Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1897-01-08
PRETTY MRS. HIP LUNG.
Che Heroine OF . Pathetic Story OF ~
Chinatown OF Chicago.


There was pathetic scene in China
town the other night when the wife Of
Hip Lung and her youngest son, Fook
Chew, left for the Flowery kingdom.
never to return to America, says the
Chicago Times-II erald. 1t was known
along Clark street for several days that
Mrs Lung was to. start on her long
Journey that night, and to show their
respect for her large number Of Chi
namen were on hand to see her depart.
The husband, as Stoical as statue,
stood among the crowd on the side
walk as the carriage containing his
wife and child was driven away Fook
Kim, the five-year-old boy of Mr.. and
Mrs. Lung, thrust his little head out Of
second-story window and in pure
English cried out: "By-by, mamma
In the carriage sat the heart-broken
mother with handkerchief pressed to
her eyes. She glanced up ut her little
boy, who was standing on his tip-toes
at the window blowing kisses at her.
The husband also looked up as he heard
the voice: "By-by, mamma" With
pitiful cry the little woman sank back
in the carriage, her face buried in her
handkerchief. The driver whipped up
the horses and the carriage ratified
away to the Northwestern depot.
Hip Lung and his wife decided some
time ago to separate. What the trouble
Is between the couple could not be
learned. 1t is said that Hip Lung Law
shed too much attention on white
women to please his wife, and after
much pickering they agreed to part.
Hip Lung is reported to be worth one
hundred and fifty thousand dollars,
and the report in Chinatown is that he
gave his wife twenty-five thousand dol
lars to go back to China. She was
given the youngest child and the father
keeps the eldest.
Mrs. Hip Lung is the daughter OF ONT
Of the wcalthicst families in Canton
She is very intelligent, with o beauti
full olive complexion and features tina
bespeals the gcntlcwoman of China.
has been said that she was the hand
soonest Chinese woman in tn
United States. Fool1 Chew, the DO
she is taking homo with her, was Dor
July 4, 1899. He was asleep when h
, was carried into the carriage.
About half-past nine o'clock the car
riage was driven to Hip Lungs place
Bundles and baskets were quick.
placed on the drivers seat, and tel
minutes later some one went upstair
and told Mrs. Lung that all was ready
She pressed her little boy again ant
again as the tears strcamed down he
checks. Tearing herself from the DO.
she followed the man who was carryinl
Fook Chew in his arms downstairs
: AS she reached the sidewalk her hus
a band stood within reach of her arm
but there was no sign of recognition
between them. Mrs. Lung was attiret
!. in gorgeous dress. 1t had cost he
Q husband good-sizcd fortune in China
She wore nothing upon her head In ne
hair and on her wrists were ornament
worn only by Chinese of high caste
Her feet were encased in the dalnties
slippers that one ever looked at Their
T was queenly beauty about the ht.l
!: woman as she tripped across the side
!. walk to the carriage. AS the carrlag
9 rolled away Hip Lung entered III
y store, where crowd of his countryme
u were playing dominoes. He wake
e over to where a teapot stood on taoie
; with little cup at its side. He guipe
e down a cup Of the nectar and tne
Joined the group that stood round u
domino players. Little Fook Kim crie
himself to sleep.