, 1874-08-22

flclal caro- and ill-rogulatod hin1ncss conld
not tcaoli. Wan Leo was placed at tho
school Of o Chinese tnlaalonary-.an Intelligent
'roat lntcrcst In tho boy, ANIL vino, lottor thnn
utl, Ind wonderful faith in him. A homo was
found for him tn tho family Of n widow, who Ind
bright and intcresttng daughter about years.
snoory Innocent @ and arIcsa child that 1 toueboi
and reachoda q depth III tho boys nature ttat
hitiinrto Ind boon unsuBpoctod-that nwnticnol
a moral susceptibility that had laln for years
inscnsiblo alike 10, tho teachings Of soo!oty or
tho otlics OF tho thooloKianH.
Those few brief mouths, bright with promise
Tint wo novor naw fulfilled, must have boon
nAprY oHEB 70 WAN IK1:.
lie worBiped hH litslc frlenl with something
caprice, that lie bestowed upon hta porcelain
lhgan god. It WIS Lis lulight to walk behind
her to school, carrying hor boOlts-a service al
ways fransht with danger 70 him from tho litt!o
binds Of hiB Caucasian Christian brotlers. Ho
cut ont Of carrots and turnlps tho most
astonishing roses and tulips, ho mado ltfo-
like ol.ickenB OIL OF melou-scolB. he con-
atrs,cted fms md kics. and waa singularly pro-
acient IN tito making Of dos' parer-lreHeos, On
taught him thousand littlo prottinesHoa and
rollnen,ents only known to girls, Eaye him yell
low ribbon for his plgtail, as best suited Lis
complexion. road to hin, showed him wherein
H0 Mus Original A1lu LtCk QlW " buIl-
day-Hc'ool with her. against tho preeedonts Of
tho school, mud sniall-'woman-lilto triunaphod.
yalsion, and mado him give up his
porcolain idol, bnt I ain telling q
quito content ia fill him with hor own Christian
goodness, without lottlng him know that lie was
changed. So tloy got along very we'll together
this litt'e Christian girl with Lor phtning cross
Gnd tlliB dark litt[o Pagnn, with
.. MS lt1Droua PORCELAIN GOD
hidden AMY in Lis house.
There wore two tlnyB OF that cvcntful year
which will long he remembered In Sa, Francisco
two taya WHOM 0 mob Of hor citizens sot upon
and kil!od ,iiarmcd, dcfenEelcba foreigners, be-
ca,ten thoy were foreigners aud Of auothor race.
thoy co,,l,i got. There we're aomo public nlon 10
tinail that, ecoing ,this, they thought TINT the
end Of tho world Ind come; tloro weto eono
to wnto hero, who began to think that tha pas.
aago in the Constitution which guarantees civil
aud religious liberty to evory citzoa OF foreigner
was o mistake. hut thero vera also some 1nou
four hours re had thingB 30 arranged that tGc
timid men could wiring tlloir bands in safety, aud
tho eminent statasnon utter their doubts with
out hurting anybody or anything. Aud In tlo
midBt Of thiH got note from Hop Sing, asking
tne to como to him Immediately.
/ found his warehouse closed aud strongly
gual ldcd by tho police against auy possibls IT.
tnek of tho rioters Hop Sing admitted mo
through a barred grating with bis usual i'm
peiturbahlo calm, bit. as it acomed to ms with
moro tlau his usual soriousuens. Without
void he took MY Annd and led me to tho rear OF
tho room, md thence downstairs into the baso-
ment, II was dim1y lighted, but ti,oro wan aomo-
Thing lying OIL tho floor covered by shawl.
Az I approached lie drew the shawl away
with sudden gcature, aud revealed Wan Leo
tho Pagan,
LYING THERE DEADl
Deaa, my reverend friends, dcadl Btonel to
death III the streets Of San FranelHco, in tho year
of grace, eightccn hundred aud sxty-nino, by y
mob Of half-grown boys and Christian school,
children
As put my hand rovorcnsly upon his brcnet, I
felt something crnmbng honenth lns buuac. I
luoked inquirsnsly at Hon Sing. Hc put his
hnnd between tho folds Of silk and drew out
something, Will, the first bator smilo Ind over
boen on tho faco on that Pagan gentleman.
1t was Wan Looa porcelain got1, crushed by
stone from tie handa of those Christian icono-
claHtBt