The Afro-American advance., 1900-04-28
A Siren Of Ciudad Juarez
M HEN Toy Lung Lee arrived in
By Howott Darrell.


some experience with restaurants; in
Mexico City. quite ;ot more. In both
these places he had cleared consider
able amount of money. with which,
had he been wise Celestial, he would
have remained content. But, no. Toy
believed that on the Mexican side of
the Rio Grande he could win out with
ni least two thousand year. The Mel
leans" as he well knew. pay any prices
asked for clean beds Mt night aud hot
cakes in the early morn. with lnrdy. in
digestible pies In the interim--'ali
right"
From the very first poor little Toys
restaurant was bowling success, as
much with the Mexlcans as with the
Americans; this in spite of the fact
that with good knowledge Of the
Spanish tongue Toy combined n thor
ouRh ignorance Of and dislike for the
gringo language. Besides which, In
his secret heart. Toy cherished n
strong dislike for the American nation
nj large~thc same being finally his un-
doing. This dislike was based prinei-
paiiy upon the fact that while on the
Mexican side OF the bridge over he Rio
Grnndc he was man Of might and
weight, owing to his ten thousand Mex
lean dollars aud his flourishinR restnu.
rant; on the other Tor Americnnl side,
he was only u "slit-cyed Chinaman," al
lowed therefore no rights or pcrqui-
sites m citizen yea. hooted nj and
ridIculed by even the children playing
In the streets. For all of which reasons
Toy had never deigned To take out pec-
essary papers permitting him to cross
the bridge 10 the American side, nor
had he even put his sabot -shod foot on
American soil A populons Chinatown
had grown up quickly In Ciudad Juarcz.
serging even TO the banks Of the greht
river that divides Mexico from the
United States OF America whicl. river
no Chinamnn must pass without his
Identification papers and passports.
Chinameu iostled sou In the aduanu,
In the hotels and In the very streets on
The Mexican side; shy. nhrrow-eycd
Chinese women, with plastered hair
and native dress, phitered hurriedly by
you when you made your way into
Chinatown; roly-poly Chinese babies
played their native games within a
stones throw OF the Mexican Eagle
aud Snake" over the ndunua. or custom
house. and any evening you could see
lodRe.dresscd Chinamcn hurrying 10
the Native Lands daily conciuve: In
short, the woods were full'' of China.
men. And of all these the head and
front, the very moving spirit, WIS Toy
Lung Lee. honorable puNHcasor Of ten
thousand heavy Mexican dollars. head
OF the secret society, owner Of the
longest and most admired pigtnil In
Ciudad Juarcx. and great man gem
crafty.
Owing 20 all these facts. amy unmar-
rlcd female Celestial In Junrez China
town would gladly have taken Toy
Lung Lee for better or worse and un-
81 death did them part. Unfortunate
~. OF these cntcrprlsing females Toy
would have none. lie had been mar.
ried once beforr, Ia Canton, aud of mat =
rimony Toy had had sntilclrney AZ
present. ns heconntled 10 his cousin. Jim
Sing, he was on what the Americans
call "thc makce," with which women
interfere. Ne, of women. whether Chi
neRe or otherwise, Toy Lung Lee
wished none, rs ConfuciuH had said
centuries aRo, women were al the bot
tom of all evil. and provokers OF mis-
chief generally.
ANY man OF whatever color or ma
tionallty IL inevitably paid out for
speeches of the above scdiiious sort.
aud Toy Lung did not escape the usual
fate, One hne day when the Mexican
sun was shining brightly overhead and
the stars and stripes. just visible on the
other side ~ the bridge, tiuttercd Wild.
~ In the November breeze, and the
smell 81 hot breakfast cakes was giving
place In the restaurant Ca sayury whiifs
Of pies designed for the Rringos'
luncheon on such a day and hour poor
Toy fell wildly. unreasonahly and irre-
trievably In love. Not with demurr.
smooth-haired and tiny footed Chinese
maiden; rot with an Alpine hated. bl.
eNcling American tourist girl. bus with
the black.eyrd, rosy mouthed, man
tillaed Mexican seneritR, thona, whose
one laughing glance. aS she passed by,
attended by her cousin. Juan Jimencs,
had been the undoing OF poor Toy Lung
lee, and. as n matter of natural So
quenee. the start on that downward
road which leads 20 ruin.
He had already heard OF Chona. the
daughter of impeeunious old Carlos.
runner Of the lottery on the other side
OF the street, she was the betrothctl
OF Juan Jinlnex, and the prettirst aud
wlckedcxt firt In thrrr countries. Had
she not already driven two men Co the
verge of distraction. one tmore unfor-
tunaiel) to the other side of the river
ar gringo- land. and fourth tIuan
simsnes hlmself) 90 drink and the lot
tery9 knowing all these things. Toy
was vet powerless Totally unable 10
rentrmin his love aud admiration for the
fair hrInE who had ON that fatal morn.
Ing passed by. and In the passing had
taken away ON her eareirss smile the
whole of his adortng Celestial heart.
Now, as a matter Of fact, hard times
were preparing themselves for poor
Chona. who, even thanEh she We're a
flirt. had heart every hit of which was
devoted To good-looking. unfortunate
Juan Jimcnes. What Ii the poor fellow
were in bad luck. as her father graaned,
aud ineapacitutcd for further bull.
fighting through Nound received Va