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Show MUlo ws terf Mb Pla vd ovr h ry rork anl pnld ftfhf filitid In Itmntd pi iwn lit irt and fakdnallng Th Mtv pta) of furritur In t room w a tw liir a fii hth. on ahl"h a 'hih.rii, (iiort) n'd ihr rtvir ap m rd with aof mat. Aflr i!tlnK a whti rtappv1 nur handa and hfn Ihw pida rf drawn hk a mtl- mM ram In a Ii r hand and knn And r'Hima hr haitdn -rtethr on th flwr loitrl.M hr forhd lo ihm In naliit" and I promptu f,xiwndd on hi rm f th .!pnn. n' Hinntiinttmn I hud arnnlied: " naka rh -.iikimavlilta. iMnrnhlo Inald llMR hi mt- rmptv ' Hut wn tried rttrulnf Inna In va-n and tt bKa,i to t.th m if our hnorah1 tn-aidr tn-aidr would riufin rmnty m liu mv ht -lr Kn-iahtha utlVnly plapptd lit" at f m-moiN ht trci- ninnr and h at lant mvlrri'Tjd wht th arhlng void waa. and dinner i -a finally iwM-vcd aft'T in'i.'h ,1U. tml noi Iwfor n tmd hn iiiKd li t"V a hth." hlrh w flrtnly iW.i-.fd t. rtn kig tht lh nam- aatr had to do for all of th To tn It a ilk pi h; In a papr rm tnir and t mr n happy aa lark. Klttlna; t rout. t)'1 on i h ti'tr and eat-In eat-In alth rhp t l-kt nil nriR of uiionm-mm uiionm-mm foot. Kor m nix r't huhnnd th oxprtfni' m not plfnnlnii nnd 111-called 111-called In aln for rtialr and h fik. Itur hda thai nlnht wrrtt aoft matfl hrousht for itm in -Wii on and hvtlv adl,d kinioitrtK w -i o nrnuicht for ua lo lrp In. i diai-a nVM I ho llttlo lloi-k of wood intontirtt io rrvr a a pillow, hut a woke ii1!' mm titn ,nir of im d -Mthlrd and nfrehii. ih oihr k hlng h-rrallv in nl hark lo fatirn tomfoim. VatiH. In lh mrnnm wm a public prrforniaii.,r and when wr Mpnl out to x.nlt Ihf 'np,', n found our ahoa wlirr wo lffi thm. all muddy and ! fiom (hf nlahT rain -ihv hud hon trriitfMl ut liko native clona.-. i"hl I tally Nm. JAPANECB XNX. Klkko really denotes a whole mounlstn dlstrl't rather than a single plve. but forngncts usually rreati the vitin id Hactiii-iil and lis neighhorhottd, whti h is V'lfta f slmtc the prm and holds In Its giaap all that Is loveliest and nubleat, of th soul of old Japan. The tillage, ts a long one and lined alth Interesting shops whrt- csived wood ami furs predominate, uii reaching the end of the vlllase we turned to tha ltt up bill to th Kanasa lioi. There wrc no room ft lo he had and nono at tho Mkko. the only oth-r Ku ropes n hotel, ao aa psssed on lo the Knosiil Inn, tho bvst Japan boiel. Wa were la it d-d at the IHtln front front plsifcr mand promptly aked for room. Kwdenlly the word wag new lo them, for they only stared btanklv. In desperation 1 sat down on the platform. pulld out my Murtaj. hunted up the senienee. "Hav you any rooms?" and pointed to the Japanese translation o-f It. Ifolefii) headihi-kes; none of them couhl read our lettering. I trld to pronounce tl; "Zashlka ws. arlmssu ka? giving every pronoun elation my ton cue coiud shape. Kithr they didn't tindrHtand or Iisd no rooms, for thy oniv sliook thir heads. 1 Insisted, "".sahlkf mit havot" snd to make aood my determination t got up and started lulo the hsll. Hitrb shrieks of despair A booted foot on Ih lovely matting! Hut we finally pulled off our shos anfl followed nur host In, ciytlig in our hearts: "Venl, idl. vicl'" W wer- l-M up the oiost tmms'-utsts pollslied at sirs, that shor Ilk mirroi. snd ushrd Into our "saahlki'" at lat. Two aid- of the room were cotnit. of sliding "i crja of ovsriit parx-r and a kakmaotr-i hung aa sole omaront oti the third. Th ftmrtt aide was all- slHllns window, alth a ail) hsif a foot from th-fior. th-fior. snd lodttsg down Into tho most (nrr -nk Itttl srdm tms at ns -. k r. |