Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1883-07-18

it was over tho sca, in the land of tea,
10 which an additional name they hang,
Making tho river Yang Tse kinnP,
a baby was born In Chinese town;
Der the face OF the father was seen to curl,
When he learned that his baby was only n
girl.
Now tho father, whose name was Hang U.
u High,
Was thelast of the race of the great l. Llgh,
The father OF Chinese history.
He was very proud of his pedigree,
And even declared that his Lineage ran =
In n line direct to the very first man.
His greatest ambition was now TO SEQ
Another limb on his family tree,
A boy who could finally step In his place,
Down the race-coursc of time to continue his
rnce;
But alas for his hopcsl "chug um whlrll
He muttered, which means Its grill It's a
And jS.,as E. Spggrily hisscd' "clHok whans bog
Which means in their language at must be
drownedl"
Though the mother, in words that sound i'm
Inslpidly pleaded: .'oh, Hang u, Iwouldn'tl!"
He ster,5alIy, answered; "oloek whans bo
Which b means E! in their language at must be
So he called his servant and said: Gar Chang,
Go drown that thing in the river Kiang;"
Then turned away with an angry glare,
To smoke his pipe In the open air.
but the good Ar Chang had tender heart.
He saw 1t was hard for the mother to part
TSe aTc sn s Se o
Affected the strings of his purse as we'll
still he couldn't think what In the world to do
And he stood in agony clutching his queue
And pulling it downward until he drew
His eyes clear up to the top of his head,
Till they looked like long diagonal gashes
Sfraf Rhn1 .rfaR Ia 10 fTNA A1sAa psta frts
with lashes,
Then, letting them down-"I have It'll" he
said.
But the rest that he said will tell to thee
In the very words it was told to mo
BY that honest, efficient and noble Chinee
He ssid: 9o H r'ees same old ,ke this
Got too much-ee girl-ee; my wife-ee no miss
One g rl-ee. Ar Chang save-ee yo grl-ee life
take-ee no girl-ce light home to my wife,
dlown-ee nv girl.ee in liver Kiangl
You givee much money to poo Ar Changl"
Then, gratitude stole down tho beautiful
OF the mothcr's long eyes, and she gave such
OF approval, he cried: Al would rather be
And serve such a generous mistress, than
He carried TccHee to his own little hut,
Where the floors were of dirt and the frescoes
of SCOT,
And he said to his wife: 81 have snapped for
We must dlown-ee our girl-ee in liver Yang
And onr mlstless she give-ee much money to
81 will CO." answered she, land wrap Minnee
Ting Loo
In Teo-Hee's little mantle and bring her to
And then, with a smile of approval withdrew.
Now It chanced Mrs. Chang had the masculine
Of" "playing It low and concealing her heart,
For expecting the time when her husband
would say:
I'VE are poor; wen put Mnnee Ting out of
She had built a rng baby with marvellous skill,
Placed spring here and there for the sake
of the wriggle,
Supplied its small chest with n bladder and
So that, touch, it who would the rag baby
,rs+ NO Would lids siggls; e. ;;r .,o,,, ,..-o,
and weighed it
And now, with the skill she had learned when
she made it,
She pinned on the cloak past all hope of un-
doing,
And. bearing it so as to start 1t to cooling,
Right into the arms of her husband she laid II.
Thus Chang bore 1t down toward the river
But happened, in passing the vigilant Hang,
To stumble, which caused 1t to kick and to
Till Hang cried: Away! I'll accompany YOU
never can rest till it's safe in the water.
daughter"
Then quick in the pitiless river they threw
What TO Hang was Tee-Hee and to Chang was
Ting Loo.
Each day, while the notable Hang q. High
Was reading the books of the great |. Ligh,
His wife stole away to the hut of Ar Chang,
While Chang acted spy DER the motions of
Hang.
But Chang never dreamed as he watched by
the wall
To give warning If Hang at his .hovel should
call,
Thnthis dear little wife from its hiding-place
drew
The only original Minnee Ting Loo,
Nor supposed, as he stretchedto its limit each
limb
To peep mt his master, that out of the dim
OF his hovel two mothers kept watch upon
him.
And 1t never occurred to Hang u. High,
As he studied the books of the great /. Ligh,
That instead of retrenching on little TeeHee
BY drowning the child in the river Yang Use,
His lucre provided provisions for three
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