New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-05-22

Toxic that to be pleasantly sylvan vet within
running distance of business and court centers is
almost impossible.
At last after diligcnt search Shigahira found a
small villa the Maple club The cryptomerias
that lined the magnificent and the back
yard paradise. The house was situated at the
top OF a steep hill commanding a delightful of
the western portion of the town, dclicatey mist
covered and poetic as only Japanese city can be.
With Sings help engaged my servants and secured
a for luCk-a pleasing young person with beautiful
manners and a stumpy little button of tail that
was nevertheless very conversational and agitated
| moved in and settled myself My Backyard as |
have said, yeritablc paradise laid out with an
artistic appreciation that lost then, for |
was still a Goth and Vanda viii appear later.
There little paths, neatly pcbbed and wonderful
stones, strangely smooth vet contortcd, brought
providcntally from the beds of distant torrents One
in particular had startling silhouette of begging
dog and at dusk realistic. Close 20 the house
grew a bent and twisted pine tree. 1t altogether
large for the garden and | surprised that 1t
had not been removed. for the Japanese gardener
rarely permits anything 10 clash with the scale of his
miniature landscapes This ANNOYED Its
lower branches projected under the veranda roof and
the partitions of the house could be closed only
after pushing back its inquisive limbs, moreover, it
impcdcd my view of the m-sopc and the beauties
of my noighbor's premises.
The villa that adjo'ncd mine OF some prctcn-
sionS; its grounds We're spacious and laid out with
taste Maple trees prcdominated in the foliage
scheme. and there were number of understanding
shrubs that were new 10 me Ny house had formerly
been part of this built perhaps acconmo
date son, who having taken unto himself a wife
So had preferred 10 be somewhat isolated y
bamboo fence had been erected between the dwellings,
making al unobtrusiye. picturesque boundary line
On the day after my installation Shig called for
moment and glanced over the place. He smiled in a
superior way at OF my attempts at decoration;
advised me to stick to kdkfHoHoS and not to hang
up photographs and insisted that all my lamps swing
from chains, in of earthquake As he left he
called from his 'rickshaw Your neighbors Will
probably come to see you; they very nice people
He's a captain, and his regiment will probably be
called BE nice to them
1t at the outset Of the with China and
glad Of the opportunity of asking questions of
likely to be with native military
methods | walked around the house intending to
glance my neighbours dwelling with renewed interest
As | turned the angle Of the veranda my foot caught
in upreared root OF the pine and pitched forward
dealing my head crushing blow against its trunk
arose extremely angry. angry as if the tree had
hit me Of its own free will 1t is extraordinary what
personal rage nanmatc object can provoke |
swung back my foot and dealt vicious kick at the
offending root, thereby bruISing my toe and adding
to my vcXation This enough. determined
that the should f, at once had made, IN
my mind that ii should go when had first seen it
now | too impatient wait another instant
went to my tool-chest, procured a small sharp AK
and returned to the oh ec of cnmitv. With a fendSh
delight heard the dry bark of the hatcfct rs it bit
into the wood. From the house opposite the echo
came back sharp and clear. like Il slap | pulled out
the weapon and struck again. y N-shaped block fell
at my feet, and saw the amber sap bubbles swell in
the cut. Crossing To the other side | swung
back my arm. Chop! The sank into the Welding
wood. sharp cry behind me made me turn so
suddenly that nearly fell the offending root for
the second time.
At the fence stood a Japanese girl. Her face was
full of CONSERVATION and that | was taken
aback.