Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1901-05-31

good man, was citizen of the county
OF Chong Chow, State of Foo chien.
When he was very young his father
died, and he was very duiful to his
mother. He had an elder brother
named Cum III Fong. The family
was fairly prosperous Wing Fong
did not look very smart, but he was a
great student and fond o looks, and
had more power than common in his
mind. He was very glad to see the
Chinese Book of the Good Doctrine"
which is like the Bible, and Ying
Fong was good Christian, as his
book taught him to be.
After eighteen years his mother
died, and the property was divided be-
tween Wing Fong and his brother, III
Fong. The brother said that the
property should be divided into two
parts, and wrote numbers on two
pieces of paper, and put them in a
tube. Each was to draw number,
which was to tell which half of the
property he should have. But the
brother wrote the same thing on two
papers. each indicating the stony part
OF the farm. Then he wrote paper
for the good part of the property, and
put it up his sleeve. Wing Fong drew
paper from the tube which gave him
the stony part, and I'll Fong brought
the paper from his sleeve which gave
him the good part. But Wing Fong
was generous and did not doubt his
brother. So he took the stony ground
and was happy just the same. But
all the good property belonged to the
brother by the number which he had.
So Ii Fong became rich, but Ying
Fong could not make money from the
stony land, and he became poor after
that. Then friend explained to him
the trick that his brother had played,
and tried to have him cause the
brother to be arrested, but Ying Fong
said that he would not do so, and
said: Il saw my mother when she
was living; she allowed him every
thing, and when my brother would do
some little bad thing she loved him
still and was very good to him. l
want to be of the same heart and
mind as my mother" So he let the
brother 60 as before. And when the
New Year or any holiday or birthday
came he gave his brother many good
presents and said that it was good,
when his father and mother were dead
to see his brother still living. The
natural love he had for his brother
was like the love of child for its
mother.
When Ii Fong saw that his brother
was SO good to him his heart was
changed to love him and to give him
some money, but his wife, Mrs. I'll
Fong, stopped him and said: "Your
brother, Wing Fong, is ignorant and
he has no mind for earning money.
You cannot tell him how to earn
money, but let him try to earn mo-
ney all the time. His family is too
big. You can help him short time,
you cannot help him all the time"
So the woman, by her smart tongue,
changed her husbands mind, and he
did not try to help his brother.
But Ying Fong worked for other
men and was very honest. Everybody
liked him and paid him higher wages
than common, and when he earned
money he tried to help the poor and
the sick people all the time. He had
married when twenty years old good
wife, good natured, very kind and as
good as he was. And ten years after
his marriage, one September, he took
cold. And he had high fever and
could not work.
And after the sickness was better he
was lame so long that he could not
make money, and the food was all
gone, because he had oil the time tried
to help the poor people and had not
tried to keep his money. He had
three children, two sons and girl,
who were crying from hunger. His
wife tried to cook sweet potatoes for
the children, and he and his wife ate
very little and let tho children eat
more, and his wife said: "Before
this you helped the poor people.
Now you are hungry, who will help
you" And Ying Fong said: 81 see
that my children are much smarter
than common, and that makes me SO
happy that forget my hunger; only
it is hard for you to stand being hun
cry, and l am sorry for you." And
his wife laughed and said: 81 was
only talking fun for you. You can be
happy even in hard times. I am very
glad that you can, and am happy
too"
While they were still speaking the
sun shone, and Ying Fong went to
the stony field to find some wild vege-
tables to eat, and he saw his stony
ground full of lily bulbs. At that
time he had never seen this kind OF
flower before, and did not know what
kind it was. So he took plenty of the
bulbs to carry home, and told his wife
to try to cook them. But his vile
said: "You do not understand what
kind of nature there is to that. You
keep that and see what grows from it.