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Show PANESE FAIRY TALES WITH A NEW TWIST. "THE PEACH." BY MATTHEW LANG. (Gl , ij th y ot 51olnot ,ro' ,,1! i" 'hchll' mid It crimps cxplilns "' Mr n who i l.rlBlit nnd Hkllllul V' 'lit il I "oinetlmcs mlliil a ST 1 Mommaio i Prou.l of 1,1, n flumr " " ' l,'on,h,n thnl lr ho ,VI!? nnl "th '"" m"5,lt "ot haP ,wn 61 ,nlni.i ,cit fortune nnd do- "Mi "Jmicat which, even now, utter ' & rrti tr I me tohl In tlio lea- ll .n'cM m n an hN H ""'I In tlio ilrv Th re very poor, but did ' , (ut i th J had no rlclipa. Ironly r -.r t wa tint no child hail at, to tli m, for, aa the good w Ifo ryih i, th mi lilne of n homo. I tuch u lii i I' chmlnrf to old Th ej i i k n'ff tho mints from . bici t of II mountain one morn-unj morn-unj f- w i ill ununited Into null mil 1i f""'11 "" the ohl nnn i cut a r 11' cvrrj iliy, to cut i. In il' with a bundle on In r J " l 'npps todaj, todnj " Huh ,''t" ,n"' l,nw heard a lk(-!d ' " ' '"' "10 "tiP'tm ""'I trJI ... 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""" ' but thla vr. do not III ,, ,J ' rolr i0 ' I bap made up my 'Unliani " anl ,f "" aiP a pood II t , ,, " have nlw.ijs I een, joii " for y i " "' ' So bo It" "old fill ir ' . I '" "bey Ida wllu Sho 'tioill (,. " ." two Whno the alone tuiici,, , , '" lln.ro lav Miuuly " k, , , ""Iful boy child, whom " el M"r bal not harmed IIo Y i .,"' V."1' a "mile And Iho Tbr t ,, ' r,l fill ere innda nlad l"b i br n "' " r'"l'l nd ho. ur mie tim buimhlnu of their home ThU3 they wer nnde ecreedln,! harrj. Thj nimed htm Momotilo, and lipriuiip of the mmnrr li which he nme to thm they iilsn called him the ' 1'cit.hllnr,' whleli lneona little jieach Momotaro grew to be a bandtome outh, ctrnnK In body nnd wife beyond hi lenrs lie could run ns awlftly a the wind and Ida musclea became as of line Eteel With his bow and anow he could hilng down n hawk while J t it locked like u apeck In the heaens He could wield i word ao no to heat the tnot sltlllful ot I fencers lie could wieatle with nnd I overcome a slant and the kiIP of Ida hand was like that of a viae Hut. be-Inc be-Inc nblo to do nil of thK he w i aa modert and gentle aa 'ie wai brave He did not thaHenge all the airong men of the land ai to who thould be called chami Ion and he did not care to have bii name In the newapapera If Indeed any wue published ut that time, lie was Hliiiil a tturdy home liodi, who loved his fofcter pirenta and never worried wor-ried them by getting Inl trouble Hut an ho siew nldtt he wisely tald "I must do nomdhlne In the world" And he derided to ro forth and flUit tin demons who lived on an la.nnd not far na and to cuptuio thlr rkhes. HZJTMmmmm jk lrui, a down to the river to vvaih ,' 'Hi lor tn ic wus no modern ;"' " li-nj nnd, iv n if th,io hod th. .J" lnl "" moiioj to iay out 't th rr H,y the old woman i, l hln' hclE lf Another rea 'ivVJllu' "" tl'H'B told hei If she "'J"rt on 1 ini, h r own liundress ,,.,, iil rtalnly birall hei. And so 'i wine to j ih - JJ nine under u. willow near JJ marsln of the ilver. and us she rt.i," ' lh v iti-r. cl ai aa rrjstal, nVrn . f," ' ' then hei fine, c.ire- "or" full o wiiiiklei 'lluie.it iho the?,.11 " 't u tolled down liir Tn:M,1 ' " tin the ilver. think h '"""Int. wind, bloHlnB inm, T """ "i t the willow, IIo icallztd that this wua not exactly lionest, but ho wua wle enoiiKh to Icnon that in all fully alorks dinioiia huvii no rifchts which uny oro Is bound to respect , , , ln ho told the old woman ot what ho Intended to do Bhe mido him semo apple dumpllnBs. Just like thosu which nro served In lioardlnK-lmuiea for oarly In life the old woman hud been a pastry cook in one ahete dumpllnm Momu-turo Momu-turo put 111 hla pouch, nnd, thua iqulppcd with hla swoul na keen ns a i.uor ho felt able to conqiur any foe. On his wn ho llrat met a do who sniffed and looked at the duinpllnRs. 'Give me one" said the dog, 'and I will liclp ou wllh the diinoiis I excel 111 that lint of work." And Momoliiio give hlin a duiuplliiK and he went nloiiB Tlien a inonkej, with funnj chin whlskeri, met them and said ' I never at dumpllnei. but If sou bIvo me one I will help you lli,lit." nnd he i,ot one iiIl 'lhen romo a phensant-a fine, proud-looklns proud-looklns blrd-whu exclaimed i iJumi'-lines iJumi'-lines are not to m IlkliiB. but as they mo the only thlnita ou aio hindlng out todiy I Biieos I will have to tnko one mid full In line with the ust. I am juU spolllPB foi u llsht." And he also went ilong it , , j , ., They willed to the Island of the demoni over tho fleas, as red as a crushed aliawb?rr but rJ"ar as glass Onvvii In the depths thes; saw many nuper-lonklnc crenluiea-tho ileeep-sei devils, and pearls, rubles, ill imonda nnd bp h r.s. ns bis as Momotnros dump. Hnm icn the landed on the Island urn stood outside of tho . -.IIo the dunona looked over ; the vu Is. un . lmklns fne at them. said. , fwlBPl ' I "' ,,n'1 " ,fpnr " voiiiiK man, n monkey, a dos and a bhd wh Icli i Know u I" be good evtinff lint the "eased to huuli when Idomo-tail. Idomo-tail. uTul his followers bat.e.ed down the Knto and lushed In tbousund demons assa li d theni but Momotaro. lakliiB out. of II e inmi.iiiiirH from lis pouch, hulled It umons them A It luoke Into f.nB-ments f.nB-ments It Vllled the demons by hun-dreds hun-dreds Co It was that he and hln friend drove the ciiein baik nnd at uat'reac hi.l the placo T.r j",,,n ,,ns lie was culled the liosav ?rno,nbut his rl.ht name -doll, nnd h was the most wtnllhy and MiPcoaai ll ileimm Ihnt ever went Into MifcluiHin tlii "' demon almost lost hln b-Uanca and fell, so Great was tho swing h hail given In his club (live me i dumpling." fled the monkev Hut Momottitn has used them all and as he was out to make a feioul. Ini bravely thiew aside his tword and grappled with the demon, using no other weapon than his luitidi He thiew Akindojl to the nooi so hard that the bn ath was completely knocked nut of the dtnion. who cried Hon t hit a man when ho Is down ' Momntiiro did not do so, but he tied AkandoJI so llghtlj with ropes thut the demon politely said If my riches will do ou any good, take them, only a..., , -J eiso tho cords at my ankle My fiet have gonp to eleep It makes me feel aw fullj funn " Momotaro obliged him, lhen gather-ed gather-ed up much riches Jewels by the handful, silk aa Hne na cobwebn, beautifully beau-tifully curved Ivories, things made of Jasper and gold and beautiful vuses As ho was about to go the boss demon said "Now, that jou hive taken my ilchcs, you don t mind If I Indulge In a little smoke, do jou" ' Certainly not, ' answered Momotaro, who was .ollte as well as biave. Thereat AkandoJI suddenly turned Into varor nnd drifted away Momotaio and his companions returned re-turned home, and great was the Joy of the old man nnd the old worn in Momotaro I eeame a gieit nertonago who lived long to tell stories of hln adventures 'Iho monkey rose tn eminence emi-nence In society, the dog lived on to teitli many men wisdom, md the pheasant wns so well esteem' d thnt It was considered a compliment lo be called "a blid ' |