The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1883-06-29
W W FINK, IN CENTURY.


1t Wis over the sea, In the land of tea,
BY the beautifuI river they call Yang Tse,
To which an additional name they hang
Making the river Yang rse Kiang,
baby born IN Chinese town:
But look OF scorn and a terrible frown
Der the face of the father was seen TO curl.
When he learned that his baby was only girl.
Now the father, whose name was Hang U. High,
Was the last OF the race OF the great |. Lieh,
The father OF Chinese history.
He was very proud of his pedigree,
And even declared that his lineage ran
In line direct to the very first man.
greatest ambition now to see
Another limb uu his family tree,
A boy who could finally step in his place,
Down the race course OF time to contnCc his race;
But alas for HE hopesi "Chug um whiri! CHING um
whrlr
He muttered which me ms "Its eir It's girl"
Aud he angrily hissed "Clack whang bog lound"'
Which means in their language ''It mus. be
drownedr'
Though the mother. in words that sound imprudent,
insipidly pleaded: "oh, Hang o.. wonIdnt!'
He sternly answered: "Clack whang bo quidl"
Which means in their language at must be did"
So he called his servant and said, ''Ar chang,
Go drown that thing in the river Kiang
Then turned away. with an angry glare,
To smoke hir pipe in the open ait
But the good Ar Chang had tender heart.
lie saw it was hard tor the mother to part
From her little girl, yet, strange to tell,
The sorrow that on his heart strings fell
Affected the strings OF his purse as we'll
Still he couldn't think what In the world 10 do,
And he stood in agony cutching his queue
And pullink II downward until he drew
HE yes clear mp to the top of his head,
Till they looked like long diagonal gashes
Stretched over hi. frehead ard fIinged with lashes,
Then, letting them DOWN. have III" he said.
But the rest that he i'd wli tell to thee
Ia the very words it was told TO me
BY that honest, efficient. and noble Chinee
Who charged me two prices for my "washee."
lie said. II got girl .ee same old like this,
Got Too mpch ce girl-e re; my wife &c no miss
One girI-sc. Ar Chang ssve-ee yo' girl &c life,
Itake-ve 20 girlee liebt home 10 my vile,
d own-ec my giflee In liver Kiangi
You give-ee much money 10 poor Ar Chang!"
Thin gratitude ptol down the beautiful slants
OF the mot'er's eyes, and she gave uch glance
OF approval. he cried, 81 would rather be Chang
AID serve such generous mistress than Hang!'
He carried Tee -Hee to his own little hut
Where the floors wefe OF dirt and the frescoes Of
SCOT,
Aad he said TO his WIFE II have swapped for Tee
Hee
We must down ee our girl-ee in liver Yang Tsc,-
And our mlstlcss she giyeee much money to we!''
II will CO." answered she. 'and wrap Minnie Ting
Loo
In Tee-Uee's little mantle and bring her TO yor,'
And then, with smile OF approval, withdrew.
Now It chqnced Mrs. Chang had the masculine art
OF "playingit low and concealinK her heart
In short OF enactng duplicate part.
For, expecting the time when her husband would
say
I'VE are poor; wen put Minnie Ting out Of the
way.
She had built rag baby with marvellous skill,
Placer a sprinp here and there for be sake Of the
rRgle,
Supplied ts small chest with = bladder and Quill,
SO that touch IL who would the rag baby would
gggIe.
yast the size of Ting Loo she had measured and
weighed it
And row, with the skill she had learned when she
wadeit,
She pianed on the cloak past all hope Of adoing
| And, beHring II as TO start II to caong,
Kfght INTO the arms OF ber HnsDand she alG u.
Thus Chang bore IL down TO the river KiaDg.
But happened, In passing the viglsDt Hang.
To rtHnIblr. which caus d IL to kick and TO COO.
Till Hang cried, "Awayi III accompany you.
! never can rest till its safe In the water.
Lest the mother has bribed yo 10 my igh-
ter"
Then quick in the pitiIess river they threw
What to Hang was Tee Hes and to Chang was ling
Loo.
Each day, while the notable Hang U. High
Was reading the books Of the great !. Ligh,
His wife stole away to the hut of Ar Chang,
While Chang acted spy oer the motions Of Hang.
But Chang never dreamed as he watched by the wall
To give warning II Hang at his hovel should call
That his dear little wife from irs hiding place drew
The only original Minnie Ting l. 20,
Nor suppose, he stretched TO it's limit each limb
To peep at his master, that on OF the dim
OF his hovel two mothers kept watch npon him.
And it never occurred to Hang u. High.
Az he studied the books OF the great l. Ligh.
THAT, instead OF rctrenehing ON Little Tee-Hee
by drowning the child in the river Yang Tie,
His lucre provided provisions for three.