The native American. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1840, 1837-12-16

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lover time to propose.
Il So-ko,' cried Souchong, am in love-
: 'Goodv said So-ko.
/ wish to marry
il Good again. added So-ko.
Il This roof contains all hold dear on earth.
Excellent cried So-ko. Il thought as much
You have been very frequently of late with my
sisters. You like them
II adore themv
j And wish to marry?'
i 2 Exactly
! When!'
| sTO-M0rrow.'
i which one?'
i : will marry them all
so you shall. They are all in love with you,
and I have been glad to promote it, as far as lay
within my power. | like you, SOuchong, and
could no where choose brother more grateful to
|my feelings Consider it settled. am man
/ Of business. hate words. You shall marry the
whole family tomorrow at eleven. Enough of
lone subject. How is your health
Excellent
Have You not been i'll lately!'
i mo. Why do you ask?'
From seeing your Pagoda so neglected. You
nearly ruined yourselves by those stupid essays
against poygamy, and the Feet of Belle will go
well nigh to complete the business altogether.
There is one thing, by the way, which might as
well say to you about the girls. Hoa and Casgha
are plain housewives; but my pretty Kia, there,
has turn for literature. She'll be great assist
ance to you in the Pagoda. She's perfect devil
with pen. Here! Here's communication
from her. You have never had any thing so good
4 in the Pagoda. The Great Vail gang would
give their eyes for it; she will be delighted to
lsee it in print. Nay, nay, no thanks, It's an
II Address to the Ganges,' the best thing she
ibid. Farewell, my dear brother Souchong.-
Tomorrow at eleven
What! the last Nankin subscriber stopped!'
Il cried Bohea, in dismay.
i The very last said Slang Whang HE said
he could not stand the Address to the Ganges.
He is mandarin Of responsibility, and great
loss. He had written to stop, before-once on
|reading the Essays on Polygamy, and again after
|glancing at the Feet Of Belle. This time he
came himself.
h 1T is too true, my brothers, said Souchong.
fIsWe have yielded to personal friendship thrice.
u We have in consequence published three silly
communications, and been three times the jest Of
|all 7chong- Kou.'
1t happened some time after, that the three edi-
tors were brought into the presence of the empe-
Iror, on the charge of reasonable crime. Their
laccuser was vile eunuch, whose cowardly heart
had conceived hatred against them, from the
fact that Of the characters Of fictitious story
in the sPagoda,' was, by mere chance, such
counterpart of his own, that he concluded it hat
been copied literally from himself. He was no
aware how often such transcripts are accidental
land that the careful student Of human nature,
drawing one scoundrel, -deineates a thousand
llOf such wretchcs there are numerous species,
,Isembling vipers, and though each may fancy the
spots on his back sufficiently marked to distinguish
him from other individuals, yet whole broods are
SO painted and deeply stained, that picture Of
lone is fac-simile of all. The inexperienced
youths knew not, when they established their pc
lriodical, that these sad mistakes and deadly re-
Ivenges are among the inevitable caaities of lite
lrary men, especially of such connected with
1.-THE public press. The emperor himself examin-
led the culprits and was about to consign them to
1.-THE doom Of convicted felons, upon the determined
Testimony of their accuser, when young Tartar,
lof graceful mein and beautiful countcnance step
-lped forward from among the courtiers, and adj
dressed the monarch.
i Emperor of the world, stay your hand! Do
not consign the innocent to punishment. This
leunuch Isl wretch, perured, cowardly, and base.
The crime of which he accuses the three prison
lers, he knows they did not commit. He him
self is the author of it. as l can prove by an in.
ltercepted document now in my possession
i We are not chronicler Of Chinese history
and therefore omit the details of the affair. The
lbarbarous eunuch was condemned to death, the
rescued brothers again enjoyed freedom, and the
'Pagoda' fourished more prosperously than ever.
One day the young Tartar, to whose interfer-
lence they owed their life, came into their Office.
: He had paper in his hand.
4 Only two versesv he said. know very well
they are no great things, but they are the first
production Of young lady who will one day be
! an honor to China. Should you reject them, it
; will break her heart. Publish them, not for
what they are, but for what their author will one
day be-
7 Souchong, Bohea, and Slang Whang, looked
at each other, and reached out their hands for the
stanzas.
will YOU publish them!' asked their deliyerer.
4 Certainly replied Souchong.
sUnquestionably!' added Slang Whang.
: 'Indubitably!' echoed Bohea.
: All the readers of China derided the unhappy
editors, on account of two of the supidest verses
r ever published. Infinitely better poems had beer