The Lamar register., 1893-04-22
All FAN A DOPE FIEND.
NO or A cHiNAMAN. BUT AN Or
DiNARY MALTESE CAT.
Al Fan Made the Aeq quaintanes OF Ouonx
Ho Fat and That Guilsfui Ceiss-
thai Led Pussy AstrAy-A
Sad Feline WRECK.

has become y confirmed opium feud.
This four-footed dope" tiend is
part Maltese. its fine breed appear
ing In its long. slender tail and in the
gray color and peculiar markings of
It's body. But its dover of beauty
extends no further. Its feet and legs
arc white. or would be IL they were
not very dirty; its body is long, thin,
and ungainly; big black spot ex-
tends over one ear and the surround
ing territory. and the other ear, in
some long past night OF combat, be-
fore puss allowed vigor. energy, and
aggressiveness TO float away on mid
night fumes, suffered a deep slit. Also
the creature is cross-eyed and has "A
big. fat. plebeian nose.
All Fan was not always China
town cat Its owner. Sing Chun Fu.
was once n servant with family ON
Ellis street in which All Fan. then
possessed OF Melican name and a
blue ribbon around its neck. was
house cat The cat and the China
man struck up great friendship.
and when the family moved away to
Los Angeles Sing carried the cat to
Chinatown and set up in business as
merchant Puss thrived in its new
home and was as sleek. conten.ed.
and happy as it had been among civ
ilized surroundings. says the San
Francisco Examiner. IL was noticed
and caressed by all the frequenters of
Sing store and became the pet of all
the neighboring Chinamen
And especially so Of Quong Ho Fat.
who had street booth near SINGS
store in which he sold sugar cane and
other dainties-when he wasn't
dreaming the dreams OF the poppy
ana the pipe in an opium joint not
far away. The cat frequently visited
I Quong's booth. where it was feasted
on choicc bits OF fish and meat and
cuddled under his blouse while he sat
1 In the sun
And one day, flied with some per-
| verse and unaccountable cat notion,
it followed Quong when he left his
I booth That was the beginning of
I All Fans ruin.
For Qnong weat straight To the
Z opium joint, and when he lay down
on the bunk All Fan curled up beside
him The cat was curious about the
/ proceeding and put up its nose to
smell OF the pipe and the smoke that
came from Quong's lips
You likee him. said Quong ..All
! light Smoke heap plenty" And he
7 pulled more smoke into the,cat's face.
What happened after that-except
smoIre-and wha, dreams visited
I grimalkin's brain none may know.
But All Fan appeared in Sings store
the next day. looking very lauguid.
and with It's cross,eyed pupils smaller
than even daylight and sunshine
& ought TO make them.
And whatever the dreams we're All
Fan must have liked them. for the
next time QuuEg visited fhe opium
joint the cat trotied after him. That
was some months ago. aud ever since
then the man and the eat have been
! frequent. and sometimes constant
patrons Of the joint
As soon As Quong lies down All
/ Fan curls up beside him under his
arm. with head stretched up close to
/ his lips. eager 70 breathe the fumes
( that escape them Quong treats his
companion In VICE with great coz
sIdcratiou lie frequently pulls a
mouthful Of smoke into the cats face
I without having iirs: inhaled it him
I SELF He has II Jed several times to
/ induce puss to furnish its own smoke.
/ but the cat protested 80 vigorously
against the pipestem nut into its
I mouth that he has bad to give up the
idea But he always lies so US to
I give the cat the advantage of all the
smoke that comes from his own
mouth And if All Fan isn't around
when he gets ready TO go to the den
he looks up his friend and off they go
together.
The opium-smoicing Chinese take
/ creat interest in the ease OF All Fan
/ and his tale has been told in joints
and lsundries and kitchens all orer
I the state. The writer first heard Of
! lone cat. he smoke opium in Fiisco, +"
/ In u listle stage station away up in
I the mountains. His owner, Sing,
I you'd not oven talk on the PROPOSE
] tion of selling him and Quong would
not part with his friend and eompan-
I ion for enough money to take him
/ back to China
As for All Fan-poor An Fan is be-
yond all hope of reform or cGre.
/ Evea all Los Gatos and DIR. Keeley
I inelndcd coald not cure All Fan Of
the longing Tor poppy-fed sleep.
r,., siir Ci-arettes