Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-11-06

rl,..,s IN Annoy. Usually the day is
.r, and balmy, Tire breeze from the
'rsa, rormosa channel flakes the lower
~ with silver. dashes and naunts
sysrv dag upon the numerous junks
'.N,ob Ne In the water edge Of that
'.nnlous city, writes w. Il. s. Fales
= ,na Boston Herald. But this year
I, was difrerent. Gray clouds hung
a,.r the universe and cold and cheer
,.ss wind from the north made a fire
.si,iyely agreeable. despite the fact
,eat Inc place lies almost within the
Sins FESTIVAL is an old and popular
ans in this part OF China, and was op-
ssrved. as It always is, with unendlng
ceremony and form. II Is the DAY ana
night when spirits are permitted 70
.ssrdar wheresoever they VIII, good
rn,,.ils upon errands Of mercy or kind
20 or upon visits to living relatives
.ss,,rred over the empire; evil spirits
.,nan missions of maleVolence and
ps,ai,v or on trips to those wicked
Imam beings who delight In wrong
dang: baby spirits looking for their
sarthiy parental and the spirits OF as
sssa and death In search OF victims.
The old astrologer who does business
on the Lin Tow road remarked e1rly
~ ,hs morning: This is a very bad
day for human beings; the wind and
Ter are faVorlng the influences OF
Iii rather than those of good" The
80 neople who heard him went home
- IN fresh loss sticks to exercise any
sna,eleone Invisible guest and hung
,sl,smans over the door TO keep away
he supernatural powers OF wrong; IN
small house near Banyan villa liVed
poor Chinese family. The father,
Tan SIN was away al the tme IN tne
10 gardens of Formosa, where he went
svsrv year 10 earn the little money
,ist supported his household. The
,so,her. An Ho, q bright-eyed and prct-
~ woman. was at home nursing the
haby II had been very sick for sew
~, anvs. so sick that the ordinary
medicines produced no result An 40
baa been compelled TO call In an aged
and distinguished physician from
Annoy. ,, a.,
infant. shaken his head. given some
Mysterious drugs. again shaken his
Mad. and gone Off in his chair car
rnee by four stout coolies. Before
he went he said to Tai, the old family
servant: "That is a very sick child
and am afraid it will not live until
After he had gone All Ho cooked
the drugs into tea and administered
Il il the patient and mechanical man
aer which Is so characteristic OF lhe
people Of the east.
As the afternoon wore on the baby
grew worse The little face became
wan and plnched, the eyes closed as
4 II trei with the weight OF the eye
IDS, and the feeble pulse beat more
n slowly and slowly. Tai got ready the
simple evening meal. but All Ho could
" not eat. II was her only child, ana
Il this was the first time that she had
ever been face to face with the great
mystery We call death, The old SER
want lit me lamps, and then, remem-
berlng II was the night Of the wander
ing spirits, lit handful of joss sticks
and placed them III groups of three
upon the mantlenlece in the sick room
In The ancient bronze vase before the
ancestral tablets and In the wains-
eoting Of the door Opening Into the
euadtangular yard. As she did the
iast she looked up and noticed that the
Acred tallsman which had been fast
tned to the wall carly In the morning,
rad either dropped off or been blown
away. When she noticed the fact she
trembled and began TO weep. 1t was
III ner duty to have seen that the tails
man remained where II was. The
moment 1t fell the house became open
% any evil spirit that might be pass
ing and this was the day and the night
H. Of he wandering spirits.
She looked about the quadrangle and
unaly found the yellow cardboard In
sefibed with the curved characters OF
: language that died 1000 years ago,
Hnen greater and a wiser race had
,uee IN the far-off districts OF GU n
Lun. She picked 1t up and with her
pAlsled fingers reafilXed 1t to the wall.
sne looked sideways In through the
NORWAY and saw All Ho sitting there
aVonlng love song over the sick
eniiu, and saw the child's face thinner
ana paler than before. There came O
r,nple fright over Tars mind. II
n,sn' be that through her carelessness
,ome wicked spirit had entered the
muse and was about to carry away
ule poul of the little one.
Inc cld woman wrung her hands and
aunoled a prayer TO Buddha. Their
w Stood still with her old head bowed
snSgn upon her breast and tried &c
sAank. The medicine hLd done nc
GOO. The great doctor had done M
eou, The Joss sticks and the tails
sAn mad been OF no avail. There was
~ uonnt but that the little boy In thu
I'm oeyond must cross the sacred
,Nes,' Then she remembered the grea
usnsh doctor who lived In kulangsu
VAS an eminent man. who mad,
. -s'y money in day than n Chimes
iSnahle could make In year. III
.lh palace and had a Tetlnue o
ssaits IN beautiful uniforms, VIII
cs, mat he Knew more than all tn
~nese doctors In Annoy together.
nsi,V lohg before when she was sicl
riss, VINO death he had taken pit.
abca. ner and visited her miserabl
cnes lie had given her costly medi
ms,, sna shown her strange instru
~ n ana she had recovered. Thl
a bsnss..s only man who could be of an,
~ h. ~ 10 her little master. But coul
maeced to Gomez An Ho ha
be,s.,, ''r nor Jewels. and as 70
y ssn her sole possessions were tn
Nn,nh sAe wore and another sul
w., ssuhs near her bedside.
,,ssle ne come? He must GOMEZ sh
bring hint She ala no, knu,
NJ NV ~. ~ could do Il, but inspired b
y lin ~. ~ ieit that II she could but Sc
4 wou,J ,aik TO him a moment that II
II Mir eYtne to the house and brln
y cha n,. i mat which would make tn
n Il hssohg and well once more.
tka 49, siown dark by this time an
= ~ Nseus nad become heavier. GrasI
Z 81 ort old walking stick she starte
nte the night m seornh az IN
-nTsnah surgeon. ssuF'n vi ~
III he hou-sA ennd had grown heavier q
Into a solsed by. All Ho had falle
IN baby's fsco seeing nothing but III