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He went to a small inn and asked Jimpachi, the innkeeper, to take care of his money, explaining that it was an offering to the Gods at Ise. Jimpachi took the money, and assured the old man that he would take great care of it, and, moreover, that he himself would attend upon him. On the sixth day the old man, though still far from well, paid his bill, took the bag from the innkeeper, and proceeded on his journey. As Kanshiro observed many pilgrims in the vicinity he did not look into the bag, bu...t carefully concealed it in the sack containing spare raiment and food. When Kanshiro at length rested under a pine-tree he took out the bag and looked inside. Alas ! the money had been stolen, and stones of the same weight inserted 1 Adapted from Ancient Tales and Folk-lore of Japan, by R. Gordon Smith. 287 MYTHS AND LEGENDS OF JAPAN in its place. The old man hastily returned to the inn- keeper and begged him to restore the money. Jimpachi grew extremely angry, and gave him a severe beating. The poor old man crawled away from the village, and three days later, with indomitable courage, he succeeded in reaching the sacred shrines at Ise.
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