A Japanese miscellany - University of Oregon

25'2 Japanese Miscellany
O-Dai was weak: the courage of the race had
failed in her. She wanted still to see the sun;
and she was not of the sturdy type able to
wrestle with the earth for that privilege. Even
after fully abjuring her errors, there was left
but one road for her to travel.
Said the person who bought the body of
O-Dai at a third of the price prayed for: —
" My business is an exceedingly shameful busi-
ness. But even into this business no woman can
be received who is known to have done the thing
that you have done. If I were to take you into
my house, no visitors would come ; and the
people would probably make trouble. There-
fore to Osaka, where you are not known, you
shall be sent ; and the house in Osaka will pay
the money. . . "
So vanished forever O-Dai, — flung into the
furnace of a city's lust. . . . Perhaps she existed
only to furnish one example of facts that every
foreign missionary ought to try to understand.