The Glenwood post., 1924-06-26

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! Wells nodded. tl-5
'Htsu said that you are master Of
them all Of rs ali that must
anticipate your every WISH" e
Tt was we'll spoken" ~ 4
Wells stood up. 1T Is time for M
TO depart. The servants are waitins
Come. OEHAns.p if7 n ~
She must touch her kimono a mo.
ment. "Am lido looks my an.
pearancs satisfactory?' i7.'
She ravished him. "It will. do.n h.
said without apparent interest.
The. household had awaited the de-
pafture Of their master before emery
ing forth. and Wells headed the pro
cession toward the village proper.
Soon the servants drlfted of. one bv
one. Ellen and Wells were alone IN
an ,evsr-increasing pack of bodies.
In the throng with them were
artisans from nelghborins villages,
with their short blue kimonos marked
circulariy on the back with the sign
OF their class or, IL servants. the
manner Of their employers; farmers
with great. roughly woven straw hats
In hand and bags of vegetables to be
munched, raw. between such delicRcies
as hampen or shredded shrimp. All
wandered noisily down the narrow
street and toward the outskirts Of the
village. :
AZ yet there was no moon, and the
night was black overhead. But there
was plenty OF light in the street, for
many lanterns were lit and hung out
side, while many of the people carried
lanterns az well long dim streamers of
light Frightened with painted flowers
or gay workings. Townspeople Joined
the carnivalesque throng. m
Girls and women threaded the way
with brightness, punctuating the dark
blue Of the men with ruby-colored
robes, With warm browns or purples
bound In by obis Of ultramarine or
carmins and gold. Some few Of the
better-class women, by order Of their
husbands, masked themselves By tying
down over their cheeks the flexible
brims Of broad straw hats. The gay
costumes were the wings Of the giant
Moth. sailing over turquoise sea. All
were laughing, all pleasantly excited.
Wells and Ellen had been on the
outer side Of the street before, but
now were packed close to the walls Of
the houses, and by the newly erected
toy-booths. Ellen stopped, and smiled
at a little cotton monkey, with blue
head and red body. who huggsd bam-
boo rod. F1t..ti
"That is O-saru, the honorable
monkey" Wells said laughinsly. "ses
-under him is little spring. Press 1t
with your finger-tip no not
like that :" And he must show her,
his hand guiding hers.
The honorable ran to the top of the
rod A. the spring was pressed; the
man and girl smiled at each other.
Let me try Ellen insisted. Two
heads were close together as she FUN
bled for the minute spring, and was
rewarded when O-Saru climbed his
rod again.
1T Is an expensive present." Wells
told her gally. 1T cost three sen!"
II am costly wife," the girl agreed
whimsically. "The mission-women
said that In America many wives were
foolish. and spent their husbands
money upon things unneedful."
II would get you all"
"All whatT questioningly. lifting
her eyes to his.
"All Of these toys you like you
can give them to the children after
See"-very quickly, covering the
almost-slip that he made-''there IL
Kobiki, the carpenter. Here" to the
shopkeeper, give me the well-mads
sawyer from your honorable shop.
Look, O-Hana, push him. See how
he shoves the saw from him, instead
Of pulling II to him as Is done In Amer
ica." He did not think that she might
dnd 1t strange that q casual traveller
such as Kayama had been would OBJ
serve such detail. nor did she wonder
at 1t.
IT would like q doll, Kayama-San." !"
her eyes already selecting one from
among the thousands displayed. She
found one to her liking: no easy task
This u lovely 1t will be my
baby" Ellen laughed contentedly. II
had Chinese doll with a rice-paste
head when was a child. but a beggar
! stole 1t, and, 20 my nurse said. ate the
, rice-pasts. I cried for days. :. Thank
) you for this one, Kayama-San."
, Laborers from the country, unaware
that the villages Lord Kayama was in
the streets. and. intoxicated by excite
, ment so unaccustomed In their dreary
days, unseelng of the insignia. upon his
, kimcno brushed close.
Ellen pressed nearer to Wells, and
they moved onward. with. the major
! current, which spewed away dripplngs
Into the gyu-ya at intervals. Up the
street, and over the little camel.
, backed bridge, into quarter so dark
that the trees seemed blots Of light
against the darker sky.
Wells was excited. The stir. the