The mountain sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1844-1853, 1850-10-17

chuckleH in his sleeve. as he thought of
the means TO get rid of the whole at the
same rqse. A day or two after, he deliv-
cred the hong merchant 4 few pounds
more which he said he had accidentlly
found b1 place where he had slowed
awayaad forgot it.
Hi gah! Missee Joe Noting, chin
chin yea." And he began to have great
respeG.1ar Missee Joe Noting.
In this way by slow degrees, did friend
Jonathan bring forth his hoard of hidden
treasurer, till it was all disposeu OF, and
he found himself in possession Of almost
half million OF dollars; for. ii 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 10 China, in consequence of sthe sue
cessful speculation Of Jonathan.
Every time he produced a new lot, he
declared it was all he had left, and conse-
quently TO the last moment the price was
kept up. Fat-qua began to believe that
Joe Noting had discovered some hidden
place where 1t grew, in the neighborhood
of Canton, or that he dealt with the prince
of darkness. He accordingly caused him
to be watched, but our hero was too wide
awake for the hong merchant.
Hi yah! Mlssee Joe Nottjng-some
yet more-when you shall tink shall you
no more have-hey? Every day here
come you-say the last is he-hi yah!-
| tink no last come forever"
Il han't another stick to save my giz-
zard,' said Jonathan ,aEd this time he
spoke like man of honor. He had at
l., hood h.
of a small pacei for presents, and 10 use
on an emergency.
Jonathan was now thinking he would
gather himself together, and point his
bowsprit strut towards home. But he de-
tcrmined TO see about him. for he expect
ed to be asked a heap of questions when
he got amongst his old neighbors; and not
10 be able to tell them all about the Celestial
Empire would be TO show he had little or
no gumptiOn.
He accordingly visitsd the famous flow
er garden of Fa-I'ee, where he saw vast
collection of the most beautiful flowers,
and roses of all colors. Returning, he
passed through the suburb of Ho-Nam,
where he was called Fan-kwei, which
means ''foreign devil" and pelted hand
pitable custom of the inhabitants.
Jonathan was now so rich, that he felt
himself different man from what he was
when the boys pelted him at the village of
Ho-tun. He had, moreover, seen the
bamboo so literally employed on the
backs of the Chinese by their own officers
and magistrates, that he thodght that he
might make use himself of this universal
panacea Of all offences in he Celestial
Empire. Accordingly, he sailed forth
among these inhospitable rogues, and piled
his stick so vigorously that the rabble fed
before him crying out FAM wcil'' and
making motions significant of cutting off
the head. as much as to say that would.be
his end at last. The reader must know
that be-heading is considered the most dis.
graceful Of all punishments in the Celes-
tiol Empire, where they do everything
differently from the rest of the world.
4 formal complaint was laid before the
Gan-chat-sze, minister of justice at Can
ton, against the Fan kwei, who had feioni-
ously bambooed the mob of Ho-Nam.-
Fat-qua, one of our hero's securities, was
taken into custody till his forthcoming,
and an express sent off 10 Pekin 10 an
nounce the intelligence 10 the brother Of
the sun and moon, tia. q Fankwei had
beat at least two hundred of his valiant
and invincble subjects, who could not
bring themselves to soil their fingers 6y
touching even the clothes Of a foreign bar
bariar..
jonathan was soon arrested, and, being
carried before the illustrious Gan-chat-sze,
was astonshed at seeing the infinite mis-
chief he had done. There was one poor
man who had his eyes put out; another
his head fractured; third his arm broken;
and what was worse than ali this, three
children were so disabled that they could
not stand, all by Jonathan's bamboo, which
was about as thick as your finger.
This was a serious business for Fan
kwei. 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 knowing wink.
and Fat-qua then crept close 20 the ear of
the incorruptable Gan-chat sze, and whis-
pered to him in iike manner; but what he
said being only intended for the ear of
Justice, must not be disclosed. The effect
however. was miraculous, the GaD-chat- :
sze forthwith started up in mighty pas
sion, and seizing his bamboo, attacked the
com mplainants in the suit with such won
derful v'gor that he actually performed a