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; Story of a Japanese J
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! By CLARISSA MACKIE I
The tragic death of General Nogl and
his wife In Japan by suicide recalls to
me what I experienced during my long
residence In that country? thnt In, the
peculiar superstitions of the Japanefte.
Hut while there are a marvelous stole
Ism, heroism, belief In the connection
af this life and "that bourn from
which no traveler returns"? call It wlmt
you will In the case of General and
Mme. Nogl? the superstition among
the lower classes Is as absurd as any
other bigotry the world has ever seen.
It may be a misuse of the word to
call General Nogi's suicide a supersti
tion. It w-as rather obedience to a tra
dltlon. though perhaps It was both. I
was In Japan during the IlussoJapa
nese war and saw a (food deal of that
stole superstition that made the little
men the victors over their ponderous
enemy. That, too. was far removed
from the following absurd case, which
happened In my own family during my
residence In Japan.
It happened In Tokyo, and 1 would
never have believed It If 1 had not
witnessed It myself.
O-IIonu. my Japanese servant came
scuiMing Into my room Just at twilight
one day. The shojl, or sliding panels
were pushed aside, and I had been sit
ting there watching the glory of the
mm rising above my miniature gar
' den.
"Oh. master!" cried the mnn. falling
on his face before me.
' "What Is the matter, OHonnr I
demanded quickly, for this servant was
ordinarily a quiet self contained fellow,
not given to excitement of any sort
"What Is the matter?" I recited.
"I have seen her. master!" he walled
"Seen whom?"
"The fox woman'" he cried, shudder
Ing.
"The fox woman? Who Is she, pray?
Does she deal tu foxes?" 1 was clearly
puzzled, for at that time I had not
studied Japanese superstitions.
"Aye. I have seen her. Woe Is upon
me and my house!" mourned the thor
oughly affrighted man.
"Tell me Hbout It. O-Honu: then per
haps 1 can help you." I Insisted.
"There Is no help for one who has
irued upon the face of the fox woman,"
lie groaned. "Woe Is upon me and my
I house r'
1 took him by the shoulder find ml
ministered n pood American shake.
"Now, O-Honu, stop this twin-ling and
tell me what Is the matter with you!"
1 shouted.
The gentle mannered O-Honn flew to
his feet and stared at me In the twl
iljrht.
"Honorable master." he said broken
ly, "1 have said the truth to you. I
hare pared upon the face of the fox
woman, and disaster Is upon me."
"If you mean that you've pone cruiy
I think you're right." I said sternly
"Now tell me who is this fox woman."
"She Is an evil spirit, master," mur
mured O-Tlonu, with a frlphtened
glance toward the open window and
the mponllt garden beyond.
I said nbthlnp for a moment 1 '
knew that belief In spirit life was too
deeply Ingrained In the nation for me
to scoff at bis fear or endeavor to allay
his fears.
"Tell me all about It, O-flonu," 1
sflld. and for the moment he ceased
his trembling and obeyed.
"1 was passing through the cedar
grove l>eyond the temple, master, and
I was hastening, for It has been said
that the fox woman has been seen
thereal>onts. when I was conscious that
t was not alone In the grove.
"Something ran beside me and breath
ed as It ran 1 thought It was a dog
or a fox. and I looked down, but I saw
nothing.
"1 looked to either side of me. In
front and Ix-hind me, but there was I
nothing to be seen save the cedar trees,
bnt all the time I heard the quick,
hurried breathing and knew that some
thing was near me
"As I came Into the moonlight I turn
<?d once more and looked, and, master.
It was she!" Again my servant fell
to trembllnp like a leaf.
"The fox woman?" I asked.
i "Yes. master "
"What Is she like?"
Tie shuddered and placed his hands
'?>efore his eyos. "She has the form of a
woman, but her face? ah!"
"Yon are sure that yon haven't made
some mistake? Perhaps It was some
woman servant who thought to fright
en yon."
He shook his head, "t would that It
were so." be said sadly. "Rut It was
the fox woman? none other."
"You have seen her before?" I asked
"No, master"
"What can be done- anything to ward
off the evil of her presence?" I asked,
more to soothe him Into quietude than
of any belief I had in the apparition.
He shook his head hopelessly.
"There is nothing to do except to
wait the doing of her evil." he said
moodily
"And that Is?" I questioned.
"Heath to me because I looked npon
her face and evil to mr family "
"What can I do to help yon. O-nonu?
Wonld yon like to go to your fam
ily r
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"Tt would be bwl Jo |eo nml Mt fdf
affairs In order," he said In a melan
choly tone. "I will start tn the morn
ing If I may la* spared."
"Ortalnly, O-llonti." I said cordially.
"Ilememt>er If nothing happens ! shall
Want you hack again "
"Yea, master. If nothing bappeoa."
lie made obe'sance and left the room.
I went out Into the (nficeful quiet of
the mooullt garden and |iomlered what
O-llonu had said to me. I knew that
for these Asiatics the earth, air and
water are |>eople with Rood and evil
spirits. Demons haunt the groves and
springs, and the night brings forth a
thousand terrors to the timid mind
So there was the fox woman who had
frightened my servant so badly. If I
walked In the <-edar grove woo Id I
meet her or must I lie an oriental to
see w-lth hi* e.vea and to tie affected
hjr his evil spirits >
So I walked through the tiny garden
of the Louse I had tensed I threaded
the maze of miniature flower lieda.
steptted over baby streams, hrwhed
I Mist dwarfed trees, until I came to the
biimltoo retire that had a irate In It
Through the gale I pasxed Into a
back lane much u-?ed by tra<les|ieople
and |.<>rdcrt-<l on either slile by straight
young pear, trees
The moon shone down through the
trees, and the leaves flickered on the
patb under my feet A fresh aweet
breete brushed my cheek. It was a I!
\*ry beautiful and iieaceful One did
not want to think of foi women or
other evil demon* on a night like thla
The (>ear bordered lane ended In the
grove of dark cedars, and I entered the
grove with an Involuntary Ihrlll. for
the moon only threaded the thick
foliage here and there nod made a
delicate tra<t>ry of light on the slip
pery needles underf<*?t.
When the tree* had closed quite
around me I was prepared for almost
anything to happen except what really
did happen.
All at once I was conscloua that I
was not alone. Some living thing was
near me, something that moved and
breathed and had life.
1 looked down and saw nothing.
1 looked up and saw the moonlight
Altering through the Imngha. I looked
to the right of me? nothing. I whirled
around to the left? nothing! And yet
I could have sworn something dlsap
pcared beyond my reach with every
movement I made.
I spread out my arms and whirled
like a dervish and some sound came
out of the dim grove of cedar*. It
sounded like a soft chuckle.
I paused then and argued with my
self against (he cold terror that waa
creeping up my spine In spite of the
strong common sense I thought I poa
scssed.
Something was In the grove with me
What It was 1 would discover even If
I had to gax* ui>on the face of the fo*
woman herself. If the fox woman was
a spirit, she would l>e cold and dead
and lifeless. She would not I* warm
and breathing and vital as waa the
person or thine thnt waa near me.
I would flud out.
Whistling carelessly I walked alowly
on and almost Instantly I felt the prea
ence close benlde me again. Now I
was sure that It walked behind and aa
we were coming to an open moonlit
si>nce I waited until we reached It
Then I turned suddenly and looked.
And I saw the foi woman. She had
the form of n graceful woman and her
gown was rich with gold embroidery
She wore a queer sort of silk hood and
from the ho<>t there |>eered her face
It was dreadful I cannot describe It.
but when I looked n|?on It I knew she
was the fo* woman, the evil spirit
who had Inspired such terror In the
heart of my simple servant I did not
blame him.
I was scared myself.
Then with a sudden Impulse I grasp
ed her arm and H was warm flesh be
neath the sll*en sli-eve She struggled
to free herself, but I held on and drew
her Into the moonlight I tore off the
silken hood, and with It came her aw
fnl face.
Then then' shrank before me the
form of a frightened Japanese woman
?not a spirit- but a woman In the flesh
I made Iter turn her face to the moon
light n ud then I smiled
Kor it wa? O I limit's pretty wife who
had so frightened ns in the horrid dla
guise
SI r wept storinlly when I reproached
her Iter pride was injured that I
should have unmasked tier At last
stie swore me to se? recy and told me
the story.
It seems that O llonn had smiled
,upon a pretty servant maid In my
house, and his wife waa Intensely
jealous She had masqueraded at the
fox woman, hoping that he would be
frightened and take It as a warning
not to flirt with the pretty servant She
had frightened him and waaatlll linger
Ing In the grove watching to aee If he
would hasten to his home when I had
come forth and surprised her.
She had taken me for her husband,
for I was wearing a Japanese cloak.
I was glad that there waa something
tangible for me to work upon Thl*
was something I could handle. With
a real foi woman to deal with I could
have accomplished nothing. I promla
ed O-Honn'a wife that all wonld be
well with them hereafter and that I
would keep her secret
Sh?> hurried home to meet her hoa
band. while I made haste to return
and discharge the pretty servant maid
who was causing tronble In the aober
routine of O Honu'a dally life.
After awhile O-Ilonn cam# back to
no a solve red man Occasionally he
looks over hi* shoulder In the twilight
and 1 know he is watching for the fot
woman
But so long as he behaves himself
as circumspectly as he la now doing
I am sure he will never aee her again.
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