The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-07-28

rive direct from Japan on an evening train from the West He had received a letter five yards in length, written from Seattle by his bride-to-be the day of her landing from the steamer, say ing that she would travel East in the company of Japanese gentleman and his wife and that she would expect to see the end of the honorably long and arduous journey.
 When the train up at the station Tamasara removed his hat in the ex- citement of anticipation. He caught a
 glimpse of a small young person in a pink shirt waist and straw sailor mak- ing her way through the care to the steps. Thither he went in some haste and stood hat in hand, to greet the young woman.
 T am honorably overwhelmed with joy to see your face again. spoke Ta-
 masara
 Many times has the cherry bloss- omed since have had the humble honor of listening to your musical voice" demurely lisped Miss lame.
 "If you will deign to come to my humble house" began Tamasara.
 Then came the intervention of the win- dow gentleman. He had been standing awkwardly by awaiting the chance to speak
 Without daring to interrupt" said he of the swab and pail, ''let me hum-
 bly, beg to suggest that Iame-san will
 not go to the house of Tamasara. She
 has most graciously deigned to become
 my wife and will now depart with me
 after taking courteous leave of the [ honorable gentleman whom I am ad 1 dressing"
 Tamasara was tloored for the instant, But has she not exchanged photo- graphs with me and did I not provide poorly no doubt, for Miss Iame's pass age from Onori to New York? Not on your honorable tintype for words to that effect will the lady go to your
 house as your wife
 Then with appropriate tears the maiden of the plum blossoms inter- vened. True, she had known tn l Honorable Tamasara in Omort when h used to VII rikisha stand near the | temple gate. And true, she had seen him depart for America with tears Had she not become his betrothed with joy and eagerly exchanged photographs with him? Ah, yes! but she had met the window washer on the train from Chicago and he spoke so wonderfully of his love- What was she but a n1iser- able girl, whose heart was in the hand of Kwannon, goddess of love, and not l for her own disposing?
 The window washer from Jersey Ciyt said he would gladly reimburse MT, Tamasara for the passage money he
 had spent all unworthily on Miss lame. The window washer said he would even set out sake cup for MT. Tamasara at the wedding feast.
 | But was not for Tamasara They ! should take the girl to the home of a
 very wise man whom he knew They should ask thls man of wisdom to de- eide where she would bestow her hand. He Tamasara. would abide by the de- | cision.
 So fter much parly on the platform ] of the Jersey City station it was de- cided that the very wise man should act as a court of arbitration. l Two very stern faced Japanese men
 and one toddiling nesan, whose eyes glistened with tearse, took the ferry to Cortlandt Street and there set out for
 the home of the very wise man. There
 Iame-san still is, awaiting the time
 when the high court of arbitration shall ! render his judgment.
 ''It is highly improper that young woman should act thus" says Kono
 Tamasara as he dusts his Osaka
 bronzes in his shop on East Houston
 Street. But then, women have not been given the honorable sense that
 men have, They are little children. -
 New York Sun