ed that big dinner we were going to
celebrate Page's new position with. Now turn around to the lamp so you
can see. What a funny fat shadow you make! But how sweet it is to know
if we keep our faces to the light the shadows are always behind us! Now
I must run and get a little sleep. Zura says I am to go on watch at
three."

I thought her gone, when the door opened again and I could see only her
gray head and bright, though tired face. "Miss Jenkins, please don't let
that layer cake fool you. It is not tough. I just forgot to take the
brown papers from the bottom of the layers when I iced them. Do as I
tell you, eat and sleep."

"What if to-morrow's care were here
Without its rest?
I'd rather He'd unlock the day
And, as the hours swing open, say,
'Thy will be best.'"

"Good-night, dear friend."

Then she was gone. The tables were turned in more ways than one. Jane
was counselor and I the counseled, she the comforter and I to be
comforted.

* * * * *

In the daughters of Japan lies a hidden quality ever dormant unless
aroused by a rough shake from the hand of necessity; it is the power to
respond calmly and skilfully to emergencies. In this, as never before,
Zura Wingate declared her Oriental heritage. On the tragic morning when
I had gone with Page to the Kencho I had left her a singing, joyous
girl, her feet touching the borderland of earth's paradise. I returned
and found her a woman, white lipped and tense, but full of quiet
command. The path to love's domain had been blocked by a sorrow which
threatened desolation to happiness and life. Not with tears and vain
rebellion did she protest against fate or circumstances, nor waste a
grain of energy in useless re-pinings. With the lofty bearing her lordly
forefathers wore when going forth to defeat or victory this girl stood
ready, and served so efficiently that both nurse and doctors bestowed
their highest praise when they told her she was truly a Japanese woman.

So frequent were the demands from household and sick-room that I feared
for her strength. I knew she suffered. Rigid face muscles and
dark-rimmed eyes so testified; but aside from these some tireless spirit
held her far above weariness. Alert to see and quick to perform, under
her hand, after a few days, the house settled down into a routine where
each member had a special duty. In turn we watched or waited while the
heavy, anxious days dragged t