“A story? Hold on

‘a minute or two. I

think it would be a
good idea to have a
little fire, and I will
ask our landlord to let us
havea brazier of coals,”
replied the doctor.
A little furnace
of hot coals, known
as the hibachi or fire-
brazier, was soon sur-
rounded by a group of
listeners squat upon the
floor and anxiously
awaiting the doctor’s
story. Ralph looked
about him. There were
the floor-squatters in
that strangely fur-
nished room, neither
chair nor lounge be-
neath them, the brazier
before them, paper
walls lighted by a Jap-
~ anese lamp about them.
“This lamp,” said
the doctor, “has a
saucer filled with rape-

seed oil which feeds a

A JINRIKISHA JOURNEY.

“MIVM V Yor INO

 

 

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