The Honolulu republican. [volume] (Honolulu, T.H.) 1900-1902, 1900-07-14

Little Pete and Chan Chung. Biz
Jim Was nov the name By which Chin
Tan Sun was known throaxhcEt San
Francisco. The Iong-leezed lad Erori
the Orient had xroSn into some six
feet o. Tery good looking. smooth
shsven Chinsmzn. better propor4soned
than the majority of TIE Chinese In
business matters be vas regarded As
the soul OF honor. Said a nan who
knew him yell:
II Big Jim were to tell me that nc
| zO'ild meet me at q certain place with
/ in the hour 10 pay me sIeS@o in coin
would know that be would b. there IL
/ he were alive
When Big jim vas starting one Of
! his fruit eanneries ne went downtown
and negotiated with 4 white arm for
81. go in materials Then he gave d.
rections for the supplies "a ~ shipped
At once.
What security have you 10 Offer"
asked the white merchant
Big Jim drew himself up with seorn.
i have no Security 10 Offer kre re-
piled. i have money zant credit !
Of no man. From his pocket he drew
a wallet. cut OF which be counted the (
Si50I9 In gold notes, and the triflng
incident Of purchase gas-cIosed
Big jim Town Chinese settlement
hear San Jose was at one tims owned
by Chin lie also has ranches scattered
over The State and contemplates start
ing steamship line along the Chinese
coast His wealth is declared 70 reach
the multi-millionaire mark. 4 rich Chi
nanan lives his allotted time. His sons
inherit his. wealth and they do not
abuse the trust 0beying the COM
mands OF Confucius. they must paw all
and any debts contracted by the father.
but the father is not liable for debts
incurred by his sons. A rich Chinaman |
attends banquets. where he drinks sam
Shn and eats birds nests, sharks fins
seaweed and other impossible delica-
cies dear TO the Chinese palate. He
attends the continuous performance
theateTs. He employs several Wallets To
care for his wardrobe, which is maeni-
lcent. Sometimes he is SO fastidious
that h. has three sets of coats and !
trousers embroidered in the same flow
Erich display OF buds for morning
blossoms fog the afternoon and full
blown flowers for evening. Incidental
y. he acquires a haren Such are the
improved by Chin Tan
excepting the harem.
And what OF the white wife? She is
lie white wife still. She is living in
chinatown in her own establishment.
provided with money and servants in
'lenty. But she has never borne any
hildren by her husband The calam-
ty is paramount to all others in Chi
ese eyes. Confucius has established
law that each family must have sons
o perpetuate its name. So a wife VINO
5 chiidless gives her consent 10 the | \
aking Of other wives. who, however
re not recognized as such, for her
lace is never uSurped officially. The ! ~
lumber OF concubines is optional with
er master. The children of these wo-
len address the childless wife rs
mother For their own mothers they
ave only pct name. The second
wife of Chin returned recently from
visit To China. She has two fine sons,
whom the father is exceedingly
roud. And the women OF Chin's ha-
IN dwell together in such peace as
lsseth the American feminine under
anding.
Everybody remembers the killing Of
title Pete when the See Yups and Sam
ups were at war. Because they We're
embers of rival tongs, although per-
nal friends. the enraged associates of T,
e murdered one suspected Big Jim
being See Yup man. had put
Ice upon his head. Between two DAYS an
; discreetly started on visit to his
tive land. from which he is expected
return next month.
Chinatown is the habitat OF demons
at never sleep in the demons of hat
d and revenge. lurking wherever the
OF OF Highlander treads. Who can
retell the fate of the richest China Re
nm in America?