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THE WONDERFUL CITY OF TOKIO.
The child selected a pin-wheel, paid his money and ran off
with his prize, shouting:
"Hail hail hail (Look out!)"
A little further on they saw a hideous figure of bronze,
placed on the left of the approach to a temple.
a demon supporting a lantern on his hand and shoulder.
?
It represented
That is a tento (heavenly lamp), carried by an oni (imp),"
remarked Oto. 'The inhabitants of this quarter erected it
there as a mark of gratitude for being spared during the last
cholera visitation. It is a very ancient piece of work."
"Why does he not have a Fitz.
twig in his mouth?" demanded
"
Oh, brother," replied Sallie,
" how can the oni hold anything
in its mouth when it is depicted as screaming. For my
part, I think it is too exquisitely grotesque."
" It is too, too utterly homely to suit my taste," mused Fitz.
' f
I think it would make a first-rate scarecrow."
On one of the doors of the temple-gate, was a bronze figure
of an ascending dragon, which greatly interested Johnnie.
rf What a strange monster it is!" he remarked to Oto.
" Do
you believe such a thing
ever existed?"
*
That is a very difficult question to answer," replied their
" amused friend. It is something like the sea-serpent, nobody
can swear it is a myth, and everybody doubts those who say
they have seen it. Still,
on the earth."
" Hullo! " exclaimed Fitz.
at his hat."
I believe such creatures once lived
" Here comes &ronin. Look
' r He is a cho-cho uri (paper butterfvy seller). See how
that boy on the girl's back is dancing up and down and scream-
ing for one of the articles. They are very cleverly made, and
will last a long while."