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Donna moaned in her wretchedness; she placed her arm on the cash register and bowed her head on it, while the other little trembling hand stole across the counter, seeking for his and the comfort which the strong seem able to impart ito the weak by the mere sense of touch. "Oh, Harley, Harley" she whispered brokenly, "the light's gone out of the world and I can't cry. I I I can't.
I should like to know what Gulgul, as we Persians call the nightingale, has to talk about to her mate in the rose-bush. May you betray her secret?" "I will whisper it softly. "And what does that mean, 'Ito, ito?" "I accept it." "And Itys?" "Oh, that must be explained, to be rightly understood.
Finally, they had an important advantage over the Chinese in being abundantly supplied with ammunition. With this formidable fleet, Ito steamed slowly to the north-westward. Early on Monday morning he was off the island of Hai-yun-tao. At 7 A.M. the fleet began steaming north-eastward. It was a fine autumn morning.
The impersonality of Japan was as restful to him as it is aggravating to a European. But it must not be imagined that Ito was an idle man. On the contrary, he was exceedingly hard working and ambitious. His dream was to become a statesman, to enjoy unlimited patronage, to make men and to break men, and to die a peer.
The other Chinese ships were lightly protected, and some of them not at all. None of the Japanese vessels had external armor, their protection consisting of steel decks and internal lining down to the water-line. On perceiving the enemy's ships, Admiral Ito, of the Japanese fleet, at once gave orders to his captains to prepare for action.
Ito had found in Asako the physical beauty of his own race together with the character and energy which had pleased him so much in white women. Everything seemed to favor his suit. Asako clearly seemed to prefer his company to that of other members of the family. He had a hold over the Fujinami which would compel them to assent to anything he might require.
It arises, of course, out of the desire, drilled into them, generation after generation, to be extremely polite; and doubtless when speaking in their own tongue, the word is never unsuitably used; but when they undertake to talk English, it is frequently pitchforked into the conversation in the most incongruous and even ludicrous fashion, and I decided that it would only be kind to give Ito a lesson upon the absurdity of employing it inappropriately.
For an instant Geoffrey thought they must be the cloakroom attendants. Then, to his surprise, Ito announced: "Mr. and Mrs. Fujinami Gentaro, the head of the Fujinami family. Please walk in and shake hands." Geoffrey and his wife did as they were directed. Three mutual bowings took place in absolute silence, followed by a handshake. Then Ito said: "Mr. and Mrs.
This Ito is a rascal, a thief, a good-for-nothing, a " The old gentleman collapsed. Again the council separated, still undecided except for one thing that the claim of Mr. Ito to the hand of Asako was quite inadmissible. When the "family prime minister" next pressed his master on the subject, Mr. Fujinami had to confess that the proposal had been rejected.
We beg of you to bring to bear upon this question the same breadth of mind and the same calmness of judgment that have characterized your course hitherto, and, having weighed the matter, to render us what aid you can consistently in this our time of national danger." Marquis Ito was made the first Japanese Resident-General in Korea.
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