Morris tribune., 1886-10-13
nla.tn II
Mate Ito
The Tale of a ChInahII.vv.


at is Chinese love story am 60
ing to relate, said the painter !"
"a Chineselove stoiy?" asked Lucia,
"Do the Chinese ever fall in love?''". - !
Indeed they do" returned the
painter. '"Look ut your plate, your
blue china plate There the STORY is
told in a crude Chinese fashion. Bit T.
. can interpret it for you, TthinE. See,
in the right-hand corner Of the plate
is a group OF blue islands, with trees
and pagodas, all OF the, same azure,
color, dotted over them, while tall
blue trees bend over the pHgodas and
the islands are separated one from the,
other by small blue straits, = yOXarf
this island empire. the greab Emperor
Pelikan reisned.,'' ~u-,,.,s ,s7,,., h
Pelican interrupted :Assuntai.,
"why. that is the name OF an 81 ugly
clumsy bird" -.! .,.. ,..,.t., .tanl, q
'Pelikan was, Iassure you, returned
the painter firmly. 1.-The name OF that
emperor. This palace, built in the,
style OF the early Chinese renaissance,
was, owing to the stormy reigns OF the,
emperor's predecessors, decidedly in
need OF repairs. Why, the china bells
OF the taIlest pagoda had all tallen off
into the water. =, The dilapidated state
of his palace occupied the emperor'a
thoughts more than the beauty OF his
daughter, the young and lovely Prinr
cess Sven kianG.'I .d,t l,..g =, l..s,..t
oh, whatla funny, for a prip1
cess, exclaimed Assunta.
-, ~, 49, =, 5Siang q genuine Chinese
her lovely, long pigrtail, which hing f +
down to the very hem Of her yellow b.
oh, kat 1t long 7 Objected Jet i,f
Lucia, ''for the gowns OF the, Chinese 5
ladies are very short, .it,,..,.tr,,.. ,,ts,
Excuse me, but the gown Of the i
princess was quite, as long as 1pciasd ,
walking dress. The length and, CLOS |.
siness ofthis incompatible pigtail, had b
caused a mighty. king, ZOO Foo. to- b.
fall in love. with and offer to. marry
her. It was a very, grand match, fQrA
Sven hiang, for her father. was only ~
an emperor over a few poor little isl ,
lands. But the king Yoo-FoQ bad two In
very serious faults in Sven Kiang's, :
eyes; he. was old enough to be her IT,
great-grandfather, and besides that 1T
he was a htnchback,n, -, =, .,,,.},.,a,,nE y
Oh returned /. Lucia, teasingly,
"those arenot such very serious faults :,
in a king" ...,... -, 81, ,nLl
"AlasH!'"' returned the. painter, ;::Ithe.t s
princess. was SO ignorant, SO childish |, |
she. lived, you. know, more e than a. s
thousand. Years ,agQ--7she thought =
them SO. -. She was, very, unhappy at, =
the idea Of marrying the ugly old king, yt
And in her despair she shook ofall the q
blue-belIsl from her tower. and tram !, 6
pied upon. and crushed to pieces, the j,
delicate snail shells, that formed the ID
ornamental borders Of her AoYeE7beds !
would even in her despair have, laid +
violent hands on her precious pig tail a
if her maids, Of honor had not, rushed I e
to the rescue. After shedding torrents, p
of tears, and stamping her .ppdgy Iit,f,R
tie feet til they. achqd, she lett heH J
porcelain tower and taking her, fish 4, &
ing-rod went off to the. shore, to divert To
her mind by fishing, AS she, fshed she. j t,
sang: The song the princess. sang, Was vas q
OF her, own Improvisation Here it is; +
Fishing went by the silver sea,,.s,Od ii i
DuI Ids dFlQ woe is is;I ~
Never a fish with scales Of gold; Ig
Only a gander gray and old 4 9':1 >" :,
Who went swimming past 7''i 'd"""1 I
A gnnder, ugly; old and grimF,I2Hr4 rItol v
What in the world slrallI do with him2 81
Ira; ALA Traslarlat' Il a
ri don't think. much OF, tnat ,spng,j "
even if q princess did sing it,"'exclaim- p
ed LUCIA, ......., .,,ll -, .i!sI a,nu, ada II
SIN the Chinese it is more melo diioAs, y = 2
reioined, the painter fit.is, ! am afraid q
badly translated" ,..'i'.., t.s,,lrdf ri ID 3,
Did you translate it?p?. asked Ast v
sunta, slyly.!; IL ears. all ,uola sd g
The painter turned, red and went on is
rapidly lf"''This song, sung in Chinese W
and in the sweet voice OF Sven Kiang, y
the, attention: OF "a Eonthy 81
who was, pacing thR, sands not ,YsEY8 2
tar away - This young, mans. name II
was Tu-foo. He was the architect kol
by the, Emperor, Pc ikan, to Nv
renang the bells on the pagoda. Tu-fco b1Hj
approached, the princess. slowly and / &c
1ifiidently, and threw, bins himself face 81
downward at her feet, Then, still Jyfq
kneeling, be felt in. the bosom, of his,Etj
silken robe and drawing oft, his visit, Fl
ng card painted in, the highest stY1eE *
ot Chinese art on rice paper, GIimsop,l p
n color, and q foot and, a half long, 81
presented it. :, ,oIyxo .It Fl
'The princess had not caught, any. St
ish, and besides had grown, tired ofh al
sitting there on The shore, aTone,l soT, of
the graciously deigned to. receive the. liza
ard, glanced at the youth, and .peg g.,
ewing that bis eyes wera as hta4FroY,| tt
ind oblique and bis, pig-tail almost aa1 2f
ong and thick as her own, prom oI1nc- bf
nan: She commanded THE! klfneeIi1eg ,Eb !!
'outh to arise and and. seat himself PVT %
Ter side Wen, the, ipripc es7s,, and the pf
!rchiteet sat there Oh thea fSand5g a an9 g
he little blhtlebiilEdsl aP8ve, their beads
ang and, sang and flew. abqHt apadI4
Iround them. The Ipe, fell .ffrqHe hs11 w
y hand and sank d pWndpt TO- EheJEdf
ea How T9-foo found. tie, ,,coarage ,iis
o do 81 I don't know. obpEt;y,aan Ihong'l w
lad hardly gone BY when he. flung Rim5If til
elf at the lppfincesss feet and begged / ia
1e r tob$ biz s VIE ;, era
ARTISTS foa-hogWy does eS1 # GX a sate 1fs
, n"es, XIX asssd si e
"ob not 8 bado iifoa i, Gehassaadsdd 3D. tbS1
he MUSES. and baked BY Apollo. de
;ome people-not many, Il fear, how co
nina ana Japan,ii II pot Is Epai hF s 81
AMERICA. Still Sven. Z lang was q xeu-a pa
ent girl, though not, prudent, no1gb n To-
o prsferian 8ld kinng tp e NsSSg loFAFo lb