The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-05-15
THE TALE OF LOVE RECUSANT
By uELLETr BURGESS AND WILL IRWIN.

1t would bring seven years bad luck
FRANK ,grlniied. as though he were glad
to see her but he kept his eye on a
piqnO wire that was stretched about an
inch above tho Threshold. The. old lady
herself md the little bride. II tho co,i-
together.
II there wasn't row then! The China.
rosnndsd her until Frank had TO pull them
Hong Gs Fox srse e he vas bnek and ID
the face. There wasn't. any need 10 tell
hrn r9 nnd men thai shH wss going y
Willie ID and then but s the leV wife back into
tho carriage and drove off.
Frank was feeling pretty good about
Jiins. success. but tho affair wasn't over
yet by any means In ahout an hour tho
musicians to drive the evil spirit out.
You see, the old lady had told the Tong
men that n devil had caught her BY the
The priest and Elk musicians proceeded
to the moral fumigotion Of that house in
q T., way that, drew crowds They sat IN
string p' eymas rent fror GM aS"f Fad Two 20
leave and 50 TO, her mothers. Then they
burned punk sticks and incense all over
the place. and pasted red papers UP over
tered prayer papers out of the window,
and set out roasted pig on the stoop.
After they had kep. up n The racket FOR
twenty thousand fire crackers In a barrel
in the dining room, they went away.
Franks house BY this time had become
what The. chlnks didn't do the hoodums
outside did on their own account.
Next day Frank was notified that bis
sney Es boaa akf a
70 tod tb him Il would ie al right and both both
followed BY the Chinese committee.
Trnnk r was bferT ma y,d to his
white mans house before and she sat
staring. smillng, like a wax figure. Frank
things. She seemed to be most Interested
in the big onyx clock. and he took
her up 70 It 'apd let her see the pend u
over and went ali to pieces on the floor.
cha f s aers aG sS ex ana 'fsd ea h
no time, to notice the hole IN the wall
where lsn J had 6 pushed a hs stick tnr 5
they all looked pretty glum.
Then Frank led her. to the window to
s she nas se ne BRASS Stand K tipped over
with It: The next minute the CARPET was
Then the Chinks talked about having
the band back asaip, ana lo m more tf Tes
foot down hard, While they, were discus
sing the situation n chunk OF plaster
fs from b hs ceiling ana just mss sa
Chinamen sputter worse than eyer 1T Then
bang that finished soaring them to death;
come to put the thing to 4; vote J -
said; She's nnlncky. and III probably
foar da te il Stays WS '''
dered. lie said that The Tong washed It's
ram bef b he ton a fhs er was ey rsp
tion blast tho sacred memory of her
grandmother and grandfather for a thou
sand weary years
quite what to do TIL Jim came in and
took hand in the game. And IL then
Frank tumbed to O. tf f,n true lowardne meas
adulterated with Christianity and civili-
II fx-em" Jim said. You glib me
deb bH 'ad Beb5 Sf my wf touch nS aestsn
china lady. what. you Think" -.
FIX. ard and everybody r, N agreed. especially
the little China girl. who had been watch
Ing Jim pretty hard. II, I'm not mis-
5 w ys fsa an BET eeori he and the
Well that was the wny the Hip srcy
Tong paid Frank Powell for sayln| the
I'll ke hk chnese n prac as But what's
moro to the point. that was how jim.
the Christian cook. got a 5000, small
foot we % n for boo wf9 lust ree w,t and m fe@
Yes. the more YOU know about China
men. tho more yoC don't!