St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-01-03
STORIES IN PIGEON ENGLISH.
Wong Lee, an Intelligent Denver
Celestial, Spins Yarns to a Re

Wong Lee, an Intelligent Denver
Celestial, Spins Yarns to a Re-
porter.
Denver News.
Wong Lee is quite an intelligent
Chinaman, but not without some super
stitions of his race. He speakf English
indifferently, but manages to make him
self understood. He can also read Eng
fish so as'to understand it passibly we'll,
and what he can't understand he gets
some friend to interpret for him. Wong
was much interested in the trial of the
anarchists, and was enthusiastically
wild on the cay of their execution. In
conversation with News reporter the
other day, Wong said:
''Velly glad to see 'em swing Mclean
highlander, Chicago"
''DO you mean the anarchists?'
Yes; allie same bad like Chinaman
highlander"
do the highbinders use bombs?''
'LOng time ago; not now. Chinaman
make bombs long befo' Mclean man
make bombs. Yc'I know Ii? So one
time long ago rienchman come to
China. Chinaman tell Flenchman go
back. Flenchman not go back. China
man lite Flenchman letter say you
no go back Chinaman kill. Not
cut him off head, but blow up.
Flenchman laugh. Say Chinaman not
fght-Chinaman woman. Flenchman
90 out on, plain-6,o0o. Chinaman get
him heap bamboo stick big as leg. Fill
him with blow-up and bullicks. Stick
him in fuse, and belly him in ground.
Next day Chinaman say we now ready
fo' fight. Come on. Flenchman come
on. Get him light on. ground between
Chinaman and Flenchman had been
night befO'. Big ChinaHlan captain tell
him go back, but he not go back. Bang!
Boom! When wind blow him smoke
away, no mo- Flenchman, allie gone"
When Wong told this story he was as
excited and wrought up as any amateur
elOcuti0nist. AS he seemed to be in a
humor for telling stories he was allowed
to go on.
'.Flenchman can't whip Chinaman, :"
he said. "Chinaman might whip
Flenchman if he go to Flance, but Chi
naman don't want to go to Flance
Flenchman come to China once mo-.
CIinaman hab his boss out on plain.
Chinaman hab his boss tlained to come
and feed him when he ling bell. Feed
him on one kind OBJ meal, and boss got
nothing else, but come fast when you
ling bell. Chinaman left 600 boss out
ON plain. Build him big stable,
hold all boss. Make him wide
do, just so boss lun in. den
hang big knives owe do. Flenchman
take all 900 boss and put big captains
Oh him. Chinaman get ON top stable
and ling bell. Flenchman can't hold
him, lun so fast to stable to get him
meal. H0ss he 90 in stable. Big knife
cut off Flenchman's head. Head he
fall, one on dis side, one on dat side.
All Flenchmans dead. Big captains
Den Chinaman let lest Flenchman go
home. No want to kill him all. Kill
big captains.
you know how Chinaman tell when
partner cheat?" asked Wong, changing
the subject.
No, do not"
'Chinaman go in with partner, maybe
| cousin. AT end OBJ year both must go to
joss house and tell joss all about him.
| If Chinaman lie, big snake come down
fiom tlee in joss house and bite him and
| Chinaman die. Some time both China
| man die. Both cheat, Some time
| Cinnamon tink his partner cheat and
| he say to partner get in boat and go
| aeloSS libber. If Chinaman cheat when
| he get in middle of hbber, big ting, fo'
| legs bite him MOUTH
Wong here had to go into pantomime
| to describe what he meant.
| Turtle" suggested the reporter.
| Eyes, OATS him." answered Wong.
s'He snap Chinaman and Chinaman
| die"
"How is it when you cheat white
| men?"
mo sin cheat Mclean man. Must
not tell Mclean man what anything
cost, can't sell him, No snake bite, NO
ting snap. But you come down my
| cousin Jim's house some time, he tell
| you mo- stolieS dan | can. Jim speak
| and lite good Mclean"
Wong explained before taking his de-
parture, however, curious custom
| among the Chinese. He said that when
one contracted debt and did not pay it
| his children and children's children to
| the fourth generation were responsible
| for it. He said that sometimes hard
hearted creditor would exact his pound
| of flesh, and he had heard of the last of
a debt of 500 being paid 100 years after
| it was contracted.