Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1896-06-03
sTAUNToN, VA, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 5, 1896


. to mend his ways
II have already explained that I hav
engaged another man.
wonder if you could not buy hin
OH. Give him some money for the trou
bic you have put him to and take Wing
Song back" I suggested.
The result Of this proposition was no
what had anticipated. I had expected
it to be sccrned, but instead Robinson
dropped his paper. ran to the hall, seizet
! his hat and darted out of the door.
Where is he going?" exclaimed thu
amazed Brown.
ITO throw himself in the river or IL
catch Wing Song, /" ventured quietly.
I was right. He returned in few
minutes, breathing heavily, and threw
himself into his chair
It's no rse. no use; he's gUne," ht
muttered. 81 followed him fer three
blocks. and then he took car ard got
away frcm ne. Like shooting dog
shooting dog"
As Hook back calmly over the past,
these events of my bachelor days seem
to have lost much of their gravity.
view them with complacency. wonder
at the seriousness with which we re-
ceived and bore them, and at times even
smile. As see things now Chu Chop,
who succeeded Wing Song, was fan
more competent servant than his prede-
cessor. Now can frankly admit to my
Co1f that hic 70, IN
that Of our first man. His chops super
lative His rolls most excellent. But to
have admitted it then would have been
deemed treason to cur discharged major
dOmO.
''I can't drink this tea. Robinson, -
would be Browns daily plaint ''I'd
give anything for just one cup OF
Wing's.''
And Robinson would groan.
''Chu Chop seems to cook all the
nourishment and flavor out of his
steaks, would venture
And Robinson would mutter some
thing under his breath.
Even Thompson one night put the
question, ''Why did you discharge that
handsome specimen Of Celestial man for
this elderly Chu with but one eye?''
For after he engaged him Robinson
discovered that Chop had but one eye,
and it was source Of not little dis
comfort to him, but he declared that it
was an i'll wind that blew nobody any
good-the new man could not read
music.
''But it makes your friends feel that
they are entering a den Of highbinders
when they CALL" our cynical guest sug-
gested.
This state Of affairs lasted Ia week.
We were sitting in our parlor before
dinner-the three Of us, with Thomp-
son. Brown was talking Of going to a
hotel. Thompson and were discussing
the possibility of our getting two rooms
at his boarding house Robinson was
mcodily putting a cigarette.
"Dinna leady.'
1t was an old, familiar. voice, and we
all started There in the dining room
stood the dog we had shot, smiling be-
nevolently.
"Why, Wing Song'' cried Robinson,
springing from his chair. "When did
you come back?"
To-day"
''And how?" exclaimed the four of us.
"When I leave, startee laundly. No
likee laundly. Want to be clook. I
CLONE here an see one eyed Chinee an
say, You glib me your place, I glib you
laundly an fifty dolla. He say, 'Alle
light. Me an him swap aftler bleak
fast
Fellows, said Robinson, sit is not
right that Wing Song should spend his
own money this way. I fer one will
subscribe one third Of that fifty"
Brown and I cried together, 'sAnd I
my third.
"Sixteen dollars and sixty-six cents
apiece to settle the servant question,
said Thompson. "You are getting off
cheaply. New York Sun.