The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-05-19

he hangs upside down from the ceiling
overhead. The person-who is being
made uncomfortable-canno sleep, for
this devil seems every instant about to
fall upon his head
Couldn't he get UP and move his bed?'
suggested Miss Darchfeld
I'm Japan the beds are spread upon the
floor" said Oishi Yes, of course, he
could move but the devil moves too, and
when he looks up-there it is in the old
place, and this continues until the suffer-
er goes mad or dies"
How awful" commented Miss Darch-
field
at is good revenge and very cheap, -
said the japanese. "You have only to
give the devil a little rice. And there
is another evil spirit who lives in a gong.
You can arrange with him to make the
person you wish to punish become pos
sessed with the notion that the sound
of the gong is always in his ears. 1t
begins with a droning note and swells
to an insupportable boom, and this con-
tinues until the afflicted one browns him
self in despair The devil who does this
lives in a gong in one of our Shinto tenn
pies. You repeat the Invocation and hit
the gong
"But I should have to go to Japan to
do itr' expostulated Miss Darchfield
Oishi Yoshio smiled with quiet subtle
ty.
at would, of course, be more effective
If you were upon the spot. Oh, certain
ly, yesl But I have a friend in Toxic
who would arrange. Or l myselr,
go to Japan every spring to
visit my fathers wives He died over
here some years ago, and they are al
ways very pleased to see me"
Ibid he have-many asked MISS
Darchfield shyly.
only four" replied Oishi.
Japan must be a-queer placer said
Miss DarchieId A sudden look of In
terested curiosity came into her eyes as
she turned them on the young japanese
diplomat. Are you rarried?-if you
don't think it's rude of me to ask. And
have you"'--
She stopped in confusion.
''TIave ] four wives?' said Oishi -
have not yet one. I am Euroi eaniZed
Japanese, and belong to the American
Evangelical church; therefore, any union
I contract would be monogamic.
But you believe in japanese deNi's?'
said Miss Darchfeld, rather mystiiied by
the last word.
"Ah! To go on with those devils,
continued Oishi gravely. but with
lurking smile hidden at the corners Of
his lips: There is another, a lady, who
carries three little baby devil in
pouch, who could do the business of thi;
JohnwilI Bradson-Y amley in what you
English call a jiffy. You burn git
paper sword and call upon her rane.
Magahara O-Todao Kanesada, ana the
offending party is Immediately seized
with such remorse for his crime hat he
forgets his food, abstains from bathing
and at last is reluctantly compelled to
commit self-dispatch. You co@ld do
better than employ her"
Miss Darchfield rose and began to look
about for her hat.
"You have taken great deal or
trouble to explain things to me-" she
said. land I'm awfuny obliged. But
won't call in any of these devils to VIII
lam Johnson Bradley; and, as to the
tattooing, I've changed my mind. Ia
read a story-a book we got from
Nudes, called Lady Vinolia's Victim
that put that into my head. 1t was
Lady Vin1lia who made a memorandum
or herself, with a redhot bodkn, Of
vengeance she meant to carry out on
wicked Austrian duke who had tthless-
lv BETRAYED her But that was n the
time when people wore tufts AMI, some
how, it seems too big a way OF 'eatin
a man like
Oishi gave his version OF the name +
a musical singsong. TITS time it was
"Rradjohn JImson-Leeson.
MISS OdiCiAlClN saw Il 44HSAN -
laughter.
you've never got that name right
once." she said. Then she Pinned on her
Rond-st. hat, and Oishi Eelred her.
She had masses Of the wonderful wheat
colored hair, and the sleeve link in TIE
cuff of the secretary of legation caught
in a silken strand of 1t a-d o"glt
great coil tumblinG down
Don't look frightened-the ether chi
has roots!' said Miss I archfie d. Sh
looked vaguely about Ter. her slight
arms raised, her HANDS busy at her head
and the reason Of her perplex ty was
plain to the quick mind Of the young
Japanese.
"You need a hairpin? Excuse a mo-
mentI' he said, and, turning aside, thrust
his hand within the breast Of his eXem-
plary waistcoat, and. Withdrawing it with
a slender object in its clasp, held it
out to the girl.
She took it with a brief word of ac-
acknowledgement, and then, as the beautiful
thing glittered in the lamplight she
caught her breath in ecstacy, and cried,
"Oh, how lovely! But I mustn't take it,
of course!"
''1t" was slender stiletto in narrow
golden sheath, with a hilt of costly jade
representing lotus bud upon which was