The Savannah morning news., 1902-10-12

, appearance to demand our passport
We were the only food for his note
book the day had brought. Our pass
ports were in that rejected bag. He
said we must go to the police station
mot for lodgings, but to see the head
Japanese always talk about 1.-The
head" When we got there the rik-
SHABBY went in with us. His enemies
the police ordered him out.
Can you speak English?" he asked,
haughtily.
Silence means dissent in Japan.
Then 1 must interpret for you"
He didn't really know much Eng
fish except the numerals, but he and I
patched up a pigeon language of
shreds of English and Japanese. The
head was appalled, by his learning, but
ordered us back to Kyoto.
Might not we stay a single day."
l asked.
The Lies He Told.
We could stay as long as we liked
at the police station.
The rikshaboy had the last word He
requested permission to bring in the
notice board. On 1t was a respondent
new notice stamped with the govern
ment crysanthemum.
Would the head observe that every
one, high or low, was cautioned against
Prince and his party? I, he said. was
one of the princes party, he had him
self driven me at a picnic with the
Prince yesterday. / must be a very
great parsonage, because I had sat
next to the Princes wife at tiffin. Was
the honorable head able to calculate
the consequences of what he was do
ing?
The honorable head was very badly
;et, Il
salaams if what the miserable riksha-
boy had said was true. 1 said it was
true. 1 allowed the question to refer
to the picnic. The Duke of Connaugnt
was staying in our hotel, and very
good-naturedly invited me to accom-
pany his party down the rapids, and
the Duchess had placed me. as the
only stranger, next to her at tiffin. 1t
was marvellous, the change in that
head. 1t was too late to send us back
to Kyoto that night, it would do if we
went back the next day. and 1.-THE
head" gave the genius of the riksha to
understand that the police would not
notice what time we went back, which
allowed us to stay as long as we ever
meant to.
Lightning Change Artist.
The hotel accommodation did not en-
achievements did not stop there. Would
/ excuse him for an hour? When he
came back he had boiled himself. and
entered brand new suit. He was now
our waiter. My bag had been left be-
hind because table-cloth, china, cutlery.
bread and all the civilized portions of
the meal had come from the Kyoto no.
tel. He had caught and killed fowls for
us, and Communicated chairs from
somewhere He taught us what to do
in a japanese hotel. He had brought
soap from Kyoto, and took us in turns
out into the yard to wash. He waited
on us at table angelically, and after
dinner wanted to know how many
bedrooms we would have the dining
room turned into. showing us the
grooves in the floor and ceiling made
to take the paper shutters. We decided
that one room would do between the
three gentlemen, so only one lot of lis
sue paper shutters were run across
the room.
Then he brought in the kind of beds
that were used in the miracle of Take
up thy bed and walk" quilted mat
tresses an inch or two thick. They are
not much good to lie upon. but excel
lent to lie under. A pile of them are
spread on the floor, and you get under
whichever layer you please. l got I'M
der all except one. did not find the
shape of the floor concealed by any
number of them, and 1t was cold sleep
ing in that paper room on such a wet
night.
In the morning he walked into both
bedrooms before we were up. The worst
of a bed dining-room is that YOU
cannot be late for breakfast. We told