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

charged the offender with caution, which
Fat-qua translated into excellent English,
and the next day Jonathan sent him by the
hands of the same discreet friend pound
of ginseng.
| Hi yah! Missee Joe-more some vet,
| hey: Believe him make him as him 90
along-Hi yah! Chin-chin you, Missee
Joe Noting"
Fai-qua vas determined to signalizs th.s
triumph of Chinese justice over prejudice
! against foreigners, by great feast of bears
! claws. brds-nests, and al! the delicacies of
! the East. he, therefore invited number
of the Fankweis about the factory to meet
Jonathan at his country seat near the gar
! dens of Te, and they had a Jolly time
of it. Our hero was compimenled with
pair of chop sticks of the most elegant
construction and materials. which he man
aged with such skill that, by the time din
ner was over, he was well nigh starved 10
death.
| The hong merchant Fat-qua was lolly
/ little fellow, 'a5out knee high TO toad"
as jonathan used 10 say, and fond Of
good glass of wine. He piled his guests
pretty neatly until they began to feel Ill
7 tie top heavy, and sailed away, one by one
under rather high steam. leaving Jonathan
and his friend alone together, the latter
fast asleep. Jonathan was by this time
in high feather, and thought this would
be good time TO take peep at the es-
tabishment of his friend that he might
know something about these matters when
he got home.
He arose without disturbing the little
fat gentleman, and proceeded 10 penetrate
into the interior of the house until he came
to the female apartments, in one Of which
he saw young lady smoking, TO whom
he paid his compliments with q low bow.
Her pipe was formed Of slender pieces of
bamboo, highly polished, with bowl of
silver and mouth piece Of amber. Her
hair was beautifully long, taslefully dress
ed with flowers and gold and silver bod
! kins, and the whole atmosphere Of the
room was perfumed with jessemine and
other odoriferous plants aud shrubs. BY
her side lay guitar, Oh which she seemed
TO have been playing.
The entrance of Jonathan threw her
into great confusion. and she uttered sew
eral violent screams, which, however,
brought no one 10 her assistance. The
iius;rious Fat-qua was still sleeping in
his seat, and the servants making merry as
usual with the remains of the FEAST
Jonathan attempted an apology for his in
trusion, bat the more he apologized The
louder the young lady screamed. Jona-
than wondered what could be the matter
| with her.
"We!l, never saw anything like this
growing among Corn--What's ) come over
the gaR May [ be chiselied If don'i
think she's afeard I'll eat her But why
the dickens, if she's frightened, don't she
/ scamper OF, that being the most nat'ral
/ why Of getting out Of danger" Jonathan
did not know the feel Of the peer young
. damsel were not more ihan TWO inches
and q half long, and that she could nc
more run than fly. They Were what the
Chinese poets call couple Of golden
ilues."
Encouraged by this notion, that her
pretending 10 De frightened was all sheer
afectaLion,. be approached her still nearer,
| took up the guiar, and begged her 10
play him a tune, such as Yankee Doc
! de-" or anything Of that sort that was
pretty easily managed, for he did not
much admire any Of your fine fashionable
gimeracks. Jonathan was a plaguy neat
! kind of chap-as handsome lad as might
/ be seen tall and straight, with blue eyes.
! white fore head, and red cheeks, Ii:.!e
rusted TO be sure with the voyage.
The pretty creature with the lite feet.
whose name was SEangtshee, ventured
at last 10 look at this inpudent intruder,
and. soolh to say. he did not appeare so
terrible at the second glance as at the
| first. She smiled, aud put out her small
! foot for Janalhan to admire. She then
took her guitar and played him a tune
! ii was not Yankee Doodle" 10 be sure,
but it rather pleased Jonathan, for he
declared it beat all, he'd be switched fit
! did Mt. Shangtshee seemed 20 understand
the compliment, for she smiled and put on
her olher golden Ely, suppose to show
Jonathan she had pair of them. Joua-
than admired the pipe; she handed It TO
| him, be, pat it 10 his lips. and, giving il
| back again, she put 1t TO her lips, which
! our he 70 finally concluded came as near
to kissing as twopence to groat.
"How the krilter bushes thought
Jonathan. He did not know she WAS
| painted half an inch thick after the fash
ION of the Chinese hides. AS they sat
thus exchanging little pleasant civitiles.
! which, innoce nj as they were. endanger-
ed both their lives, they were alarmed. al
least the lady-lor Jonathan had never
J particularly studied Chinese eustomz-by