The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-05-15
THE REIGN OF QUEEN ISYL--'

,l.Genetal Beo, who was there. man.
aged to get himself Photographed for af-
ter eight hours. but Frank had I'd stand
for IT, chop s,icy, birds nests boiled
bamboo, duck egg, scaweed soup, rice
brandy and NIL It was something fierce.
Tho everlasting gongs squeaky flddles,
md toin-toin were making hin 90
sleepy he hnd e sn whe Ea resiaent
q gratitude, flowery hot nir and endless =
Then he p ot tba sycn inank
It was a carved sandnlwood egg MS big;
as footbal. FRANK opened IT. TO ,In1
another inside, and he kept on op .,a,,.l.
layers and Game to the real chicken It
was wa d cheek for 5000 signed bv the treas
ilrer Of Tho Hip sueY Tong ,D,a -
but FRANKS stand-ln With the Chl Ilss
was worth II good deal more to nm than
that Beside. he didn't exactly Ike TO
e efhs n FOR graz grand stand play. So he
said to tho intcrpretcr;, -. .,.
."rell the Tong that I saved lea the grehaI s
Whte JOSS tor 1or rrnr aone Good nno luck s
and honorable success. I nm paid enough
ih, v the friendship OF the honorable Tong
and no money shall pass between us Tor
'i Whe : c CHM jabbered awhile, seeming
to be impressed. and finally. tho president
came oyer to Frank ana 81, sa'di az, Take
money. Tong cntch-cn1 heap nice plesent
lotty soon. You liko-em one nlce China
lady wife for. plea sent?" IL.
Frank laughed, and then said:
Much obliged. Ii Hong Fook but you
know / have a wife already"
'"rhat's all right" says Hong Fook.
Maybe Mclean man have t 5y wifes
sometime, whasa- tnan r, tna' ihov have
two wives but It's against the law.
surc!'
Now there never was chlnl who had I'D
only made to beat; and there never was
one who didn't have the biggest respect
in the world for q lawyer. because ne
9ways size step eV sG e srue theme
that TT Frank Powell, who had fooled JUS :;
tice for them a hundred times; would
have any trouble getting around law
for himself So Flonk F9 toa s Wnu c,tcn
maybe one year, two year!"
Frank thought he understood stood. Chine Sc
and and then III forgot ali about It. He lived
through the banquet somehow. and when
they got to throwing fingers for the gin
and weren't noticing. he got away and
slept for nearly two days.
He never thought OF the Joke again I'M
til next China New Years Day when
two swell Cinnamon came to ms house M.
with lilies na od v 99s 9r R Was oe nk
worth its weight in gold to anyone who
knew about such things.
"Plesent nom China WIFE" said Hong
Fook
Even then. Frank didn't guess what
they were doing. He thought 1t was just
their keen way of passing. OFF q present
on him. so he couldn't refuse It. So he
wnen they left he bought phonograp.hI
and got a Chinese actor TO sing into It
and sont 1t round to the Tong house all
dressed to "Nlrs. Frank Powell. Canton,
China"
Next Christmas he received a man.
DARN gold dragon ring. and Il piece of
Jade that would be worth anywhere from
n hundred dollars up. He sent back I, a
went on. back and forth. that way for
Then ono day the President OF the
Tong paid him an official visit. me
knew that something was In the wind.
Hong Fools had on his SWEETEST dress
clothes-long green SILK coat, layenddssr
Dreecnes tied IN at the ahNies, eHipio iu
cred shoes and red button cap, complete
sitting up straight with his toes turned
out.
The President began by nquiring about
franks health. the weather ana AZ u, a ne
visit. 1t nearly took Franks breath
The Chinese wife was no Joke g., at t, all Il
The Hip suey Tong hah ho taken f ran ,or
him in Canton. She was a small foot.
marchantoaste woman. and they had besn
educating her for three years IN all Sorts
OF queer accomplishments. They had
held a formal marriage by proxy ana.
according to Chinese law. she was Mrs'
Frank Powell, No. 2. 4,,
Well. If ever man was MI on p0tn
sides at once. 1t was Frank Powell. he