THE OGRE OF RASHOMON.Long, long ago in Kyoto, the people of the city were terrified
by accounts of a dreadful ogre, who, it was said, haunted the Gate
of Rashomon at twilight and seized whoever passed by. The missing
victims were never seen again, so it was whispered that the ogre
was a horrible cannibal, who not only killed the unhappy victims
but ate them also. Now everybody in the town and neighborhood was
in great fear, and no one durst venture out after sunset near the
Gate of Rashomon.
Now at this time there lived in Kyoto a general named Raiko, who
had made himself famous for his brave deeds. Some time before this
he made the country ring with his name, for he had attacked Oeyama,
where a band of ogres lived with their chief, who instead of wine
drank the blood of human
