Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-10-20

And he rose with a Sigh
And said, can such things bcg
We are ruined by Chinese cheap labor
Aud he went for that heather Chinto.
/ sat at ease on the Fort Worth a
Denver train; behind me sat one Of the
ceIestials l always had sneaking
desire to see China, and would
now improve the opportu-
nifty of at least learning some
thing from a native. | had before
cultivated their acquaintance i'm ali
the range from high up Chinese or
fetal down through Chinese store
keepers and the ever present laundry
man. had acquired not little of
their melodious dialect, but what l ac-
quired seemed to bt hack-number
Chinese and never would work. They
always understood my English best.
Now here was an opportunity to
work of my manned accomplishment
on this unoilendlng heathen. He
| appreciated my efforts but didn't un-
| derstand my Chinese. So 10 make
conversation more general / dropped
back 10 every day English. He was
almost mt home in English. under
stood at least every fifth word and
that was better than my Chinese
worked. Ifthe compositors' case would
hold out on Is would try TO tell YOU
his story In his own vernaculars he
said his name was Charley, his back
name was Long Sing and he had kent
IA laundry IN Effort WORTH Thirteen
years ago he advented In this country
and had acquired wealth, item THOU.
SAM dollars, he said, and lost t..
Very naturally asked him what he
was now engaged In, Innocently and
| TO the point he answered 'glambling. y
Yes, he was u professional Chinese
| gambler; played anything; keno, faro.
poker and other such games no un.
known In this country. Didn't play
euchre; so, of course. he knew nothing
of Bret Harte's All Sin; but had Texas
laws not prohibited IL / might have
sought demonstration Of how that
Chipese game called "poker' was
| done And from describing his inn
mense gains and sudden losses, Charley
Long Sing became very communica.
| tive as to his country, Had he heard
of the Franco Chinese war? Now
never anticipated the answer 10 that
| question. For long years had looked
upon these gentle laundry manIpula-
tors In sort of patroni2lng way,
thinking they were ready to accept
any rash statement about my country:
even that never We're campaign lies
told or politicians dishonest; but with
a serious air OF conviction, causing a
sad reflection on my part Rs to his esti-
mate Of my simplicity, he answered
that he knew all about the war; knew
that a certain nobleman named Quonp
Sam Ling had contributed 500 600 600
to his government for war purposes,
and five other ordinary citizens
had each contributed 800 900, 900
and had hardly begun that
way Where did Quong Sam Ling
| get so much money? Oh, he had five
big houses, all stone, much larger
than Effort Wort clort.houseu each of
| them, and they were filled full of gold
| dollars and whenever they got empty
! Quong came out and waved bis hands
to the sky and from everywhere gold
! dollars rained right down and
| filed those fine houses and
| that's where Quong always
got his money! And If anybody ever
suceeededin stealing any ofthis money,
before he got two blocks away ne
would find II gone from his pockets!
| So Charley argued that with auch re-
sources the Chinese were safe from the
French. think Charley honestly be-
lieved his story, and II greatly over
Swallowed my fond memories OF
Arabian Nights.
"Tell me, Charley; are there any
| Chinese gambling places and opium
dens in Fort Worth?ii l asked.
PLENTY, alle.samee.lline;h and then
he told me OF the hardship on his
brethren in having to pay so much for
the drug, and that he smoked IL and
all Chinese did and had to. Yes, he
knew of white people in Fort Worth
who frequented those opium dens,
"plenty, plenty,n but Of course this
statement could only be considered In
the light OF QuoDg sam Ling's
wonderful gold and is about as truth
full. So after discussions and recollec-
tons Of Fon 10y and Wung Chung of
New Orleans and Quong Wo and All
10y In Missouri, old mutual friends,
j parted conversation from Charley
Long. Sing, the Effort Wort CLAM
BIER
What jovial, old (beg pardon
young gentleman Is Uncle Frank II.
Lubbock, 10 be sure. Gov. Lubbock
and his pleasant wife boarded the train
At Bowie and stopped over at Decatur.
OF course their host OF friends every
where cordially greeted them, aud
doubtless Mrs. Iubbock'B presence in-
spires not little Of the eloquenee OF
our state treasurer when he addresses
his fellow citizens. And thlg
is Mrs. Lubbock's first campaign, but
she declares she will never again carry
about with her trunk when she cam
vases with the governor, for IL was
pack and unpack, and the next time
nothing but TWO valises, three bundles,
two handboxee, a fan, an oyerc0at and
several wraps will 80 on the trip rs
baggage. BY the way, Mira. Lubbock
and Senator Matlock somewhat aided
by Gov. Lubbock discussed ON the
train the feasibility Of starting q new
political party in Texas. Now YOU
must know that Mrs. Lubbock Is not
a politician and Is radically opposed to
what Is commonly known as the
women's rights women; nevertheless