| Show II A TRUE HEROINE Miss is II the name of ofa a young girl of oC 1 16 years 11 In the Ihl village of oC Japan whose de devoted e I II I voted conduct toward her er parents hu has Jut just bec been n rewarded by the I governor of handing her a di diploma ploma of and nd a certain um sum of oC mone money The atol story ruins u follows rollow In lh the days day of her br babyhood her tm tamy lIy ily were re living In a fair way ay indeed her father tather I la a man InD of oC education being I th the holder or of a dt decoration which hl h was IUn him after afler the civil mar Ir of oC I Ie 23 years e ra ago Hilt But subsequently fortune Pran to turn them when hn they IhlY I moved to the place above named I lIto CIty t Ity where whre tilt they had or lived Hy fly the time Ume had ad rd on I her sixth year the hind I nine m so 10 reduced In their s that the father had to 10 pull a I Irn to I earn rn them a living and nd to make worse woree Ih the mother became about aboul Ih the tM time a Invalid 1 havIng incurable rheumatism I From Fran that time lime onar onward for tor nine long longyear ve year remained th the ever constant I nurse and companion of oC her mother and a little r Ild a kitchen maid mah during her absence II a I ways way denying to 10 herself first h and ml then girlish pastimes both loth In Indoor door and out OUI or of doors door which even een In InI inthe the I midst of utter poverty are arl gener generally I ally sought after by the young In the I glowing of oC life There was t I II I her mother always liked and ahe went ent man many R a time several evera miles to 10 fetch It Il for h her r lieu lIr mothers mother pain In increased creased and nd she ih often sat at u up whole I nights robbing robbin herself of needed sleep I after a hard day days work ork Her mothers U was hers and everything h hI ra WU was her only wish beta that her mother mothr might recover But Aul heaven decreed that th the mother moth must mt not and she ht died on Jan 11 last Iut R kia Ia heart was 1111 broken but she hp ml must 1 I now live for tor her father and she is II said to be working harder than ever at home dOln doing r to lighten I III bI burden en o of hr her sole lute remaining parent This I le the stor story of this noble young youn I WAn which reached Ih the ears arl of the tl and brought her th the t I served honor and regard above bo aliu luI b It Il may be added that In the mid n I IorlI orlI her sorrow orro and trouble she h ha had 1111 time to 10 teach bend reading and 1111 i f iW W Ink lIer mOl mother her thou though an In I was 1111 able to help hH her In Ihl this mat mal tit tike having had some education W Ifs I hers husband oho ho aiso hi hk ter at night If I |
