“Morning Glory!”
“Never mind, Uncle! I will buy a swell coat in New York. You have some more, haven’t you?”
“It cost me forty yens at ’Hama. You really are a foolish girl, Asagao!”
(Asagao is my humble name in Japanese.)
Then I kissed his hand most pathetically—in fun for my part, of course.
22nd—My superstitious Mamma!
She mailed me an o mikuji from the holy box of the Akiwa god.
The number written on the slip was fifty-one. The divine will read as follows:
“Faith in the Well-God will result fortunately.”
Mamma bade me make my prayer long (not mixing it with any laughter whatever).