The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-02-23
& The Doom Of Sing Cow. !
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'"e rice heids OF the Soo-Chow pr0y.
Hhoe' ihsuihclently clad and insufH.
'iehty fed' he had many times beer
weary OF life, and buf for the vo,vs =,
MS secret society forbldding vontd
have put a summary end 70 :, >
uouDie quantity of opium in the plpe
~ an easy way' But Sing Low had
perseNefed and starved until one dav
'"ere was an exodus OF many OF his
own society tnow renamed "sons q,
me silver Land') to the restern coas,
Oh Mexico. With them ,eyea SIM
10" ana his newly married wife Fav
Lee Tor there was demand for Chinese
coionists, and the promoters told !,
.ouuiy that there was plenty of money
10 DC made in the silver land" For
once the truth had been spoken bv "a
sxod,,s had You 10 years after the
sAodus known the Chinatown az uadro
ue dos, and the restaurant ana go
p1ace oI sing Low you would better
aPpreclate the fact. For the Chinese
gS.oiSts ,S nad made unto themselves n
P,a.e ui thelf own I'm the western part
- .ne city out beyond the marshes:
many narrow streets were filed win
.he shops OF the Chinese. who were ~"
zens. '"eeu citi-
IN the very centre OF the Chinese
SlIiHzation. and fronting view az
NO. NO. p,ue suit water, Sing Lows nam.
Nds piazoned in gaudy Chinese scrjnt
over tea shop and opium dem ,,s,ia
uptown, where Mexicans and minInc
h,, tvn most ala congregate. another
Dtsitunls' MADE OF yellow adobe and 1
@ p'le boards bore the legend: Chi /
can piea pi,vssauLaht OF sing Low: Amer-
N
generally sat Sing Low. but moi ~
Sihs Low OF the Soo-C rice fields
al from II. This was a very Far ara
~ lportant Sing Low. I'm full and ao,r- !
ms chinese garments. .plgtail neatIv
"ouna ABOUT sleek and shining head
: ,q - .i siihshou teet thrust into napping
embroidered slippers. A large gniS
-ihieilcan watch dangled from his sash
anu All yellow Mexican diamonds glittered
ph ms pudgy hngers-truly had Sins
Low, mead Of the SONS OF the siIvar
,-ahu' prospered and waxed fat i'm
inside the restaurant many Chinese
walters and cooks rushed ab1nt $50,
* All sorts and conditions of men a,
ne ul7hta.cdvered tables For Ma6re
~, DioS was a steamer town Whence :
hu Iues ana silver and bullion were
nipPsu 10 lower California and even :
,rts anu many men Of many !,
~ ! american pies i'm the restaurant y
"ihs Low. There were dirty greas
~ ana staggering, bearmed Mexicans 3
e ~ u,dhk bottles upon bottles of fiery u
,,o.ib eaSab anu CAIN, deliberate mining y
i,,,e ta"s, VINO consumed untold ! -
1m0ers OF pies and American can,sna N
ans while Sing Low smiled fror, III
ar win Keen eye upon coIlectIons
1f ~ years had he saved and tntiaa; ol
- aHptnsf year would see the end u
lSi, s Win Fay Lee, who was now old a
- 4, "a, ~, allu the twenty thousand MexI- hl
~ voiidFs mat they had made no n.
qua go 10 San Francisco RscL ~ ~ Ill
ma No! Fay Lee had once timidS 90
proposed it-for she had no cbildran IN
~ - HSI heart was sick for her NATIVE ne
~ uIoqt sing Low said a decided n
" re hau nor yet forgotten the IN
anu besides, in these su
-, ~ icdh Iands even a coolie of Iow M
" could be as mighty as n man. co
TN ne sing Low, had been of no
pont ~ IN CHINA, nor would even HE OF
IVY make him mighty man there Lo
:, n''ci Worus, better 20 reign In hell Do
e land. '"e nd III,
an OF which poor Fay L,ee,,bad 20 am
s,eht; OF course, Sing Low being tau
'udHd or no small persuasive nnwar To
'icuIariy when aided with "A ban, per
s.ick; ana he hesitated NOT to mo
r'aSe ~. the wiie or his bosom when or- ere
ION needed, for did not even rho Ia,,s VIII
lhe Christians say: Wives i.t"'s To
HUSBANDS in the Lord?" MOT Tho, of .
itch became necessary To imnrass ! rev
:, Idct upon Fay Lee, for she the
y me f9t, pompous Sing Low now the
~ Hiiust OF his prosperity. even nc spr'
hau once loved humble Sine -. amf
ne rice fields. Ii is the way had
y women. And. though there 49, and
trends, and no children for No. the
LESS with affection. she was con- ruin
W i've the llfe that her husband Al
: einDroidering his costly garmcnts whe
y, Si,anS OF hlm as though she were the
'siiueu saVe, instead of his ,,.tfo | hour
durlng the long hours tha, had
= IN the opium house or I'm Tho co quie
rouge OF the Sons OF tho SiI,.o,. wait
= ""c Nohsoied herself with manv of on
OF tea aud admiring though,s ~, fetct
nkure mat her "honorable For
was at that moment Of a siIret,. faile,
rs as the mead OF his socia,v socie
Fay Lee! 'o0'etS. privs,
~ poor Fay Lee" with a - son,
a. az :. Sou VIII md. For even as tho stolei
. pi".s ot mice and men on stilln
90 uiu the plans and hoDes of over
Low ana his wife vanish INTO ed n
the fault of the man These
=, Sc sing Low, tO make "A lopo | anon
= Ie!i IA loNe one bright day. The
u thlng thar Celestials ARC not cotise,
to. Tor which reason sim, 49, ca,,,,,
Dad mess Of Il. and loved ro, was I,
desperately than any Other chi. ure ,
on record-at least. so his sish of nj.
~, - ~ vhe lady In the case ran. Imply
az ne coulf be blamed over n,,,h namal
llpa was the prettiest Girl ont maligI
~, VINO had ever been seem In | cousin
&c bios-'as well as one of tbc record
rest Her brother "a pambIs, sing
''"zalianl had used her mnnv been T
as lure. and more Than on. i'm the
Mexican had come to grjer For tn, so
~. but Sing Low was tbo bas, access
hht she had ever caught ana :
rs IN Spanish provtrb se,tiro, unhee,
ne same sentiment expregsti in To bp .
" Ihcfcs no fool like an oil To i,,a,
~. ~ n,N Ncr was therc an old fool had Z,
" IN love as Sing Low. u.,n snn,' wonld
the laughing stock of IN. en- wide i
y mixed population of Nodro -, sun =,
n,,,s-,, ~ c"ur$'. knew nothing Yer Ia
pposed that her lords fremont crcts.
: Neit due Ca secr,.t soric,y many
- 10 be sure. An Toy tbc SORTS a
y Young wife ~ SaH Tunf cells %
,side,ed ii, her duty 90 "a a. W. Of sins
dHd neElectei wife with = S,,n one fo
ION OF The dolngs ana ,nisd' made.
z ne faithless one. But rsv L., ,io so