Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1911-02-10


 That Djaefo ed the Real Cu,pri,5.
 One day q servant employed hE the proprietor of q big store near Japan bridge, in Yed,lo. was sent with heavy pack of valuable cotton goods oH lis back to q dyer in Honjo district When the stores II esSenger reached Yolio- gaWa Stres nt was ready to seek rest. What nor safe than the little grove of trees set aoout the stone statue of the god Jizo, the patron saint of trav- elers and defcnSelcss woman and ehil- dren
 The somnolent porter awoke from nap to find that his employers cotton had disappeared In great distress he went to the s6orekeeper and confessed tbot he had slept and that a robbeI had made off with the goods during h., alumher. The master would not b:s ieVe his story, saying that it wo1iI have been impossible for a robI1r tf, make off with so large a bundle i1 | broad daylight Unless the port"I should pay for the lost goods he won d 1 have 10 20 to prison. said the master In despair the porter took counsel of Mayor O-oka
 "Yeu are certainly to blame for G9v ing fallcn asleep" roproved the HaTot, 'sbut Jizc is equally to blame f3r ,,e l is q god bound to protect every one who trusts in him, and in this taata1sae he has betrayed you. l Nill have hfn arrested and brought before ne a0r tria1"
 G4G,l gare immediate orders to hls couet officers to 90 aud arrest the eizc If fsa!....ss5 tees...., d l. h. ssz4 9e fore tha ,ss.or's s~ae foa tr.al. 1laae - j's@ officers departed on then, lis. -.s,s 'ches 6ast bound Ine arms O. 1lf.. s,olle .a5t wi eoll, o1 rape: thef ..lal :riod to ir; hiia from lis lis.s f-.t5. zs}., :89 s cart < t,rs;t crowd ..eez,e,.o 1ile .fi2o. attraHie]
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 ,,n ,.,n..s Of nN&catia& the god was .na .a1,ll ta. thc thr1e eel1?t officers t}i4tt iIlf.' ttt tlNt VI t'lcNt ,7l:o;t. They promised that in return fe" .e.:sta.see thcv H.eT!d adtnit aH volunteer workers into the courtroom tn witness the CX,i'a ordinary trial Hundreds were spulTed by curiosity 1 to lend hand and when the stone | god wont through the streets strapped 10 a cart like an offender the crowd grew. It filled the great hall of justicc when 1izo was placcd before the plat form unon which sat the mayor. O-olla addressed the God in stern words.
 "You are a negligent fool, O Jizo!' he exclaimed in a voice loud enough for all to hear You are supposed te protect every one who believes tr you and who renders tribute yet thi- trusting porter here made a prayer l. you, then fcll asleep at your feet, alt Ee was robbed while he slept. You ] stand accused of being an accompl.. | in this robbery. Have you anything tn say for yourself before pass sen. l tcnra?'
 Mayor n-oka waited for few mo- ments as if expecting the stony lips eff Tizo to open in reply, but when no answer was made by the god he pass cd sentence immediately.
 "Since you do not defend yourself consider that you are guilty" said his honor. 'and l shall imprison you"
 At this remarkable spectacle of :l 1 mayor passing sentence upon a stone god there was a litter of laughter | O-oEa thundered in a voice of brass
 ''Who are all these people standing about here?" he inquired of his court oefoors ">rc they accompliccs of .Eiyo or only plain thieves? They think this court is penny show, and they laugh l at the courts orders. Shut all the gates at once"'
 The scared attendants hastencd t. 1 shut the gates of the courtroom. Then l Mayor O-olla adiudgcd every man ill l the great crowd in contempt of 4ou!' and fined each of them one tan ca ki- mono length) of cotton cloth. The hun drcds thus suddenly found in contemnt were happy that their punishment and been so light at least, and under bocc> | they hurried to their homes to bring back the cloth fine. Before the day was done TOO pieces of cotton e,oth had been presented before the mayors court, the name of each culprit being set down upon the one tan of cotton cloth which he presented.
 Before he would allow tie 1G0 to %. however. O-oka retired with tho DOT l ter who had been rC Jb"d to an t1n"r chamber, and he asked the porter to look over the roo pieces of 3'f0n cloth and see if he could iI"9-iFz- onv of them as having ben O. ( u l,s pack he had carried Sine everr y.2.a- ufacturer of cotton cloth in Te4ao ai- ways marked the s"ira@e cf nHf't st' = with little rcd trademark stGr,o f porter searched the cdges of tho i2any strips of cloth for q stanp s;r.f'cr 10 that borne on the cloth of ,'la:e.l hn had been robbed. He found that two i of the pieces of cloth bro""h. to rHt the mayors fine bore the starnn If lis plundered pack. Instantly Mayor O-oka gave orders for the arrest of th" two men who had brought this cloth. They confessed to the robbery. ana All