, 1874-08-22

tho NoraAsrn Star. In very anbltmo
s9,ss Co., 81 s1e0's ts ssss 5 ;Sa %sstnI
Which I l,nvo forgotten Nov, It cl,ntlcod tl,at
Wan Loe, loolug oyor tho ga!ley after 1t Ind
l,oon reviBoo. Baw tho pnrno Ut lia ohiof rorso-
Ills. Aftor tho form was locked up, Wan Loo
took advantage OF WobaLor'a ahsenco to rcn,ove
tho quotation ard substitute thin picoo Of
load Of tho aamo Rizo ~ tho typo, engraved
whloh ! haa 1eauon to Iofloyo vas a,a
utter and ablcct, confession Of tho inea-
pacit.y md ofronHivenoss Of tho Webster
family generally, md exceedingly oulo-
The hoxt mornings paper contained Col. Htar-
bottios speech ia fnil, III whiu ii appeared TINT
uttered l'ls thoughts iu excolout hut perfeotly
e,niglnatscal Chinese The rago OF Col stalbot-
tle knew no bounds. lnyoa vivid recollection
OF that Admirable man walking into my office,
DEMANDING nE7nAcr1oN or T,tE srArrMENr.
-, !" But my doar sir" i asked, "aro you
tare, that WIZ We5stor o's, ever '0ati Uttered % sue eo1
son.onco? Daro You dony that. with h1r. Wch-
Btera we'll known attain1nenlB, q knowledge of
Chinese might not hhvo been Among tho nlt,n-
ler2 =, Arc you willing to submit TRANSLATION
tlpon your homer ~ n gentlcnicI. that tho lato
Alr. Wobstor over uttoroa Btch a Bentimont? II
you are, air, am willing to publish your denial"
Tho Colonel WAS not, aud loft, highly illdg-
1lant.
Webster, tho foreman, took it more coo!ly.
Happily he waa unaware that for two days nftor
Chnamon from tho laundrics, from the gulcl,eu.
from tho kitclleMs, looked III tho fionk oilco
door with facos bennliuE with sartlohio delight;
that 800 extra copies Of tho "star" were or
derod for the wasi-louaes OH tho rlYor. Ho on1y
know that during tho tlaY Wan Leo occasionally
wont or Into convulsive ppasms, and that he was
obliged to kick him Into consciousness agaiu: A
week after tho occurrence called Wan Loo iuto
IVAN" nal,l, crare1y, "IDhould iilo you to
give mo- for my own, rersounl snsisfaction,
A TRANSLATION or THAT CHINESE SENTENCE
which H. my yyl lEitted etsa eetountaryna,, tho late
1lo occaAou." Wan Leo loukod at 1no
imtcntly, ami then tho slightest possible twinkle
crcpt into hts black Dyes. Then he replied, with
''slshtol Wobssol,-l,o say: 'chipa boy
! nakee me belly mich fooleo. China boy mnkee
mo hoap alcA.'" Which hnvo reason to think
was true.
But fear an giving but one side. and not
1t to mo, his had been hard lifc. lie Ind known
scarcely any cldhood--lo hnd no recollection
OF father Or n,othor. The conjuror Wang Ind
brought him up. LIE had spent the first Hevcn
ss ia 81 lapn s LIE cut IT oPpSsss q ps III from o5n sas
ladders, in putting his 1lt,lo linbs cut Of joint
III posluling. He had lived III an atmosphere of
trlckory aud deception ho had learned to look
upon mankaud MAJ ae dnpes oI snolr sonaoa; IN nno
II ho had thonshs ns all. ha would hayo beon
hkoptic, II no hAd becn 4 1tt!e olarTs he Woula
have been q oynto, II ho had poem oaaef stills ne
would haSa been ph1tosophof' n" " WAS, Ae
was ..-,
LITTLE INF
good"uatured hnp was, too-an
been awakened, an imp up for holl-
day, and WllllHg 70 Try Trsae o. nTotalon- !
dollt know tint ho aAa any Hplrituai 1atase; no
was very sliporstliloaai no carned Hoout WIN
him htdeoua httta potceatn god, WINCH he ' Waa
~ the ha91t ol atelnatey ,'inn nevps s @u ~ sop,-
tlntang. lo WAS TOO intell'gent loT tho conl-
lying. Whatover discipline LIE pfactlced was
taught " nis lntelleet. ~. .,,..
am Inclined 70 th!ns us ieeNnsa %ero nGt
Altogether utl1snprehslp!e,-I IL Was III
most po6S'p!G; IT,, " sA"ge' an unplen,
sion from hlln.--aha c9asclont'onely
helloyo ho became attarhca TO thoho
that were good to aIn. Mhat ne mlehtnave DC ne-
come nader more iaForhpie conul1ions tl!a1i tno
bondsllan Of ~ oVcr-"oThcat uIoot-pata, AtGr-
AIRY man, dons sho" only Know sn9t tho
scant Irregular, 'npulSi9e Ri1uhoHa that
aliowcd MIN Sele erhtelulIy 1eceiYeu. Ae MAa
very loyal and ra1iont-two 4nal!tlesM M fate ~ tho
average Amoiioan sorsan:. MI, no WIZ Ike alalfo
10, ssu uliu e1sn WIZ Hl9 gnls once. aa.t
,!ls ,nen aluc' e''"' pA'''S"S'"''' Wv -''DeA vi
lA'1 rru.ntr,so Asv 1,,par1rycr
LAmn,,tSI .,,,, ,,"h,t nS natas ia,,.;,o IT,.
.n,.s ~ ,,;a,t - fnna lin xs;tI,
oslIu ~ e. .,+o Eo,,ar ~ ,,..s ' ,,,,,,,I. "i.n
ue to ny rooms. ~ ele ,St peafeF OF my aHppio,;
a. at ~ r;tt e ~ ne tnfcra ,ho ,o,,ns
Why llai&t u'bAt oecui ~ ~ uetoio 'u1 PnPct