The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1904-04-14

up to my room and put ms 70 bed:
then | had nervous chill that was
almost equal to an earthquake. and in
the midst CT & the doctor came and
told me-'nOt 20 be so nervous" He
ordered whisky post haste! | refused
TO take it-told him there were bet
ter remedies. He said No! | said, Yesl
and stuck to it, and he got something
else. though had little need of it when
it reached me, fG- my will had brought
me out
This was five days ago, and I'm still
confined to room and couch, though
am getting so | can move about a lit
tie.
| got off with a sprained knee, a
wrenched back. numerous bruises and
shocked nervous system, which was
not bad, considering.
How did it happen? Oh, the man
was full of sake, of course, | guess
Ill never get over the fun it has caused
among my friends, some of whom call
me "a good sailor" "a temperance
comet" etc.
The largest newspaper of Japan re-
ported it, giving all details, and the
Japanese temperance leaders while
deeply chagrined that one of their peo-
pie should have laid me CUT, are very
happy over the outcome. They say:
ITS the best thing you've done yeti"
That whereas | have heretofore reach
ed thousands, now | have reached
millions, for that paper goes all over
the Empire, and there's first class
temperance lecture in it as well as
plenty of good advertising.
The police swooped down on that
poor "kurumaya" (iinrikisha mani at
once and would have made it interest
ing for him (for it's pretty serious
business to hurt a "foreignerO, but
in the midst of my suffering | begged
the head of the police who had come
to see me, not to punish or do anything
with the man, and while he made no
promises to me then and waited two
days to see how seriously | was hurt,
he eventually let him go and gave him
back his license. Such gratitude as
the poor fellow and all his associates
exhibited! His poor wife came to see
me yesterday and brought me lot Of
nice oranges. She was completely
upset over it. The head man from the
jinrikisha stand has been to call several
times, and I've been almost over
whelmed with calls and attention from
friends and from those also whom
never before met, both foreigners and
Japanese. My accident has evidently
walked people up somewhat. Books
magazines, flowers and fruit, besides
many notes of sympathy, have been
bestowed upon me, and still they
come.
This Is the third narrow escape
have had in three months, though the
other two were not such close shaves,
and I'm as careful as | can be and do
not needlessly run into danger, but
you know this is not yet civilized
country, and even if it were-well,
they have a few accidents in civilized
countries, too, | notice.
Mr.. Nemoto, vice-president of the
National Temperance League. informed
me that the temperance societies new,
er could have afforded to pay for the
amount of space devoted by the news
papers TO our cause just now, and he's
happy over it.
The doctor says I must keep quiet
for a few weeks, and l shall be all
right. The hardest thing to replace
will, | fear, be my clothing, for l
went in all over-hat, coat and all,
and they are somewhat the worse for
such close contact with water and mud.
Oh, well, it will all come out some way
in course of time.