The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1874-08-28

Nlll III ltA l-AAt III - tii Al
ri- fellow who isn't bad enough TO war
rant the committee of salty in taking
/. hold Of him, and vino j. too bal for the
good al tli. town.
Vel - guOng caIHe 10 town and
tied iii~ a.-l. 10 Il post. Herr was d
chance f,ra philosopher "f the school Of
James Cuiiry. ESD
He went 10 the gentle QuoHG and ac
cused him Of stealing the mule
The gentle QuOng endeavored in hi,
childlike way TO explain how he ''blin
gee -em mule alice time White Pine: no
stealee EN-. catchee him fifty dollar all
same.
To which lucid exposition of a fair and
equitable commercial transaction Mr..
Culley reioined: Too thin. TO thin, -
and took the mule Nobody interfered.
because he was a Chinaman.
So All Quong trudged back to their
little camp without the mule. and told
his story To Wang Chin, who, as we have
already observed, was made Of sterner
stuff.
Wang Chin buckled OH his siX-shooter
and started for town. He got there just
about sundOwn. He found Mr. Culiey
putting that mule through his PAGES and
trying to convince the crowd that it was
the same I,alc which he alleged had
been stolen from him some time before.
But this legend was also too thin, be-
cause nobody would believe that he had
ever been forehanded enough to own a
mule.
Wang Chin came up and confronted
the spOliatOr
Me likee catchee mule; he mine, "
said Wang Chin.
Then Mr.. Culley turned sadly but firm
ly to the contumacious celestial. Ma
iestically he Strengthened himself to his
full Caucasian height. Slowly he raised
his stalwart arm till it was horizontal
with his shoulder. Grimly he pointed
down the narrow valley where the soft
blue smoke curled up from the China
mans camp. Menacingly his eyebrows
lowered in scorn. And, COMPRISING all
the fierce contempt of his proud bosom
into one syllable, he thundered 'GH.'
Me likee catchee mule he mine, - re-
spOnded the unruflled Wang Chin, while
a placid smile irradiated his celestial
mug.
Listen at the id pig tail, said Mr..
Culley. nearly choaked with mingled
wrath and astonishment.
Me likee catchee mule; he mine, re
peated the imperturbable heatlen. and
he stepped toward the animal.
One all-withering glance of Sc0rn shot
from the eyes of the dominant Caucas
ian, he drew from his jacket IA 1O-inch
tooth pick and made Il lunse forward.
a q
YOU greasy, dirty heathen-"
He did not finish the sentence. There
were two quick shots. some dust. more
smoke. When it lifted the Caucasian
lay on his face. convulSively clutching
at the gravel with his hands His knife
lay Oh the ground beside him.
Wang Chin stood there with his pistol
in his hand. and the same look of un-
rufiied placidity on his features.
Hang the yellow cuss," said some
one.
No you don't" said dozen more
1T was "A fair chatter
Nerve will tell even in Il clIinaman.
Take yer mule, said some OF the
men. And Wang Chin took lis mule
and started for the camp. lie was an
innovator. lie ranked with Copernicus
and GaliIeo He had discovered that Il
Chinaman can Kill Il Caucasian to deter
mine the ownership OF 4 mule just as
well as Il Caucasian himself could have
done il II is the estimation of the
rude men around him he had elevated
his deSpised race To the footing OF equal
ity.
They picked Cu!Iey cp and laid him
on bunk i'll shanty. Both wounds
were i'll the abdomen, the place where
the borderer always aims at. Nine out
of every ten bulIe; ;-woundS inflicted west
of the Tooth meridian are within radi-
us of three or four inches about the uin-
bilious 1t is scientific. y shot i'll the
bowels always paralyzeS. But desper-
ado will nearly always return the fire if
he is hit in the face or breast.
One of the white miners came up and
looked at Culley. When lie saw where
the wounds were he shook his head
Then he StrOked his whiskers thought
fully.
These Mongolyuns is improvim, lie
said.
Then they buried Mr.. Culley, and the
next day he was forgot But the words
of the old man sank into all the minds
of the camp
These MoHgOlyunS is improvim.
Something must be done, or the hordes
of improved Mongolyuns will desolate
the slope. It can't I've endured.-N Loit-
IS Republican.