THE DIARY OF MR PEO 1937

THE DIARY DR SR. PEO

JAPAN, FEBRUARY 1937 DATE WRITTEN ON THE COVER OF SR PEO'S DIARY, HE WON THIS NAME WHEN HE ARRIVED IN BRAZIL, AND BY FINDING HIS NAME DIFFICULT TO PRONOUNCE.

IT WORKED ALONE CATCHING CARDS, AND ALUMINUMS FOR THE COLD NIGHTS OF BAIRRO DA LIBERDADE, IN SÃO PAULO, IT WAS RARE TO STOP MR PEO FOR A MINUTE OF PROSE.

EVERY MORNING I WALKED BY HIM, GOOD MORNING SR PEO, AND HE DIDN'T RESPOND, BUT HE ALWAYS COMPLIED IN HIS EDUCATED ORIENTAL STYLE, WAVING HEAD.

I ADMITTED THAT GESTURE, IN THE SR PEO, BECAUSE NOT ALL THE JAPANESE OF FREEDOM, WHICH COMPLIED US, HE WAS AN EXCESS, THEN ON THIS MORNING I INVITED HIM TO HAVE A COFFEE AND MAKE A COMPANY.

AND TO MY SPANTS AND JOY HE ACCEPTED IT, HE LIKED BEING CALLED SR PEO, SAID THAT HIS NAME WAS DIFFICULT EVEN FOR HIMSELF TO PRONOUNCE, FOR THAT HE PRESENTED AS SR PEO, TO THE PEOPLE ONLY AS PEO, AS HE LIKED TO BE CALLED.

SR PEO WAS A MAN OF MEDIUM STATURE, SLIGHT, EYES BLACK AND REPUPED AS OF ALL ORIENTALS, HIDING SOME SECRET, HE WAS 65 YEARS OLD, AN AGE THAT DID NOT