The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-02-19

TO their necks in solid rock. Enlish, Flench.
yankees maybe; Chlnaman no ce1; no sab. )"
What am [ to do" said poor Nee.
Kwayn
you must forget me, -" replied "Nee-tsi :"
and l am going to tesch you how. VIII
you follow my advice"
"Most willingly. for I cannot live with
/ the memory of our youth, knowing that
/ you belong to another
| "Hhen," said she, III you will take the
! warm psrspiration from a dead tigers nose
/ and rob your eyelids with it, you will forget
how I looked Ii you will take some SNOW
/ which has remained on the house-top for
/ twelve months, melt It aud drink it. you
caunOt speak my name"
20, you mock my great love- said Nee
/ Rway,n How shall ! find perspiration
| on the nose Of tiger' In lie his nose Is as
| cold as ice. How eau find snow a twelve
J month olds The summer sun melts all the
snow. There Is nothing left me but death"
Opening little bag hanging from her
| belt she said: "When l was a young girl
my old nurse gave me this powder, telling
me that whoever slept with it under
| their pillow for three consecutive nights
would forget every trouble and annoyance
which ever perpleKed them. l give it to
| you, but remember, u is q deadly poison.
Don't attempt 20 taste it, for its effect is
deadlYn
Are you suren asked he, trembling like
an aspen leaf
Positively sure.n
Then, SAID he, ~ have found true OBJ
livion." At the same momeut swallowing
the powder, he fell upon the floor
80. my dear Nee-Kway,' what have you
done" she cried. Summoning her father
aud mother hastily, she begged for help.
but, alas, it was too useless. The doctors
came aud pronounced his case hopeless.
Sitting by the couch where they had placed
him, she took his head 10 her arms and
wept over him, kissing the lips she had
never known to utter aught but love and
tenderness for her.
Toward evening, as he was slowly breath
Ing and passing away, she said to him be-
tween her sObs: my love, o, my love, for
the sake of my poor old father and mother,
who have been 80 good to me, | must fulfill
the duty OF a Chinese daughter-I must
marry; but twelve months from this day
shall join you in heaven. Never doubt me.
snail come to you in your tomb. And
now kiss me for the last time and wait for
your own Nee-tsi one year"
Within few weeks she was married,
amid great feastings and jollity, TO the rich
mandarin, "Yung-ik-long,n and they re-
moved TO Pekin where he occupied a high
station. AT the end of the ap-
pointed time, she wondered how she should
rejoin her Old lover Meek way' whose
body had been placed by bis parents in a
vault in one of those picturesque ceme-
teres near PekIn.
One day while she was being carried in
her sedan chair by this vault she said t. her
servants; set my chair down. Let me
get out and pray by the tomb OF this young
man. He was my friend and | loved him
very much when be was living"
Resting the chair upon the walk she got
out and, walking TO the dolr Of the vault
knelt, crying out: 90 'Nes-Kway,' my
love, do you remember that this 10 the day
we are meet Let me come to your arms. !"
Suddenly the doors OF the vault swung
open, two arms were stretched out AMI
"Nee-tsin was drawn within. Her servants
rushed forward, catching her by the dress
but she eluded them ard the iron doors
closed upon her
Running hastily to their master and the
servants told him what had occurred. He
rushed to the vault and ordered them to
break the door open. Peering in he saw his
VIE and "Nee-kway" resting side by side
on the same slab. Mad with jealousy he
had them brought out. Placing thsm one
other one opposite, TO his surprise
he saw them approach each otner
drawn by soma subtle influence he could
not discover. kneeling do Wn he prayed to
"ruk-wong" for help. "Tuk-wongn heard
him and endowed him with supernatural
strength, ana so Catching Nee * way" by
the feet he hurled him TO the sky. TUX
wong" caught him aud made him into the
group of stars, known as "Job's coffin. -
Then taking "Nee-ts in by the hair he hurled
her up TO heaven and "Tuk-wong" formed
her into the group exactly oDpoite on the
other side OF the milky wav."
Now" said "Tuk>wong," they shall be
separated by the milky way for all tims
save the frat nine days in July of every
year. They shall then meet and part after
nine days and nights until another year
rolls around"
So the first nine days OF July (the begin
ming OF the rainy season. IL is cloudy aud
rains all over China, and as the To- ks gather
around their hresldeR they say 60 each other
aud to the little children, "Yes, the lovers
have met. They have thrown thsnselve,
into each others arms and are weeping aud
their tears fall in rain all over China"
They are not ordinary rain-drOps They
are the tears of the lovers" and are used
or the healing of all nations.
NOV, Mr.. Choly, said "Chong long.
"s'possee catchee some dat water In stone
jar. S'possee keepee one, two, f.e wear.
S'posses hab fever. Dunk some, tom1llow
mo bettah. S'possee keepee eight, ten year,
no smelle bAd.n