New-York tribune., 1901-11-18

THE PASSING THRONG.

Certain races dramatically opposed to
each other in their habits of thought. points of
view and leading characteristics
AMERICAN that the one cannot understand
AND CHI the other, fathom the reason
NESE DIFF why this does the thing
FERENCES in this way and the other does il
in that way. Probably better
examples OF these racial differences can be found
than the Americans and the Chinese The China
man thinks very differently from the American.
Their points of view widely different Their
upbringings are entirely unlike In all the varied
relations of the family they are utterly dissimar
almost eRaet antithess ant he TO the Amercan
1t is not strange that they unlike. but 1T Is
ward sembianee except for facial expression. they
dssiilar. but in all else they are as widely
derstand = chinanlan: and pro5a5ly Chinaman al1a1
mas no better Gop5ehension Oh an a5id baasf sna
to be treated as such His of gratitude as an
also seems to be Wholly without affection. Rear
ing recently at the Waldorf OF the peculiarites Of
the Chinese character. told the following story as
illustrating IT.
Some years ago." he said II lived in San Fran
cisco. The ferryboat that ran from Oakland in
those days a small affair, and
REAR its arrival and departure depended
ADMIRAL more upon the inclination of its
HICHBORN'S crew than it did upon the time
SERVANT. schedule. Consequently one night,
upon returning from Oakland. /
while he strove catch and put off tiny Chinese
waif who had crept aboard in attempt to secure
free transportation across the bay TO San Fran
cisco. I was taken unawares. however, when the
small tot. skilfuly eluding the grasp of the mate
clasped around the leg and poured forth a sob
btng pigeon English appeal that I protect him.
Ten cents aayed the mates wrath, and the diTntn-
utive Celestial and journeyed across the bay to-
gether. He attractive and very bright lad
apparently about six or seven years old. and, from
what I could gather from his broken English talk,
orphan. without friends shelter. He made a
pathetic figure, this small child of alien race.
and touched | Sy his forlOrn state that L
decided take him my home for the night, in
tending to find some place for him the next day
That boy was sharp a razor, and, small as
he was, he made himself so useful about the house
that after day two all thought of finding an
other home for him abandoned AS he grew
older he became my body servant. and eff
cient, able and reliable have And
so he grew TO manhood under my roof As was
not unna tural I had a feeling for him beyond that
which has for the ordinary of servants
had discovered him. then fed. clothed and educated
him This affection toward him bad always sup
posed he fully reciprocated, and added TO II as well
a measure of gratitude.
You can judge, then of my surprise. when, one
morning, after he had been with & number OF
years, he suddenly and without warning announced
Judging from his appearance he must have been
about twenty-one years old, and he had spent hf-
teen years in my service. Where you going
Aren't you sorry 10 leave me, john? could not
back he replied stodly. and, his word, he
left that afternoon. He disappeared from my life
as suddenly he had entered it. and from that day
to this 1 have never heard either word or tding
deeply and to this day it is sore spot in my
memory