. St. Nicholas [serial]. de and joy. Bunkichi, having taken off his haori,\ said tothe man: Put this on, though it is not suffi-cient to protect you, and come on with me tomy next stopping-place. Though the seamanwas reluctant to accept so generous an offer,Bunkichi urged him, and, giving him a helpinghand, led the man along to the next village,where they found an inn into which they a suit of clothes was purchased for thesailor, and the lad recounted the story of thewreck to the old woman, the keeper of the inn,and asked her to send for a doctor, who, onarriving, did whatever he co
. St. Nicholas [serial]. de and joy. Bunkichi, having taken off his haori,\ said tothe man: Put this on, though it is not suffi-cient to protect you, and come on with me tomy next stopping-place. Though the seamanwas reluctant to accept so generous an offer,Bunkichi urged him, and, giving him a helpinghand, led the man along to the next village,where they found an inn into which they a suit of clothes was purchased for thesailor, and the lad recounted the story of thewreck to the old woman, the keeper of the inn,and asked her to send for a doctor, who, onarriving, did whatever he could for the poorman. Bunkichi, who thought it likely he might beof more service to the sailor, said, in answerto his question : I have no house of my own,% A Japanese upper garment. 9/2 KIBUN DAIZIN [Sept. but you will find me if you ask for one Bun-kichi at the Daikokuya, a cloth establishmentat Kumano. You, being a sailor, are sure tofind any amount of work if you go there; soplease look me up. I am in a hurry ; I can-. GIVING HIM A HELPING HAND, BUNKICHI LED THE MANALONG TO THE NEXT VILLAGE. not stop here longer. On my way back fromOsaka I shall call upon you. If you are wellbefore then, you had better go to Kumanoand wait for me there. Thus kindly holding out hopes of helpinghim in the future, he gave the old woman asum of money for the nursing of the sailor, andhurried on his way. Going on from one hotel to another, and re-solving to lose no time, Bunkichi at last arrivedin the city of Osaka. As he had received a let-ter of introduction from his master to a certain wholesale merchant of the city, with whom theDaikokuya had dealings, he went to this mer-chant and asked for the articles he had beencommissioned to buy. The head of the house,acquainted with the wanizame affair by the let-ter, did everything in his power to assist Bun-kichi, and the transaction went off smoothly andquickly. After he had sent off the fishing-tackleto Kumano on board a ship, he spent a fewdays in
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