The mountain sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1844-1853, 1850-10-17
VOL. 7.-NO. ..


nea rer, and, in q few minutes, seemed
directly under the window Of the apart
ment. Shangtshe- appeared greatly agl-
tated, aud begged Jonathan by sigus to
| depart the way he came BuI Jonathan
had no notion OF being scared by a tune,
and declined to bulge an inch. It was
nice tune, and he didn't much ,aind if he
| heard another just like IL,
Presently the suusic ceased, aud al. a,
once the young Shangtshee screamed a
scream almost as loud as the former ones.
1--WE hat can have got into the curious ver-
mint now, | wonderi" ouoth Jonathad.-
He Iittle suspected she had caught a
glimpse of the face OF her lover through
the blinds. This Young man was called
u min-hoo, which signifies feaihered,
because he was j great poet, and took
such high flights that his meaning was
some-tlmes quite out Of sighl He always
carried Ihx bottle suspen ded 10 his
| button, bamboo pen stuck beh.na his ear,
: aGd i book under h:s aFm, Ia which he
wrote down his thou hts tha. ne might
escai i.e him He made verses upon ShaQat-
shee, ia which he compared ner 10 q dish
, o! bears claws, since her nails were at
least SIX inches long, and she was deit-
cacy which the epcure ght admire
every day in the year. IL was tins sent
iInent which be had sci 10 music aud sung
on this eVenttul evening under Lbs wiz.
dow OF his mistress.
Iu-min-hoo was petrif-d when hs
saw his Shangishee sitting SO coSiIy by
the side Of Fam-I;wei. which, as l said
before, means foreign devil. HIS indg-
nation was terrible and bis jealousy pro-
digious. He had thoughts Of sitting down
by the ligh, of the moon and writing
furious ode. cOnsigning the Fankwei to
all the Chinese devils, which are the
gl.est in the world. Even their gods are
monsters, wha. then must the others baa
On second thoughts, however, Yu-min
hoo restrained his muse and ia moment
OF TWO they heard the clatter Of his wood
en- shoes gradually recrding. Shaugtsh
again enlrealed with hereyes, her hands.
nay. her very feet, that yona,ha would
make himself scarce. The tears ran down
her checks, and, lik. torreu: s Of rain.
wore deep channels IN them that ellaos,
spold their beauty.
Jonathan tried all he could 10 comfort
her, when what was his surprise aud in.
dignat;on at her tase ing laitud, h was
suluted with scratch of III Sc iolg nails
Of Chinese lady to rank L was a
scratch so emphatic and well directed.
that every nail, AMI III pst especially the
little finger nail, left its mark on his
cheek, and it was preceded and f.llowed
by scream CT The highest pretensi7ns.
Our hero was astounded = this Iiula-
ton. He Mad heard of love taps, bitne
er ofsuch as these. BIl he soon an lerslold
-, .E.r,t1 IL.
slick as whistle, y hen he So little Fat
qua standing before him breathing FIRE
and locking fury from his dark sharp-cor-
uered eyes
I'll. yuh!-Nissee Joe No.,inE-spose
tink you daughter my oae fowe.-wo.;su
--ney!"
Jonathan eudeavourcd to convince Fat
qua that there was not the lsas, har:u in
sitting by the side Of young wonan in
civil way-that il was d"Le IL his coun-
try every day IN the year, particularly on
Sundays-and thai the women gheIe ,yero
quite as good as the Chinese, though ;hey
did no: wear wooden shoes, and r:a4s s.x
inches long.
Fat.qua was wroth' q, this 5adecorogs
com parson of the Fa,I-E gse- .aI es WE:
those OF the Crj,s:5.J E.a7Ir-i ar5-frsgd
rs se wants l, e'z- % 4-.aou cs 2 yto,.,or
U C.lness e,i4Getl. a.. q g. :. ......s.g1r %
wooden shoes aad long na. 5. iie deter.
mined, IN the Lt,cgne9s ofhis heart. t.
have him immediately before the woy-
shipTul Gan-chal-sze, wao would 10, fail
to squeeze some Of lis do!Iags cut ot
him.
But fllher reheclion induced him to
abandon this course. tie recaHec,eG.
when the fumes OF The VINE were some
what dissipated that both himself and his
daughter would BE- disgraced aud dishon-
ored !! II were publicly known that she
had been in company wth Fan-kwei,
a stain Of the deei est dye according to tho
statutes Of The Celestial Empire, IN any
but common women. The only way,
therefore, was TO Ike The best OF bad
business, accordingly he bribed his ser
wants TO secrecy-inaried his daughter 10
t lhe poct--and swoTe never 10 invite
another Missee Joe Noting io dine with
him SO long as lheIe was women in his
house. He bad never, he said, met
with a fellow Of this chop before
Various were lne other adventures Of
our hero, which are forever incorporated
IN the annals OF the Celestial Empire.
where be figures as the Great Fan-knei
Jas Noting" Mv limits VII. nc. suffice