parents Of III. child proceeded 10 my resi-
dence here and heartily. expressed their graft
rude. asking me 10 send their best regards Ia
the gentleman, with as much words OF thanks
good enough TO deliver their words 10 The gen
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