The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-10-04

i cannot control my bitterness. III
what use is it that I should be called the
White Pigeon among Golden Lilies if my
beauty liz but for the hog-like eyes of the
exceedingly Objectionable I'll Ling? All,
Yung Chang, my unfortunate lover, what
evil spirit pursues you thai you cannot
pass your examination for the second de-
gree? My noble minded but ambitious boy,
why were you not content with an agri-
cultural, or even a manufacturing career
and happiness? By aspiring to a literary
degree you nave placed a barrier wider
than the Whang Hal between u.s.
As the earth seems small to the soar
ing swallow, so shall insuperable obstacles
be overcome by the heart worn smooth
with a fixed purpose said a voice beside
her, and Yung Chang stepped from behind
the cypress tree. where he had been wait
ing for Ming. oh, one more symmetrical
than the chrysanthemum,' he continued, I
shall yet, with the aid of my ancestors,
pass the second degree and even obtain a
position of high trust in the public office at
Peking.'
And in the meantime pouted Ming, I
shall have partaken of the wedding cake
of the utterly unpresentable Ii Ling
And she exhibited the bracelets which
she had that day received.
Alas said Yung Chang, there are
times when one is tempted to doubt even
the most eficacious and violent means.
Il had hoped that by this time I'll Ling
would have come to a sudden and most
u%nseen1ly end; for I have drawn up and
affixed in the most conspicuous places noti-
locations of his character, similar to the
one here
Ming turned and beheld fastened to the
trunk of the cypress an exceedingly ele-
gantly written and composed notice, which
Yung read to her, as follows:
" BEWARE OF INCURRING DEATH
FROM STARVATION.
Let the distinguished inhabitants of
this district observe the exceedingly I'M
graceful walk and bearing of the low per-
son who calls himself I'll Ling. TruthfuIly.
It Is that of a dog in the act of being
dragged to the river because his sores and
diseases render him Objectionable in the
house of his master. So will this hunch-
backed person be dragged to the place of
feheI OF an who respect the five senses
q Respeetful Physiognom. Soft Speech,
lie hopes to attain to the red button
ana and the peaGock's feather, but the right
assuredly be removed suddenly
I'll Ling must certainly be in league
with the evil forces if he can withstand so
powerful a weapon" said Ming admiringly.
when her lover had finished reading. Even
now he is starting on a Journey, nor will
he return till the first day of the month
when the sparrows go to the sea and are
changed into oysters. Perhaps the fate
will overtake him while he is away. If
not
" If not said Yung, taking up her words
as she paused, then I nave yet another
hope A moment ago you were regretting
my choice of a literary career. Learn.
then, the value of knowledge. BY its aid
assisted. indeed, by the spirits of my an
~cestors) I have discovered a new and
strange thing, for which 1 can find no
word. BY using this new system of reck-
oning, your illustrious but exceedingly
narrow minded and miserly father would
be able to make five taels where he now
makes one. Would he not, in consideration
Tor this, consent to receive me as a SON
in-laW and dismiss the inelegant and I'M
worthy I'll Ling?'
In the unlikely event of your being able
to convince my illustrious parent of what
you say. it would assuredly be so,' re-
piled Ming. But in what way could Won
do so? My godlike and charitable father
already mpioys all the means in his power
to reap the full reward of his sacred in
dustry. His solid household of gods are,
in reality, mere shells of clay: higher
COll-
structed; and the clay gatherers and mod
elers are all paid on a proft-sharing svs-
tenn.
Nay, further, it is beyond likelihood
that he should wish for more purchasers.
Tor SO great is his fame that those who
come TO buy have sometimes to wait for
Gays IN consequence of those before them:
for my exceedingly methodical sire intr,1sts
none with the receiving of money, and the
exchanges are therefore made SLOWLY.
Frequently an unnaturally devout person
VIII require as many as a hundred idols.
and 50 the greater part of the day will be
passed.
In what way?' inquired Yung tremu-
lousy.
Why, In order that the countings NAV
not get mixed, of course it is necessary
that when he has paid for one idol no
should carry it to a place aside and then
return and pay for the second, carving if
to the first, and in this manner to the end
in this way the sun sinks behind the noun
tains.'
but said Yung, his voice thick with
his great discovery, If he could pay for the
entire quantity at once, then it would take
but a hundredth part of the time, and so
more idols could be sold
" How could this be done?' incurred
Ming. wonderingly. Surely it is impossible
to conjecture the value Of many idols?'
To the unlearned it would indeed no
impossible replied Yung, proudly. but bv
the aid of my literary researches I have
been enabled to discover a process by which
such results would be not a matter of con-
lecture, but of certainty. These figures 7
rave committed to the tablets. which 7
am prepared to give to your mercenary and
s~low-witted father in return for your in
comparable hand, a share of the profits
and the dismissal of the uninventiye and
mentally threadbare Til Ling
when the earthworm boasts of his eIe-
CANT wings, the eagle can afford to be ST.
lent said a harsh voice behind them: and.
turning hastily, they beheld III Ling. who
had come upon them unawares. oh. most
insignificant of tablet spoilers he contin-
ued, it is very evident that much over
study has softened your usually well-edu-
Gated brains. Were it not that you are
obviously mentally afflicted / should unhes-
itatingly persuade my beautiful and refined
sword to introduce you to the spirits of
your -gnoble ancestors. AS it is, will
merely cut off your nose and your left ear.
SO trat people may not say that the Drag
on Of the Earth sleeps and wickedness goes
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