Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-07-20
LITTLE TEE-HEE.

II was over the sea. in the land Of tea.
Iy the beautiful river they call Yang Iec,
10 which an additional name they hang.
Making the river Yang Tsc kianR.
A baby was horn IN n Chinese town;
Hut look of scorn and n terrible frown
Ger the face 81 the father was seen 20 curl,
when he learned that his baby was only q
girl.
Now The father, whose name was Hang U
Was the last ~ the race of the great I. Ligh,
The father OF Chinese history.
Tie was very proud 81 his pedigree,
And even declared that his lineage ran
IN a line direct a. the very nrst man.
Hts greatest ambition was now 90 SEQ
Another limb on his family tree,
4 boy who could hnally sep In hia place,
Down the rucC-coursc OF time Co continue nj.
race;
But slss for HI; hsoGcs' "Chug um whIrl
IIo muttcrcd, which means ats grit It's q
And s. angrily hisscd' "ClacE whang boz
which means in their language at must b,
drowned
Though the mother. In words that sound i'm
Inslpldly pleaded "Oh. Hang a.. Iwouldn'tii'
lie sternly answered. "Clack whang be
quidG
which means In their language at must be
Go drown that thing IN the river kianE."
Then turned away with an angry glare,
To smoke his pipe In the open air.
but the good Ar Chang had tender heart.
Tie saw II was hard for the mother o. part
Prom her little Rirl, yet, strange "a tell,
The sorrow that ON his hcart-strings fell
Affected the strings ~ his purse as we'll
SUI he couldn't think what Ia the world 10 do,
And he stood In agony clutchinE his queue
md pullingiit downward until be drew
Hts Dyes clear up 20 the top Of his head,
Iill thcy looked like long diagonal Rashes
stretched over bis forehead and fringed
Then. letting them down. have ~" he
hut the rest that he said will tell 10 thee
ln the very words Il was told 20 me
~ that honest, efficient and noble Chince'
Who charged mo two prices formy "washee.''
lie satdi " rot Eirl-cc same old like this,
Got too much-ee girlee; my wifc-ce no miss
tako-cc NO Eirl-ec light home Co my wife.
dlown-ee mn girl-ec In liver KianRl
nou Eivcc much money To poo Ar Change
Ihon gratitude stole down the beautiful
or the mothers long.eycs and she gave such
OF approval, he cried. 81 would rather be
And serve such generous mistress, than
We carried Tcc-Hce Ia his own little hut.
Where the floors were OF dirt and the frcscoes
OF SCOT,
And be sald TO his wife: ~ have snapped for
We must dlown-ce our girl-cc In liver Yang
Use
And our Inlstlcss she Eiyc-cc much money to
~ will TO-, answered she, "and wrap Mlnnee
In Tcc-ifeo's little mantle and bring her to
YOU"
And then, with a smile Of approval. withdrew.
Now y CHANGED Mrs. Chang had the masculine
Of"playinR n low and conccallnR her heart.
IN short, ~ cnaCtlnH duplicate part.
FOR expecting the time when her husband
1--WE arc poor; wen put M,nncc Ting out Of
Placed spring herr and there for the sake
Ot the wriRulc.
supplied its small chest with bladder and
80 that touch Il who would the rug baby
would HiuHlr:
Just The size ot Ting Loo-shc had measured
Aud now. with the skill she had learned when
She pinncd on the coax past all hope OF UNI
doing.
And. bearing n en- ~ 10 start Il To cooling.
ltiHht Into the arms Of her husband she laid n.
thus chang bore " down toward the river
kianE.
nut happened. In passing the vlunant Hang
To stumble. which caused IL To- Nick aud to
TIN Ham, cried Away III accompany you.
never can rest till its safe In the water.
lest The mother has bribcd you to rescue my
daughter"
Thcn quick IN tho pliilcss river they threw
what lo Hang was Tcclicc and 20 Chang was
Ting Loo.
Each day, while the notable Hang T. Uirh
Was recalling the books OF the great l. LiRh.
lliswifp stole away % the hut at Ar Chang
while Chang acted SPY DER the motions OF
Hang.
Hut chang never dreamed NJ he watched by
TO give warning II Hang at his hovcl should
call
That his dear little wife from its hidlng-placc
drCw
The only original Minncc Ting Loo.
Nor supposed, ~ he stretched % it, limit each
limb
10 peep ~ his master. that out of the dim
hfm. ~"
And u never occurred to Hang u. High.
~ ne studied the books 81 the great 4 TIgh
THAT instead ~ rCtrrnChinE on little Tee IIcc
w drowning the child IN the river Yang Use
his lucrc provided provisions FOR thrcc.
w. w. FiHA, "a Century.