The Washington times., 1905-10-29
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MlKuIA HEYTOEY GILL
By T.T6IJ1H fAGGARI)
By H.EI[)fH f1AGGlARI

strangers unless they be of our own
faith. which l am sure you are not
And much more is il against your
rule, holy Khubilghan,' for so these
abbots are entitled. Ito suffer strangers
to starve;" and / quoted a well-known
passage from the sayings of Buddha
which fitted the point precisely.
'I perceive that you are instructed In
the books" he exclaimed, with wonder
on his yellow, wrinkled face. 'and to
such we cannot refuse shelter. Come
in. brethren of the monastery called the
world
! The abbot, who was named Kou-en,
led us into the living room or rather the
/ kitchen of the monastery, for IL served
both purposes. Here we found the rest
of the monks, about twelve in all. gath
cred around the fire of which we had
seen the smoke. and engaged, one of
/ them in preparing the morning meal,
and the rest in warming themselves
They were all old men; the youngest
could not have been less than sixty-five-
/ To these we were solemnly introduced
/ as Brethren of the monastry called
the world where folk grow hungry" for
| the Abbot Kou-en could not make up
his mind to part from this little joke
! They stared at us. they rubbed their
| thin hands, they bowed and wished us
! we'll and evidently were delighted at
our arrival. This was not strange. how
ever. seeing that ours were the first new
faces they had seen for four long years
Nor did they stop at words, for while
they made water hot for US TO wash in.
two of them went TO prepare a room,
and others drew of our rough hide
boots and thick outer garments, and
1 fnr MN
they led us to the guest chamber. which
they Informed us was a ''propitious
place" for it had once been slept in by
a noted saint Here a fire had been lit
and. wonder of wonders, clean gar
ments, including linen. all of them an
cient and faded, but of good quality
were brought for us to put on.
So we washed-yes. actually washed
all overland having arrayed ourselves
in the robes. which were somewhat
small for Leo struck the bell that hung
in the room. and were conducted by 3
monk, who answered ii. back to the
kitchen. where the meal was now served
1t consisted of a kind of porridge. tC
which was added new milk brought II
by the master Of the herds. dried nsi
from a lake and buttered tea, the las
two luxuries produced In our specla
honor. Never had 1000 tasted hore ue
ncious TO US. and, may add. never di'
we eat more. Indeed. at last L wa
obliged to request Leo to stop. for
saw the monk staring at him. and hear'
the old abbot chuckling to himself:
"Oh. no, The monastery called IN
world. where folk grow hungry; I
which another monk, who was called IN
Master Of the Provisions" replied un
easily. that if we went on like this, thei
store of food would scarcely last IN
winter. So we finished at length. feel
ing as some book of maxims whicn
can remember in my youth said that a
polite people should do-that we coui
eat more, and much impressed our host
by chanting a long Buddhist grace
After this we asked leave 20 retire I
our chamber in order to rest. and there
upon very good limitations of beds. W
slept solidiy for four and twenty hour: