The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-03-27

Yamara Juzaburo and his pretty ltttle
wife, Yamara Saku were three years
away from their native land-from the
village Of kosaka days r, journneyS nsS 5ro,, hssr
married only few weeks before leaving
Japan TO seek their fortunes on the Other
side OF the big. round worlds coming; WIN
many hopes and fears and with but a
few gold coins in their purse. TO coun,
try that they had been told was one oil
fabulous wealth. 1t was long cry from
avenue In New York, but the Iamaras
made the transition somehow. and rented
a little store In row OF other little stores
at point where Second avenue begins
TO widen il stretches northwafd
Displayed in the narrow window OF Tie
little shop were dainty cups and saucers'
decorated tea pots. queer looking dolls II,
queer looking clothes, cards of painted
lilies. bundles OF incense sticks, and other
ornamental trifles. In the center OF oil
was a dwarf cherry tree. two feet nigh,
pink blossoms adding a delicate bit of
color to the collection in the window
A little home nest-a single room with
solitary window-in the rear OF the
store had been carefully built by these
two small brownies from across the west
ern sea. And as they were extremely poor
in circumstances and very frugal from
necessity. Mr. and Mrs, Yamara had no
fire during the long winter-onlH the oil
stove that served them for warmth as
we'll as for the cooking of their rice cakes
and the fish.
They had their japanese images? Yes.
but the really and truly gods OF the Yam
ara househould were lshti and Bichi-
the beloved twins, or course, the cherry
and the stock of goods in the store rep
resented good many yen, and the tur-
nishngs in the living room were exceed
ingly precious 10 the frugal famaras,
but the twins-the buff little babies with
the fat checks, were the heart treasures
of Juza buro and Saku.
Ishti and Bichi. who had the appear
ance of two fantastic little Jap dolls.
were a year old almost TO day. They
had first seen the light on the journey
eastward from Seattle, where for
time the Yamaras had worked as sery-
ants in the same house, ] think 1t was
Omaha where the babies were born, but
what does IL natter
But. now, the twins had drunk their
chichi and were fast asleep In the wicker
cradle under the window. Juzaburo was
out in front putting up tea in tiny red
boxes, when, suddenly. there was flash,
and Saku. envcloped in flames and
screaming in terror. came running into
the store. The startled Juzaburo gave
wild cry and seized the hr<le woman in
his arms as il To quench the blaze In his
one embrace, And then with his hands
he fought the fire like a demon. and by
the time men came running in from the
street and suhdued the flames and lifted
the meaning, blackened body of the Wom-
an from the floor where she had fallen,
JuZaburo. too, was in an agony Of pain,
and WAS soon PROSTATE fro mthe suffer-
ing and the shock
In the meantime. over in Beecker
street. at the sixth precinct station, the
desk sergeant and Detective Bill Con-
nor were enjoying an after dinner pipe,
The captain had gone for the day. and
things We're distressingly quiet at the
station house.
The sergeant tilted back in his chair.
was just falling off into A comfortable
doze. when the telephone on his desk
began ringing furiously. He placed his
ear to the receiver, and a moment later
turned 10 Connor.
There's some kind Of a rumpus over
on Second avenue, near Fifth" he said
The man on the post says there's n crowd
gathering and he's gone TO see what's the
matter. Better take a run over, Bill. and
look for yourself"
In ten minutes the detective was In
Second avenue. He saw a sureng crowd