The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1904-11-15
CHERRIES

SAAkiFA ~ tAlE n 4tA ANtsttttts e1N hiRe9
som Of the cherry
sewall thought there was only one
name for her, and, though his yocabu-
larry was indistinct and incomplete, he
managed TO make her understand that
be would cali her Cherries.
Honorable Yellow Hair she said,
failing into his mood 1T thangks me,
yaes
And so that was the meeting Of Sew
all and the little woman whom he
called Cherries.
Sewall was writer Of fiction. His
friends said be wrote the "actionest1
kind Of fiction the kind that doesn't
selI-but somehow he had managed to
get book published, and the sales
had given him a royalty which he re
llgiously saved In order that be might
90 TO Japan
so, after he had come IN the spring
season TO the mountains of Yamato,
be had found one day In the gardens
the girl that he called Cherries. She
was not Of the japanese type. In tie
first place, her hair lacked the ebony
blackness which SO surely denotes the
type. And then her eyes were not
black, like those of her sisters, and
her cheeks flushed readily. which is
another thing that indicates the mix
ture Of foreign blood But beyond this
there was no difference. She wore the
costume Of the people. and her walk
was that uncertain and attractive tod
die which fhe American secs only ia
japanese plays. She was mere girl
I'd years as well as III actions, and
when sewall found her She talked 70
him I'll the manner Of one who but IN
distinctly understands the construction
of the western language
From that day sewall seemed 10 see.
her everywhere, In the celebrations
Id the garden ana III the tea places
where be went for refreshment there
was always The vision Of the little girl
be had seen 10 the day when the cher
ries blossomed in the groves But It
was not In her physical being that De
saw her. for after that drst day lie
could find her nowhere He simply
dreamed of her. ana cherries came
to be word that stood out on every
page 81 the white paper upon which
he tried 10 write his Impressions Of
Japan
Who she was he did not know, The
American consul lad presented him to
her, and the American consul had gone
away to Kobe on a mission, So ,Sewall
could not ask him the name Of fhe girl
who had charmed him out Of bis days
work
But one day, after two weeks which
had seemed as many years &C sewaiLi
be found her ia the gardens with her
sisters. playing with the paints and the
brushes, painting cherry blossoms on d
dainty screen he approached. ana
she recognized him Instantly,
Most august yellow Hair, Sue
said. ct Is 81 pIeasantness that my
miserable vision II greeted witll thy
sight
i an very glad 10 see you again,
said sewaii gently though IN his heart
he wanted % SAT, II have wanted 70
see you all these weeks
eYacsr' said Cherries
Eyes, said Sewall as he sat down On
fbn rfrnuf51 beside Her
And then lie toid her how his mother
was coming out from America and
now she was 4 very great woman.
'Blgger'n thaet said Cherries,
stretching her arms out as far "a they
would 40
wen. no. replied sewall, hardly
that big. but mean that she is great
woman because she Is president Of a
lot OF societies, and she writes books
and reads papers az clubs. and all that
sort OF thing
eYaes,n said Cherries. and that
was as near as she ever came To say
ing Eyes
And now continued sewall, II
want you to meet my mother She vii
be here tomorrow and ! am to give q
little ten for her 1t The hotel VIII you
aud the sisters come"
1T gives me mooch thangks. most
Honorable yellow Hair, said Cherries
as che bowed low and showed the nlosf
marvelously beautiful neck and the un
usual little curls that clustered at the
back
The next day sewall gave the tea a
the hotel lis mother had arrived and
Cherries and the sisters and the consu
and his wife and a lot Of other Amer
leans were there.
sewall presented Cherries TO th'
mother. The great woman RAISED
her lorgnette and regarded the littl'
girl critically.
beautiful she exclaimed. why
don't You marry her. my boy, and tax,
her to New York;" She spoke play
fully IN English,
"Rut what was 1t that the Honorable
Great Woman was pleased to sayT
asked Cherries
"She asked why | didn't marry you
you be my wife, you know, said Sew
All. aWill your And hts voice wa
earnest.
'Tt would give me mooch thanges'
.sat4 gf4taYgtas Then fufa hep cheek.