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AMONG THE PORCELAIN-MAKERS. 171
will come any day I will show you all my treasures. I have
many very fine pieces, and am sure you will be charmed with
them. It is a great happiness to me to see a foreign young
our fine arts. Your brother's
lady so thoroughly appreciate
remark has set my old head thinking. I shall never become
Americanized, like my son."
"
Please do not permit Fitz's thoughtless speech to annoy
"
you," said Sallie. I thank you so much for your kind prom-
ise and shall avail myself of it at an early day."
FIRE-PROOF WAREHOUSE.
:? You will make me very happy," said Mr. Nambo.
"
Please ask your honorable parents to accompany you."
"
They will be delighted to do so," she replied.
"
Mrs.
Nambo, I am at your service."
They quitted the house and in a few minutes were en route
for Shiba, one of the most beautiful suburbs of Tokio. The
party passed through a quarter that had not been touched by
foreign improvements and in which the houses were nearly all
of them fire-proof.
" Hello," said Johnnie, stopping his vehicle, and addressing