The Glenwood post., 1924-06-12

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The cup-so Move the arm upward,
gently; downward. Bow to the lord.
Rinse the cup.
"Your arm has gracious curve"
Wells praised her, when tears of vex-
alton at her own clumsiness welled in
her eyes. The lesson Is complete.
Hisu, bring me the household papers
of Aochi-San- I shall discuss them
with my wife. The purchase Of sup
plies will be in your hands, O-Hana.
I shall explain how this Is done" With
the receipts, accounts of the house
hold, he felt that he could do this. He
had seen Misako do 1t many times.
Wells saw at once that Aochi had
been careful man Each bolt Of pur-
chased silk, each GENITAL Of rice or mil
let, every payment, was marked as to
the purpose and use to which 1t was
put. He found many notes of payment
that made him glad that the watching
girl did not understand the character
istics.
"A thousand yen. Gambling debt Of
my son. Three hundred yen for an
unpaid hotel bill in foreign lands.
Fifty yen. Paid to the temple. that
my sons ways be changed by the gods
"Three thousand ven that my son
be freed from the army. 1 fear that
the courage of our line is not in him."
"O-Haua," he said abruptly, "if you
were-Japanese-and you loved me,
would you care that T'-he examined
the gambled, and was a
| coward and-WOrse2
"n had love for you, Lord, you
would not be so.''
Would Alberta have said that, like
that?
He looked earnestly at Ellen, so In
tently that red flooded her cheeks.
Like the heart of pomegranate dow-
er Wells thought She'd stick to a
fellow. If ,. If only
Suppose that Kayama returnedf To
dayl Wouldn't all Of this simply be a
page in his book2 Out Wells would
90, and along the road again. Why
not .. why not 80.
He looked at the girl again. Here
was no feeling such az he had for Al
berta. He felt that he would, from
this time on, throb for the sound of
her football yearn for the scent of her
hair.
He wanted to say: There has been
sin in me, Ellen, but not Of my max
ing. I have never loved before.
love you, but l will not touch you"
Before the expression on his face
the girl was abashed and worried pro-
foundly. Kayama-San was in trouble.
| oh In We oh
wished that she might help him. ''Is
1t because of what said that you are
downcast?" she asked timidly.
"No,' shortly.
els it that 4. . the household think
1t all strange that . that :"
Wells had not considered the house
hold. THAT what, childT
"That :. we do not sit side
by side on the cushions would
be willing to If it would make it
easy for you until they no
longer question or you return me
or :" She was swtrling in
deeper waters than she knew.
Here was unconscious cruelty, but
none the less bitter for that.
His answer came in gravely meas
ured tones, belied by the narrowing
of his eyes, and the little twitching
of his fingers.
would you like 1t so1' he said.
"It would not hurt me. Would
1t, Kayama-Sanf
mo"
Nor your
"I cannot be hurt"
Would it help your You have been
good to me-"
why do you wish to help mel Be
cause have not. because
mo, Kayama-San. Ny honored IA
ther, Tsi-K'ung, said that when there
came into the breast 4 feeling
that when you felt do not
understand want to help. I
feel that 1t would be worthy"
, He half held out his arms to her,
only to see her, instinctively, draw
back. No words might have withheld
him, he realized that his desire must
/ be splendid misery Of self-denial, re-
pressed. must hug a fetter.
} Yet-what more did he need7 Sup,
, pose he told her that he was Of her
/ own kind? That would remove the
barrier II she meant what she
had implied. She would be silent,
surely. An hour, passing wind
| through their lives, this 1t would be II
Kayama himself returned. Why not
| fill the hour with blossoms, with per-
| fumes and joy?
MY dear my dear :"
he said huskily.
, Not only had Ellen never tried to
stem so fierce torrent Of love In all
? her cloistered life, nor ever shuddered
under such dry heat In single word,
{ she had never dreamed Of so much
passion In man. Strangely, 1t moved
her also. Why. she did not know. She
! longed to say something. 1t was pain
full, yet delicious her hood-blind heart