The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1901-10-19
AlaERIcANIzIHG WILLIE.
y Caused alucI, Giec Tor the
oIaer chinese with whom
ne E&FeA.


Niliie p. Lung aa the rama h,
Wrots with paleens Die pride add some
difficulty Fos es.es.a. hs wrote
well, read easily, and creased his Law
ender trousers with fine effect. His
dress was that 81 fhs fls4al Hp-i0-date
American sud be raised Ills hat with
Y graceful pQliteness. Nevertheless, be
was 3aa lyman 4 thana.i hf!ously
fitted q aaprn q hisher sphere. lis
English va tluent ana far lesa i4seIli-
gible fAa that III the Gld Chlaaman
who times came fcr ;he elotaa s in
his place. Willie insisted IN q llsfil. 2 a /
all seasons, and was apparently hot in
the leas disconcarfrd i / the blaHkness
of his listeners face. Willie was a
Sunday school product, Of course, says
the New York Tribune
For l long time the old man had been
coming for laundry, and the man Of the
house, who liked Chinese, was moved
W ask What had become OF that dash
ing young gentleman
Gone! said the Old man. He was a
merry old soul, alwa Us smoking Placid
~, and Aeyer did Ceies tiaI countenance
show q heener sense Ut humor.
*Gone whereof
Canton was the laconic reply.
Then the old fellow was so seized with
"a sense Of the fun Of the thing that he
vaIiantIy went on: willie bad boy
He pointed 10 his queue. "Allee gone.
Bad boy. Too muchee Mclean. No
can 90 back, no"he pointed to his
queue again.
You mean he cut off his hair and
now Bio il afraid 70 go back u China? y
No fraid. Buy 81
Bought d pigtail from some ody?"
The odd man nodded, convulsed with
merriment. Too muehee money he
eiaculated. .Muchee money have pay.
Bad boy. u
Before the family had ceased 10 en-
Joy the idea Of northumberland layen-
der trousered Willie reclllcsglg hribing
someone to furnish the once despised
queue. that gentleman was again on
hand. He was no less American than
ever. The friend Of the Chinese con-
graduated him on his safe return, and
offered him glass Of port wine. Willie
drank Il with gusto.
You like it?H inquired the man Of
the house.
Muchee." said Willie. With an in
expressibly ganctimonious face the
Sunday school scholar added, IN explain
alton: "AIlee same communion He
took his departure with the conviction |
that he had made deep impression on
his fellow Christian And so, indeed, /
be had.
A few weeks after he proudly am 4
nounced his marriage 10 an American
girl. His cup Of happiness was oyer-
flowing. He was evidently lowering ON
the border Of i belief that nobody
could tell him from an American, and
IL was reasonable to suppose that the
new wife would give him he final push
and land him squarely in il But a
shade Of depression was shortly noted
on his yellow counteDance-the one |
thing about him which refused TO be-
come Americanized.
Ii four months the old man, stiiI
smoking. stin apparently enjoying
snppressed smokes. took his place
Where's Wiilie2' was again asked.
Run. Ghop-chop. Hurry. 2 said he.
bis little eyes almost twinkling out OF
bis head
And where's bis wife2"
wife stay. Too muchee beatee.
willie beat his wife. Z
TIE comic old head shook, partly
With denial. partly with nairth.
wife beatee Willie Call While no
rood chink wife Ifkee chinasnan alice
ame me- Chipanan beatee Willie
fife beat6e Willie. Willie run chop
hop
And his wife bas gone with.a real
Il ea ei;ean. willie
'rA .ieaa ~ e1ipan. wife 40
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