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THE WONDERFUL CITY OF TOKIO.
have ordered dinner to be prepared for you. You can send a
message to your honorable parents and have your jin-riki-sha
join you."
Sallie assented to this, and on landing they proceeded to
Mrs. Nambo's house, where they thoroughly enjoyed an
excellent Japanese repast, which lasted until eight o'clock in
the evening.
When they were about to leave,
their hostess took Sallie
aside and gave her a package, saying, " My daughter, I hope
you will not be offended with this little present. Please read
these books, they will enable you to attain perfection and possibly
be a benefit to your honorable parents and brothers."
The girl took the
Nambo meant.
gift, not quite understanding what Mrs.
"
Saionara" said Oto. "Next month we will visit the silk
weavers, and go to see the lotuses in Uyeno pond."
As soon as Sallie reached home, she opened her present,
and read on the title page of the first book, "Sixteen Heavenly
Blossoms (Lives of the Sixteen beloved Disciples of Bud-
dha)."
Upon discovering this she bit her lips
volumes to their wrapper.
and returned the
:? What is the matter, my child?" inquired her mother.
" I love Mrs. Nambo, she is a dear old lady," said the
indignant girl. "But I do dislike to go there because she is
always referring to Buddhism, and giving me these absurd
works about the Rakan (disciples). I should think that Oto
ought to tell her that we can never believe in such nonsense."
"
I do not see anything to get mad about, Sallie Jewett,"
:?
said Fitz. When Oto was in America, he never went out
but what somebody buttonholed him and tried to convert him
to his individual way of thinking. As to tracts and good