The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-12-02
LETTER TO SANS WIFE
CAUSED No End or TROUBLE 10
POOR CHIRLIE MOf.
The Chinaman Indicted by the United
States for Sending Improper Liiera-
ture Through the Mails.

With his queue done up as smooth as
he ever finished OF a wedding snirt.
Charlie Moy arrived in the city yoster-
day. lie stared about him with an IN
quisitive glance, and venturcd few
remarks ia Chinese vcrhacular. No.
body understood him, and he settled
DOWN 10 the inevitable. determined to
make the best vi prCdiCament.
IL Is seldom d true, blue-blOO1ed China
man comes wltnin tic bounds OK the
law. -Ioy, AAe al members Oh nrst
families ot china, has been known as
a. pcaCcdble CiuzCn. lie conducted his
laundry Oh purely legitimate principles,
and adopted TIC usual papcr-cAeck sys-
tenn. NO one ever thought Charlie
would be arrested. Like friend OIL
mine, who made "a fortune attending to
bis own business, 4hc Chlnamln never
interlcrcd with other people private
anaiis. Iio had the reputation OF being
- whole team when IL came To d ques-
ton OF doing up cun or putting an
extra gloss Ou a gamblers shirt front.
WAS ONLY HUMAN.
With an bis gOOd qualities durins
working hours at lis place of business,
Charles is but human. lie had his
faults. ana now and then he found him
self face 10 face with a trying temDta-
ton. Poor, weak, fallen humanity,
whether Greek, Irish. Chinese, or fellow
citizen, there is something in man tnat
tempts him TO 90 what ho knows ne
ought not 90 l0-a SORT OF Imp Oh the
Icrycfse," as Poe would call 10, or,
II see the right. ana / approve II, too
Condemn the wrong, ana yet the wrong
pursue
according TO an ancient poet.
Charlie Is distinctlyely Oriental. his
immediate ancestors worshippod TIN gods
and u few other things that couldn
save a snow bird from bodily harm.
Ue has followed the traditions OF bis
race TO the letter, and never thought
seriously for a moment OK turning him
sell into a. walking Interrogation point,
after the manner Of Ii. tie had read
an tho Chinese tracts that were ever
printed iu tne rlght-ausle- type
such as one secs IN q Hong Kong Jon
Office. Though resident OF this coun-
trv LONG enough 10 become ldmiliAi Win
up-to-date modes OF HE. including the
wire-pulliug and leg-puiling SO general
about the halls Of Congress. Charlie had
never before been led Ok by keen
temptation. IIo welded his iron and
scrubber with "a Chinese de&terity, ana
no thought OF serious harm bothered
him as he made out his laundry checks
on Saturday night.
YIELDED TO TEMPTATION.
such wa3 the record OF Charlie until
recently. There came a dark page into
his biography. a woman. The root
of an evil. except what wine and hithy
mcre creates. sam Sing was neigh
bor. and had "a comciy wife. Charlie
envlod sam. and day after day thought
how much better to nestle costly IN the
delicious nothues of n real romance than
Go live the dry and m0notonous eAla atcnce
of sour old bachelor. Tie was not
the only man who fanciod bis neighbor's
pretty wne. David. Hcrod, and other
DISTINGUISHED gentlemen whose names
are conspicuous on the pages or history
"tumbled" 10 the charms Of the fair sex.
WHY not he2 Then this poor weak,
intensely human Chiraman scr TO think