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1 62 THE WONDERFUL CITY OF TOKIO.
our own people.
He has only paid me two sen more than my
regular charge."
"Is this good to eat?" asked Fitz, eyeing the candy sus-
piciously.
" It is delicious," said the man.
!t You have only to taste
it, and you will decide to remain here all day and have these
beautiful articles made, so you can eat them when they are
fresh."
The lad smelt the candy, and, handing it to a little girl
among the spectators, said, " Here, sister, take this. You will
possibly appreciate
it more than I shall."
As t\\Q jin-riki-sha started, the child grasped her prize
frantically, and rushed off shouting, "That Chinaman has given
me an ame-zaiku. Come, O Sin, let us go and eat it."
Away went the Jewetts, at a brisk pace, until they reached
the district where Oto resided.
:t
Why are those white stones placed along the edge of the
path ? " asked Johnnie.
" For the same reason that our people lime-wash rocks and
put them in their gardens," said Sallie.
look pretty."
:r
They think they
:t You are wrong," said Fitz. "The mom-ban told me that
it was to prevent \\\e jin-riki-sha men from running on the
grass. Hello! there is a sakara-uri (fish-peddler). Mother
said if we met one, I was to send him up to the yashiki"
On being addressed, the man stopped, deposited his tubs,
and assuming a crouching position, said, " Is there anything
that your honorable excellencies require? I have small Spanish
mackerel, shad, turnips, and cuttle-fish.
"
of me ?
Please buy some-
thing
"Will you take two of your largest fish to No. 100
Kaga Yashiki? " asked Johnnie.