Arkansas weekly mansion., 1884-03-22
"Get up, quickr' he said. .Pull up

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On all sides of the beat just now. We
must be gone.''
The sailors rubbed their ewes, and did
not hear anything in the water. and felt
inclined to doubt the word of their mas
ter But he was a Mandarin, and his
word was law So they We're off The
Mandarin sat on deck, watching them
AT davbreak they were many miles
b:yond the fatal spot. Then for the
first time he went into his cabin. A
moment after, he came rushing ou;,
grief and CONSERVATION oil his face.
"Oh. my wife, he cried. Those
waterkelples have carried her away, 1t
must have been the time heard them
outsice the boat
so he gave immediate directions to
some of his men to go back and search.
Is they could not find the body they
month searching. He waited some
time, but at last could wat no longer
| SO he lift directions about what was. to
be done if the bodv was found, spent
| much mony burning paper furniture for
| the use of her soul, and went on to as
sumo the duties of his Office.
He had not been living in the yamcn,
| (Mandarin's palacel very long, when
| the + ing of BeTGars came, bundles and
| bedding, to take up his quarters there
| The Mandarin broke it to him gently.
! then limited. a. his daughter was not
alive, the King of Bcggars had better
return home, and. furn shIng him road
| mpnev said he had no further claim on
/ him.
The emotions of the King of Beg
| gars Were much suspicion as sorrow.
| But since the fellow was mandarin,
he dared say nothing: but took himself
| OF, leav NO the money lying
Meanwhile, where was the young
wife,
Fortunately. in her fall she had been
caught iy the branch of a tree, which
was floating on the water: Sd thai,
though she sank, she soon rose, and
was carried along rs on boat, by the
swift current of the river She was
stunned by the fall. and knew nothing.
not even when her strange raft dashed
her up against the side of Il great Man
DARN boat. Some Of tn servant on
the boat. however. saw it and t"ld their
master lie commanded them 10 fish
her up: and, seeing it was woman.
gave her over into the care OF his Vile
an the woman servants.
When she came 10 herself she found
the old Mandarin and his wife bending
over her, and of course WAS rerplex' d.
Thcy | ade her be quiet then; but after
She wa, better. inquired nto the matter.
At first she would not tell. but would
only cry and weep But hy little and
little their love and kii lnc-> Won her
confidence and she told them all. even
to the name of her husband. The Old
coupl" told her no: to fear, that they
would adopt hrr rs their daughter
On arriving n his yaman the old
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the lesser MandarinS of the province
under his control were expected to come
- pay Their respects t. him. Among the
resi- came the new Mandarin: for he was
under the control of the older one. lie
brought with h M his credentials. for
this was the first time he had paid his
respects As the old Mandarin handed
them back he said
These are all core t. You may
stop after the others las tiaf a';G:ff in took
him aside and asked him whether he
hal a wife
NO" >aid tn" Younger My fat@cr
and mother diad before they had ar
ranged Il bctrothal for me.
-, cry well, then, said The senior:
That i all right. Now 1 havr pro
posal to make to you. | have an adopt
ed daughter for whom | am anxious to
secure Just such i likely young man as
voIrs Ii. If YOU would like TO enter
tain the prono>al | will arrange all mat
tcrs properly for you
Then the young one chucklcd within
himself tn: t he had done such Il brilliant
thing on the river. Now not only was
he not tied to the daughter of the King
of Ec"rarS, but he was going TO be the
Son-in- law of the grand Mandarin ofthe
district OF course he consented on tie
sp t.
Il am getting old said the senior,
land want this business settled right
up. 1t would delay too much II You
should iourncv home. You can stay
here. and will provide your wedding
outfit
50 he staid. and thn old Mandarin
provided everything needful for the
fro sSeau of both. OF course he did
not see the young lady. Bridcgrooms
never do till after they are married
When The old Mandarin told his new
daughter that he had arranged mar
riart, for her she broke out into proteSta-
tons.
He has treated me i'll; but | can not
be so bad To him.
But word in her ear quoted her.
There was Il grand wndding, the va
men hung Al over with red satin and
lanterns / he bridegroom was brought
in in roles of state to meet his bride.
who VS. lc | ltV the ladies i'll att nd
ancr, her head covered by the usual
b idal veil o embroidered red sat II.
Togct er thy bowed and worshipcd
lie ven and car,h. and went through all
the pr .~tratinr~. Thin the bridegroom
and the bride, led by her ladies, went
into an inner room
As soon Il the 6oor wHS shut, the
ladies' lifted tn veal. The b ide took n
horsewhip from an.ong nu ri.er that
were Ivinr there. and that was the si-
nal FIR each o: tn. laiic> t, take
whip: an! they viii the wretch
until he rpa-cd for mere.
After that tie. lived happily to q good
old age together.
..Hut." sa-dI. Il don't think it was
very nice for the wife to beat h r huS-
band t h y said my teacher, bit
the Mandarin told her to, and she had
to: and til. husband deserved it, too
And think 50, too. Don't ;ou?-NtSs
.Ida Harcu. in Nctc Tor6, LadepehdcH.
The Dean Made Bad .'Unpy.'
A correspondent of the Manchester
! Examiner SAYS that he once receive!
from Hcan Stanley the most inScruta-
/ bic epistle he ever bchrid. II was writ
ten upon poor blue paper and i'll two
/ kinds OF ink. the latter portion in bla k.
and the former writing had thin. tim
. i'll, Scraichv look. and suggested the
thought that it had been WI ten with
an old pen with only one prong, or with
( the 20 nj OF ed stocking needle There
wee no distinct letters rs such, but i
seres of nervous rcel> n e paper
with something >mcared with ink II