The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1905-04-21
YUMA.
By Hans kieinGienst,

/ laughing GuSnefS owe. anu past. ! ne
whole country is smilingly quiet,
! bathed in the rays of the bright Japan
ese sun. Along the river as far as the
ere reaches sWampy rice fields sur
rounded by dark green willow trees.
In the rush riVulet stands Nisgar, the
fisherman. He has taken off his clothes,
which are piled neatly on the bank, and
! he wears only the breechcloth. Every
/ where around him, among the rocks,
| around his head, between the ruSheS
and the branches of the willow trees
the cormorans are flying, Nisgars
friends and comrades. Time and again
has voice rings out to keep the birds
working. With their wings spread out
hanging immovabe, close TO the water
the cormorans watch for tish-then
swift as lightning they dive down to
appear a second later With glitterins
trouts. AS trained hunting dogs they
carry their catches to their master VINO
puts them in his great net.
Nisgar is a very handsome fellow
With a gittering brown skin he has
the slender and muscular body of the
perfect athlete. and his eyes, shaped
like almonds, are jet black, as Is also
his hair, in striking contrast with his
ivory teeth. And then his face was
always smiling as if he had never
known an hour of sorrow.
And why should he not smile, he
reasoned. Wasn't he perfectly happy.
uluQ ne own twenty tollloiuIS' anu
weren't these the best in the country
for miles around?
No other fisherman had birds which
caught so many trouts, all big ana
heavy and shmmering like silver No
price was too high to ask for these
teshes in Toxic Why, Nisgar's trouts
had often been served at the mikado's
table
And money. Oh. Nisgar knew well
enough what he wanted to use his
money for. Far over on the other side
of the meadows at the edge of the for
est lived a girl, the like of whom the
world had surely never seen.
And when Nisgar had saved up LOCO
golden yens then he would go to Dali
lou, the owner of the teahouSc, and
say to him;
Take all this gold and give me
Yuma, your daughter, for my wife, that
may taste heaven While still on
earth"
And Daikou would not refuse. and
the beautiful Yuma would no longer
have to sing and dance before the
guests in her fathers house, but would
sing only to him.
YUMA" his lips whispered, and his
cheek turned a deeper color, Yuma
my beautiful flower, you belong to me,
to me alone"
And happy at this thought he keeps
on working, and cormorans bring him
one DGuulilul trout dlltl ll!t olllti. Ipht
the sun sinks lower and the ligh, of the
day grows DINNER before he seeks his
hut.
Now the stars are out and NisGar
stands before his door dressed III his
gay colored liimona looking towards
The west where the sun his disappeared
Across the river floats the soft tones
Of a samiseng. The voice of Il young
girl sings the Old love song
O. mai to nareba dolio
Made mo oya suite.
As a sigh her voice floats through
!, the air in the silent evening, and as an
ecno sound the last words:
j, kamaya Sem, kamaya sem.
N7sgar steps forward and replies in
his strong. manly vaice:
O mai vo matshi
NatShi kaya
while he walks towards the home of
his beloved. a girl comes forth from
the shadows of the trees.
'Yuma."
'Nsgar.'
She throws herself into his arms, bu,
there are tears in her eyes and he feels
them hot on her cheek.
) Yuma, my flower" he whispers,
why do you weep? What has hap
pened?"
with t. SUI Life IS no no longer Worth npl Ving
1t is black night in my soul"
Yuma, what do YOU mean
Il shall never be your wife My IA
) Their is going TO give me to Sakai, the
! rich potter"
Yuma what do you say?" he cried.
She bent her head in despair
II tell you the t.urh, Nisgar. :Sakai
| will pay my father 1000 yeli for me,
and ! must marry him at the next
Tower festival
5 a coarse voice vas heard in the dis
ItanCe Yuma trembled
1t is my father who calls me. We
must part.
1t was a sad parting Yuma cried
+ as il her heart should burst, and Mis-
a gar clenchcd his fists and bit his lips
in silent despair.
| Farewell, Nisgar," she whispered.
e y must obey the viii Of my father.
!. But | will bloom in no garden but
, yours. Away from YOU | Will Withel
! and fade. Farewell my beloved
0 She tore herself loose. Nisgar tried
o to hold her back, but she was gone
:, He was alone. He smiled but it is not
his old happy smile; it was full OF
bitterness.
The next day he went to Eaikou
. He chased him away with st knocking
{ laugh Only 300 yens; any beggal
e could offer that much.
o Nisgar must have more money, blu,
= where should he get it" one day #ftel
the other came and went ana now The
: day of the flower festival had arrived
4 Fragrant perfume filled the air anC
!, everybody WAS happy ana made merry
= In the teahouse near the edge OF tho
Il woods Yuma's marriage to Sallaj was
: celebrated. The noise OF the guests
reached Nisgar's ears.
He stood in the river surrounded By
I his cormorants-and smiled.
| In the evening Il boy brought him {
q faded flower, the last greeting from
Yuma, his beloved He kept it as !;
. holy relic.
IS one moon went after the other. Tho
q summer had departed for the sunny
south and the icy winds ruled the
y fields. once bathcd in the sunlight
T. Leaves fell before the autumn storm
I flowers were killed by the cold breatl
l. of the winter.
% Also In the rich pOtter's house, icy
y blasts had killed a noWer-Yuma Wa!
It dead AS she had said she could bloom
Y in no other garden.
Lonesome and sad Nisgar sat in hi!
e bamboo hut looking at a faded flower
II yuma" he whispered. and the sac
Il smile was on his lips once more
lie q Serious Error.
l. Town Topics; Druggist-Great pills
I believe l put arsenic instead o
~ powdered sugar in that mans pre-
scription. Which way did he go? d.
y you know who he was? What shall