, 1874-08-22

ng It was, Wns rocolvaa With spontaneous hnthu.
Aiaam. Thou tho chant suddenly oeaBod, Wang
arose, mud. viii, quick, doxtoroua nlovomont,
STRIPPED both ahnwl and Bilh away, mud diHcnv-
cred, alooplng peaoofu1ly upon my l,anknrol,ioi,
A TINY CHINESE nADYl
Tho applause and nproaf whtcl followed
this revelation Ought to havo satisfied Wang,
oyon Il his audience was small one: 1t waB loud
enough to awakcn tho baby--a protty 1ttlo hoy
about yoar old, looking like . Cupid CIT out Of
Anndnl wood. Ho was Wlliaked away a!moat aB
mystoriolnly AZ llo appeared, Whom Hop Sing
returned my handkerchief to mo with bow,
aslott it tho tuggtcr waa tho father Of tue baby,
mo sabo !" sald tho tmpetturbablo Hop Sing,
mittnlian1 no coulmou III California: .......
But doea he l,nvo new bhby for every per,
forn,auoo1" aAkctl. "perlapB; WHO ki'uMsf"
"1]ut whht will become OF tnis ono 7" What
viii courtooua Inclination, "it was borno hore,
you ore It's godfather"
Thelo woro two characteristic peculiart'cs
OF any Californian assefnblago In 1851 IL was
quick 10 tako u hint, and generous to tho point
of prodigality in It's rcspo'so 70 any charitable
appeal No mattor low aordid o.. nvaticous
tiiu individual, he could not resist tho infection
Of sympathy. doubled tho points Of my
handkerchief into d bag, dropped cosu Into 1t.
and, without To1 passe5a', 5', IL so 1ne sadgo;
passod 1t to tho noxt; When 1t was returned to
mo 1t contained over. 4t00. I knolted tho
money III tho handkerchief, aud gave It to Hop
snE; Sop t,o n,,v fron, In ro,,athern"
.Dut WIN. ,samo - Bal the Judge. There
waa running flro OF "Erebus" No1," "plu-
tus." "Tcrfa Cotta," "Antmus,' ctc, etc.
Finally tho qneatipn was referred to our loat
.tWly not koop his own name2" he said
qnictlY-
Aud illus vas Wan Loe. Oh tho night OF Fri
day, tho 9TH Of Mateh, 1856, born iuto this yora-
cioua chronicle.
The Inst form Of tho Northern Star
publ.shod III Klafnath Co'nty,-haI Just gene to
press, aud at3 d. III: was putting ASIDE my
pruofa mud manuscripts, preparatory to going
hume. when | diseosored ietter lying under
Bone shoots Of paper Which I 1aust hive over
it Ind no post-mark but Ind no dlnlculty III
recognizing tho hand ot MY friend Hop Slug. I
opened 1t hnri0diy nnd 1oaa as follows:
MI DsAa ST sIn: IL do not know ,.' whether her
pursy technical Que. thint 10 haa Ill t1e quatiea
required. ue ta very quick, aet,y9, and intel'ent
mukes up for any defect by hA hnb,ls OF observation
mud imitation. You have only to show him how 70 10
thing once aaa hs W.! repeat 4. wAetAss T. y ~
nrcady; ii,
rou ARE ONE or n1a GoDrArHEna.
for Is no not Wan Lee, tho repnlel Apn Of Wang tho
ConjuEcr, 10 whoso porformanucs had tho hunor 10
Introduce you? But reriaps you llnyo forgotten It.
shall scnd him with gang Of coolies to Stockton.
thuro Yum Mil do mo favor, anh probably Save hia
ufe which is Mt present u great peril fronl Tho huu1s
Of the younger members Of Your Gl1issian an hghly
San FranGtsco.
Mo has acquired so1uo singular habits and GUS
toms frotn ha exlcrieuco Of Wauga profession, which
DO followed for 4oru years. utll he 1pcan1u too largo
to 1u hat or do produced from hig Gathrra sloese
Th 1% s,t Y It IN no aa sssa sS ~
nt. I1e knows but little Of conlucius, and absolutely
iasher ho associatcd, perhaps, too much with Aer-
ean children.
but thought tat Wan Lcs n.self would Lo d better
'N'.-' - ' iior SING.
And this was the long-delayed answer to my
letter to Hop Sing: But whore Was tho
hoarer?" How waa TIM letter doliverod2 sun,~
1noned hastily tho foreman, printers, and ollice-
boy, but without el1citng anything; no one had
a0ol tho letter delyered nor know anything Of
tils bearer. few days la.er had visit from
my laundry-man. ALI III.
him."
He returned in . few moments with bright
looking Chinese boy ABOUT 10 years old, with
whuse appearance and general intelligence was
SO EreAt4y inpseHsoa that engaged him Oh tho
spot. When tue bus.ness VIA concluded asked
lis name.
"Wau Lec," aaid tho boy.
"Whatl Are you the boy sent out by Hop
Sing2 What tue dapll do you ,nean by not coul-
ing here before, and how did yon deliver that
leiters
Van Leo looked nt MO and laughed.
"ME pIruuEE IN TOP siuE WINDOW
did not understand. He looked for q mo-
ment porpsexed, and thcn snatcaing tho lottor
out of r1y hnpd, Enn down the BtHirs. After mo-
mont's pauao, to my groat aatonssl1nent, the lot
the room, and t1on dropned equity like bird
upon MY table. Before had rot oycr my aur-
prise Wan Lee renppcared, smiled looked at tho
letter and then at mo- enid, So, 1ohu." aud
then reu,aiued gravoiy allent. anid nothing
further, but it was understood that this was hiB
Arat oilicia1 act.
His l,oxt performance grioyo to say, was
not attended with equal SUCCESS. One Of our
regular paper-carrio,H fell sick, aud, ut pinol,,
Wan Leo vas ordered to till his place. 10 pre-.
At at about Daylight will VIII tho ' usual nmn.
bor Of subscribers copies. He re-
turned alter m hour, IN good spi:lts ana with
said.
Unfortunately for Van Ice, at about o'clock
indignant subscribers arrived ut the Office. They
had received thoir coplcs; but how In the
form Of hatd-presRed cannon-ballB, delivered by
Il ying!e Blot and nero tour 10 force through
the glaes Of bedroom windows. Ihuy
bud received them full In The face like
baso ba!1, If tIoy happened to DO up
and stirring they hul received them III auurtcr
sheets, tucked in 1T Berarate windows thuy had
found thon, in the chimney, pinned agaipst tho
door, shot through attic windows, delivered III
long sllpa through convenient koyholos, stuffed
illtO ve1ltilatorB, and occupying the sumo can
With the mornings milk. Ono subscriber, who
waited for Bon,e time Ut The office door, to havo
a personal interview WITH Wan Lea (thon ool1l-
fortauly tucked III by betl-room), told INC, with
tears Of rago in his eyes, that l,o Ind heon
awakened at o'clock BY most lfdeonH yoll.
ing below his windows that on rising, in great
agitation, ho was startled by tho sudlon sp-
poarance Of tho Northern Star, rolled hard
and bent into tho form Of q boomer
ang or Eust Indian club, thut
EAIl.ED INTO TIE WINDOW,
described numbor Of tlonttisl CIRCLES III tho
rouu., k,ockad over the light, Blapaed the babs's
face. "took" him Uhe subscriDor) "in tho
jaw," and thou returned OUT OF tho window ard
dropped holplessly in the area. During tho rost
OF tho day wals and blrlps Of sollel paper, pur-
porting to bo copies OF the Norlhern Star OF that
mornings issue, wore brought indignantly to tho
o,lIco. An admirable editorial u, 's1Ao To-
SOURCES Of llumbuldt County," which Latl con-
Htructed the evening before, and which, bad rca-