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5 2 THE WONDERFUL CITY OF TOKIO.
"That, sir, was the guard-house toro (lantern)," replied
"
Oto. In former times a lamp was kept burning in it all
night. Now it is used as a rabbit-hutch by the mom-ban"
"
Mother and Sallie
" Here we are at home," cried Fitz.
have gone to bed. Will you come in, Oto?"
"Yes, for a few moments,"
answered their friend.
" I for-
got to tell you that I had brought you a curiosity, a
daguerreotype of my family, taken when I was quite a boy."
They entered the house and proceeded to the library, when
Oto, producing a small morocco case from his pocket, exhib-
ited a picture of four persons, remarking:
"This was made in 1871 just before we gave up wearing
our swords. In those days my father carried two in his obi
(girdle) and I wore one. My mother is standing
and my eldest sister is on my right."
"Where is she now?" asked Johnnie.
behind him
"Alas! she is no more," returned the young Japanese.
" She died when I was staying with you in America."
"What a queer-looking little fellow you were, Oto!" said
Fitz. "You did not think much of foreigners then, did you?"
" I did not know you as well as I do now," was the gentle
reply. "Still I never disliked you, my father having from the
first taught me to respect all nations. I have brought this for
your mother. I once heard her say she would like to have
seen me in the olden times."
"I thank you, for my wife," said the Professor, taking the
case; "she will value your gift very highly."
" Boys," said Oto, as he quitted the house, " I cannot be
away from the hospital more than one day
in each month.
What shall we do the next time I visit you?"
"We will take a stroll about the city and see the sights,"
said Johnnie. "We want to go to the places where they man-