Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1889-12-06

any man-let alone an almond eyed Celes-
tial-could not be proof against such
one Saturday afternoon few weeks ago
Miss Sarah $50 Dan learned she was call
cd) came to the laundry, aad Dan waited
upon her himself But before he gave her
| the parcel or linen he went into anoth er
room and brought ont neatly done up
package.
my givee 20 lychee China mats, heap
| fine flute" said All Dan ~ the aStonished
girl.
Thank you very much" sha "a sped,
not knowing exactly what they were She
toom them home and found them very
| good eating fruit
The next time Sarah came to the laun-
dry, she praised Dams elegant present
You, likee himi''
eyes, very much; they are nice, replied
Sarah, innocently, wife a sweet smile
Without a word, An Dan hastily went
back into his room and brought out an
other pound of nuti also smaller pack
age.
my sivee you mole and this China
hankerchee,' said All Dan. pleasantly.
The young lady again thanked him. In
the smaller package was red silk hand
kercher imported from China aud within
its folds the Sstonished girl fonnd this
| note written in nice hand:
Ny Velly Beauty, young lady.
L., III
yo', my alice same lovec. Jtsh nowe my
| no see yo', all same Glaze. Shipos yo no
kark for my, yo kom my talkee yo' some
ting. Will yo' pleesef
My nam, LEW An DAN
Wah Sing, no belong my name
To~say that she was surprised is but a
mild expression. For long while she
| couldn't stop laughing. At length she
carefully folded the note and put it into
her pocket intending to show it to her
| friends rs a literary curiosity from Asia
She had by this time become acquainted
with All Dan in a business way. She
| knew he was very friendly toward his Gus
| toners, and she took the note as joke
rather than anything serious; 80 she con-
with All Dan about his funny billet doux.
Among other things she said playfully,
that ahe l2lGd Mm~t ~t2o... ----.,...
Dan permanently; at least so long rs he re
mains in New York
Next day b right and early, All Dan
went down town and invested $40 in
| Bowery store suit. 81 25 for black derby
hat and another dollar for Il pair of patent
| leather shoes 10 take the place of his old
| white soed toot gear. He bought also
some Chinese togs so that he could make
| love "allee same Mclean man of Hallem,"
| and he also bought himself a cheap gold
| headed cane He discovered that he had
| forgotten all about shirts and collars, but
he was equal to the emergency There
were lots of shirts aud collars in the laun-
dry belonging to dilatory customers. He
| selected an outfit Of the best and donned
| them raptuously. His new clothes fitted
| him about as nicely as Connecticut scare
| crow fits its pole in a watermelon patch
| except the derby, which refused to hold
| the big coil of glossy queue. Ho conclud-
| ed to wear the hat anyway. His Chinese
| friends didn't know him when no went
down again to buy some more Lychee nuts
and other nice things with which to urge
his love-makiug. lie bought ten pounds
| of Lychee nuts, 81. 50; three silk handker-
chiefs, 81 10; one pound of oolong tea, 40
cents; one small jar of preserved ginger 90
cents; one pound of pickeled onions, 10
cents one bushel Of winter apple $50 cents,
one fat live chicken, sixty five cents; aud
two ducks (also live) 81 so.
He put them all in big coirc bag and
throwing it over his shoulder he hailed
| a Third ave surface car and went up tC
Harlem.
AT the corner of Fifty sixth st. All Dan
got off and toted his load westward, where
he soon reached handsome brown stone
residence After mnch difficulty he and
his bundle landed upon the stoop. Care
fully adjusting his brand new cloths and
hat Mr.. All Dan gently pulled the bell A
maid servant answered the summons.
"Ish Miss Salah insidef" politely queried
the young Chinaman, ut the same time
trying to pull his big coffee bag into the
vestibue. The comically dressed visitor,
with his small derby dangling almost in
mid air on top of his queue, his big gold
headed cane in one hand whlo the other
was tugging ut the sack, made the girl
laugh outright.
"What are you going to do with that
big bundle of wash in here, Johnf' she
asked.
"Him no washee," replied the offended
Chinaman Indignantly. "My wontchee,
Miss Salah."
| Just then Miss Sarah and her mother ap-
peared on the scene
Lew All Dan smiled blandly on the pair,
and at the same time gave hard ting at
the bag
'How do, Miss salahf Ny kom see
| yo' just now. My bling pleasant 70 yo',
too
Miss Sarah looked at the Chinaman and
then at the bag as if she had not quite un-
derstood what the fellow had said She
could hardly believe her eyes when the
caller explained that he was the same Lew
All Dan that washed for her family and
whom she had seen only yesterday. The
sudden change Of garments had complete
ly deceived her. To use her own words:
"He looked so eomical and funny in
American clothes, especially with that
sumner of cane in his drod-up little
hand l could not for the world recognize
him AZ my old washee.'
But that bag of presents! The young
lady and her mother laughed so much at
the sight of it that tears came into their
eyes.
Dan first drew ont bushel Of green ap.
pies, then ten pounds of Lychee nuts, the
jars of ginger the apricots and the pickel
ed onions.
The servant cJuld not control her angei
any louGer