Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1883-07-20
LITTLE rEE. HER


Twas over The sea. ia ghe Land Of Tea.
ID NO leauiinl river ihey can Yang fse,
~ which an additional nane ihel hang,
haAlns she rl,rf ana ise kianE,
nahf vas born % Chinese town.
llni 4 lQuk ui a'nlu and terrible flosn
Ger l1f ialt ~ ihp ldihff uus soon lH fufl
when ts eafned that bic baby vas ony !
Eifl
Nov ne falher whose name was Hang .
Mas w lasi u iho race Of the great /. I.lgh,
The laihef ~ Chinese history.
lip was tef, proud uf bic pr.llsrco.
aud even deglaltd that biz lineaFc ran
M a limo dlrcni io the NfFf nrsi man.
It's srraiesl ambition Was now % SOC
Another limb on his family lfue,
a hog Nhu could finally sep M his place,
Down The raceoourse OF time 10 continue hl'
races
nut alas for bis hopes "Chng um whirll
thuF am Whinif
Ito mulisnd, which means "lrs aglrll lisa
eifli'
And N aggyily hissedi "claek whaas hos
wh'ee tasaas ia their iansuaEo 1T must be
dtnNncd.'
Though the mother IN words that sound i'm
lnslpiih pleadcd "oh, Hang u. Iwouldut,r'
tic sleggA answoredi "ulaek whang ho
Which means IN their language "ii must be
40 he called MA servant ana said "Ar Chang,
90 drown that thing ln the river kiangi"
hon lgfngl away with an angry glarr,
TO smoke bis pipe ia the open air
hut the good Ar Chang had . tendor heart.
~ saw u wa, hAfu Tor the mother 10 part
Prom her little Girl, yet strange 20 iell
The snrIoN that ON his hearl-sirlngs fcil
Anccied the strings his purse as well.
Siill be couldn't think what IN the world to do,
Aud he stood IN agony clutching his queue
And nullingi downward until he drew
Ills eyes clear up 10 the top of his head,
Iill they looked like long diagonal gnshes
Stretched over his forehead aud frlngod
Then, letting them down-"I have itl" he
said.
but the rest that he said will toll tothoe
IN the very words Il Wits told 20 mo
liy that honest, efficient and noble Chinee
VINO charged me two prices formy "washee;"
lie saldi " got gifl-cc same old like this,
Got too muCh-oc plrlco, my wlfc-cc no miss
unt y rl-ee. Az Chang snve-ee yO' girl-oclifc,
iakeee 10 girieo light home 10 my wife,
! dlown-ce nv girl.ee In liver Kiangl
You glvee much money TO POO Ar Changl"
Then gratitude stole down the beautiful
sauts
OF the mothcrs long eyes, and she gave such
glance
OF approval, he cried. "I would rather be
Chang,
Aud serve such a generous mistress. than
ilangl"
u carried Tec-Tcc to his own little hut
Where the floors were of dirt and the frescoes
OF SCOT
And 9e he's said to his wife, "Ihayc swappcd for
We must dlown-ec our glr-ee in liver Yang
Tse-
And our mlstess she gIvc-ec much money to
wei
81 viii go answered she, "and wrap Minnee
In Tee-Hee's little mantle and bring her to
YOU"
And then, with a smile OF approval, withdrew.
Now II chanecd Mrs, Chang had the masculine
or "paying 1t low and conccallng her heart,
IN short, Of enaetlng a duplicate part.
for expecting the time when her husband |
would say;
I'VE are aGs T.o Roori wen put Minnee Ting out of
She had built rag baby with marvellous skin.
Placed spring here and there for the sake |
of the wriggle.
Supplied its small chest with a bladder and |
Quill,
SO that touch It who would the rag baby
would pigglc;
Just the size of Ting Loo-she had measured I
and weighed it.
And now, with the skill she had learned when
she made 1t,
She pinned on the cloak past all hope Of un-
doing,
And. bearing it 50 as to start II to cooing,
Right into the arms of her husband She laid II.
Thus Chang bore it down toward the river
Kiang,
But hannenes In noseinfr thn ,-ieflapt IIo,r,,
10 stumble which caused 1t to kick and to
TIL Hang cried: Away I'll accompany YOU.
never can rest TIL it's safe in the water
Lest the mother has bribed you to rescue my
daughter"
What to Hang was Tee Hee and to Chang was
Ting Loo.
Each day, while the notable Hang II. High
Vas reading the books of the great l. Lgh,
II wife stole away TO the hut of Ar Chang,
Nhile Chang acted spy oer the motions of
But Chang never dreamed as he watched by
the wall
70 give warning If Hang at his howell should
call,
That his dear little wife from its hiding-place
The only original Minnee Ting Loo,
NOr supposed, as he stretched to its limit each
limb
p peep at his master that out Of the dim
= ms bowel two mothers kept watch upon
him.
md 1t never occurred to Hang u. High,
IS he studied the books of the great l Ligh
hat instead of retrenching on little 1ee-Hee
y drowning the child in the river Yang Use
iislucre provided provisions for three
". W Fink, fll Century
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