Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1900-05-31

~ you 10 ASK. sne mas sped away t,
the Land of Silver Shadows, Perpetua
sunbeams, and where it overflow
with tea
This sounded beneficent but wa
unsatisfactory from Typographical
point of view
Have they taken her to the Joss
house?' asked Sum See, quietly.
We'll, not exactly" answered Hi
Sing, but there sits he who knows.
Sum had staid late to talk to the
man who sewed shoes, and she looked
at him reAectiyely under her thread
like brows.
"Yes?' she answered calmly.
Sum Lee folded her small, tea-col-
ored claws and leaned against the
wall of the house The two queues
braided Enthusiastically with blue and
white cord, looked funny, standing
out from her little round head in an
lnquiring state of mind.
where the shadows are of pink
and the darkness is of silver has your
mother gone-peace to her." said
Hip, Diminishing the subject
THAT would be nice place to 20,
| think" urged Almond Blossom, de.
precatingly.
Not in haste; not in haste" ans
wered the aged man, with thrust Of
his awl into the leather before him.
How do they go?" asked Sum.
did you not see the red chariot
and hear the screaming Of the
futes?"
Sum Lee got up quietly and ran
away when she had asked all she could
about her mother, and in the morn
ing she went to the josshouse alone
with an Offering of two grimy little
wooden birds and a dish of papier
mache ducks that See had brought
her one day.
She climbed thedusty stairs labori-
ously, and the door was open into
the main room Of the iosshouse
(Which is the Chinese tempe) and she
entered to consult the one who pre-
sides there.
She found him in, seated upon his
cross legs and smiling kindly at her.
"How do you do?" said Sum Lee in
English.
The joss smiled harder than ever,
which was natural, as he was made
all of wood and painted a dark
brown.
She was SO interested in the prayer
over the place where they burned the
that she did not notice the
Chinaman who camein, looked around
the room to see if there were any at
the shrine, and who then went out
and shut the door and locked it.
1t was the close of the great offer
ing week, and the shrine room that
Almond Blossom was in was not to
De opened for several days.
"Tell me- she said to the joss, 81
wish to go to the Land of Ceaseless
shine and Diamond Stars-do You
know the way?"
The kindly Joss only smiled, of {
course.
"Ah, you are dumb" said Sum. 9
Poor thing! l have a neighbor boy, q
dwarf, who is deaf and dumb. You +
re like him." i
Again the Joss smiled happily, so +
um knew she had not offended him. n
Presently shewent over to the door o
y which she had entered and found >
locked. She had indeed started on
he way to the Land of Silver shad-
WIS, and there was no turning back.
1t was pleasant at first, for there
ere the dolls on the shrine-the les. a
er gods-and Sum could play with a
hem without fear, because Of the D
nile of the main functionary.
Sum noticed after several hours r,
vo things-namely: That their 81
pom had not got beyond the chin. II
ey pots, and that she was hungry. IL
She had had small bowl of rice W
I'd pork that noon at her own home,
ut now it was getting dark outside, n,
I'd she knew that they were getting n,
to the Land of Silver Shades and
Tar Beams. o.
So she sat down and wondered WIN r.
lie could not get out and what she v,
ould eat for dinner. And then she
emit around and consulted the Joss.
here he sat, as If made of chocolate h,
cams, and smiled. Below him was
covered board, and Almond Bios ca
m lifted the end of the cloth that
rs draped over it, and there found IN
ok roasted, jars of ported fish, and IN
reet cakes-all her favorite dishes!
At Almond Blossoms home you vo
n understand the excitement. They tb
burned her as dead and thought the
cry devils had spirited her away. ,o
ey gave up searching for her after ~