ACooliefallsill——PeasantCostume——VarietiesinThreshing——TheTochigiyadoya——FarmingVillages——ABeautifulRegion——AnInMemoriamAvenue——ADoll’sStreet——Nikko——TheJourney’sEnd——CoolieKindliness。
Byseventhenextmorningthericewaseaten，theroomasbareasifithadneverbeenoccupied，thebillof80senpaid，thehouse-
masterandservantswithmanysayonaras，orfarewells，hadprostratedthemselves，andwewereawayinthekurumasatarapidtrot。Atthefirsthaltmyrunner，akindly，good-naturedcreature，butabsolutelyhideous，wasseizedwithpainandvomiting，owing，hesaid，todrinkingthebadwateratKasukabe，andwasleftbehind。Hepleasedmemuchbythehonestindependentwayinwhichheprovidedasubstitute，strictlyadheringtohisbargain，andneveraskingforagratuityonaccountofhisillness。
HehadbeensokindandhelpfulthatIfeltquitesadatleavinghimthereill，——onlyacoolie，tobesure，onlyanatomamongthe34，000，000oftheEmpire，butnotlessprecioustoourFatherinheaventhananyother。Itwasabrilliantday，withthemercury86
degreesintheshade，buttheheatwasnotoppressive。AtnoonwereachedtheTone，andIrodeonacoolie’stattooedshouldersthroughtheshallowpart，andthen，withthekurumas，someill-