The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1892-09-01
a MAD CHI N ESE GHOST.
1T IS The SPIRIT OF WONG.
CHANG KICKING.
Haunts the Laundry of Sing Wah Because
He Was Buried in Buffalo Instead
Of His Bones Being Ship
ped to China.

The tale is a strange one and full of
Oriental mystery, but it is as true as
the sayings OF Confucius and the
Cinnamon of Buffalo are whispering
it among themselves and burning
strong sheung-tai sticks to exercise
the spirits.
It is learned this way: Three years
ago Wong Chung was the owner of II
laundry in Buffalo The cash jingled
as it rolled into the little laquered box
under the mattress OF his bed
One night Wong Chung was muir
dered. WhyP Who knows? Tsez Moi
the God of evil spirits maybe. but no
one else besides his murderer. His
bones were not broken, SO it was not
a murder OF hate. At any rate, Wong
Chung was killed.
Twelve moons had smiled upon the
earth. maybe when strange tales
were told among the Cinnamon about
his spirit It was uneasy. 1t roamed
about when the moon was dark.
Sing Wah had taken the laundry.
and heard the strange tales. but he
smiled and worked away. w.
One night his sleep was much
troubled. and when he awoke in the
morning he was heavy-eyed and con-
fused. and he staggered like one who
has first smoked opium and then
drank water. He had had dream.
It was queer dream. ...@E
First he thought the sky spirit had
visited hinl-a iair-faced woman. with
eyes OF blue round like the lichee
nut and whose hair was yellow like
the gold he had seen on the shrines
of the temple of China ard which
curled like the little waves when they
kiss the rocks. And she smiled on
him. Then of a sudden she melted
away. and in her place stood the tos e
Jen Quong. the priest of the temple
who died for her and because of her.
And the spirit reproached him. yet
it seemed as though it was Wong
Chung who spoke. and not Jen Quong;
the priest. The work that day was
heavy. That night there was no mis-
take. Sing Wah lay awake far into
the hours, and the bells of the CITY
hall told him slowly that it was =
o'clock. And then a strange thing
happened. Wong Chung came to lis
bedside and spoke to him.
Like a strong man in the clutches
of the strong opien, Sing Wah cried
aloud for peace, but none came. All
night he lay with that dread presence
beside him.
When it left him he knew not. Nc
work was done that day. and his Gus
toners angrily reproached him and
took their work elsewhere. but Sing
Wah cared not.
Then he sent for Len King a spirit
man who lives out on Seneca street
and the fame Of whose power has tray
eled far and wide. To the laundry
came King. He would speak to the
spirit and tell it to go away and leave
Sing Wah in peace. Sunday nigh,
Len King remained in the laundry.
And here is the tale he told the News
reporter. as, he medit lively puffe6
his little bowled pipe and sent fra
frant clouds of smoke high above his
head.
The black hour. which is mid
night had come, and then came the
spirit of Wong Chung. And I spoke
and he answered me. He wore the
light clothes OF spirits and his sandal!
were white and made no noise wher
he stepped. Then spoke:
g.. Z" oh. Wong: return; go rest ant
leave Sing Wah in peace.
The spirit of the murdered on.
recognized the doctor for he beege,
to be let alone. He was lonely; he
said he had no place to go; he wa
uneasy and he could not rest He wa!
far rom his home and his bones were
far from the land of flowers. Wha
could he do? He was a good ghos
and meant no harm. Here his spiri
was released. and here it must STAY
Now. spirit men have power tc
exercise only evil ghosts-they car
only argue with harmless spirits
and so it is with Len King and thu
spirit of Wong Chung. and they
parted. ~. -.
( =
Wong Chung's spirit visits his OLE
home. and it will not leave until thu
murdered laundryman's bones ART
taken up polished and lacquered ant
sent to China. Then will the restless
spirit know peace, give up it's abod,
in the place.
But until that's done Wong Chung
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And that's why Sing Wah sold hi
laundry and is looking for another.
Only Cinnamon see the spirit. they
say, and 70 Poi Sah who is in tn,
laundry, fears not the spirit of tn,
murdered one and his work is light
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