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'WE OO WHERE DEMOCRATIC PRINCIPLES POINT THE WAY J WHEN THEY CEASE TO LEAD, WE CEASE TO FOLLOW.'
BY JOHN G. GIVEN
EBENSBURG, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1830.
VOL. 7. NO. 2.
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JONATHAN S VISIT
To llic CVliliaS :sfiiii c.
BY J. K. I'AULDIKQ.
Somewhere about the year 1783, Jon
athan, a young fellow who lived a wax
down east, took it into his head to make
a voyage to Canton. Accordingly he tilted
out his sloop, a tarnation clever xessel of
about eighty tons, and, taking a crazy old
compass for his guide, his two cousins,
one a lad about sixteen, and a great New
foundland dog for his crew, and a couple
of rusty revolution try swords for an arm
ament, he boldly set forth on a voyage to
.he Celestial Empire.
Jonathan was a mighty cute lad, and
had read a little or so about the great de
votion of the Chinese to the herb called
ginseng, which everybody knows is a
remedy for all things. He happened one
day to hear an Indian doctor give it as his
opinion that a certain plant, which grew
in the neighborhood of Jonathan's natale
tolum, was very much like the famous
Chinese panacea, as he had seen it de
scribed. He took a hint from this, and
rather guessed he would carry a good
parcel along with him o:i speculation.
Accordingly he gathered a few hundred
weight, dried, and stowed it away in o:
of his lockers, under the cabin iloor.
Providence, which seems to take spe
cial care of such droll fellows as Jonathan,
who calculate pretty considerably on their
native energies, blessed him xvi;h f:iir
ninds and good weather; his old compass
behaved to admiration; his ancient chart,
which had been torn into fifty thousand
pieces and pasted on a hit of tarpaulin,
proved a most infallible guide; and some
how or other, he could not exactly tell
how, he plumped his sloop right into
Table Bay, just as if the old fellow had
been there a hundred times before.
The Dutch harbor-master was sitting
under hi hat on his piazza, when he be
held, thtough the smoke of his pipe, his
strange apparition of a vessel, scudding
like a bird into the bay. lie took it for
the famous Flying Dutchman, ami such
was his trepidation, that he stuck his pipe
into his button-hole without knocking out
the ashes, whereby he burnt a hole in his
xvaistco.t. When Jonathan rounded to,
and came to anchor, the harbor master
ventured to go on board to get information
concerning this strange little barque,
11
could talk English, Dutch fashion, for in
deed he had been promoted to the olac
on account of his skill in languages.
"Whence came you mynheer i" quoih
he.
"Right ofT the reel from Id Salem, I
guess," replied Jonathan.
"Old Salem whereabouts is dat den?
I tout know any sich plice about here."
"I guess not. What's your name,
squire ?"
"Hans OllenbockenofTenhafietigraphen
steiner ish my name."
"Whew ! why it's as lung as a pump
kin vine now ain't it?"
"But whereabouts isli dish Mashe you
8peague of?" reiterated the harbor-master.
"O, it's some way otf about six or
eight thousand miles down west there."
"Six tousand duyvels !" muttered Hans
with the long name. "Do you link I v ill
Sielieve such a cog and pulish tory.as dat,
Uynheer ?"
"If you don't believe me, ask my two
cousins there and if you don't believe
them, ask my dog. I tell you I come
right straight from old Salem, in the Uni
ted Slates of A merry key."
"United Sthaiies of vat ? I never heard
of anv United Sthaites but de Sthaites of
Ilollant."
Ab I suppose not they've jist been
christened I 'spose now, likely j ou've
never heard .of the new world neither,
have you, mister what's your name?"
'Hans Ollenbockenoflenhafiengraphen
sleiner I told you zo pefore."
.May be you'll have to tell me again
before I know it by heart, 1 calculate.
But did you never hear of the new xvorld,
quire?"
. "Not I ant if I hat, I vouldn't hafe
pelieved it. Tare ish no new vorlt zinze
de tiscovery of de Cape of Good Hoop
dat I know. Put, gom along, you must
co vid me to de gubernador."
Jonathan puzzled the governor about
93 much as he hail done the harbor-master.
But his papers were all fair and
above board, and the governor had not
only heard of the new world, but of the
United States of Amerrykey, as Jonathan
.called them. Accordingly he was per
mitted to enjoy all the privileges of the
port.
Nothing could exceed the wonder and
curiosity excited by the vessel among the
people at the Cape. That he should have
made a voyage of so man' thousand miles,
with such a crew and such an outfit, was,
in their opinion, little less than miracu
lous; and the worthy governor could only
account for it by the aid of witchcraft,
which, he had somewhere been told,
abounded in the new world. Jonathan
was the greatest man, and his dog the
greatest dog at the Cape. He dined with
Jlie governor and burgomasters; cracked
his jokes with their wives and daughters,
danced xvith the Hottentots, and might
have married a rich Dutch damsel of five
hundred weight, and five thousand ducats
a ear, provided he would have given up
old Salem forever.
After partaking of the hospitalities of
the Cape a few days, Jonathan began to
be in a hurry to prosecute his voyage. He
knew the value of time as well as money.
On the sixth day he accordingly set sail
amid the acclamations of the inhabitants,
taking with him a hippopotamus, an ou
rang oulang, and six ring-tailed monkeys,
all of which he had bought on speculation.
One of his cousins had, hoxvever, been so
smitten with the country about the Cape,
or with the charms of a little Dutch maid
en, that he determined to stay behind,
marry, and improve the inhabitants on
speculation. A Dutch sailor o fie red to
supply his place, but Jonathan declined,
say ing he guessed his other cousin and
the Newfoundland d jg, xvho was a pretty
particular cute ciilier, could sail his sloop
quite- round the world and back again.
Not much of interest occurred durinw
O
the voyage until he arrived at Macao,
where he excited the same astonishment,
underwent the same scrutiny, returned
the same satisfactory answers, and came
off as triumphantly as he did at ihe Cape
of Good Hope. While here, he saw
everything, inquired about everything,
and went everywhere. Among other of
his adventures, he one day accompanied
his cousin in a fishing-boat, to see if they
fished as the people did on the banks of
Newfoundland. Unfortunately a violent
storm came on; some of the boats were
lost, and their crews drowned. The sur
vivors went and offered up some of their
paddles ai the great temple of Neam-ma-ko.
Those that . were able added some
matches and gdt paper. Jonathan's other
cousin here determined to stay behind at
?.lacao. It occurred to him he might
make a speculation by curing the fish after
the manner of inackeral Jonathan did
not much like litis, but lie said "neer
mind, i partly guess 1 can do xvithout
hi ,
an.
Jonathan had now r.o one but his New
foundland d.ii to assist in the navigation
of his s!oop. But he thought to himself,
his vo!:ge was almost at an end, and, at
all events, if he hired any of the Macao
people, they would be offering up matches
and gilt paper to Neang-ma-ko, instead of
minding their business. So he set sail for
Canton, the Chinese prognosticating he
xvorld go to the bottom, because he did
not make an offering to Neang-ma-ko,
and the Portuguese that he would vo to
the devil, because he did not pay his de
voirs to the virgin.
At Liu-Tin he was taken for a smuggler
of opium by some, ami for a magician br
others, when they saw his vessel, heard
where he hailed from, and became con
vinced that his whole crew consisted of a
Newfoundland dog. The commander of
the fleet of ships of war stationed at Lin
Tin, to prevent the smuggling of opium
into the Celestial Empire, seized the
sloop, and devoted its brave commander
to the indignation of the mighty emperor,
who is brothei to the sun and moon.
Hereupon Jonathan bethought himself of
a piece of the herb he had brought with
him and had in his pocket. "It is a
mighty good chance," thought he, "to try
if it's the identical thing." Accordingly
he took a convenient opportunity of pre
senting to the valiant commander a bit
about as big as his finger. The admiral,
whose name was Tizzy-Wizzy-Txvang-Lang,
stared at him at first with astonish
ment, then at the present With almost dis
may, and, thrusting it into his pocket,
immediately caused it to be proclaimed
that the "foreign barbarian" was innocent
of the crime, or the intention of smuggling
opium, and might go anywhere he pleased.
Tizzy-Wizzy-Txvang-Lang then sat down
and wrote a dispatch to the Governor of
Canton, stated that he had routed the "for
eign barbarians," destroyed their fleet,
and thrown, all their opium overboard.
After which he shut himself up in his
cabin and took a morsel of the treasure
Jonathan had presented himj about as
large as the head of a pin. It is astonish
ing how much better he felt afterwards.
In the meanxvhile Jonathan had set sail,
and was ploughing his way toxvards Can
ton, with a fair wind and a good prospect
of' making a great speculation, for he had
ascertained to a certainty that the article
he had brought xvith him xvas the real
ginseng, which xvas worth five times its
weight in gold. He went ashore at the
village of Ho-tun, xvhere he saxv the peo
ple catching wild ducks and geese, which
they fatten by feeding in the dark. "That's
a good hint," said Jonathan, shutting one
eye, "and 111 tell the folks at old Salem."
While he xvas xvalking about, seeing into
everything, he was unexpectedly saluted
by a shower of stones from a parcel of
children, xvith their hair sticking up be
hind like two horns. Jonathan thought
this tarnation ungenleel; but he prudently
suppressed his anger, considering he xvas
in a strange country, ard xvas come to try
his fortune.
"May I be buttered," quoth Jonathan,
as he approached Canton, and saw the
countless boats moored in streets on the
river, or flitting about in every direction.
"may I be buttered, if here isn't a city all
afloat. This beats all nater !"
And sure enough, here xvas a scene that
might have made one of our Indians won
der. The whole xvorld seemed on the
xvater. Junks, xvith txvo eyes staring at
the boxvs canal boats, flower boats, plea
sure boats, and boats of all sizes and des
criptions, filled xvith all sorts of people,
lay moored in regular streets, or xvere
moving about, to and fro, in every direc
tion, painted in all the colors of the rain
bow, and ornamented xvith gold leaf and
grinning monsters having no prototypes
in nature, or anywhere else but in the
grotesque imagination of the artists of the
Celestial Empire.
The busy activity of some of these
boats was singularly contrasted with the
luxurious ease of others, in which might
be seen a couple of Chinese dandies re
clining on mats and resting their heads on
bamboo pillows, with pipes in their mouths
either listlessly contemplating the scene
befoie them, or gazing xvith lack-lustre eve
on the picture of some fa vocile beauty xvith
penciled eyebrows, nails like a tiger, and
feet almost invisible. Others xvere per
forming the ceremony of chin-chin-jos,
xvhich consists in throwing bits ofburntn"
paper into the xvater, while the din of in
numerable gongs contributed a species of
music to the scene that made honest Jona
than stop his ears in reverential dismay.
xv iien our adventurer moored his sloop
ui uauipoa, m me miusi 01 a neei 01
ft
rasi snips, 01 almost an tne nations of
Europe they did not know- what to make
of her. All he could say failed in convin-
cmg them that he had come from such a
long distance, in such a vessel, navigated
by such a crew Besides, what could
haye brought him to Canton? He had
exchange for Chinese commodities except
UV...1VI ihuu i .uiui..ot., him io
it might be his river horse, his ourangout-
ang, and his monkeys.
Jonathan kept his oxvn secret. He had
heard that the Chinese xvere as sharp
as the 'little end of nothing whittled down'
and determined to be as sharp as the best
of them. Accordingly nothing could be
got out ot him, except that he had come
am . .
on his oxvn bottom, and meant to turn a j panacea of all offences in the Celestial 1 the gal? May 1 be chiselled if I don't ' tion. He saJ heard of love tap. b it uev
penny some how or other. He said noth- j Empire. Accordingly, he sallied forth 1 think she's afeard I'll eat her But why i r ofsuch asides. B it he sod un lersto.d
tng about his ginseng, which he had, as I j among these inhospitable ropues, and plied ; the dickens, if she's frightened, don't she 1 the whole squinting of iu bu-iness as
had before stated, stowed away in a secret his stick so vigorously that the rabble lied j scamper off. that being the most nat'ral : slick as a u h-tle. when he saxv little Fat
locker. . before him crying out "Fan-kvvcil" and i why of getting out of danger." Jo inhan ; qua standing J-e.'oru him breathing fire
The story of the strange man and the making motions significant of cutting off j did'not knoxv the feet cf t!u pear young I snd locking fury from his dark sbaro cor
strange vessel that had been navigated ; the head, as much as to say that xvouhPbe ! damsel xvre not nire than two "ir.chea ' n d eyes.
from the new xvorld by a man and a dog, ; his end at last. The reader must know ! and a half I-mg, and that shvj ou!J no ! "H; yah! Missee Joo N'o.tir ?pr,so
made a great noise, and thousands flocked that he-heading is considered thernostdis. ! more run than fiy. Thev xvere what the ' tink vcu c'augh'er mv or.e ctve-vy;.: uc
to sec them. The gentleman xvho oflici-
ated as American consul, xvithout, hoxvev -
er having a regular appointment, behaved
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m me most Kinu ana inenuiy manner to
Jonathan, and introduced him to a hong,
or as our hero called him, aittg-merchant
xvho undertook to do his business for him
that is, if he had any to do, xvhich seemed
rather doubtful.
"I chin-chin you," said Fat-qua, the
hongman.
"You don't noxv, do you?" quoth Jona
than. "Well then, 1 chin-chin you, and
so xve are even I guess."
Fat-qua xvas very anxious to knoxv all
about Jonathan's business; but the Chi
nese xveie such plagu3' slippery fellows,
he xx-as afraid to trust them xvith his se
cret, lie therefore, very gravely, and
xvith infinite simplicity, commended to him
his cargo of live stock, begged he xvould
dispose of them to the best advantage, and
invest the proceeds in a cargo of notions.
Fat -qua did not knoxv xvhether to laugh or
be angrj- however he concluded by laugh,
liig, and promising to do his best.
The trifle xvhich Jonathan brought with
him had been all expended in maintaining
himself and his dog, and Fat-qua did not
feel inclined to advance any on the securi
ty of his live stock. This being the case,
Jonathan one day brought a pound or txvo
of his ginseng, and asked him carelessly
xvhat it might be likely worth in these
parts?
"Hi yah!" exclaimed the hong merchant
m astonishment. "No, have got some
more of hi yah?"
"Some small matter not much?" said
Jonathan xvho was of the opinion if h
displayed the whole parcel at once, it
might lower the price and injure specula
tion. Fat-qua disposed of the two pounds of
gmsengffor a thrmping sum, which Jona
than pocketed in less than no time, and
chuckled, in his sleeve, as he thought of
the mesh's to get rid of the xvhole at the
same rjic. A dav or two after, he deliv
I . .
ered the hong merchant a few pounds
more xvhich he said he had accidsntlly
found j. a place where he had stoxved
axvay xild forgot it.
"Hi ah! Missee Joe Notting, I chin
chin Vga-" And he began "to have great
respetllbr Missee Joe Notting.
In this way by sloxv degrees, did friend
Jonathan bring forth his hoard of hidden
treasurer, till it was all disposed of, and
he found himself in possession of almost
half a million of dollars; for. it is to be re
collected, this happened long before the
value of ginseng was brought down to al
most nothing by the large quantities car
ried to China, in consequence of the suc
cessful speculation of Jonathan.
Every time he produced a nexv lot, he
declared it xvas all he had left, and conse
quently to the last moment the price xvas
kept up. Fat-qua began to believe that
J
oe Notting had discovered some hidden j little fellow, "about knee high to a toad," wrote duxvn his tLouJ.ts thai n nr might
lace where it grew, in the neighborhood i as Jonathan used to say, and fond of a escape him lie ma ie'vei ses uponShaut
f Canton, or that he dealt xvith the prince I good glass of wine. lie plied his guests j shee, if. xvin'cli he compared uer to a dlsli
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of
of darkness.
oarKness. lie accordingly caused him
be xvatched, but our hero xvas too xvide
to
axvake for the hot;r merchant.
"Hi yah! Missee Joe Notting some . and hi3 friend alone together, the latter t every day in the ear. It was th-s sent
yet more when you shall tink shall 'ou j fast asleep. Jonathan Was by this tirn j imeul w hich fie. had el to mus;c and sunj
no more have hey? Every day here i in high feather, and thought this xvculd j on this eventful evening under the. wis.
come you say the last is he hi yah! ; be a good time to take a peep at the es- dow of his mistress.
1 tiuk no last come forever." ; tablishmant of his friend that he might Vu-min-hoo xvas pelriS-d xvhen ha
"I han't another stick to save my giz- I know something about thess matters xvhen saw his Shanutshee s.ttinir 53 coidx- hv
zard," said Jonathan ,and this time he
spoke like a man of honor. He had at
last sold out his hoard, xvith the exception
oi a smau pacei ior presents, ana 10 uie into the interior ot the house until he came ! Uigious. lie h id tiioug!:ts oi siuiug do -.vis
on an emergency. j to the female apartments, in one of xvhich j by the KgU of the mom and writing a
Jonathan was noxv thinking he xvould j he saxv a young lady smoking, to whom furious ode, consigning the Faiikvxci to
gather himself together, and point his j he paid his compliments with a low Low. all the Chinese devils, xvhich are the
bowsprit strut towards home, liuthe da- I Her pipe xvas formed of slender pieces of i ugheit in the world. Eivn their cods ar
tcrmined to see about him, for he expect- ! bamboo, highly polished, with a boxv! of j monsters, xv hat then must the ethers la
ed to he asked a heap of questions when silver and a mouth piece of amber. Her , On second thoughts, however, Yu-min-he
got amongst his old neighbors; and not hair xvas beautifully long, tastefully dress- j boo restrained his muse audio a moment
to be able to tell them all about the Celestial j ed with flowers and gold and silver bod-: ot two they heard the clatter of his xx-cod-Empire
would be to show he had little or ; kins, and the whole atmosphere of the 1 shoes gradual! y receding. Shanatshee
; no gumption
He accordingly visitsd the famous floxv-
garden of Fa-Tee, xvhere he saxv a vast
er
collection of the most beautiful floxvers.
J and roses of all colors. Kcturning, he
; passed through the suburb of IIo-Nam,
; where he xvas called Fan-kwei, xvhich
means "foreign devil," and pelted hand -
j someiy xvith stones, accenting to mc nos-
! pitable custom of the inhabitants
j Jonathan xvas now so rich, that he felt
himself a different man from what he xvas
when the boys pelted him at the village of
Ho-tun. He had, moreover, seen the
bamboo so liberally employed on the
backs of the Chinese by their own officers
and magistrates, that he thought that he
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, might make use himself of this universal
'graceful of all punishments in the Cedes -
j tiol Empire, xvhere they do everything
i differently from the rest of the world
i
Terently from the rest of the world.
A tormal complaint xvas laid before the ! pretending to be frightened was all sheer , tit'.tng by tne siae of a y ung wo.na.i .a
Gan-chat-sze, a minister of justice at Can- aflVctationhe approached her still nearer, 'a civil way that it was d i;e i:i hisc-. un
ton, against the Fati-kxvei, who had feloni- j took up the guitar, and begged her to ! try every day in the year, particularly oa
ously bambooed the mob of Ho-Nam. ; p'&y bim a tune, such as Yankee Doc- Sunday and i.at the xvo.i.en there xveru
Fat-qua, one of our hero's securities, Xvas ! die," or any thing of that sort that was ; quite as gcod as the Chinese, though they
tatien into custody till his forthcoming,
and an express sent off lo Pekin to an
nounce the intelligence to the brother of
the sun and moon, that a Fankxvei had
beat at least txvo hundred of his valiant
and invincible subjects, xvho could not
bring themselves to soil their fingers by
touching even the cloih.es of a foreign bar
barian. Jonathan xvas soon arrested, and, being
carried before the illustrious Gan-chat-sze,
xvas astonished at seeing the infinite mis
chief he had done. There xvas one poor
man xvho had his eyes put out; another
his head fractured; a third his arm broken;
and what xvas xvorse than all this, three
children xvere so disabled that they could
not stand, all by Jonathan's bamboo, xvhich
was about as thick as your finger.
This xvas a serious business for a Fan
kxvei. But his friend Fat-qua whispered
in his ear
"Hi yah Missee Joe Notting you
some more have goto! that grand Hi yah!
You stand under me hey?"
Jonathan tipped him a knoxving wink,
and Fat-qua then crept close to the ear of
the incorruptable Gan-chat sze, and xvhis
pered to him in ike manner; but xvhat he
said being only intended for the ear of
justice, must not be disclosed. The efi'ecl
hoxvever, xvas miraculous, the Gan-chat-sze
forthwith started up in a mighty pas
sion, and seizing his bamboo, attacked the
complainants in the suit with such won
derful vigor, that he actually performed a
miracle, and restored every one of them to
the use of titer limbs. After this, he dis
charged the offender with a caution, which
j Fat-qua translated into excellent English,
and the next day Jonathan sent him by the
nanus ot the same discreet mend a pound
of ginseng.
"Hi yah! Missee Joe more some yet,
hey! Believe him make him as hint go
along Hi yah! Chin-chin you, Missee
Joe Notting."
Pat-qua was determined to -igtiali.o this
triumph of Chinese justice over prejudice
against foreigners, by a great feast of bears
claws, birds-nests, and ai the delicacies of
the East. Us, therefoie. invited a number
of the Fan-kxveis about the factory to meet
Jonathan at his country seat near the gar
dens of Fa-Te, and they had a jolly- time
of it. Our hero was complimented with
a pair of chop sticks of the most elegant
construction and materials, xvhich he man
aged with such skill that, by the time din
ner xras over, he xvas well nigh starved to
death.
rhe hong merchant Fat-qaa xvas a jolly
I pretty neatly until they began to feel a lit-
j tie top heavy, and sailed axvay, one by one.
under rather hirh steam. laavinr Jonathan
, he got home.
He arose xvithout disturbing the little
' fat gentleman, and proceeded to penettate
i loom was perfumed xvith iessemine and
j other odoriferous plants and shrubs. By
i her side lay a guitar, on xvhich she seemed
! m have hmn nl vimr.
The entrance of Jonathan threw her
into great confusion, and she uttered sev-
' eral violent screams, xvhich, however,
j brought no one to her assistance. The
lilustnous v at-cua xvas sttll sieerunir in
his seat, and the servants making merry as
usual with the remains of the feast.
1 Jonathan attempted an apology for his in-
j trusion, but the more he apologized the
louder the voting lady screamed. Jona-
than xvondered xvhat could be the matter
xvith her.
"We!!, I never saw anything like
this
rm-v.vmo- Hmn.irr mm what's cr.ne ever
: Chinese poets call a couple of "golden:
j I. Lies." j
j Encouraged by this notion, that her:quj l!a: ther a;j ti:c Last harm irj
1 pretty easily managed, fr he did not
much admire any of your fine fashionable
gimeracks. Jottalhan xvas a plaguy neat
kind of chap as ban Jsutne a lad as i..ight
be seen: tall and -traight, xvith blue eyes.
white forehead, and ted cheeks, a J.ule
rusted to be sure with the vox age.
The pretty creature with the l.llr feet,
xvhrse name was S!.aii.tahee, ventured
at last to look at this impudent intruder,
and. sooth to say, he did not a p pea re to
terrible at the second glance as at the
first. She smiled, and put out her small
foot for Janathan to admire. She then
took her guitar and played him a tune
it xvas net "Yankee Dcodle" to be sure,
but it rather pleased Jonathan, fur he
declared it beat all, he'd be sw.tehed if it
did'nt. Shangtshee seemed to undeistand
the compl.ii.ent, for the smiled tmd put on
her other golden lily, I suppose to show
jonalhan she had a air of them. Jona
than admired the pipe; sh handi-d it to
him.be. put it to his lips, and, giving it
tack again, she put it to her lips, wn.ch
cur hero finally-concluded came as near
to kissing as twopence to a groat.
"Hew the kritter blushes," thought
Jonathan. He did not know she xvas
paii-ted half an inch thick after the fash
ion of the Chinese lad.es. As thry sat
thus exchanging litt'e pleasant civilities, Yanous were lh5 other adventures cf
which, innocr-nt as they xvere. endanger- our hero, which are forever incor; orated
ed both their lives, they were alarm'ed.at in ibe aunal. of the Celestial Empire
least .the lady for Jonathan bad nver xvhere he figures as the "Groat Fan-knei
particular- .studied Chinese customs by
the sound of a gur.a-, til some short dis
tance, in the garden. It appraiched
nerer,and, in a few minutes, seamed
directly under the window cf the apart
ment. Shangtsht-- appeared greatly agi
tated, and begged Jonathan by sigi.s to
depart the way he cams. Bti i Joiulhan
had no notion of being scared by a tune,
and declined to bade an inch. It wa a
nice tune, and he d.d'nt much inind if ho
heard another just 1 lutf it.
- Presently Um mukic casd, atiti alt at
once the young Shangtshee soreained a
scream ahi.ost as loud as the former ones.
"Whatcan have got into the curious ver
inmt now, I wonder?" quoth Jonathad.
He little suspjcted she bad caught a
glimpse of the face of her lover through
the blinds. This young man xvas caded
Yu m n-hoo, which signifies feathered,
because he xyas a great pott, and took
such high flights that his meaning xvca
some-limes quite out of sigh. He .ilwiy
carried an uj-boltl s suspended to his
button, a bamboo pen stuck behind his ear.
.and a ba-dc under oisarm, in xvhich he
of bear's claws, since h -T r.ai's
j least six inches lung, and she xv
s xvere. nt
ai a deli-
i cacv xvhicn the en cure mihr a Imir.
! the side of a Fan-kwei. xvhich, as I said
before, means foreign dev. 1. His iud-
j nation xvas terrible, and his jdulouy pro-
again vr. treated wall her eyes, her hands.
! t:ay. her very feel, that Jena'. ban would
' n:a!ce himseif scarce. Tiii (eirs ran dsxv'u
; her cheeks, arid, hk-i torrents of ra!n.
' wore deep channels in them IhatuI.rjCjt
' spcild their beauty.
j Jonathan tried all he could to ctrnfort
her, xvhen what was Irs surprise a.. d in
. uignaiion ci r.er tase lngiatuuj, n 1 was
' suluted with a scratch of ih.se io .gni U
that constitute the mst unequivocal c;a;ra
f u Chinesa lady ta rank. It xvas a
j scratch so emphatic and well directed.
! that every nail, anJ m st especially the
I liu'e finger nail. Is ft its ma:k on his
i cheek, and it xvas preceded and fallowed
! by scream cf iho hig-!;est pretension.
! Our hero was anouuded at rhi-? sifata-
' V
Jonathan endeavour d to c.uvir.ee Fat-
; did no: wear wooden sbces, and r:
S.X
incnes 1 ng.
Fit-qua xvas xtp th" f.
J compa: is..n of the F::-h .w.
' lh-;se of the Ci--iti .! En
v Or '-, v i
a v. j. ..r
Hv J.tir.
U-art. U
. e va .oi, e .
o . :::
1
o. . -.. i net- e . i j i v t '. j
xvi oji-u sLoe a ii un
r.ined, irj the bttetne.s of his
have him immt-diaieiy L-eLre
tne xvor-
shipful Gjii-chai-sze, who xvould i.ot fail
to squeeze swue el
Lj;
him.
But father r.ita.i'on induced him to
ubandou this Ct.urs.. Ha rec.liected,
when the fumes of the xv.nr? wt-re some
what d.ssipated that belli hitnse.l and his
daughter would be disgraced and dishon
ored if it were publicly kuown ihat she
had been in ci ::.p my v.'.i'i a Fuu-kxvei.
a slain e.f the dee et dye according lo iho
statutes of the Ce'estiul Empire, m any
but common women. The only xay,
therefore, was to tnrke the best of a tad
business, accorJiugly he bribed his ser
vanis to secrecy married his daughter to
t o ike poet and sxvore never to invite
another .Missee Joe Netting to dine xvith
hi. ii so U ng as there xvas a womu in his
house. lie had never, ho sai, met
j xvith a fel!o.v of this chop before
! Je dotting. My limits w-l. R.i suffic