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AT A FAN-MAKER'S. 137
"Ah! " said Kimura. "A saki-ya (wine-shop) is to me a
beautiful object. That man is a very intimate friend of mine,
his name is Wobanaba. He is known all over Tokio for his
famous sake."
P? What is he doing to that tub? " inquired Johnnie.
"That is a fresh
lot of Tedo-ichi (A
No. i Yedo). You will
observe the auger on
the ground by his side.
He has just bored a
hole in the lid of the
tub and is testing the
liquid, with his finger,
before sending it to a
customer."
" Does he sell by
wholesale ? " demand-
ed the boy.
" He sells in any-
way you wish," said
the man. " Sometimes
I go over and take a
cup or two, and, at
others, purchase a tub
of sake for my household
consumption. He
keeps
all his utensils
SAKE-SHOP.
very clean, and you can rely on what you buy of him."
" "
Look at the cat nursing a monkey," said Fitz. Neko
seems to take great care of her foster-child."
"Cats are very strange things," said Kimura. 'That one