Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1924-07-30
CHAPTER IV-Continued.

pnis,s CHAPTER iV-Continued.
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imilar Bot with all the explanations winch
rivers E0r Wells must make, and the dis
Elton to the household affairs, the
-rg Of MisakO was a boon to the
oTlres 1ened lady-mother of little Bob
|nbuhI. Nisako brought lit was all they
| IfnI. ID dO) a letter from the mission
Hol- Is in village near Mitagiri; six
coun. shs later she became Boobies
$4,000 &neinbed an kiss-me-'night, for
' 1923, aady,mOther died.
926 Els father, always a silent man, be-
|erage De dOuby stern; devoted perfume
sbred lily to his duties, insistent that the
Be Of spend long hours over dry books
tle saw him seldom.
contact with his father de-
Iii be s@d so did Misako usurp all of
the tjeS affection. Long tales she told
|nick- as they sat evenings upon the
ac- pts Most of all Of the town from
the PENCE she had come, it's grandeur
.arks b richness, the terrific god who
|aska. a In Aitagri the Thunder God,
|arks @ face was yelled, that ordinary
unty and women might live. To look
lie In Pm the god, save for the highborn,
q certain death, so awful was his
Ga
has the child grew, a sturdy, brown
' sion -led youngster, Nisakos love be-
'rcial -' 'apt devotion. 1t was typical Of
oil
|bara. having been sent to Takusaki, al
| two lsn ne had seen its location uDon
of map, and knew that he would be
the only missionary for miles around.
|Ehey AS had not daunted him, inspired
ler' he did not consider It as
aJTdom: It was his duty.
|4awe w" lhIs very thing reacted against
and More than once he had felt that
ears If only he had been able to
4ha "1e medical attention, he mightn't
Il. w lost Elsie. Now he saw his son
ma wing IN the dust with the ragged
III mus OF the village. Takusaki it.
|afeI ~ as a town, might we'll have been
Vi thousand. He did not con-
~'I 1t as a town. 1t was a place of
s.. @len' VINO did not listen or, listen
1s = did not learn.
1S "iIe, IN her brief stay, had been
hss ssu'eu with 1t. This Wells did not
~o'IS'and. He remembered onlv her
y uFed hours, and had them with
ea5 In often. 1 'i'e" Win
sn,. ,. ..a' Bo0ble should acquire the
NJ r~',lSIus OF his playmates was nat
Ou' that his skin became q
' %, yellow in tan, that long DAYS
not sun should cause his eyes
s'''0"-this gave his father secret
4. Inc lad swan, played with
90" His arms and legs Drowned
'p~ Nv ~ missionary saw nothing in the
|sen Jasef e4'iier MS wlfe or
r,,., Iao was bright. His subtle
q. s,,r-s Ds' and brilliant cross-cuts
III ~, 'u problems in mathematics
~, DOCTOR Wells felt, means TO
Ia WIN superficial rapldity. Nor
~ ~. ,Ie boy proper reverence: he mad
y sns, Vsen asgraced for clapping his
srr, N'''uIo prayer, learned at fhe
,,r, s.s while Doctor Wells was ner.
s,.,.ss, funeral ceremony over q
ne n, w. church member. The excuse
~ as,. to' He wath a Japanethe fa.
'A thought he would like
s~ .oo.e saw in the village MANY
g sbss ua1 were beautiful. These his
Fsr "' with the stern taste of the
~. a'teody developed, did not see
b ,a .,u not look for. Especially were
% se. 1Te-lples unesthetic and abomina-
rs I'm MI ~s mad no patience with the very
','s Of art ~ Sd" 'nem as Cd
Ia cal Gan be seen that Doctor Wells
r NJ no sympathy with the VERY ~e air
III ss sn MS son breathed. since that air
M o75s e,, with ancient folklore and
e9ss DI,ed with orientalesque per.
,gyS and habits. p
ro5s, lett that application to his
tSn ' ~, would soon remove Bobbie far
e, ,b ,,,S lnsidious influence even bet
IS, , nan he himself might do It II
sS an Induced phase.