The daily critic., 1890-11-10
ONLY A SMILE
But TT RESULTED TN AN ASTON
ISHlNG ADVENTURE,
A LITTLE CELESTIAL C0lUETTE
Who Flirted in an Amazing Manner
With a Young Bostonian,
A BIG, BsD CHlNAHAN INTERPRETED,
The Guilelass American Had to Go Into
bis Pocket and Pay for The Fun.
A Subsequent Moo'ing.
A Little CELESTIAL Co0UEIIE
A BIG, BsD CHlSlEAg INTERPRETED.

lie certainty used most remarkable
gestures, and used them with freedom
that very much surprised young Mr..
Leonard, until that youth happened to
haltingly think that Chinaman was an
Oriental. and that the Orienta,s are born
gesture. makers, says the San Francisco
Arg0RdU He was unusually tall
for a Chinaman, and unusually gaunt,
too, and as he threw up his long arms
to emphasize some particular statement
the heavy jade bangles slipped down
over his elbows, while, when he lowered
his arm again, he had 10 spread out his
fingers TO keep the stone bracelets from
falling to the floor. Now he would
poise his left hand, palm up in the air,
and would dart his right hand ia and
out OF this, the fingers all punched TO a
point, as though II were some bird Of
prey sweeping down on its quarry At
another time he would drop both these
nervous hands TO the furthest limits Of
arms reach, scoop up an invisible some
thing, aud then, lifting this head high
would scatter II to the four winds, with
tornado motion Of body and limbs that
was very effective.
The play Of his facial features was
quite as remarkable. Like so many Of
his countrymen, he was deeply pitted
with small.po but, unlike most of his
countrymen, his eyes were large, though
obliquely set, and full Of fire. His
neck was long and plant as snake
and, indeed, when he threw back his
head, opened his mouth until the cor
ners ran up 20 the cheek bones, and shot
sRf IffsNN l. Il s,..Ir
shut lids, there was something quite
ophidian In his appearance.
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That young Mr.. Leonard, In his sur.
reptltious rambles through Chinatown
was at first attracted by the gestures
and Boanergain voice Of the Chinaman,
there is no doubt, but after few mo.
ments had passed his attention was
drawn to another Of the groupof which
the orator was the centre. There were
six of them In this group, sprawled
about the little gloomy store In which
rothing In particular seemed to be sold,
Five Of them were men and the sixth
was woman, or girl, or child young
Mr.. Leonard could not exactly saw
which Anyway, whatever her age may
AhNh IAAAf HAAN " as ~ HlIlAN rs "a NIAAA
or rather as a neCtarine, for, like that
fruit, she was small and round and
plump and Juicy; like II her skin was
smooth and yellowish brown, with red
splashes here and there, and she-stll
like the fruit-no doubt looked 10 be a
good deal better than she really was
Her hair was startehed out on each side
of her head like a black butterlly's
wings, aud was twisted into bar be-
hind that looked like the handle of a
black teapot. This general gloominess
OF headgenT was, however. relieved by
sundTy little paper ehrysanthemums
stuck here and there, while In the
thickness Of the teapot handle there
were two gold skewefs, set up like ST.
Andrews cross. Her hair was drawn
back In front from low but Intelligent
forehead, underneath which glittered a
pair of mischievOus eyes The nose wa.
4 snub, the mouth was quite pretty aud
provoking, and chin aud cheeks and
neck were smooth and round Down
below her trouseTs-daTk- purple, like
her blouse-shoWed two plump ankles
covered with fine white socks. and be
meath these were two tiny feet-naturally
tiny-incased in shoes Of light apple
green, with high, white soles running
down TO a point from toe and heel like
the lines OF a sampan.
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The trick Of finding out that a young
man IS looking at her is not confined u
the Caucasian girl, ana two minutes had
not passed before little Quong Loo be
gan 10 preen and peFk.
She accepted a conical cigarette which
one Of the Chinaman offered her
throwing out a deprecatory glanes al
young Mr. Leonard as she did so, a
though to ask excuse for the mannish
custom, and pulled back her loos.
sleeyes-theTe seemed 10 be five or siA
Of them-shoWing a dimpled arm tina
Wss altogether feminine. There fol
lowed coy looks Ia the shelter of a BIG
red silk handkerchief; Fogush smile
half hidden by veil of very queer
smelling tobacco smoke. until. almOs
before be knew Il. young Sir. Leonard
vas deep In the midst OF q first clas'
Irritation with a third class heather.
The experience was one that made
Young Mr.. Leonard Jingle clear down
10 the tips Of bis brilliant yellow glove.
and that made aim flush so that hi
spectacles actually got dewy Ii va;
the first time be had ever done such 4
thing, and be urembled With a delicious
fever Of joyful fright 20 think Of VIA
he would DO If ever bis mamma should
ind out What he was about
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He aud his mamma were Boston PEG
pie. quite rich, and undoubtedly 81
peTior. She was a widow, and this va
her only son. her mothers boy" IT,
had been brought up like a per lamb
and, Ike that festive young creature
was very innocent and very weak--aul
be looked IL Though now yearly 20
his mamma still called him Baby
and So did nearly everybody else, fol
the matter Of that She would have
Kept him IN knickeTbOckers II sh'
could possibly have done So; but evel
yCuud AIR. LeOUaTd's mild spirit re
belied al this, and be insisted on cloth
ing bis 6accid little self IN the re o
Jhe aBEl0maniacs on those rau
occasions 90 which mamma Above.
him 10 stray from under her materna
eye ber parting injunction invariably
was, Nov, Baby be sure you don.
gen into mischief and here be wa
getting into tha very worst description
81 that article.
He had passed The haudkerclie
phase and bad arrived al Thai despersH
arl.e where he was slyly telling ID lL
pocket for q visiting card Wien Ia 0ui
81 die EestIreiul Chiuamau S eompre
lar-ige sweeps Of arms aud visions thl
Celestial saw what was going on F5