The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-08-17

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and Death needed not. They are often
| deaf, these important lords, to the sup
plieations of Chinese wives who live in the
| changed conditions of the OCCident And
| Yung Mum said
shall l lose my honor? The men Of
the place mock me that ] have no child
TO hand down my name when we shall
go back to China
Perhaps If we went back to China
now" began Mrs Yung Mum, timldly,
but he cut her short.
Silence, womanl Am / coolie, that
you speak back to me? Even In hts own
| house a childless man Is without honor
Mrs Ching Wing, who lives in the same
| house, passed the open door after Yung
| Mum had left and beheld IA little heap Of
misery on the floor; also, she heard the
| high-pitched sob of one I'm bitter grief. 1t
is something very unusal that causes a
| Chinese women to cry aloud. Mrs. Ching
| Wing knows that, together with many
other things about Chinatown that she
would better have never known, for she
is a white girl Entering the room she
| lifted the little Chinese wife and asked
her what the trouble was. The girl told
the whole story.
mo can be right wife" she concluded
| piteously. mo have child"
us that all?' said the Americana born
| grimly. There's many l know wish they
could say the same Come up 10 my
| room and wen talk il over"
Talking it over only made the little
| Mrs. Yung Mum feel worse. Unless she
should have a child life was not worth
living at alb Better had she lived and
died an old maid in Chinal This is
very dreadful thing for a Chinese woman
TO say. The seriousness of the situation
struck Mr.. Ching Wing with great. force
Don't you worry" said She I'm get
you a kid"
'Have baby same my OWN" asked the
Chinese wife. regarding her white friend
| with wide eyes.
''Well, no; It won't be your own" adj
mitted Mrs. Wing; "but it'll go all right.
Just leave 1t to me-"
Mrs. Wing happened TO know where
| there was baby very young baby, that
would just about fill the bill. Her knowl-
| edge came from a friend whose trubles
| had been Just the opposite of little Mrs.
| Yung Nuns. The baby was living up In
| Eighty-first street with a midwife. Il
| was not numbered with any name, or flu
| ture. anything. Moreover IL was a
| man child and its eyes, to a person of
| strong imagination, might seem TO be set
a trifle slantwise. Upon payment of
| small sum of money this baby was trans
| ferred to Mrs. Wing, who brought it down
| TO Mrs. Mum. Great was the delight Of
| the Chinese wife, but 1t was alleged with
the fear of what Yunf Mum would say.
Leave him to me-" said Mrs. Wing.
| "I'll fix that"
BY what Arguments she succeeded In
| changing the mental attitude of Yung
Mum from it's original bent, in which he
| screwed his face fiercely up and said god
dam" at five-second intervals, to n spirit
of complaisance, is not known, but the
baby was duly adopted and for several
weeks the little mother almost petted II
| H. H. a..
awful discovery. The little ones hair was
growing, and It was coming out red She
was in terrible state. Who ever heard
Of a Chinese baby with red hair? What
would Yung Mum say? Often had they
sat and talked about little Yung Neh's first
pig-tail and how glossy and black It
would be, and how they would plat IL 80
tightly and grease II with the finest ONT
| ments And here Is was coming out red!
II the little one had suddenly developed
tusks and spouted fire from his nostrils
Ike the Coruscating Dragon In the True
History OF the Unendurable Chong Clan"
she could hardly have been more Mortified
At all events, this must be hidden from
Ylng Mum.
Thereafter the pudgy Yung Neh wore
cap tightly tied over his fiery aureole and
under his freckled chin Yung Mum was
afraid Il might hinder the growth Of his
sons plgtail. He already proudly allud-
vehemently asserted that without the cap
the baby would catch cold and his hair be
stunCed in growth. What did men know
about babies? she asked scornfully. Yung
Mum subsidized after a manner of all men
under such circumstances and went down
to the corner tea shop to tell his acquaint-
ances how the little Yung Neh had al
ready been seen making the Mystic Sign
and would undoubtedly grow up to pass
the great Han Ii examination and become
mighty lord in China when they should
20 back there.
The dream was quickly dispelled. one
day Yung Mum came home unexpectedly
and found the pride of the family asleep
in his cot with the little cap hanging on
the wall and the red hair gl.stening in the
ray of light that shot In through the win
dow. Little Mrs. Mum shrieked and ran
to throw her dress over the little ones
head but Il was too late. Yung Mum
spoke, and all that night the childless
wife sobbed, locked In an inner room,
while the boy, Yung Neh no longer, wall
ed neglected by the door. a neighbor told
the police that the child was being neg
iected, and, having a grudge against Mrs.
Wing, told the rest Of the story with such
additions as might be calculated TO do the
most harm.
and with The child were taken 10 the
Center street Police Court yesterday. No
body appeared against them and they were
discharged. Magistrate Flammer asked
Mrs. Mum II she had Intended 70 abandon