The Filer record. (Filer, Idaho) 1919-1930, 1924-06-19
CHAPTER Iv-contlnued.

But with all the explanations which
Doctor Wells must make. and the dis
ruption TO the household affairs. the
coming Of Mlsako was a boon to the
frightened lady-mother of little Bob
bic Misako brought Git was all they
could do) q letter from the mission
aries in a village near Mitagirl; six
months later she bec8me Boobies
tuck-me-in-bed an Mcknight, for
the lady-mother died.
His father, always a silent man, be-
came doubly stern; devoted perfume
torily to his duties. inslstent that the
boy spend long hours over dry books.
Bobbie saw him seldom.
As contact with his father de-
creased, so did Misako usurp all OF
Bobbie's affection. Long tales she told
him, as they sat evenings upon the
mats. Most of all of the town from
whence she had come. It's grandeuT
and richness, the terrific god VINO
lived In Mltagiri, the Thunder God.
whose face was yelled, that ordinary
men and women might live. To look
upon the god, save for the highborn,
was certain death, so awful was his
visage
As the child grew, sturdy, brown
skinned youngster, Mlsako's love be-
came rapt devotion. II was typical Of
Doctor Wells that ne had not filnched
at having been sent TO Takusaki al
though he had seen its location unon
the map. and knew that he would be
the only missionary for miles around.
This had not daunted him. inspired
rather. He did not consider II as
martyrdom: II was his duty.
Now this very thing reacted against
him. More than once he had felt that
II If only he had been able TO
secure medical attention. he mightn't
have lost Elsie. Now he saw his son
playing I'm the dust with the ragged
urchins of the village Takusaki IL
self, as a town. might well have been
any OF thousand. He did not con-
slider It as a town Il was a place Of
heather. who did not listen or. listen
ing, did not learn.
His wife. in her brief stay. had been
delighted with It. This Wells did not
understand. He remembered only her
last tired hours, and had them with
him often.
That Bobbie should acquire the
mannerisms Of his playmates was nat
ural, but that his skin became a
creamy-yellow in tan. that long days
In the hot sun should cause his eyes
TO narrow-this gave his father secret |
dismay. The lad swan. played with |
the rest. His arms and legs Drowned !
the missionary saw nothing in the |
boy that resembled either his wife or
himself.
The lad was bright His subtle
and brilliant cross-cuts /
through problems in mathematics /
were. Doctor Wells felt. means to
learn with superficial rapidity. Nor
had the boy proper reverence; he Rad /
early been disgraced for clapplng his
hands 10 Shinto prayer. learned at rie
temple. while Doctor Wells was per
forming n funeral ceremony over a
departed church member. The excuse
was that HE wsfh a Japanefhe. IA
ther-fhnn. I thought he would Ike
Il
BobbIe saw In the village many
things that we're beautiful. These. his
father. with the stern taste Of the
West already developed. did not see.
DR. woufo rot look for. Especially were
he temples uneSthetic and sbomina-
Die: he had no patience with the very
lew missionaries who ssw them as OBJ
Iecfs Of art
II can be seen that Doctor Wells
sad 90 sympathy with the very air
which his son breathed. since that air
vas filed with ancient folklore and
Myths. filed with Orientalesque per
urnes and habits
He felt that application 10 bis
tudies would soon remove Boohie far
rom this insidious Influence even bet
er han he himself might 10 IT, IL
ras .~ely an Induced phase