“THEY CALLED ACROSS MERRILY TO EACH OTHER”
A JAPANESE
BLOSSOM
by
ONOTO WATANNA
ILLUSTRATED BY
L. W. ZIEGLER
NEW YORK AND LONDON
HARPER & BROTHERS
PUBLISHERS M-C-M-V-I
Copyright, 1906, by Harper & Brothers.
All rights reserved.
Published October, 1906.
TO
MY CHILDREN
ILLUSTRATIONS
| “THEY CALLED ACROSS MERRILY TO EACH OTHER” | Frontispiece |
| “MARION SAT ON A GIGANTIC MOSS-GROWN ROCK, LOOKING ... AT THE CHILDREN IN THE FAMILY POND” | 52 |
| “THE LITTLE WAITRESS BROUGHT HER SAMISEN, AND ... BEGAN TO PLAY AND SING” | 170 |
| “HE SEIZED HER HAND SUDDENLY IN HIS OWN AND FELL ON HIS KNEES BEFORE HER” | 226 |
A JAPANESE BLOSSOM
A JAPANESE BLOSSOM
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THE children sat in a little semi-circleabout their grandmother,listening intently as she read to themthe last letter from their father inAmerica. Ever since they could remember,his business as a tea merchanthad taken him away fromJapan on long visits to the foreigncountries. His latest absence hadcontinued for three years now, andlittle Juji—born a short time afterh
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