Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1881-03-09

were met by confidential disclosures
| from the Chinaboy as to the young
ladies' affections. 'Missee Belle, he
would say, she welly muchee likee
Mclean painter man; pletty soon she
mally him she no mally you. Mssee
Nelly she mally Spanishee man; bvm-
by she get plenty key, lockee, lockee
door; tie up bread alice same sonora. ;
Ills delicacy in the presence Of the
supposed lovers was extreme. If the
cxigencies of the situation forced him
to .urn his body toward them, il
moved under his head as though work
ing upon a pivot, SO that the queue in-
variably faced them.
In the evening. when all the rest
were drawn away by the destinations
of cascarone- parties, moonlight rides.
or strolls upon the beach. All Sin
came in TO make my fire, at which
liked TO sit for an hour or two in the
cleaning. lie squatted upon his
launches like some sort of curious
frog about 10 Jump. laying one splinter
after another upon the fire as be watch
the mood to allow little talk If my
expression happened To be reassuring,
| was entertained by full accounts of
his family afiairs-of how wife had
been bought for him while be was still
an infant in arms; he was sure his fu
ture spouse would be all he could de-
sire. as his mother, who bad bargain
ed for her, was wise woman aud not
likely TO make bad choice He spoke
with scorn Of having seen Mclean,
boys talking ard even walking in the
street with girls. i tlun my head
away he said. and no look at gul :;
walk"e light on; no lIckee, no iookte.
In the part of China from whence be
came. be said, all the BOYS of lourte-
and over were sent % a large building,
where they lived together Sometimes
he confessed, there were fights and
disturbances and rough and noisy play
but that was better than being exposed
to the baleful influence of woman.
IF you went home now,' | asked,
would your mother be very glad to
see you and you to see her p
'Oh, yes, said he No kiss, no hug
stand here, she stand way off, and
then talkee, talkee-plenty talkee.
Bvm-by no let my muddah work l
gettee one wiiee | make her work for
muddah. Mclean boy he gettee one
wifee, no lkee muddah then. Likee
wifee wellv much, no likee muddah
now. Welly bad. thatr
Ah SINS religious belief differed
from that of All Gin. When | told
him what All Gin bad said on the
subject, be cried He talkee one lie
No alice same that / welly bad man,
die, get one pig meb get one
lat (rat.) | welly good, welly smlat
(smarD man, get one big snake
Bym-by snake die, he go up alice same
god Bad lat, he die, he get one lilly
wum (worm y LILY wum he die, go
down big hole
What do you want to be after you
die p | asked.
Me p likee get one big snake; then
everybody muchee faid. ! makee big
wind blow hard ; muchee ikee that
For one thing he preferred white
people to Chinese They never, be
said made devils The process of max
ing devils he explained as follows:
One man welly poor, lend money to
fiend. Poor man he die. he say give
money my muddah; he fend no give
money muddah. Poor man be die he
makee devil He ftnd plenty faid
He no pay money to muddah; bym.by
he get too muchee aaid he hap-die.
Man-deviI make bin die
He spoke of the present ill-feelng of
the Irish toward his race with surpris-
ing intelligence and moderation. The
Irish, be said were slow to learn. eX.
lravagant in their habits, inclined to
drunkenness, and most of them unskili-
ed laborers They refuse To do the
work they are capable Of doing. aud
always demand the highest wages
Now and then among them, he said.
were good and clever men, but the
most Of tNcm came 10 this country with
exaggerated ideas of It's freedom and
ealh, only to meet with disappoint-
ment.
You look see = he said. Ilishman
he hap thlce Uhree-) corner eyes, he
bad man Plenty lIshman hap got
tblee-corner eyes. Spanishee man
sometimes he get tblee-curner eyes alice
same he bad man.
Drunkenness, lie said could be easily
cured though he had unfortunately for
gotten the remedy. His brother bad de-
veloped at an early agea strong appetite
for drink His mother, when she dis
covered it, simply went out into the
fields, gathered an herb, made her son
drink the tea from il, and the cure was
soon complete Could it be, | wonder
ed, the new remedy for ipsomania-
red Peruvian bark-accounts of which
bad been going the rounds of the pa
pers?
After a time All Sins merry laugh
was hushed The singing and whist
ling in the kitchen of Chinese songs
$50 curiously similar to Methodist
HYMNS, American street-songs, and bits
of operas caught from the young ladies
for be bad a quick and correct ear
were heard no more He fell back in
his work The romps in the garden
were at an end. One evening he pour
ed out his heart to Miss Nelly. He
had fallen in with bad set, who had
entced him into gambling. He had
not only lost all the savings that had
been meant for his mother. but was in
debt besides. The bad influences about
him he felt too strong to resist. There
was no salvation for him, he thought,
but in leaving Monterey entirely. He
waited until we found bis successor, !
breaking off from his work every few
minutes to bold long farewell conver-
sations with the cats, telling ttem how
.tnn muchnn snllX, he ANns To lna We |