The Republican journal., 1874-09-03
Wan Lee looked ut me and laughc,

letter out OF my hand. ran down the stair:
+Al'ef moments pause, to my great as
lonlshmcnt, the letter came flying in III
WlndoW, circlcd twice around the room
and thcn dropped gently like a bird upol
my table Before had got over my sur
PRISE " an Lee rcappcare'i. smiled, locke,
al Inc letter and then al me. said. so
J"hn, and then remained gravrly silent
sald nothing further but it was under
stood that this was his first official act
lis next performance Gricvc to say
was hot attended with equal succosS Ons
OF our regular carriers tell sick, and
~ pinch, Wan Lee was ordered to ill
ms place. 10 prevent mistakes he was
SHOWN over The route the previous even
ing and supplied ut about daylight viii
the usual number 0f subscribers copies
ne returned after an hour, in good spirits
ana without the papers He had dcli1crr
them all, he said
Unfortunately for Wan Les. III about
cighl o'clock Indignant subscribers began
10 arrive n the Office They had receive
lheif copies, but how 2 In the form OF
hard-preSSed cannon balls. delivered bv 4
Sln@le shot and a mere f0Hi. oF iolcf through
Inc glass "l bedroom windows. They
had received them isill in the tace. like :,
base BAIL 4 lheN happened l" be mp and
SlilllnG; they had received them in quar-
ter sheets. tucked in ut separate windows
they had found them in the chimney, pin
ned AGAINST the door, Shot through attic
windows. delivered in long Slips through
convenient kcyholcs, stuffed into venlila-
tors. and occupying the same can with the
Il,,n l.. l..
waited lor some time at the office door, to
have personal Interview With Wan .ce
(thrn comfortably locked in my bcd-room)
told me, with tears Of race in his ewes,
that ne had been awakened at five o'clock
by 4 most hideou, yelling below his win
doWs, that on rising, in great agitation.
he was startled by the sudden appearance
Of The Northern Star, rolled hard and
bent into the form Of Il boomerang. or
East Indian club, that sailed into the win
dow, described a number Of ticndish cir
clcs IN the room, knocked over the light
slapped the babN,s face. took him (the
subscrher) SIN the jaw, and then return
ed out ot the WlndoW, and dropped help
lo>>v IN the area During the rest OF the
day WadS and strips of Soicd paper. pun
porting to be copies OF The Northern
;J'l;o.l' ,ii'. we're 'Io"9ht
,'i'l' ~ Wv y oliIc'' An 1,lhiraple
Tnntr trl;[h , y, - iiuliip'.t''t =. u II
cj,.n;no hofnro ,,'d ,,Iah 0i17'Ll LI 'e.a '''e
tG.hnipyn minh+ ha,. I,a,,,,, In, .t it''.l
balance Of trade during the ensuing wear.
and LETT san Francisco bankrupt at her
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aovnlornd -; ,r'''',eG5 - Nv
odontohl;,y aa,o. l',iIN tt' c, ''n',
GOOD 1ii of ,n ~ '''' ',',u. 's''
T.ho II frst ,,I I'll -! .ii..'i ;
into tho so,atc ~ .ha 80 u
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;no tGa nr;,,ta,.. alln,,' I'M N XIV -.
who conS;dn,- ~. irIln,r. ,ho ;l,o- - ~ ~;
cnn,,nql.nsa = ,,,,r ,.o,,,,n.;tn,. n, ,.+,,,'i,,
set IN ,lnIihaiotcly 1n,in a;atr;,4. ,;'l,
himself co,nnosnI Ly his InItav,-,,r;71tn'
ana hnna. ~ III, hnol - r..n7, dnI ot-o,,
short sentences as IVAN i-r i Mo dnv;lt.
own INN" WAN lcn Is . \(onrnlion rns.
cal " anl brine thr proof 10 me- vith III.
pines hcamino. from ..1ny, lnofh nnd
5otiSt,,.tion shin;n,, il, h,,,1 ,'' i'a'i4' -''.
W. y y +" ~ '"''
1t W4, moi hno hnvryrr hrn,rr b,
learned IL rctaIi9tr on b;4 .rhi.,,,,.
persecuor, remember one jnst9nqe i,
which his rrpris9l came very ,,,,1r ;n,-rl,,'
inc inc in i Scrialls Observation-Disclosures
or lorcman4 name vas Websln1. YMI
Wan Ice presently learned 10 know and
rccoonile Tie individual anl ,nml,imnl
letters Of lls name II was iurinm . M.
litical e4npt;ml an,I the n1,l,nn, mad
fiery Colonel olarh0ille Of Sisl';von ha,
delivered an elective sneccb ,vh;oh lra.
rcnorr1 rsncc;arv tar rrhe Tnti,n' T. l - c'ar !" -,
Ina very ~nblimr pcroration Colonel star
bottle had said In the language Of the
god-lik1 Webster | repeat. and her,
followed the quotation. which have for
gotten NoW il Glanced thai Wan Lee
looking uNtr the galley after il had been
revised, saw the name of his chief pcr,c
rlI,nl. and ,,i r0lt,cn ina nr,;,, I ,L, t,,,1, ,