I think, until I can go with you, it is safer for you to go in the
'rikshas. The common people here aren't used to motor cars and there are
still some fanatics in Japan, you know, who are opposed to every sort of
progress and the invasion of foreign customs."

"Good-by, Papa," called Billie, "I do wish you were not a working man so
that you could go with us."

"I am sorry I must be a laborer in the vineyards, Miss Wilhelmina," he
answered, "but it's only that you may ride in a fine carriage and wear a
silk robe."

"Silk robe?" repeated Miss Campbell. "That's just what I want. Komatsu,
we wish to go to a silk shop," she ordered the man-servant, speaking
very loud and distinctly as if she were addressing a deaf person.

Komatsu grinned amiably.

"I bring honorable lady to fine shop with quickness."

The next moment the three vehicles were flying along the road drawn by
three tireless individuals, whose good nature, like the widow's cruse,
knew no diminishing.

It would be difficult to find in all the world a more beautiful city than
Tokyo at this season of the year. It is really a city of gardens and
everywhere are palms and pines and waving willow trees, magnificent
arbors of wisteria not yet in bloom and splendid azalea bushes bursting
into masses of white and pink blossoms. Even the humblest brown cottage
has its bit of garden, for the love of flowers is innate in every