The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1883-07-19
LITTLE TEE-HEE.

Nv The beautiful river they call Yang Tsc,
To which an additional name they hang,
4 bahy was born in Chinese town;
Rut "A look of SCOrn and n terrible frOwn
Ger the face of the father was seen to curl,
when ne learned that his baby was only
GIRL
Now the father, whose name was Hang L.
High
Was tho last of the race of the great /. Iigh,
The father of Chinese history
He was very proud of his pedigree,
And oven declared that his lineage ran
In - line direct 10 the very first man
His greatest ambition was now to see
Another limb on his family tree.
4 hoy who could finally sep in his place,
Down the racc-CuurSc of time to continue his
race;
IL,
But alas for his hopes, "Chug um whirl.
Cbup nm whiTl,'
He muttcred, which means ats a girl! It's a
girl!'
And he angrily Kissed: "Clack whang bog
lound."
drowned"
Though the mother, in words that sound i'm
prudent. 49,
InsipidIy pleaded: "Oh, Hang T., Iwouldnt,."
lie stCrrly answered: "Clack whang DO
Which means in their language at must be
did
Go drown that thing in the river kiang;"
Then turned away with an angry glare,
10 smoke his pipe in the open air.
But the good Ar Chang had tender heart.
He saw il was hard for the mother TO part
From her little girl. yet, strange to tell,
Affected the strings of his purse as well.
Still he couldn't think what in the world 10 90,
And he stood in agony clutching his queue
His eyes clear up to the top of his head,
Till they looked like long diagonal guSncs
Stretched over his forehead and fringcd
with lashcs,
Then. letting them down. have IL! ne
said.
But the rest that he said will tell to thee
In the very words it was told to me
by that honest, efficient and noble Chinee
Who charged me two prices for my "washee:'
He said: " got girl-cc same Old like this,
col too much-cc gir-cc my wife-ee no miss
one rice. Ar Chang saVc-cc yo girl-Cc lie,
takc-cc vo' girl-cc light home to my wife,
| dluwn-cc my girl-cC in liver kiang.
NOu giVCC much money to poo Ar Chang
Then gratitude stole down the beautiful
slants
OF the mothers long eyes, and she gave such
glance
OF approval, he cried: 81 would rather he
Chang,
And serve such generous mistress, than
Hang"
He carried Tce-Hee to his own little hut.
Where the floors were of dirt and the frcscoes
of SCOT,
And he said to his wife: Il have snapped for
Tcc-Hcc;
We must dlown-ce our girl-ce in liver Yang
TsC-
And our mStesS she givc-cc much money to
wc."
~ will 60" answered she, 81 and wrap Minnee
In Tec-Hec's little mantle and bring her to
you,"
And then, with smile of approval, withdrew.
Now it CHANGED Mrs. Chang had the masculine
OF playing it low and ,conceaing her heart,
In short, of enactng duplicate part.
For expecting the time when her husband
would say
"Wc are poor; well put Minnee Ting out of
the way,
She had built II rag baby with marvellous skill,
Placed spring here and there for the sake
of the wriggle,
Supplied its small chest with bladder and
quill
SO that touch il who would the rag baby
would ciggc;
just the size of Ting LoO-Shc had measured
and weighed it
And now, with the skill she had learned when
she made it,
She pinned on the cloak past all hope of UNI