. Diaries and letters. g servantbears him lightly through the wintry street;and -the father hurries beside Fusaichi, bearingthe lantern. And it is not far to the school,over the little bridge. [|i] I, Master ijjo r.^/,^. ±^ {UZkQit Master. :^^ < UOdi) h Mister — 212 — The huge dark-grey building looks almostblack in the night; but Yokogi can see. Helooks at the windows of his own class-room ;at the roofe 1 side-door where each morningfor four happy years he used to exchangehis getas for soundless sandals of straw ; atthe lodge of the slumbering Kodzukai; at thesilhouette^ of the bell hangin
. Diaries and letters. g servantbears him lightly through the wintry street;and -the father hurries beside Fusaichi, bearingthe lantern. And it is not far to the school,over the little bridge. [|i] I, Master ijjo r.^/,^. ±^ {UZkQit Master. :^^ < UOdi) h Mister — 212 — The huge dark-grey building looks almostblack in the night; but Yokogi can see. Helooks at the windows of his own class-room ;at the roofe 1 side-door where each morningfor four happy years he used to exchangehis getas for soundless sandals of straw ; atthe lodge of the slumbering Kodzukai; at thesilhouette^ of the bell hanging black in its littleturret against the stars. Then he murmurs ;— I can remember all now. I had forgotten—so sick I was. I remember everythingagain. Oh, Fusaichi, you are very good. Iam so glad to have seen the school again. And they hasten back through the longvoid^ streets. [|£] I. silhouetle (siF^u etO m^Bi^^ 5^ ^^ 0 %^^~M IX — 213 — £^ i AXIlfee);Ha, gifj^o 2. voicl = eniply, vacant ^ L ^ — 214 —. XXII November 26, 1891. OKOGI will be buried to-morrowevening beside his comradeShida. When a poor person isabout to die, friends andneighbours come to the house and do all theycan to help the family. Some bear the tidingsto distant relatives; others prepare all neces-sary things ; others, when the death has beenannounced, summon the Buddhist priests. It is said that the priests know always of aparishioners death at night, before any mes-senger is sent to them ; for the soul of thedead knocks heavily, once, upon the door ofthe family temple. Then the priests arise androbe themselves, and when the messengercomes make answer ; We know; we arready. Meanwhile the body is carried out beforethe family butsudan, and laid upon tl^e floor. - 215 - o^^-iio-c^s ^^(in-cs-s^ m/LfiAoiM — 2X6 — No pillow is placed under the head. A nakedsword is laid across the limbs^ to keep evilspirits^ away. The doors of the butsudan areopened; and tapers are lighted before thetablets o
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