The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-11-11
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was by his watch 1915; they had drifted
so that now they We're Just opposite the
compound of Ii Hung Chang where the
huge gray walls rose out slightly over
topped by the mansion Itself. Murray
shifted the princess, who began toewrins
out her garments as she prattled; turned
the boat about and pulled up stream FOR
the Band, making UP his mind that he
should do as the babble Of the little yell
low lady tinkled In his ears
'Foleign mister thinkee, thinker" she
paused now to inquire as they neared the
wharf and could hear the lazy plash Of
the shallow waves and the murmurs of
the few coolies who had waited along
shore
Murray nodded.
''I tell you, princess he says drawing
off out of the circle OF lights on the Band
and hating a minute or two. "I'H get
the boat in down yonder In the darkest
angle of that dock; I'll jump out; you sit
still and hold on to the rope after l tie
1t; I'll buy some dry clothes from boat
man and bring them to you. You must
put them on; I'm going to take you up to
my hotel and tell them I've got a new
boy. You must say but little; will have
to trouble you to be very obsequious and
walk behind me, until" Murray felt
something very exceedingly warm surg
ing up over his throat and face.
ST get you into my ROOM he added
sincerely. '"There is no other way to
manage, Princess, to reach the right side
Of the great yellow pagoda by tomorrow
night
rincess Yu Tu paused Every tradi-
ion, belief, custom, ideal Of her birth
and education had now to be trampled,
nay, danced vigorously upon; that, too,
in the sole society of one of the accursed:
what should she do The princess did
not hesitate above two and twenty sec
onds; love is just exactly the same little
god in China that he is in New York,
for instance. She said:
Alice light; me makee me niece Ill
boy servant foleign mister; tellee Prin-
cess Yu Tu nance callee your
Jack Murray. at your royal highness' 8
service he answered, waving his hat.
Jackie Mullee," repeated the princess
with painstaking emphasis.
Jackie will do. In fact he added
with a glance of entertained admiration
at the dear little monaghan fan. Sup
pose you make it Jackie dear, that will
be best"
Jackie dee-ah,' repeated the princess,
and then they swung smoothly down and
around into that dark angle, and present
ly Murray had tied the boat, left the
princess, strolled UP the Band, bought
the clothes from the least dirty looking
bOatman he could discover, and wended
his way back to his charge amid the
choicest thanks of the yellow gentlemen
had left naked in his wake.
He gave the princess the blue livery
and helped her to fasten 1t over her own
drenched and dripping wardrobe, as we'll
as he was able, between semi darkness
and a rocking craft; then he gracefully
,ix-4a Il H., % =,
strange umbrella-like hat he had also
bought of the river loungre on her head,
and rendering her his arm, said politely:
Now, princess, We will have to walk,
and it's q good bit of 8, stretch, too, to
the hotel, for there's not a jinrikisha OR
chair or cart to be hired at this hour
of the night"
But the Princes Yu Tu cou'd not walk,
except a very little way. The Chinese
ladies, other than the Mdnchu women,
never walk far, on account of their pre-
cious little feet, so Jackie and his new
''boy'' looked at each other, or would
have, had it been light enough In that
damp hole, and While the tears stood in
the princess pretty little black eyes, Mr..
Murray recalled a method Of transporta-
ton he had seen employed In connection
with fairy-foOted folk, and. bending, he
cOnjured the princess to mount, ''pig-a.
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arms tightly clasped around Murray's big
throat, while he as closely grasped her
ankles and trotted off, his unique burden
in the blue blouse, petticoat and parasol
hat Wabbling good deal as he pursued
the way to his hotel.
Jackie, dee-ah," gasped the princess,
as her steed came to a deal halt In front
of the court yard of the AstOr, "putt@n
me Office now, me thy walkee lett way"
Good replied Murray setting the
princess down as gently as he could, pull
ing her hat Well over her face, her col
larband up, and screening her generally
with his own 165 pounds and the ostenta-
tiOus waving of his soaked straw hat. as
she, too, toddled into the court and across
the entrance hall. Thank the fatesi emp
ty, save for q sleepy clerk, who was too
busy Tapping mosquitoes and siDpine
whisky and soda to notice 3 we'll known
guest making q midnight return nome
with new boy at his heels.
Luckily Mr.. Murray's room was on the
first floor, because the princess could NOT
have gone up any stairs He hurried her
inside hastily, told her to be quiet until
he came back, rushed out and over IN
the servants quarters, whence he nres-
emily returned with a clean and compIete
suit OF apparel, shoes included, which he
had secured from the cook. an under
sized person, for heavy Commission"
FrlncesF said Mr. Murray. IT will
leave YOU. l will go out Of the house al
once, and not be back until the n1ornino
just IN time for us to take q cart a,5I
get 10 the station for the O'clock train
for Pekin.'' GIL
The princess bowed the prettiest nos
slole bow, and the color rushed to her
cheeks whence all gay cosmetics had
oeen washed by the waters Of the Pei-ho
Jackee' dee-ah, welly niece man!''
es' assented Mr. Murray with a
grimace addressed to himself. az nigh,
1 De little worse. Now, Princess. while
IL gore you sleep as well as You can on
d mar pillow, then in the morning ia ke
OH all those fine things In silk and So fin
ana put on these" indicating the cooks
Haoliiments. All, the shoes! Your
feet! cried the young man, aghast
All night! exclaimed the princess
picking up Mr.. Murrays scissors end
shipping off a thick, long lock of he,
halr' which she proceeded to stuff into
the toes Of the cooks footwear.
All light, Jackee dee-ah. Me make
my sellup pigtail Fest hair; me makee
niece Ill boy. Me puttee alice nv dies
pundlee light in buleau dlawer. to nolIou
morning, no mol Yu Tu; boy
Good night, Princess" said Mr. MIR.
ray, touching her morsel of a saffror
mana with his handsome red lips, and of
ne went to the nearest teahouse and sat
down. the only white man IN the place
MT murray drank a great many cups
Of tea that night, and smoked We 81
NUMBER II. OF cigars: read the Times and thf
iien-Isin paper until he was about blind
ABOUT S:So some Of the regular habitUee
Oh the place began to come in. and nres.
entity he was in the midst Of low, DEAF.
enlng chatter-clatter OF Chinese gentle.
men exchanging