The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1904-01-13
Ey j. II. EMERY.

| Chinese costume Her plum-colored
tunic and wide.Gowing trousers must
he exchanged for American clothes;
only her jade stone earrings and silver.
/ tipped bamboo bracelets were retained,
together with the jeweled darts that
| held back her purple-black hair.
Close questioning convinced me that
this was true love match-no bargain
and sale. as I had feared. such as is
common on the Pacific Coast. All
they asked was American protection
and freedom from molestation.
With Dainstaking care, matrimonial
responsibilities. moral and legal. were
explained. and minister engaged, who
helped Wong secure his license. The
ceremony was set for half-past two,
and the young couple departed to Sc.
cure suitable garments.
With amused impa tiencc the clergy.
man and a few invited guests waited
till D. m. for the chief actors. At last
they appeared. in full conventional
dress. gray kid gloves and fashionable
hats. the poor little bride struggling
painfully with her unaccustomed
skirts.
Without further preliminary. these
two members of an alien race We're
made one. What God has Joined
together let 10 man put asunder."
Then came an unexpected hitch. In
the marriage certificate "Na 10y" was
the name given the bride by the clerk
Of the cOurt. TO this she objected, say.
.sNTx-
school teacher say right name ANNA
and Anna only would she sign
Na'nly the newly married par
searched for n respectable boarding
place among the whites. No one would
take the Chinese pair. Lodgings were
secured. however. in the American part
Of the town. and they settled down to
| housekeeping.
At this juncturc I was suddenly
called East. Before leaving | took
Wong and his wife TO church. and be-
spoke the kindly interest Of the Ladies'
Missionary Society in their behalf 1
! also impressed upon them that the min
| lister would befriend them in case of
need. Then. secure in the thought that
| these two heathen at the door would
he we'll cared for by workers in the
. hidden field | took my departure.
Six weeks later | returned to find
! that the Chinese bride had been
/ claimed by n Chinese Free Mason OF
Butte. MS his friend and chnttel. valued
at $500. aud spirited away, while her
husband lad seemingly been swcnt
from the face of the earth. rs not tie
fain.est trace OF his whereabouts cou,d
be found.
Chinatown, though racked to tho
centre. blindly smiled at the inquisitive
reporters. and refused all explanations.
Ny own anxious inquiries among ny
Chinese friends were met with polite
evasions or abject apologies. I'VE alice
soIly Wong make Miss Ellery so much
.rouo,p. He steal him wife" To NY
Indignant protests that Ma 10y was
'awfully married and should be PRO.
tec;ed Ey the courts. they answered:
Wong know better than 20 to court.
Wong go to law. no win. alice lite. ho
nay cost. You help Wong win. then
Chinese paper say. One thousand dol
lars for some one stick knife in
Wong You not know what Chine 80
paper say. No one kill for one thou.
sand. paper say. Two thousand. three
thousand Some night Wong die. No
one know. Flee Mason pay, Six Com.
Dany pay Wong Flee Mason. Ma 10y
o'long TO Flee Mason. Wong steal him
wife; tell much big lie. Velly bad"
Somewhere in Butte Montana, n
swcet-fGced wife. worse than widowed,
1rags out her hopeless days in degra.
lation and shame. while her marriage
certificate Is filed away by the clerk
. u the court.
Sufficiently enlightened to understand
that America was the home of the free
where no slavery could exist these
simple-minded children had sought un
le? protection of our laws to cvadc
. Ch.--se customs. Ma 10y. the chattel
had run away from bondage believing
hat In this Christian land she would
r be permitted TO lead n clean. virtuous
life rs the wife of Wong Wa Foy.
, What could do? What could any
one DO single handed with the swort
. Of Damocles hanging by n hair ovel
, their heads?
| NO doubt Wong was killed." sa!(
. the minister. TO which the editor added
ITS hot stuff for story. Write It MP
Have it illustrated in colors. New
[ Norl: Evening Post.