Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-12-18
HER DEAR BARBARIAN

r..,oe young American, in search o.
hsppiness s9is |" rI,1e 3H IN Of love While
lis hapnn5'fyIr fyridnd n Mrs. Ecrrni introduces
Faidcs 70 N2mi2i"ff NN52mi25 foPd MS Moto VgrdosS is
tomvated hy The Eiit rom ,'e LINZ i'pbecv Ssi sif
pouIs oqi ao5r ms Sic SIC hnis HE name 81 hard
ss pronounce that he eitEn 9nES Sas 20 ber MIss
BaTeobb' Varlog. now Dsarcst lar9Rrian.,
aenG.e, peach suddcnl, develops hlindncfs;
which Us Us g. Ins,,aiiy disinhcritcd by her rcla-
in JeIsnd md an outcast r. married she is
subject = Vgrdog. however IS happy. Tor
hutgaVs huftoSr,Vgs mat when she is no longer iecog-
nnf,sd AS daughter ot ia, an nc VIII ne
s5it to marry her and laN' hFr 10 N'"e''''
o-trAsE he that sweet to me soon
an, all time till marry, Barbarian
nveso said vardoE, "for after, I sup
~aoer-thore is no to'ch, no voice
nothing
.nrd Won won't let me make trouble
s.S, play the very deuce to make them
let you go?"
ayo dear Barbarian. Firs' place Moth
l., can change Japan"
"Bv the LORD, l can, vowed NaruoS'
VI vou would let me-
rsscon place, JUS resul' in KILN you"
uTu take the chances"
nNo They too many for youl And
,u thing that happy for me, log UP an
81 thing you dade? Ain more happier
a. me thing you live an lovin' me
severy minute?''
nveIl-lf 1t will make you happy"
spsar barbarian" whispered the girl
,,o day later, "mebby you don got bring
Soadess Liberty an George Wash'n'ton
selp Don got play deuce or fight.
aWhat-what's that?" asked Nardog.
Sometimes Miss Peach's gaiety was as
,,h,le ms his-but now she was distressed.
r'Xpeck they gon' outcast me-"
rWhat for?'
"Bline. Kin do those. Forgot"
"Thank Cod
"Barbarlan-don' be glad they outcast-
m me!'
meant TO a Japanese-no people. no coun-
try, no gods!
aForgive me-" he said But I'll try to
make up for all you lose. You Will be
rad Of II after n WHILE
'%WilI /, dear Barbarian" asked the
rr.
ayes" said Vardog.
And the day came galloping: Mono
San. sitting in the midst of her people
with painted face and smiling eyes to be
outcast!
The naval lieutenant was there. his
lordly father, the father and mother of
Momo-San-and many brothers and lesser
relatives. This breaking of prenatal
II. l,s, hnn
its making.
Said Daimyo Motomori to Damyo
Isan:
Honorable beseechng. | beg that the
solemn covenant between your lordship
and miserable me. before the birth of
your excellent daughter. concerning the
august marriage of the twain shall be
honorably annulled because of the blind
ness Of the same. AS your august lord
lhip we'll knows, we come of great line
mo less than Kugc. It is our duty to
perpetuate that line. in all its august
physical and mental vigor. But shall we
sugustly do that IL your daughter shall
bear to my son children blind of the
eyes? Upon your lordship's august knees
| break my bones and miserably be-
seech"
1T Is true. august lordship," answered
Daimyo Izan, that the obligation you
hon0ra bly, rcter 10 was entered INTO ana
fulfilled with Joy by the miserable birth
Of daughter to me, That alone could
bring joy in the fathcring "A woman child,
which Is sorrow and veXntiOn to the hollis
themselves But in this too great Joy
there was impiety. The gods for too great
Joy Ill punish sorrow Therefore, they
have sent this blindness. August lord
ship, because you righteously demand, the
compact of marriage is broken and your
son Is honorable free to marry another"
1 To the assembled witnesses he turned and
said: 1T Is so,'
The naval lieutenant. by special grace.
was permitted to speak in the presence
Of his elders. 1t was the new way of
the new navy.
"As an officer and a Japanese gentle
man stand ready to make this marriage,
even against the wishes of my father, IL
Momo-San still desires it
Momo-San, being also permitted. re-
piled, still in the old way of Bushido: