Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1891-11-06

After awhile she came in with a rush
GuU Iakkee China CANDY" began
Ling before she could say anything
Heap good and he showed a queer lit
tie boz fn!l Of keung toward her. Il
lakkee yoH," he continued, while he
picked at the gilt buttons on his blouse.
Il bling you nice close heap nice, you
Sabe: Al7lkkee you nice close, you dless
heap nice, sabe? You nally me, you hab
heap money"
Marry YOU, John? Well, | guess not!
Me old woman would pull the pigtail
cut OF your head if she heard you maxim
any breaks like that"
"You maIly me bimeby, said Ling, as
though he felt sure he would win.
so tong, john" she said, as she went
out munchins the candy That was the
first OF the queer courtship. 1t struck
Maggie seriously, as though she thought
she might do worse.
Il don't know bat what I'll marry the
Chink, she said to herself TN get all
Their clothes an money / want an I'll be
boss, you can betr'
There was a cat which used to sleep
under Ling's counter She grew fat on
the scraps Of chow chop suey and chue
yunk which fell from the table, and al
together lived life of peace. But the
day Ling proposed to Maggie Sullivan
the cats manner changed Instead of
sleeping under the counter all the day
she took to walking on the counter,
mewing uneasily in a wailing voice
which filled the room with a distressful
sound
Then she would pause IN her walk, and
sitting on her launches glare at Ling
with staring eyes Once or twice he
drove her away, but she came back and
glared until her eyes turned from green
to purple. Once he struck her with his
bamboo t'ung, and she retreated to a
high shelf and watched him
The evil one possesses her." said
Ling, and he burned more prayer sticks
before his kashat Joss, but the wailing
Of the cat never ceased She crept under
Ling's bed that night and scratched at
the mating on the floor; she paraded the
little room, and her big shining eyes
seemed to light up the dark place From
that night the cat Was never at rest, and
Ling became 50 stricken with a silent
terror that he would 90 out into the
street rather than cross her path
He forgot about the cat d couple of
days later, when Maggie Sullivan came
in. She was better dressed than usual.
Hello, John" she began, Il had a
row with the old woman. and I've CHM
out I'm dead sick Of GitCin jumped on.
Now, if you wanter marry me on Their
square, I'm with you, but don't want
any funny business in miner
"You mally me?' asked Ling, while a
smile crept over his face Alice lite,
mally you
But I'll tell you, John, the girl went
on, you've got to cut that pigtail off
and wear citizens clothes. You got to
be pretty near white man. You got to
be as white as clothes can kin make you,
an you got to treat me white, too, or III
shake your
Ling didn't want to lose his cue and
he fought against what he considered a
sacrilege, but he found Maggie relent-
less.
ii curl him up so, he said, as he
twisted it about his head; " n | puttee
on HAT, so, and he pulled an old slouch
hat down over his head, m nobody slee
him, ha:'
No, even that wouldn't do, and Maggie
went away saying: I'm goin up to a
lady friends O mine ter stay ternite,
John, an III see you tomorrer, an if
Their pigtail don't go don't git married,
seef"
Ling didn't quite see. but he thought
a lot He thought Maggie was the pref
tiest girl ne had ever seen. There was
nothing chan about her She had fine
blue eyes, d trim figure and shock of
golden hair that attracted the China
man The old cat jumped on the coun-
ter and yowled ard stared at him, and
he went ont to get away from those
green eyes. He went to the Joss house
and burned thirty cents worth Of prayer
sticks and paper He made up his mind
quickly after that, almost ran down the
dark, creaking steps and across the way
to where the tai'tau' 10 lived and did
business.
Take off this thingr hesaid, when he
sat dawn on the stool in front of the lit
tie raz0rs and scissors
What said the barber, are you
crazy, or have the foreign devils got You
too?'
Cut it of. tell you'll are you not
here to do such work as this:7
mo, that is wrong knew your
mother What would she say if did it?
Her curses woull come to NE as well as
to You unworthy son
Ling ran ont while his courage lasted.
He went to a Kwangtung man who
lived near I'eil street and had no cne-