The Glenwood post., 1924-07-31

uAu0S MOIST against nl8 okm8, ana
hoped that his forehead was not
beaded also. ut is great thing that
the man died"
"How did you have him buriedf A
missionary Of his own faithf' Sander.
son asked. es
II buried him with full ceremonies.
Every honor was given him. As con-
sidsred that he had suffered much,
and wished recompense for him, l
recited the holy prayer, only used in
my family for those certain to reach
the heavens: 'saite yuke toya. Ano
va wo saite.' That. honorsd sir, says,
Go forward, straight to the place thou
seest before thee 1t is to be hoped
that the place which the dead man
soul saw was not heated, as your mis-
sionaries say! Yoh! the village still
speak of these honors, and marvel at
them. Never was white man given
such honor" This was also true,
Wells thought. "There was the great
funeral procession he thought Of the
two servants and himself climbing the
dim Road Of the Aged Men, (which
wound its way up the cemetery
crested hill by the light Of paper
lanterns. Look! l show you the wan,
dead gleam like the simmer of glow
worms on black leaves! The long
train of white-hooded women, Of
white-robbed, white girdled priests A
troop of ghosts. A procession Of SOULS
ness after that, what hope would
there have been even If had sum-
moned missionaries?'
There was pain in Sanderson's
eyes. Visible pain.
Very gently, Wells added an after
thought. "Some dsy later three mis-
sionaries entered my village" (true
again y "and came to see me.
spoke to them of the matter. not tell
ing them any details, since it is well
known that missionaries do not under
stand worldly affairs. Doubtless they
made incantation over the grave
you have been very kind" Sander
son told him tonelessly. "He-Bob,
my nephew-would have done the
same for you. He was gentle lad,
before :"
$50. After the ceremonies had been
completed, l returned to my house.
My honored father. now happy at the
seat of the sun. had many papers
which 1 had not investigated since be-
coming his successor. / did so now.
There were many rolls Of paper to
examine. / found two things which
amazed me, since I had heard from
the white man that he had been an
engineer at Fushiki. So amazed was
that 1 must do honor to his grave
again, by decking it with the white
flower of the shikimi, and placing upon
it sections Of bamboo filled with sea-
water, since the man had come from
across the sea-"
He paused. Oriental enough. Now
for unadorned facts again.
"Where was II" He drew his brows
together, stimulating forgetfulness.
"Aal l remember. OF my fathers
papers" Wells took from the sleeve
Of his kimono two rice-paper docu-
ments and spread them slowly on the
table, caressing the cracking folds.
I'm going over my papers," Wells
continued, his hand fiat upon the pa
pers he referred to, Il discovered an
amazing thing. 1t seemed that this
man Wells had been unfaithful to his
employer"
williams settled back into his seat.
For a moment he had been frightened.
Sanderson would never forgive that.
The names were similar as to letters !:
each had ''w," two "l's" and an "s."
Old Marakito must have mixed the
names up, or this Japanese had been
confused.
with all Bob did, never expected
that of him. Alberta murmured.
THAT he should stoop SO low. after
all you've done for him. Uncle
Sandyr'
gether.
II had forgotten one thing else, that
Unjust mention before continuing. he
told me story of girl whom he had
loved, and whose he said, am Ger
tsin-would love him no matter what
he did. he laughed about this. He
found 1t amusing"
Aren't you glad we found him
out7" Alberta said to Sanderson. Fl
knew It all along. That's why, when
Ray wanted me
''This man said" Wells went on
that the girl loved him because :
Alberta sat erect: could Bob havt
suesssdf because he had way Will
him that women could not resist"
Alberta cuddled back In her chair
The japanese Kayama had given he
an instant's fright.
"shameful!" williams calculated
Ellen found in wells-in Kayama
gan-somsthing that made her adj
move and peickls: ~ wAs purrinE q
ways, but, - she felt lntuitively, had
claws sharpsaed to scratch from he
hind tAsif paddsd sheaths. She did
no& - - vhaf parnono h wa drAv.