The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1886-12-21


scented it.
1.-THE Princess had not caught any
fish. and besides had grown tired of
sitting there on the shore alone. So
/ she graciously deigncd TO receive his
! card. glanced at the youth: and per-
ceiying that his ewes were - narrow
and oblique and his pigtail almost as
. long and thick a her own. pronounced
! him to herself very handsome man.
J She commanded the kneeling Youth To
/ arise and seal himself 10y her side.
; Well, the Princess AMI the architect
sat there on the sands. and the little
bluebirdS above their heads sang and
sang and few about and around them.
/ The line fell from the Princess hand
and sank down into the sea. How Tu-
foo found the courage To de- so don't
know. buI an hour had hardly gone nv
when he flung himself at the Princess
little feet and begged her TO he his wife
and share with him the artist : loaf.
Artists loaf-how does it taste,
wondcr?' asked Felicia, who had not
spoken before.
..Oh, not SO bad: it is kmeadrd by the
MUSES. and baked by Apollo. Some
people. not many fear, however, eat
il with relish, at least in China and
Japan. if not i'm England or America.
Still. Swen-kiang. was prudent girl,
though not prudent enough TO prefer
an old King To a Young lover, and that
this artist : bread might not lack for
butter. she hurried up into her cham
Der. fetched a iewel-caSkrt from her
drcs-in" table. and returning gave it
10 Tu-foo. He took the cas!iet care
fully under his left arm. gave his right
Ia the Princess and the two stepped
into little boat which was anchored
near Nv. Tu-foo took the oars and
rOwed of i'm the direction of the Island
of Bliss.
..See. there i the bark: II l. already
a long distance away from TIN: shore;
soon they will land on the BliSSful
Island. When Pclikan, who had been
elrepin" since dinner time, woke up
and roarcd for his daughter. alas. she
was nowhere to Ice seen. The Emperor
rushed down 10 the Sea-Shore. peered
our over the water. SAW the boat.
recognized the fugitivcs. and called
loudly for his men n arms. There
which separates the main island from the
one adjoining it. How warlike they
look in their flowing robes of panther
skin lined with asirachan, and with
quiverS of fish-SIin hanging over the
right shoulder. These warriors march
sOlemnly down To the pier, step OH
board the Chinese frigate: the Emperor
and his Son-in-law. who was Ia have
been. King Yoo-Foo. follow and pur-
size the iiyin" lovers.
Poor Swen-kian., unhappy Tu-foo.
the frigate gains rapidly on them. The
Princess wringS her hands and weeps;
already she sees in imagination her |
lover deprived of his nose. his eyes put /
out. his piglail cut oil close To his head.
his legs hewed from his body, the |
Chinese punishment for Door. audac- |
iOuS Young men who run off with En- |
peror's daughters. Swen-kiaUg utters |
4 piercing scream. clasps her hands and |
invokes the aid ri the Chinese Venus"
What iS her name?" asked Lucia.
Lucia. answered the painter
slowly. ''Somc say. however. her
name is AS>unta, and others assert it |
To be- Felicita. The goddess hears her
prayer and answers il. I'm the twink
ling of an eve Swcn-kiang and Tu-foo
are turned into two pretty little birds.
There look. they are fiving mp into the
blue sky. billing and kissing each
other a. they 90. That is the story,
fair ladies. the plate tells me.
And the pigtails. the fine igtailS of
Nwen-kiamg and Tu-foo. what became
of lhem?'
True. | had forgotten the pigtails.
They were left living III the boat and
were changed BY the goddess into two
long. mgly snakes: and when the
King Yoo-Foo, and the
Lord High Executionrr. Wong Bang,
his constant companion. stepped on
board the boat To look for the lovers
one of the snakes bit the Kings toe
and the other the Lord High Execu-
TONERS heel. causing them both to-
Jump very high and swear very loudly,
i'm Chinese"
You may suppose that this was all
very pleasing To- Lucia. AsSunta and
Felicita. and is it not TO YOU alSo?-