New-York tribune., 1910-10-02
HEART OF TADUSHI
By B. E. Powell
Drawings by F. Foster Lincoln

and stranger cleared things and washed the dishes
Afterward he entered the living noselessly and
with a low bow inquired snlingy, Are zey somesin
should to take place.?
Thomas, | was thankful to too surprised for
words; managed get the little fellow out of the
way without exhibition of the dreaded 'humoh.'
The next day he still with ndustrously clean
ing pantry shelves Once when happened to go
into the kitchen Tadush holding the different cook
ing utensils up before him at time and speaking
their names which the stranger repeated after him.
We decided wait until Tadushi should explain the
newcomers presence; for we had found that his mo-
tives were invariably good, although the actions spring
ing therefrom might exhibit queer kinks
Sure enough, the end of the week the explanation
forthcoming. When | paid Tadushi he handed me
back dollars.
NV friend he lust come from Japan and he don't
know very much he said; 80 will teach him to be
good cook and clean and take him to night school after
while. He cost me zat much And Tadushi showed
the carefully kept bills which he had compared with
those of the four weeks preceding
IN few days he came to me in distress over his friend
Gould Sato exchange his fooishness for something
else at the store?" he asked.
well, don't know, I said. My foolishness never
passed for currency there.
''Oh, but Satos foOlishness never have been used
he insisted with unconscious humor. He then unrolled
to amazed sight two pairs of women lavender hose
You see, Mrs. Carstens, he said, when Sato first
took him to store to buy American clothes, an
| buy for him pair socks. Now Sato very clean
mon with his feet and soon he wants socks;
busy and Sato go alone. When he he is much
iovfuI have done better as YOU he say. How's
zat? inquire him. Oh, for dollar get three four
times much socks you An he show such fool
shnessi
assured him that he had the bill he could exchange
the lavender foolshness for something gentle
manly. | took occasion to ask him also how long Sato
would be with but he said he did not know, about
one month, he thought, as SatO was smart mon.
After that Thomas said he wondered if some
risChevous angel had been pouring booze down him
his innocent s1rnber when he Tadushi out of
his double In fact liked all of his friends and
the children would work like little majors teaching
them English. Some of them had fought in the Russo
Japanese War. and two had medals for courage
Although Tadushi told Thomas, who greatly
impressed, they give decoration to all what they could
after that war.
Thomas declared that if such the case, he
going to the Emperor personally asking to be
remembered when next the decorations handed
round One would look we'll on his evening coat, he
was sure He always felt that something lacking.
and he certainly entitled - decoration, he
the only American citizen who private school for
the training of Japanese Skieteers. And he spent
happy absurd hour drawing the design for his medal
remember the metal part to be IN the form OF
frying pan viewed from the and the ribbon to
represent as nearly as possible a dishmop.
TADUSHI'S friends were serious drain on his re-
sources To be sure as he said he would get all the
money back in time Not inrequently he asked me to
pay him for month instead of a week He never real