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FRANK
THE BOY TRAVELLEKS.
CHAPTER XVIII.
SOMETHING ABOUT JAPANESE WOMEN.
thought it was no more tlian proper that lie should devote
a letter to Miss Etfie. He wanted to make it instructive and intui'-
esting, and, at the same time, lie thought it should ajipeal to her personally
in some way. He debated the matter in his own mind without coming to
a conclusion, and finally detertnined to submit the (piestion to Doctor
Bronson, from whom he hoped to receive a suggestion that would be
usefuL
The Doctor listened to him, and was not long in arriving at a conclu-
sion.
"You have just written to Mary on the subject of Japanese art," said
lie, "and she will be pretty certain to show the letter to her intimate
frienil."
"Nothing more likely," Frank an-
swered.
" In that case," the Doctor contin-
ued, "you want to take up a subject
that will bo interesting t(.i both, and
that has not been touched in your let-
ters thus far."
" I suppose so."
"Well, then, as they are both wom-
en, or girls, as jon may choose to call
theu'j, why don't _you take up the sub-
ject of women in Japan ? They would
naturally be interested in what relates
to tlieir own sex, and you can give
them much information on that topic."
The proposal struck Fi-ank as an ex-
cellent one, and he at once set about
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