The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1909-05-19

of the cottage but on all sides are
| flowers. Flowers dot the tall grass
and poke their heads through the
fence.
1t was late afternoon when l Wis
tied the Aokis and a fresh, cool even
ing breeze was blowing up from the
lake. Gladys Aoki. dressed all in
white and enveloped in a soft white
shawl, looked very frail and very
pretty.
Gathering Pansies.
Aoki and the girl were trailing
around through the rank grass gath
ering pansies, which grow wild and
tall on the little truck farm, when l
came in at the gate, and as this was
our second meeting. little Mrs. Aoki
came forward and greeted me smiling.
Il want you to meet my husband" she
said to me, and for the first time /
shook hands with the cause of more
disturbance than it is usually given
for a mere man to cause.
Gunjiro Aolli, of course, is typical
Japanese, but with more than the
average appearance, when it comes to
that. He is under sized and dark,
but his hair waves back from a
rather high forehead and he has what
one would term well bred appear
ance. Aoki is extremely solicitous of
brides welfare and follows her every
move with his eyes. He is my sha-
dow she told me. and smiled back
at him with her eyes.
Proud of Her Chicken.
Don't you want to see my chick
ens?" she asked me, and tour of the
ranch was then made. II am sorry
haven't any worms to feed the little
chickens" she said, smiling, but we
fed all we gathered this morning.
You should have seen them fight over
each worm" Aoki and the girl
laughed at the memory of the pleas
ant morning.
I'VE are going to cover that stump
with roses" said Aoki, and plant
sweet peas along the fence. You see
the garden here has not been cared
for for some time and the grass is
rank and the flowers overgrown. At
first the work in the garden tired me,
for / was not used to it, but the
neighbors have been most kind to me
and have shown me many things in
domestic science and | will soon know
very much
Doesn't Mind the Accent.
Aoii speaks with a most decided
accent and at times it is not easy for
one to understand him, but Gladys
doesn't seem to find it at all difficult
and they talk and laugh like two
children. Here is my queens hand
kerchief," he will say, STOPPING to re-
cover it. And she will bow and ac
cept his eXtravagant remarks with
merry laugh. Yet / am not so sure
that Helen Gladys Aoki is entirely
happy. She may be, but somehow a
sorrow seems to Turk in her deep blue
eyes and the laugh at times seemed
hollow.
"Am 4 thoroughly satisfied with the
move 1 made in marrying Mr. Aoki in
spite of the position of father and
friends? Why, what answer would
you expect a girl who has been mar
ried only a few weeks to give you?"
And try as l would, she would not say
she was thoroughly happy.
Has Grown Older.
The girls face is perceptibly thin
ner than it was when l saw her in
her girlhood's home in Corte MADEIRA,
Cal, and enveloped in the folds of
the white wool sahwl which she had
wrapped around her, although the
evening was very warm, with her
cheeks flushed and a faraway look
in her eyes, l could not help but feel
a wave of something akin to dread
pass over me at the uncertainty of
her future.