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THE JEWETTS' NEW HOME. 9
"I never behold the mountain thus, without thinking of
Hokusai'S picture," gravely observed Johnnie.
:?
Yes, I "
remember," answered Sallie. The one where the
servant with the duster in his girdle, is represented as raising
the paper window and revealing the sacred mountain to the
gaze of his astonished master, who is so amazed that he upsets
his tobacco-box, and drops his pipe. Some Japanese say that
the kakemono (hanging picture) was invented by the person
depicted in Hokusai's painting."
"Oh, you little goose, Sallie Jewett!"
c The kakemono was invented by the Chinese, long
shouted Fitz.
before the
Japanese ever thought of it. Come, tell us from whom your
letter is."
"
It is from Miss Sherman," answered the girl, rapidly
"
scanning the note. She wishes us to go down to Yokohama
to witness the amateur theatricals. What do you say, boys?
Shall we ask father and mother?"
T
Yes, yes," said Fitz.
"
It will be good fun, particularly
as Miss Sherman is to take a part in the performance."
The professor and his wife readily gave their- consent, and
that afternoon Fitz, Sallie, and Johnnie went down to the
Shin-bashi railway station and started for the settlement.
On board the cars they met the chief inspector of the line,
a very gentlemanly Japanese, who chatted with them about the
railways of his country, saying,
:f
This road has been a great success, and the one from
Kobe to Kioto is paying well. We have other railways pro-
jected. Here is a map that will show you what we intend to
do. The heavy strokes denote the lines already in existence,
the light ones those in progress of construction, and the dotted
tracks the ones we propose to build as soon as we can afford
to make the outlay."